Thanks to the weather I got to enjoy a longer weekend. We woke up Friday to ice all over town and thankfully our office was closed. I’ve heard that there were as many as 150 wrecks. Can you believe that? For those of you who are snow-bound, you are probably looking at this picture and thinking that’s it? But, for us in Austin it’s a big deal and basically the whole city just shuts down.
Anyway I got to do a bit of extra reading and I finally finished my book for the Japanese Literature Reading challenge. I will try to do a write up soon but let me just say that I’m glad to be done with that book.
I have been focusing only on three books this weekend but I think I’m going to treat myself and start a new book soon. I realized that all of my current reads are sent in England and I think I need to do a bit of armchair traveling.
We did stop in at the bookstore on Saturday (we’ve had gorgeous weather this weekend) and I discovered Daphne’s Diary. Have you seen this magazine? It’s so cozy and dreamy. There are journal entries, recipes, travel tales and all sorts of crafty inspiration. This was the winter edition and my favorite part was reading about Daphne’s trip through Bruges. We visited there a few years ago so it brought back wonderful memories. I would love to go back one day. Anyway, I look forward to the next edition of this magazine.
Finally, I also spent quite a bit of time organizing my studio and doing some bookbinding. A bit of sewing and lots of paper cutting. Oh and for my personal journaling projects I bought a date stamp (similar to these). How come I haven’t used one of these before? So cute. Alright, now to take care of some stuff before it gets much later and more bookish talk soon!
Yay for extra days! Hey, if there was ice in Orlando, I guarantee you that everything would shut down. They even freak out here if we get a lot of rain or it gets in the 30’s. (As I speak, they are on the news with bug-eyes saying there could be flurries in Gainesville mid-week. LOL) I’m jealous of the extra reading time. I need to find some.
How nice you got an extra day! Though of course from my MN perspective I am scoffing, but it is a friendly scoff tinged with jealousy since I am expected to wait for the bus in -38 wind chill.
That’s a lot of accidents! I imagine that much snow in my neck of the woods would have the same reaction, although I’d probably have to still go in for work. One of the downsides of working for an agency that provides emergency services. At least I wouldn’t have to be on the roads like some of my colleagues.
It sounds like you had a lovely weekend overall! I love long weekends . . .
There are a lot of accidents here in the winter, too, and we always have weather like that… That’s great you get a longer weekend, though. 🙂
Up here in Virginia also, we get shutdown for a little sprinkling of snow. It’s so refreshing to get a break like that! Hope you have a great week!
Sandy – I think we freak out when it rains too 🙂 Of course the only bad thing about the snow day is having to use up PTO time but an extra day to relax is not a bad thing! Hope you find some extra time to read this week.
Stefanie – I cannot even imagine what it must be like to be in that weather. Well, don’t forget when it’s summer here then I wish I was up north! Just wait until we hit the 100s for weeks on end, I’m sure you won’t be jealous then 🙂
Literary Feline – I know isn’t that scary? I’m so glad my office is very understanding and that we can certainly make up our work another time. I remember when I worked in healthcare it was so demanding. Everyone is needed, no excuses!
Kailana – And, our weekend weather was gorgeous! It was so weird. Now tonight we are supposed to get another “winter mix”. Oh boy! Maybe I’ll get to read in tomorrow too 🙂
Athira – I guess if it means we are all a bit more safe then that’s a good thing right? Our schools are already on a delayed schedule for tomorrow so I’ll be going in later too. Hope you are having a great week too!
Having been gone for a week, I’m still trying to catch up with Feedly posts! I was in B.R. when the front hit, and it shut down everything! Funny to think about it in Austin, but even New Orleans was hit by icy weather. Can’t ever remember weather like this that far south.
Checking out Daphne’s Diary!
Jenclair – I totally understand. If I fall behind on feedly I can get so overwhelmed. This weather is totally crazy we are having down south isn’t it? We are just not prepared for this kind of stuff. When I lived in Dallas we’d get these ice storms every year but here in Austin this is rare. I found Daphne’s Diary at B&N. It’s so cute!
Yay for snow days! When you are not used to things like that of course it throws everyone off balance (literally in this case!). Always nice to have an extra long weekend. Now I have to go check out that magazine!