Don't get me wrong sites like Pinterest are a life saver for classroom teachers! I love Pinterest. Need an art idea within seconds you have great ideas on any topic out there. I am totally blown away by the creativity people have and how willing people are to share their great ideas.
Ravelry is basically FaceBook for knitters! I love the forums, access to patterns, yarn, help, you name it you have all of this and more on Ravelry. I do have to watch my time as you can really go down some serious rabbit holes.
For awhile, I was using Twitter which I will say I like far more than Facebook. The best thing about Twitter was that I only had 1-3 people I actually knew in real life. I was able to get ski racing results instantly which was great if you are a Nordic/Biathlon skier/coach and no one hardly covers your sports. I also found some killer sites and people who are just rocking the athlete outside world: climbers, hikers, runners, paddlers, endurance folks just people who don't have to use a ball to have a sport. One great find was the Women's Outdoor Alliance. Once again, I was using Twitter too much for my liking. I still do find Twitter motivational as I followed various athletes that do things I feel are important and worthwhile. I am deactivating Twitter and just saying goodbye to my account there. I was using Twitter too much!
Facebook . . . just don't get me started as I have to use it for skiing . . . but it is a serious love/hate relationship. I do sign off after the ski season and I return to it once I am back up north. I find it to be the village radio which is a helpful tool. I have to really monitor myself on the ol'FB!
Then there is the blog which I truly like the most! I have for years been looking at changing over to Wordpress and even had a site set up thinking I would move over to it at some point. This morning I deleted that site. Once again BLOGGER will keep me! I like the simple format and I find BlOGGER really has all the bells and whistles I need to blog. I blog mostly for myself and enjoy the challenge of forcing myself to write. I love that people stop by to look at photos and to read a bit about my world. I really enjoy comments . . . I mean who doesn't!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
BLOG
you are now over
4 YEARS OLD!
