So many cookbooks...

I think I have a problem.

Yesterday, I bought a bookcase. I bought a big one too - taller than I am.

I came home, and with some help, put it together while supper was cooking (bacon wrapped chicken, Hasselback Potatoes, steamed broccoli w/ garlic).

I was super excited to finally have a place to put my cookbooks and my other books.

We finished assembling the bookcase, and I ran all around the house gathering up all of my wayward books, all the while trying to remember all of the places I had them stashed and all of the cookbooks I've bought or acquired over time so I could keep a mental inventory to know what's missing.

After I thought I had them all, I realized I had missed a whole box of them (half a shelf's worth). I mean, how does someone forget about 15 cookbooks?

I sorted them all out, and decided I needed some categories.

• Brand Name Cooking
• TV Chefs (A-Z)
• Baking
• Cake Decorating
• Barbecue
• Southern Cooking
• Ethnic Cooking (by nationality)
• Local Cooking (Maritimes and Eastern Canada)
• Classic Cookbooks (like the Joy of Cooking and Best of Bridge!)
• Gooseberry Patch books
• Specialty and Miscellaneous
• Healthy/Low Fat (Non-Weight Watchers)
• Weight Watchers

After putting all of the books in, I filled three full shelves.

I'm starting to think I have a problem...