If you haven't heard of Pinterest, you will now. It's the newest and fastest growing social networking platform to hit the US since its launch in May 2011. Pinterest is an online pin board where a user curates photos, images or videos of things they like and share them on boards. Like other social networking sites, you have followers and people who comment on your pins. Anyone can join, but you can't just go to their site and sign up. You can request an invite as stated on their website or snag an invite from someone who's already using Pinterest. Once you receive your Pinterest invite, you can log in using your FaceBook or Twitter account. As with any social networking site, you should complete your profile with your real name. Sounds simple, doesn't it? It is, but there have been some concerns about copyright and/or trademark infringement. When you're pinning photos or images that don't belong to you it's necessary to cite the original source with a link. It's common knowledge … [Read more...]
Top 10 Signs You are Sleep Deprived
If you are a Mom, more than likely, you have experienced sleep deprivation at various times. For me, personally, I am in the midst of one of those seasons and thought it would be fun to do a top 10 post for y'all. Top 10 Signs you are Sleep Deprived 10. You speak in half sentences because the other half is stuck somewhere in your head. {Thankfully my teenager can decipher this rare dialect.} 9. You find yourself randomly waking up at 3 in the morning with the innate desire to pin. {It is amazing the awesome things you find on Pinterest at 3am!} 8. You may or may not have showered in a couple days because your brain is so sloth like that you forget whether or not you have... {No comment...lol} 7. You have a blueprint design in your head of a new way to drink coffee via IV and you are certain it is going to be your "million dollar idea." {er...well...you never know!} 6. Speaking of coffee: You purchase so much coffee from Starbucks (doubles, triples, quads...oh my!) that … [Read more...]
Faith and Business 101: Balancing Time
So if you're following along with my journey to find balance you'll know that so far we've done a couple of things. These are: Writing down our priorities and deciding how they translate into life Using the Proverbs 31 woman as inspiration Getting a Game Plan together Ditching Perfection Now you're about four weeks into your plan and it's time to start figuring out what's working and what is not. For example I planned on working for 45 minutes in the morning before the kids got up--till I realized that the 15 minutes I was giving myself to make the bed, get dressed, do my makeup, get my coffee, and get settled in was way too little time--especially since I move with the speed of a slug until I drink my coffee each morning. Originally my plan was to get up at 8 a.m. and after realizing this was much too late I've been slowly bumping it back earlier (again--not a morning person here. My ideal life involves staying up till 1 a.m. and sleeping till 9 a.m. --not feasible in the real … [Read more...]
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