Happy 2015, friends! I hope you all are ready for a wonderful 2015!
We had a very quiet evening until of course the fireworks around town kept us up until about 1 a.m. Ah well, I managed to get in some reading and as it’s been my tradition in the past couple of years I wanted to start a new book.
After looking through my shelves and books from a recent library visit, I decided to open up Florence Gordon by Brian Morton. From reviews: A wise and entertaining novel about a woman who has lived life on her own terms for seventy-five defiant and determined years, only to find herself suddenly thrust to the center to the center of her family’s various catastrophes. And, I also used a new bookmark from one of my bookish Christmas gifts.
This afternoon we also went to Barnes & Noble to catch up on some magazine reads and enjoy a cappuccino. I think we are starting the year off right, don’t you think?
The rest of the weekend I’m looking forward to working on some craft projects and of course catching up on my reading. I hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead and I can’t wait to hear what book (or books) you are starting with this year.
Happy New Year, Iliana!
I’m actually starting off the new year with Journal It! by various artists. I hope it helps me to do art journaling more often.
Happy New Year, Iliana!
I only got a few pages read starting new year but that’s a book I continue from last year, ha.
Hope you’ve a wonderful weekend ahead!
A perfect way to spend the last day of the year and yay for new books to read! I have started a couple of new ones myself! 🙂
We had a quiet New Year’s too. I tried to get some reading in yesterday, but my head was so messed up with this cold I’m fighting. I hope you have a wonderful New Year full of many great books.
Ha! Fireworks woke me up then kept me up too! From others I have talked to they had the same problem. When did big fireworks shows become a New Year thing? I could certainly do without! Hope the year is off to a good start!
Happy New Year, Iliana! Wanted to wish my fellow Central Texas resident a great 2015. I am stepping back into blogging after a long time away. Looking forward to reconnecting and talking books and other stuff with everyone. My new blog – kay’s reading life – and I’d love to have you visit and chat for a while. Take care and try to stay warm. Looks like we will have a cold week ahead!
I would love to see the crafty things you are working on! Your projects are always so inspiring.
And your new years sounds lovely. They say how you spend new years is how you’ll spend the rest of your year! 😉
Happy new year Iliana! Hope it’s filled with all of your favorite things.
That’s definitely a great way to start the year! I finished one book (actually just the second half of a book I started last month) and am now pondering my next read. Hopefully, I’ll get some good amount of reading done later today after all the chores of the day are over.
Vasilly – Ooh, I want to hear more about that! I hope you’ll do a review. I love being inspired by different artists.
Melody – I’m carrying over a book from last year too! I just thought it’d be fun to start something new and I’m glad I did because I picked a good one!
Danielle – Can’t wait to hear what new books you are reading! Did you start any new embroidery projects?
Literary Feline – Oh no, it’s so hard to read when you are sick isn’t it? I hope you are feeling much better soon!
Stefanie – I swear, it felt like people were doing fireworks in our backyard. So strange especially because I thought they were banned.
Kay – It’s great to see you blogging again! Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me know. Can you believe this cold weather we are having? Well as long as we don’t have any freezes and I’ll be ok. We can’t deal with that kind of weather 🙂
Trish – Aw, thank you! Also, thanks for the update on Project Life. I am sort of dipping my toes in that and I’ll let you guys know. For the most part, I’ve just been art journaling. I’ll have to do a blog post on some recent pages. I love seeing all the crafty things people get up to – even if it’s not a craft I do – it’s just inspiring!
Athira – That’s great, chores done and now you can enjoy reading! Hope your reading year is off to a great start!