May Madness

We had a great time in Austin – so great that we are moving down there!

Well, this has been in the works for a while now but the trip down there this weekend was to square away some things and it looks like May will be crazy time for us as we pack up our house, move, etc.!

It’s exciting as I’m going back to a city I’ve lived in before and loved. Of course it’ll be hard to leave our current place because you get used to things. And, not to mention that I’ll miss my friends I have here. Along with my public library and book groups. Ack. I’m really going to miss my book groups as I’ve belonged to them for years and years.

On top of moving, we also have a vacation at the end of May which we can’t reschedule because it’s when we go visit our family in Germany. I get the feeling May will be crazy around here so in advance I’ll apologize if I don’t answer emails as quickly and get even further behind on challenge reads and posting reviews. I’ll still blog as much as I can and visit your blogs as much as I can. I get the feeling that will help keep me sane. heh.

Now it’s time to figure out how I’m going to pack up all my books!

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Weekend Trip

Thanks again you guys for all of your kind words regarding my bookbinding adventures. You guys are the best! I’ve got a little something in the works so stay tuned for more news on the bookbinding front.

For now, I’m off for a quick trip to Austin. There probably won’t be much time for reading but I need to go look through the bookshelves to make sure I have a book with me. Granted, I’m sure we’ll somehow manage to find a way to stop in at BookPeople. heh.

Hope you all have a great bookish weekend!

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On Bookbinding

Folks, I’m “this” close to finishing my springback book. If all goes well I should be done next week – yay! It’s looking so nice. Today I had to saw off the excess board, sand the boards and pare the leather I’ll be using to cover part of the boards.

Also, I don’t know if I mentioned it or not but I did finish my 40 beaded journal books I was working on for a friend. Here’s a pic of some of them. I was very happy with the way they turned out although I did have a bit of a screw up on one journal. That’s ok, I’ll keep that one for me.
beadedjournals

Anyway, it’s been a long day. We were without electricity a good part of the day, then it was bookbinding and then I had to run some errands. I’m off to read and I’ll catch up with you guys soon!

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