B.U.tiful weekend!

the weather has been absolutely gorgeous this weekend!!! warm, breezy, and not a cloud in the sky! i've spent as much time as i could out of doors. my hubby is on the road for a mini tour with his band, so i've been home missing him terribly.  no matter how beautiful it is outside, it's more fun when you have someone to share it with. on the bright side i didn't have to cook or clean cuz i made a point not to make any messes (^_^). my only chore was to have a fun and relaxing weekend. i have to say i did an outstanding job! i went for a walk in the park on saturday after eating falafel in south austin. i didn't take any pics cuz my phone was low on batteries. when i came home i sat on the patio with my cats and read a book 'til it was dark. then i came inside; ate the rest of my falafel and watched i captured the castle. i did a little bit of editing on a chapter i'm going to submit to librivox, and capped the night off with a little more reading in bed. i've been reading:

i'm lost in kovthe's world! i love it when i find a book that's hard to put down. i'm starting to get upset because i'm almost at the end and the second book isn't out yet (ToT).

i woke up on sunday and did a little more editing 'til hunger decided to distract me. i put  some stuff together for a picnic (blanket, book, sunglasses) and walked to p. terry's to grab my lunch.  people were out in full force! the honey suckle wasn't attracting bees so i stood in the shade smelling the sweet nectar while i waited for my food. they were swamped so i was doing a lot of smelling (^_^). i walked to lady bird lake; watched the doggies at the dog park; took some pics of the beautiful scenery and looked for a nice shaded place to have my picnic. i found a perfect spot off the hike and bike trail by the fountains. there was a rock i could rest up against and it was right by the water so i had excellent views. i finished my lunch and was about two chapters into my book when i heard something in the bushes. all the sudden there was a huge hairy and sopping wet dog headed my way. he shook his wetness all over me then to make matters worse he decided my blanket was a great place to relieve himself. i was in shock!!! it took me a  second to realize what he was doing before i jumped up and got my stuff out of harm's way. all the while his owners were mortified. they were in a canoe and couldn't do anything but call him away. they made him get in the canoe after that. wow! of all the places that dog could go potty he had to go on my blanket. HA!
i got my stuff together and moved to another place and tried to continue reading but i couldn't get my mind off of how yucky my blanket was. i thought about throwing it away but that seemed to wasteful so i came home and washed it. now i'm sitting on my patio 3 stories up and far away from all the dogs and their dirty business. happy weekend everyone!

lazy days

it's been exactly one month since i posted here!
not much has been going on and i've been a bit too lazy to finish some of the other post i've started. this wasn't meant to be an all bike blog. this has been established as a v-ron brain dump zone... anything goes!!! i'm working on a post about a revamped sweater. the idea was better than an then outcome but what the heck ... it was a learning experience! i also made a reusable shopping bag from some old scrubs. on occasion you should expect to hear about my orchids and probably a few blogs about how bad my cats are (^_^).  like i said... it's a brain dump. i need an outlet so i don't bore my friends and family with all this.

with all that said... i'm gonna talk bikes now.

i had to return the helmet that i got from amazon. it was huge! it came with extra padding but it was still too big.  i guess i've got a small noggin. so i'm looking at this ----->


i saw a nutcase helmet at mellow johnny's, but at the time i thought it was a child's helmet. i'll have to go there again and see if they can order me this in my size. or find out what size i am and order it myself.

the bike rack i got is still sitting on my bedroom floor. it's one of the things on my to-do list. i'll have to get some bolts for it though... the dumb thing didn't come with any hardware.


my hubby and i went to boconcepts to test drive some dutch bikes. unfortunately they changed the date. the weather hasn't been cooperating here in austin the last few weekends. however, they had one on display. it was PURDY

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look familiar?

easy virtue

ok ... they aren't twins but they do kinda look the same. been looking at the specs for the oma and... wow! then i look at the price! *sigh*

later gators!