Saturday, April 7, 2012

First Day of Spring Break and I'm Sick, Is There a Pin for That?

So here we are, it is the first day of spring break, or what we used to call Easter Vacation and I am sick.  Last night when I went to bed I thought my allergies were just acting up, but I guess not.  I feel for my kids.  They are ready to take on the vacation and live every day to the fullest, but not me.  I have spent over half of the day in my pajamas either sleeping in my chair while trying to watch TV or in my bed doing some real sleeping.  I sure hope I get over this quickly.  I need to be able to get up tomorrow and cook Easter dinner!
Along with sleeping I have been logging a lot of hours online.  My IPad has windows open for Facebook and Pinterest.  I am ashamed to say I am mildly obsessed with both sites.  On the negative side, I think they both take up huge amounts of time that can be better spent doing, well, almost anything else.  But, I still like them.  I actually feel quite happy with Pinterest lately.  I especially like that I can find new recipes that others have tried (and like).  It gives me more confidence to give it a go, when I know someone else has been successful making it.  And, I haven't been all talk about it, or should I say just pinning?  I have made several of the dishes.  Every single one of them has turned out great.  I'm not always that lucky with recipes from magazines.  After I have made a recipe, I go back into the pin and comment on it if it turned out well, and so far everything has gotten a positive comment.  Either that says something about my pinning, or that people only post really good stuff.  Maybe it is a little of both.  I wonder who came up with Pinterest, and since I don't see ads on the side bar, like Facebook, I wonder if/how they are making money.  It has already changed a bit since I have joined, and like Facebook, it always makes it a bit difficult to navigate the site until you get used to it.  But even though I enjoy it, I still wonder if they are going to eventually charge us to store all this information we have placed in files on their site.  That would stink, since I have been a pinning fool!  I have files not only for recipes, but files for books I've read and books I want to read, crafts, fitness, inspiration, and just things I think are funny.  Why I need to save (pin) them, I have no idea.  Hopefully someday I will use it all.  Oh yeah, I also have a file titled 'someday.'  Maybe everything should be a sub-folder of that one!
Wow, this has been a somewhat rambling post... I would like to blame the cold medicine if that is alright with you.

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