What We're Reading...

Dan is still hooked on the audiobooks. I think he listened to Jimmy Buffett's Salty Piece of Land
{which he bought on ebay} last month as well. I haven't uploaded World Without End to the computer yet. Its 36 CDs, so a little daunting... but well worth it. If you've ever read Ken Follett you know what an amazing author he is, and if you haven't read/listened to him, I'd highly recommend any of his books. I'm glad Dan finally got on the bandwagon since for a few years now its just been Matt and I talked like geeks about his books ;)

As you can see, I'm totally interested in books about food and nutrition. Not so much the diet type stuff or that "what to eat" type books... but moreso the "why do Americans eat the way we do" type genre. Michael Pollan's books are absolutely astounding. I took notes throughout In Defense of Food and I am hoping to post those here for anyone interested very soon. I am only about 140 pages into Pollan's first book but I am completely absorbed in that as well (again, notes to follow). I'm learning more and more that as much as America is undoubtedly one of the best places in the world to live, US policy is not in favor of protecting us and our food despite recent attempts to push to get us healthy... its extremely backwards... again, more to follow. I need to pull my thoughts together to make it coherent.

More literary rambles....

so I've mentioned my new found obsession with the library, right?
well now I've got dan on board too.
the first few times I headed out to the library I got a nice, whitty jab about being bookish or nerdy or whatever he could come up with on the fly…
all in good fun of course…
but now it’s a different story.
last night I dropped off my books and came home with only one new item.
and it was for him!
not so funny anymore is it?

and since i'm always curious to see what others are reading
i figured i'd post a list of what we're borrowing each month.
its amazing how much you can save by taking advantage of the library.

and another perk i realized this morning is that if you're not all that interested in the book
you can skim it, or simply return it without feeling guilty.
while i am enjoying The Simple Living Guide right now, i don't feel like i have to read every single section in order to 'get my money's worth.'

similarly with the audiobooks. the first one i downloaded was The Almost Moon by Alice Seabold.. now while it might be an interesting story to read, hearing the details of how this lady euthanized her mother, with flashbacks to her horrible childhood was not exactly motivating when i was trying to get through the third mile on the elliptical at the end of the long day. I gave it a few tries, and then I said "forget it!" I'm deleting that one, and that's ok :)

so this is what we're reading, or in Dan's case- listening to. if you have any book recommendations let me know!

right now

right now i am...

• loving the library! taking full advantage of this free service is making me so happy. dan and i are both listening to audio books (dan while he works, and me at the gym or walking). i'm reading some fiction and i've started another green book (more to come on that soon) and a book called The Simple Living Guide. think i'll try some non-fiction next to break it up. there's an endless amount of stuff out there. plus, you can request stuff online from any library, they ship it directly to your library, send you an email, and when you go in (my library is open til 9p!) its waiting at the counter! it doesn't get easier than that folks. so if you're not using your library DO IT. its very green but it will also save you green! the stuff we've borrowed just in the past couple weeks is easily hundreds of dollars worth of goods that we do not need to keep forever! totally worth it.
• enjoying the warmer weather. i love walking outside. catching some rays and soaking up some Vitamin D.
• getting excited for my "Getting Started" Meeting in Braintree on Thursday. i'm looking forward to learning more about the 3 Day walk. I figure all tips and information is good. hoping they're selling some gear too. i want to get some shirts/hats to advertise but i have huge issues not being able to try stuff on.
• working on my photo cards again! look forward to some new designs. hoping to post some for sale on etsy.com and obviously will sell them in person too.... just in time for mother's day! what mom couldn't use some beautiful, handmade cards? think about it :) AND i'm going to have a couple sets whose profits will go to the 3Day walk, so if money's tight but you need some greeting cards (or a nice gift), this might be a good way for you to contribute.
• i bought some black frames to hang in the laundry room. i'm going to print some of my photographs to put in there! looking forward to brightening up and personalizing that space!

ok off to the gym. have a great afternoon!