Happy St. Patrick's Day! Finally the sun came out! But not for long. The last few weeks has been a lot of rain, and there is supposed to be more today but at least it was not too rainy this weekend, as I had outdoor things planned. Keeping fingers crossed that next week there are a few sunny days too.
The high of the last week was: Hiking with my Dad and brother. Of course, in the typical fashion of our family, it ended up being more miles and more elevation than expected, but the scenery and the company made it worth it.
The low of the last week was: Rain. Out of seven days, six had rain, and some of them were torrential downpours with thunder and lightning, which was not super fun. In fact, I think it even hailed a bit. The good part of it was that there were some nice rainbows!
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| Five minutes after this photo, it was hailing |
Something I marked off my to-do list was: I worked on my taxes but did not get them totally finished. I plan on doing that next week and will be glad when this task is done. I was trying to decide whether itemizing would work this year, as I gave SO MUCH STUFF to charity. It may be a little better, but I have to put in each thing, so it's a bit of an admin nightmare.
The book I am reading is: The Passion of Dolssa on ebook and listening to Sociopath on audio, but I am not really getting much reading done at the moment. Thanks to Stephany, I did get Woman on The Ledge from the library and thanks to the rain, I read it in one day! It was good!
The best thing I spent money on was: I haven't really spent too much, and I booked a lot of my accommodation a few months ago, so haven't had to spend big amounts lately either. But if the question is the "most" money, it would be a new phone, but if it was the most FUN money, it would be food, or attractions. We did a great walk yesterday that was very fun!
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| Caminito del Rey |
Plans for this week include: Hiking, eating, spending time with family, looking at stuff.
My favorite photo from the last week is: This definitely is the worst photo I have taken in a while (I was moving, it was dark, and I don't know how to use my new phone) but this guy walked by when we were having dinner and I had to get a photo with him! May the force be with you. Or should I say "que la fuerza te acompañe!"
What are you reading? What was the high/low of your week last week? What have you crossed off of your to-do list lately?
You are with your family? oh that's so nice after traveling for months alone. I haven't read much given my mind is spinning with to-do list in waking hours, but would love to get over with the move and dive into some good fiction.
ReplyDeleteI've been seeing rainbow a lot this week in Brasilia too as it rains in the morning and stops when I start my run.
Wow, it sounds like the weather is working out perfectly for you! I am glad that you are settling in okay in Brasilia! I know the feeling of the endless to do list; I was like that a year ago!
DeleteHow fun for you that your dad and brother are visiting! I had lots of highs last week, but the highest probably were the ABBA tribute concert and lunch with a friend. Low...I didn't get as much editing done as I wanted to. But I have blocked this week off and here we go!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the editing! I hope that you get a lot done and then can go back to lunches with friends! I went to see Mama Mia in San Francisco years ago and really enjoyed it! ABBA is fun!
DeleteHello from also rainy NJ! Are you in Andalucia now? So great that your dad and brother are visiting!
ReplyDeleteI am still on Orhan Pamuk's book and I think I'm gonna stop. I get the idea, and got a taste of his writing and I think I'm ready to move on.
High of the week: cleaning the whole house+ that counts as crossing things off the list. I've been meaning to deep clean for a while.
Low of the week: pain in my forehead because of sinuses (I get spring allergies).
Other things I crossed off the list... Finally getting jeans that fit.
Well fitting jeans; yay! I think that is priceless! I hope that your rain stops soon. As I type this it is pouring outside! Grr...
DeleteSo great that you had time with family! Was this planned, or did it happen as a surprise?
ReplyDeleteI've been reading the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine as well as the book The Sinners All Bow, which is an investigation into the woman's death which inspired the Hawthorne novel The Scarlet Letter. I've been trying to recover from a cold/virus that I came down with about 10 days ago. UGH. It's left me with very little stamina, and I hate that. I've struggled to get back to my daily full-length walks.
Highs...last night we went to our local brewery for a pre-St. Patrick's Day hang. Good food, met some nice people. Saturday, we spent the day with Theo.
Every day I write letters to congress--and that gets crossed off my list!
Cold/flu is no fun! I am still a bit froggy from my cold as well; it just won't quit! It has gotten a lot better but is not completely gone. Your book sounds interesting; I will have to loo into that one! I am sure you had a good time with Theo! I love corned beef and wish I could get my hands on some, but luckily when I was home for the holidays, my Mom made some on the off season and it was delicious!
DeleteHow fun that your dad and brother are there!! Bummer about the rain, though, but it sounds like you are making the most of it!
ReplyDeleteHigh of last week was taking long walks in NYC and having a really good GF pizza at a place just south of Central Park. I stumbled upon it and it had the best GF crust I've ever had! And it had a little flag in the crust saying it was GF. Had it not had that flag, I would have questioned if it was actually GF! No real lows that I can think of outside of the depressing news cycle here. Do not come back!!! For the to do list, I crossed off purchasing some travel sized items for our Mexico trip as we will carry-on. I also packed for the trip since there is ZERO overlap between what I will wear this week and what I will pack for Mexico!
