Post #4 Pinning for Dummies

It has been a while since I really learned something new and as popular as it is, I have just recently become a Pinner! (That is what I am choosing to define myself as when using Pinterest, but if you have any better suggestions PLEASE offer them up) 

For those of you who are even farther behind the trend than myself, here's a short description:

Pinterest is a pinboard-styled social photo sharing website. The service allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections. The site's mission statement is to "connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting." 

For the past few days I have been pinning away as a replacement to doing my homework. From the looks of my Pinterest board, I have prioritized looking at pictures of baby animals, interesting hairstyles, pretty nature scenes, and clothing over my other daily tasks. I am hoping that with time the allure of this website will slowly diminish and I can cut back a bit on the time that I have been wasting on it.

Here is a link to my pinterest, http://pinterest.com/dianac5240/pins/

I’m not sure if you can look at it without an account but either way I will continue to explain a little bit about my pinterest board.

You will see that my different categories are “Can’t look away” which consists of things that I can’t look away from, this category has accidentally evolved into my baby animal picture collection, “Things I want to make” which is recipes that look delicious, “Favorite Places and Spaces” which is pictures of nature or beautiful home spaces, “Projects” which has hairstyles and DIY crafts that I would like to try, “Products I love” which at the moment consists of super Gucci little shot glasses, and “Motivational” which shows quotes and pictures that lift my spirits and motivate me to push forward.

Most of the things I am looking at or pinning are the simple things in life that we forget to appreciate, something sweet that just makes you smile, bright colors, pretty pictures, projects you may want to try, or goals to set for yourself.

Pinterest is the perfect website for a little pick me up to boost your day. I encourage everyone to check it out for them selves. There are tons of different topics and interests that you can look at to fit your personality. Also I just discovered that I can follow people who’s posts I like so that I will see more of their pins and they can follow me in return, how exciting!

If you are interested in this and decide to make an account, let me know how it goes and what you think about it. I would also love to know what topics you are following and the categories (or boards as they call them) that you decide to create.

Hopefully this gives everyone a new way to procrastinate doing homework and other important chores! 

Post #3 Home Alone

For the past few months we have all lived with a roommate. This person is around us all the time and usually sleeping in the same room as us every night. In my case, I haven’t spent one night without a roommate in my room since the start of college. Well, there may have been a night here or there that she didn’t make it home, but ironically nights like that tended to be a bit hazy for me too (for a reason that I cannot figure out!) and I didn’t notice her absence until the morning.

            Now I tend to be a bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to the dark. I am used to crawling into bed every night with the light still on, cuddling under the covers, seeing Carissa laying about 5 feet away, knowing I am safe, then hearing the light switch flick off. But this weekend was different. My roommate, Carissa, decided to go home for the weekend and I was in my room alone… all weekend… in the dark.

            I chose to stay here and not go canning or go home for the weekend because I wanted some alone time and some time to myself for relaxation. Well after having someone or many people with me at every waking moment, this was really enjoyable. I woke up late on Saturday, laid in bed in silence, turned the tv on to my favorite channel (food network) and just took in the peacefulness until I felt like getting up and starting my day. My day consisted of homework for the most part, but it was shocking at how much I got done when I had no friends around to goof off with. For the most part this seemed to be working out quite nicely, until nighttime.

            On Saturday night, I went to the gym from 11:30 to 12:30 then came back to my oddly quite building. I opened my door and flipped the light switch on immediately then continued to scan the room for monsters or whatever else I believed to be a threat. The coast was clear, but that didn’t leave me resting easy. When it was finally time to sleep, I turned off the light switch then sprung across the floor in what seemed one step before landing in my bed. Unable to sleep I had to watch tv until I fell asleep so that I did not feel so alone in the dark.

            Now as much as I needed a weekend of rest and relaxation, I truly appreciate my roommate for being there each night before I go to sleep. I never used to be so afraid of sleeping in a room alone, so I guess that summer time when I am back home will be interesting at first. That’s it for tonight, don’t let the bed bugs bite!