good book

I’m hooked on books on ‘tape’!  I still remember the first one… Mom and I were driving across the Mid-West to my cousin’s wedding, so to occupy ourselves we rented (or purchased) Les Miserable on tape (or CD – whatever).  I think we got that because we were going to see the play later that year at the Miller but didn’t know the story.  Well, needless to say, if you know me then you know that is one of my all time favorite musicals!  And I honestly think it might have been because we first listened to the book.  While I’ll never really know that for sure, what I do know is how much I love listening to books on tape.  Therefore, now that I’m again in a commuting role, most mornings I catch up on the news via NPR and most nights I listen to whatever awesome book I have at the time (unless it’s after 7 pm then I’m strictly a Delilah fan all the way).  So I’m writing this because I want to share with you my latest book – it was awesome!!!

Tina Fey wrote a book called Bossypants.  It’s a book about her life and how she got to be who she is… but instead of just a general here is my life this is told in classic, sarcastic, honest Tina Fey style.  Awesome!  Not only does she write the book but she also does the audio reading… it was just really so great I think everyone should listen to it.  And no I’m not being paid or asked to do this, I just sincerely had a great time listen to the book and think everyone should try it out.  So, please, do and let me know what you think. 

Week 1: Lessons Learned

While I announced to the world that I was moving again, I wanted to keep myself accountable via sharing what I’ve been learning along the way.  I figure this way you’ll know if I’m actually walking or not!  So week one lessons learned are classic Chaz mistakes… I was not dressed appropriately!    What we realized is that it’s awfully cold outside, wind whips around and I need to have waaaaaaay more layers on!  Next lesson I learned that in light rain I would like to wear some sort of hat or visor.  While on the warmish days the rain feels good, by the end of the walk I’m just plain annoyed from wiping running water out of my eyes – so hat it is!  Final lesson of the week is that I need more cold weather workout clothes.  Once I finally figured out how many layers I need to wear I soon realized that I kept wearing them over and over and over and over again.  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need to have super fancy new flashy clothes, but I’d like enough that I don’t feel like I’m wearing the same clothes all the time - rotation is helpful for wear, tear, and laundry.  Also along the lines of new clothes (but not the rewear - only once) is I need new workout undies, specifically none cotton undies.  So if anyone has any suggestions please feel free to let me know!

So, with that… last week was fairly successful in the walking and I’m glad to state that we both are just plain feeling better.  We even are looking forward to the walk.