The weekend is almost over and I didn’t finish a single book from my stack. Yikes. But, I had a very good weekend so I won’t complain too much about not getting further ahead in my stack.
I did go to the Renegade Craft Fair and had a good time browsing at the beautiful handmade goodies. I talked with some of the vendors and even got to meet one artist who I had bought a necklace from several years ago. How fun is that.
We did our usual date night at the bookstore (no books bought on this outing – gasp!), tried some new restaurants and best of all, I got a bike. I’m so excited although I’m a bit scared. Ha. The last time I rode a bike was maybe 15 years ago or so and yes, I remember how to ride but definitely still wobbly on it. I’m looking forward to practicing more and finally joining my husband on some rides.
For the rest of the evening I’m going to try and finish The Wings of the Sphinx by Andrea Camilleri which is the book for my mystery book group meeting on Tuesday. There’s something about this book that has bugged me quite a bit. I’ll get more into it when I give you the full report but it is to do with dialect. Obviously I’m reading a translation but there is one character who just sounds like a horrible stereotype of some mafioso. I just don’t remember him “speaking” like this in previous books.
Anyway, off to continue with my book for now.
I am glad that you went to the FAIR. I hope that you can participate next year.
Congrats on the bike. It looks really great!
Looks like you had a great weekend, Iliana! And congrats on the bike! I admit riding a bike always make me nervous but it’s not like I have the chance of riding it often though, LOL.
Sounds like a very fun weekend 😀 Sometimes I forget how nice it can be to do things OTHER than reading 😛
Sounds like an awesome w/end, and worth “no reading” for the great outdoors. Have a great week!
Now that both of my kids are good at riding bikes, I would really love it if my husband and I would get them too. It can get pretty dangerous to ride them on the roads but we have some great bike paths. Now you have got my brain thinking…
I am glad to hear you had a good weekend. I hope you enjoy riding your bike. I actually got to read most of the weekend as I ferried my kids around and had lots of waiting time.
Isabel – I hope so too! And, I had to laugh when I bought my bike because I honestly wasn’t planning on getting a pink bike but wouldn’t you know it, I still ended up with a bike with some pink on it! So you were right 🙂
Melody – I love to see people riding bikes but cars are what make me nervous. I don’t know how people can go out and ride among them! haha… My husband commutes to work on his bike and I can’t imagine ever doing that.
Nymeth – Ha,ha.. true right? 🙂
diane – I agree! I still did manage to make headway into the one book so not too shabby after all.
Sandy – Ah see, that’s what you guys need! When we were living in Dallas I wouldn’t have considered a bike as it’s not very bike friendly at all there but here in Austin there are a lot of bike lanes and definitely more bike friendly.
vivienne – I guess being a taxi service isn’t so bad if you get some reading along the way right 🙂 Glad to hear you got to catch up on your reading!
Sounds like a nice weekend! Congrats on the bike! It is very pretty. I hope you got a helmet too. Very important to protect the ol’ noggin especially if you will ever be riding on the street.
“The weekend is almost over and I didn’t finish a single book from my stack.”
Oh, I can’t tell you how often I’ve said that in recent weeks ::lol:: I always think the weekends will hold more reading time than they do, but it turns out that my commutes and the forced-sitting that comes along with them offer more reliable reading sessions.
Looks and sounds like the fair was lots of fun. I didn’t get much reading done this weekend other than the NY Times.
Stefanie – I didn’t get a helmet just yet but when I got my bike I got a gift card so I’m planning to go back this week to buy it. I was just looking at the REI web site and saw such cute bike baskets! I know, I need to focus on the “real” gear needs 🙂
Buried In Print – I don’t know why I think I’ll have more time on the weekends either as that’s when we usually go out with friends, the movies, etc. Ah well, I guess it just seems like it could have the potential for lots of free time 🙂
Kathleen – It was. I didn’t indulge in a lot of shopping but I was able to find some goodies for some friends whose birthdays are coming up. I always love to support indie artists!
Sounds like a fun weekend–I’ve not finished a book for a while and am starting to get nervous! 🙂 Does the Camilleri novel have a new translator–that’s sort of weird tha the ‘voice’ has changed. Have fun with your new bike–I haven’t ridden in ages but would love to find a good path and give it a try again (nowhere near my house, though).