Miscellaneous Monday: Pinterest and Interests

I started to write a more personal blog post, and then I changed my mind. Whenever I get into those deeper thoughts, I start to feel like I’m whining a little, which I hate because I don’t have a single legitimate reason to whine.

Perspective, people.

In truth, things have been quite awesome. I could probably use a little more adult time than I get, but Abram is a far easier baby than his sister was. And oh my goodness, he’s such a sweetie.

Perhaps I’m just a seasoned pro at this parenting thing. Yes. Let’s go with that.

Anyway, what else have I been up to? Well...

I joined Twitter. Then I deleted my account. It’s just as dumb as the first time I tried it. I realize it’s a useful tool for advertising and driving traffic to your website, but I just can’t get into it. Quite frankly, it bores me to tears. And I don’t see how my tweets could make any sort of meaningful impression in the world of tweeting. I’m a little late to the party.

(But no judgment here if you love your Twitter. My name is Rachel, and I’m a Facebook-a-holic.)

Now, Pinterest, on the other hand…I just joined, and so far, so good. There are so many recipes/crafts/projects that I’ve come across on the web in the past that I’ve wanted to try, and I’m sure I’ve forgotten about most of them. Now I can pin them, so there’s no chance of losing them!

So I can have all these boards filled with things that I will never expend the time/energy/resources/money on, and they will just sit there, mocking me.

Hmmm.

See, what happens is something inevitably takes place that prevents you from following through with your grandiose plans. For example, you give birth too close to your other child’s birthday, so her birthday cake goes from plans for this:

http://panambicakes.blogspot.com/2009/11/butterfly-cake.html

to this:

Yes, it’s still a pretty cake, and more importantly, she got to help decorate it, which was no doubt more fun for her, but I’m thinking it might not belong in the pages of a party planning magazine. Still, it will be proudly displayed in our photo album for years to come.

And it came from a box, so it was delicious.

I guess it might not always be feasible to work our awesome ideas and plans into our lives, but regardless, we all love to dream about them. So I like to think of Pinterest as the place where we share our dreams. Kinda like Inception. Without the sinister parts.

What have you been dreaming about lately?