I hope everyone had a great weekend. Did you do some fun stuff? Read some good books?
Mine was quite nice as I even made it to the bookstore twice. We grabbed books, magazines and made ourselves at home with drinks and munchies too. My husband bought books on photography and I just added a lot of books to my list. I was tempted to buy several magazines and I didn’t but I’m sure I’ll go back and get some.
I was hoping to finish a book this weekend but my reading is going very slowly. I haven’t started any new books because I’ve had several lingering on my nightstand but I actually need to just give up on some. So a post on my DNF books to come. I think once I clear off my nightstand I will feel excited about starting some new books. Having these lingering on there are is sort of putting me in a reading slump.
What else did I do? Spent time with my mom, did yoga, and oh yes, I signed up to share booth space at the EAST Austin Studio Tour coming up in November. I’m so excited, scared and feeling a bit of everything else in between. This will be the first time I’m doing something like this so I can’t wait. Of course this means, no more slacking off on crafty time.
Now, though I’m going to get back to my book and try to forget that tomorrow is Monday.
Sounds like you had a great weekend. I read a little, wrote a review, took a walk, went to the store with my SIL and watched a movie with the HUB. Full Day! Have a great week Iliana.
I am reading Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and have spent as much time on the deck with ice tea and my book as it is too hot to be inside. How about a post on bookmaking too!
I think I’ll start on Blankets by Craig Thompson tonight. Keep us informed about the tour!
A trip to the bookstore, maybe a nice cup of coffee, would have been nice. I spent the weekend planning lessons and reading some. Finished A Farewell to Arms. It was nice, relaxing. I have been wanting to try yoga for a long time.
Sounds like you had a great weekend, Iliana! As always, I didn’t read much over the weekend as there’re too many things that need my attention: household chores, family, etc etc. Speaking of DNF books, I still haven’t finished reading The Cardturner despite I started this book awhile back. I don’t want to give up on this book, but then I don’t feel like reading it as much as I do with other books which I’m currently reading.
diane – That is a full day but filled with a lot of good things! I think we just need an extra day to catch up on more of the good stuff right? 🙂
Juliann – Are you enjoying it? I hope so! I know, I’ve been very behind on talking about my bookbinding projects. In part it really is because I haven’t been crafting as much as usual. I am still getting used to working again but hopefully this will be what gets me back in my groove!
Vasilly – I keep hearing great things about that book. Unfortunately I tried it one time and couldn’t get in to it. I have a feeling it was wrong timing. So one of these days I will try it again. I hope you enjoy it and I’ll be looking for your review.
Dana Huff – I should read some Hemingway. I only read one of his short stories when I was in school and nothing else! Oh and I highly recommend yoga. I’ve been practicing for several years although this summer I’ve really taken my practice to a new level as I do it 5-6 times a week. It’s wonderful.
Melody – That happens right? Just never enough time for everything. By the way, I saw that your daughter got in school – yay! That’s wonderful news. I really am going through a bit of a reading slump and I’m going to say it’s partly that I’ve read some not so good books but hopefully some good books are in store for me for my next reads!
Mostly reading on the weekends is a bit slow, and this weekend i was just cleaning … dusting… cleaning 😀
We have a festival and couple of relatives coming in this week so I had to do it and well it was long overdue too!
this week is going to be very tiring and i m sure i won’t have time for anything.
but i m glad u had a good one, i also have a couple of books lingering on my nightstand and i m going to finish them before starting anything 🙂
Sounds like you had a great weekend. Congratulations on signing up for the studio tour!
Don’t you just hate the DNF books. I get so disappointed, as I always hope each book I pick up will be great. I am so optimistic. Sounds like nice weekend with your mom and doing some yoga.
I am excited that you signed up for the festival. Good luck.
I did a lot of yard work. So much that I couldn’t lift my arms after. I had planned on reading, but with the forecast of rain, I figured the hayfield should be mowed. LOL
Then, I decided to get the weedwacker out and also the leaf blower. I must be crazy.
Have a great week.
I agree that you’ll probably feel better about your reading once you clear out your DNF books. If a book isn’t grabbing you, it’s best to move on!
What a nice weekend you had! Congratulations on the booth! How exciting!
I need to clear off my unreads or unfinished books and start over myself. Sometimes when they start bogging me down it’s liberating just to step away from the pile and try something new.
I like how you and your husband have date night every weekend–too fun. I’ve not been to the bookstore for a while and am wondering what new books are out–maybe it’s better I say away! I was also thinking about looking through the books on my night stand and seeing if there are some I should put back that I’ve been ignoring. I always hate doing that, but otherwise things get out of control!
It does sound like a good idea to dump those books that are contributing to a reading slump — I hope you find some books to feel excited about again!
Veens – I saw the pictures of your baby on your blog – so cute! I was having a problem commenting but I’ll try again 🙂 Glad to hear you had a good weekend and how fun to look forward to a festival!
Kathleen – That’s something I’ve been wanting to do so I got my courage up and sent in my application!
Wisteria – Oh my, you were going crazy with the gardening 🙂 We did have a good weekend and I watched a good show with my mom too so that was nice. It’s just hard to get everything done isn’t it.
Stephanie – I’ve cleared my nightstand of those books – I’m moving on 🙂
Stefanie – Thank you! I’m very excited although I think right now I’m sort of stunned that I’ve done that and thoughts are swirling but I need to just start planning.
Andi – Do it! I just did tonight and am so excited about picking up a new book. Hopefully a good one too!
Danielle – It’s so funny, I guess typically you hear that from couples with kids but I think even without children it’s easy to get caught up in the dramas of work, taking care of the house, taking care of parents, etc. so it’s nice to step away from everything and do something fun. I know, it is sort of hard to let go of some books… Especially if you think you’d like them but I’m moving on!
Dorothy W. – Indeed! What makes it worse is that there were several all at once. I’m off to find a new book. Can’t wait.