I am reading The Bee Sting right now and am enjoying it but it is very long - I think 700 pages? It is very character driven so I would NOT recommend it for you! There was also a long section without punctuation which drove me a little batty.
That book sounds like I would not like it for various reasons; the lack of punctuation would be really hard for me to get through. I just can't handle that or when there are not capitalized letters at the beginning. I do love a good GF pizza and am so glad that you found a good one! I still think that Ottos in Portland has the best GF crust I have had so far, and some have been downright terrible. Buying travel stuff is fun! I love the excitement of getting ready to go on a trip! Who is watching the kiddos while you are gone?
DeleteI was just thinking about how much I love the new phone that I got last year and the answer is: a lot. It was expensive but worth every penny and I'm glad that I didn't try to cheap on anything. As far as "what" it does that's so much better, that would be that the battery is so good that I never have to think about how much charge is left, and the better camera.
ReplyDeleteI just started reading The Secret Book of Flora Lee which I think everyone except me has read and loved. So far I can tell you that everyone was right! The high of the week was a long weekend trip, and the low was the grind of werk.
I loved that book! I think I read it right at the beginning of last year (when I was in the midst of decluttering!) and it went right on my best of list right away! I am glad that you are finally reading it, and I hope you continue to enjoy it! Bummer about the grind of work though, and I can't wait to hear about your long weekend trip! :)
DeleteThe visit with your dad and your brother sounds like so much fun. I'm laughing at how your family is taking more steps, going further during hikes. So funny. My high last week was probably the great weather here. I was so excited to sit on the deck with my book and soak up some rays . . . before it snowed again yesterday. My low was getting hit with the tots' cold. I manage to avoid their germs majority of the time and I have the red chapped hands from extra washings to show for it. The dang thing gave me a wheezing issue, but happily my steroid inhaler kicked in, and I was able to enjoy most of Sunday.
ReplyDeleteEvery time we map out hikes, the maps are wrong, the lines are wrong, or we end up going a little bit further than we meant to! That is just the way of it. As for weather, I am so glad that you had good weather for a bit, and am sorry that it turned around again. I know that I wish for some sun! Of course, I know that at some point soon, we will all be talking about how hot (too hot) it is! I hope you get over the cold soon!
DeleteWe had some lovely weather here at the end of last week and I had some truly marvelous dog walks. Hannah is so happy with this weather and that I will go out with her for more than an hour at a time.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor and there's a book in a book situation. I like the non-book within a book parts, but the book is a big part of it and I'm on the fence about DNFing.
I just looked that book up and it got great reviews though. I am not a huge sci-fi fan, and so am not sure if it would be up my alley, so will be interested to see how you end up liking it (or not) in the end!
DeleteI'm so glad you're getting some time with your dad and brother. Hooray for family time!
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom and just started Summer Fridays on audio.
The high of last week was my girls' weekend and the low was just some niggling anxiety, gah. And today, I crossed off my taxes! Mine aren't very complicated to do, but I was just not excited to do them. I ended up owing for the first time ever but only $182, so I'll take it. It could have been worse.
I have heard great things about Crow Mary so will be interested to hear what you think! Good for you for getting your taxes done. I usually have to pay, so I normally wait until the last minute to submit them! I normally do them as soon as I can but wait, then review them later and then submit them at the end. I am not in a hurry!
DeleteWe're having the usual March weather of rain, sun, snow, hail, gropple, sun - all in one day! I take advantage of the nice weather moments as much as I can!
ReplyDeleteCaminito del Rey looks breathtaking! What gorgeous photos of your adventures!
I am hoping that March goes out like a lion! Keeping fingers crossed. The Caminito was awesome!
DeleteI agree that Caminito looks amazing, but I googled some photos and think my intense fear of heights would prevent me from experiencing it!
DeleteYes, there are some good sized drop offs, but the railings are very well done!
DeleteOh, how annoying that you've had so much rain while you have visitors!!! I mean- there's really not that much you can do with a torrential downpour and hail. But- your photos are amazing. I LOVE that top one of the hike.
ReplyDeleteRight now I'm reading an Agatha Christie, while trying to decide what to read after finishing the epic Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I'm actually sitting in the bookstore right now, hoping to get some inspiration!
Hope you have lots of sunshine this week.
My Mom was (is?) a big fan of Agatha Christie! I actually am not sure that I have ever read anything of hers, but have tried to get books from the library, but unfortunately they don't have a lot of audiobooks, so I have not gotten to them yet!
DeleteYAY for family visits! I am so glad that they were there (are still there?)
ReplyDeleteThey are gone! I had a great time with them though!
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