Dancing for Strangers
Sometimes I have so much to say to you that my brain is about to burst with excitement.
This is not one of those times.
It’s been a full, but uninteresting few weeks around here and cleaning out my storage building is just about the biggest thing to report besides the extreme lack of carbs in my diet.
I have been walking every morning and I have to say that for the first time in my life I don’t dread getting up to exercise. I really enjoy the long walks down our quiet road and I am a little embarrassed to say that I haven’t taken full advantage of our beautiful surroundings for the past 12 years that we have lived here. You think to yourself, “If I lived there I would go for a walk every day because it is so beautiful.” Then you don’t.
I’m trying to post pictures on Instagram and Facebook each morning from my walk. It’s so peaceful that I shouldn’t be the only one to enjoy it. I try to post a couple of times a day at least. If you’re not following me on Instagram then you are missing this kind of awesomeness:
That first one is my supermodel pose in the car when the A/C blasts in my face. It’s so me, don’t you think? I really should have considered a career in the modeling industry.
The last one is from my day out with Elijah and Adam last week. Adam is going through a hip hop stage I think. I told him as long as he keeps his pants pulled all the way up it’s fine with me.
I went back into the city yesterday to run a zillion and a half errands. Every once in a while I like to go without kids and be alone in the car. I crank up the music and think and sing and pray and praise…..it’s awesome. I made myself some CDs from my iTunes library so I can play them in the car. I didn’t really pay attention to the order but just stuck some favorite songs together so they are all over the place as far as style. There will be something by Rascall Flatts followed by a Chris Tomlin worship song then an old 80s Huey Lewis number then some Seeds of Praise. It’s a little schizophrenic, but I just go with it.
I’m alone, I’m singing, I’m praising….and I make no effort to conceal my singing from the cars driving past or pulling up next to me at traffic lights. I’m having too much fun to stop for strangers.
One morning on my walk I was kind of walk/dancing/playing air guitar when I heard a voice behind me. I popped out my earbuds and realized a neighbor (who I had never met) was calling to me from his porch asking me if I was enjoying my music while he laughed heartily. It’s not everyday that you see an overweight woman in a dress dancing down the street in silence. I smiled, did a little spin for him and walked on, glad I made his day.
Oh I forgot I do have one piece of news. My book is now in the hands of my editor. I was planning on making it into an ebook, but she thinks it should be a hard copy book because it is something mothers would like to pass on to each other or give as a gift. What’s your opinion? Do you like ebooks or hard books better? Ebooks would be cheaper for you, hardbooks are shareable and more available for everyone. I just can’t decide!
That’s what I need to know from you.
1. Should I make a real book instead of an ebook and
2. Should I pursue modeling as a back up career? Or perhaps car dancing might be an option. I’m good at that too! I could be in a music video. If anyone from Rascall Flatts is reading this…call me!
LOVE the supermodel face – it definitely says, “I don’t get out of bed for less than $10k a day, darling!”
Make it a hard copy! I find it hard to snuggle down with a blanket and computer! And my iPad seems so impersonal. Nothing takes the place of a good book. Can’t wait until its available!
Hard cover/soft cover verses ebook. This really is the kind of book that women like to share with each other!
Deanna
Hard copy!
And you’re not the only one that dances around town in silence… Drive around town for a bit and you might spot her. She’s the one in the really big headphones. We affectionately call her the “crazy dancing lady”. We’re super creative like that.
Hard books are my preference, as I haven’t yet made it into the 21st century with e-readers. I also love to highlight books I reference often, so it’s easy to find the things that were important to me when I go back to the book. And then when I loan them out to friends, they can see what information I gleaned!
I would buy it either way, but given the option, would prefer a hard copy.
Hard copy for sure. Keep dancing! It makes everyone smile….especially you 🙂
I’m a real book kinda person myself.
Real books rock … but then our home currently sports 23 full bookcases and a small stack on the family room floor, so I may be exhibiting a bias here! If you get on as a super model, please let me know! I’ll sign up too – for something to do in our spare time, right? I actually modeled briefly for a local plus sized clothing shop in High School and it was terrifying for this formerly extreme introvert (now just a large-group introvert). I liked the free clothes though!
I vote hard back book. Nothing like it, and I see you as a traditional kind of girl, and that is so traditional…I agree with a previous comment that it is hard to curl up with your computer.
Love your blog!
Keep up the great work on your health journey!
I would also say hard copy, a real book is always nicer!
Hard copy. I have several ebooks I’ve never read because the ipad is a shared item and when it comes to bedtime reading hubby gets the ipad because of his vision problems. During the day when he’s at work I don’t have time to read a book.
So are you going to tell us how much weight you’ve lost? I can tell you have so ‘fess up! ;o)
Oh, my! This post made me LOL – for real!
As for the book, can’t it be both? I prefer hard covers for books I want to keep. If I know it’s something I’ll read just once, I do ebooks.
I know you Lisa…..What you say is well worth a hard copy! I will be one to get it for sure! Congrats!
I can’t stop giggling at your model pic! You are awesome to have shared that!
You already are a model to your family of so much more than just clothes (although I love your modesty series). I personally prefer a hardback book so that when I want to share with a friend, it’s easy and immediate and can be gifted or loaned to her. Print book is also much more conducive to a women’s reading or Bible Study group (not sure what your books topic is). If you do it in print, couldn’t you also offer a Kindle version if people really wanted ebook form?
I will be the loan e-Book vote, but then, I have no idea what topic we’re talking about here (how did I miss that???) so if your editor says hard book, go with that. Clearly I am in the minority, and likely (definitely) my location has something to do with that. So much easier for me to download an eBook vs. locate and buy a real book, fill up the suitcase, etc.
If it is the kind of book one would like to highlight and take notes on, then real book is better.
Oh, girl, I’m so glad for you! 🙂
I personally like “real” books better than eBooks, but I know there are lots of people who love eBooks. So could you do both? At least for the first edition? Then readers could have their choice.
Yes to the modeling. and I prefer books I can read on my Ipad. 🙂 Keep Dancing.