Pinning

You heard me. Pinning. Here a pin, there a pin, everywhere a pin pin. It's the newest addiction in my self-diagnosed addictive personality disorder. It's called Pinterest. In other words, you pin your interests to an imaginary bulletin board. Don't argue with me--it is imaginary, and you know it. It's not real, not any more real than this blog is real unless you were to actually print it out. You see, it's completely online.  It's part of the web, the part that entangles you and sucks you in and uses up all of your valuable or, in my case, not so valuable time.  And suck me in it did. I love it.

I'll take a bit of space here and describe it to you. If you haven't heard of it, you're now saying, "What???" If you have heard of it but aren't into it, this should help explain it better and make you want to get into it. Or if you are reading this way off in the distant future, well then, you'll get a good laugh out of this.

OK, here goes. Imagine a huge bulletin board--in say, a classroom. And on this board, you have boxes. Let's say you have 20. So, you'd have a 4x5 looking area, and with each box, you give it a label. One might, for example, say — products I love, things I want to do, places I want to go, or funny sayings.  Get it?  So, imagine yourself cutting pictures out of magazines and using a pin (see?). You'd then affix them to said board — within their proper boxes.

Now, what makes this website so alluring is the fact that you can see other people's boards! Oh, the excitement!!! When your friends post pictures on their boards of recipes or design ideas, the real excitement (ok--hyperventilation)OKegins to build. You then have the ability (or privilege) to repin their picture! Can you imagine?  There you are, looking through hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures of stuff.  Lots and lots of good stuff. Everything you can think of is now at your fingertips. I especially like the quotes — some of them are fantastic! It's fun, it's addictive, it's delightful. What more can I say!

Thus, Pinterest was born. It's a way to share with others things you love or love to do. Things you eat or wish you could. Places you've gone or places you want to go. It's freaking awesome! And, I love it. It's a computer geek's dream come true.

So, if you are ever wondering what I'm up to, as in why hasn't she blogged in a few days, well, chances are I am pinning. Or looking at other people's pins. Or thinking about pinning. Or wanting to pin.

I have only been on Pinterest for 3 weeks. I have 26 boards, and almost 400 pins. Trust me when I tell you that it is fun. Oh, and happy pinning!

Click on that red word Pinterest--I dare you--I double dog dare you!