Yes, I am still hooping! In fact I just got done hooping for a half hour. I have taken some hoop dance classes and I can do lots of cool "tricks" now. I've graduated to the lighter weight "dance" hoops. I have also kept of the weight that I lost when I first started hooping, and more importantly I now have a waistline! So dust that hoop off! And no, I haven't gotten into Zumba. I quit my gym membership because I wasn't using it anymore. I have friends that love going to Zumba class though.

I've been a Kindle owner since the first month it was released and I absolutely love it. My reason for buying it was that my book collection was, and still is, out of control. I never expected to like reading on the Kindle as much as I do. However, I find I read faster and with less distraction than when reading a "real" book. Some of the advantages: From Amazon you can download the first chapter of books for free. These samples help me decide whether I would like the book before purchasing it. As long as you live in an area with good Sprint coverage, you can purchase and download any Kindle book at any time in one minute or less from anywhere -- no need to have a computer involved. It can be propped up while you are eating or doing something else that can be multi-tasked with reading. It can be read easily in full sunlight, just like a book. It is not hard on the eyes like reading from a computer can be. There are several choices of font for those who like larger or smaller print. When you have finished reading the book you can delete it from the Kindle but download it again from your Amazon library whenever you want to see it again. It is possible to download free books from various sources as well as purchasing book from Amazon. I have not done that but know others do. I'm sure there are other advantages that I'm forgetting right now. I do still purchase books for various reasons -- reference books, garden books, knitting books, and books that aren't available on the Kindle. Sometimes I purchase books just because I want to. My love for books goes back to babyhood, I think, and I'm as surprised as anyone that I can love the Kindle, too. If you have any specific questions I will try to answer them.

Yes, if you want to borrow e-books Amazon Kindle is not the place to go. That is what the library does - let you borrow books. Amazon takes your money. I did try the library but that didn't work for me as I don't finish my books fast enough. Or there was a waiting list of 175 for popular books and when I came up on the list I wasn't ready for a new book. It may have improved by now as that was a few years ago and trying a different library system might be a good idea. For now I'm content to read inexpensive books from Amazon Kindle - either because they're just not expensive or they are on sale. Rarely do I buy a full price book - usually only if it's something DH and I both really want to read.

I mostly use the library (which is a county wide library system and I believe may pull across the state). Occasionally though, a kindle book is not available from the library. I know sometimes amazon has promotions but I was super happy to be able to use the lending library for prime members. LOVE my paper white, and LOVE not having to wait for the library to be open to borrow from the library and or amazon. As an aside, there is another site, gutenberg.org which has all free ebooks, most of which are older and no longer subject to copyright$$. I have found some wonderful classics there (such as Three Men in a Boat)