It all started back in 2004. My first semester of college at Texas State. I joined this thing for college students - back then you had to have a college email to join. My how Facebook has changed over the last 10 years. It has always been my favorite because I am connected to so many people I do not get to see often, especially my family and close church friends. Being able to watch my nieces and nephews grow even though I am a good 10 hours away would not be possible without things like Facebook. Yes, there are parts of Facebook I could do without: game requests --- I have NEVER been interested in video or computer games, selfies --- oh my gosh I hate selfies, no matter where they are, I just do not get the selfie fad, advertisements --- even though I really don't pay attention to those... but over all I love seeing pictures, videos, and all the happy moments I would otherwise miss because I live so far away... from everywhere!
I created a blog a long time ago... I have never been a consistent blogger, mainly because I haven't had many cool and interesting things to write about... I had one before I started dating David that I posted on a few times, about random things. Then I had one when we were engaged and posted a lot about how our wedding planning was going. Now I have this one. My sister in laws and other bloggers I follow are way more interesting because they do things like cook and have numerous stories about their kids... Hopefully one day in the future this blog will include baby/toddler/kid tales... until then it is just a place to write. See, I find myself alone, often... David is either studying or well, studying... Except this summer he will be working, which in his case is basically like studying. Ha.. and being so far away from a real social life (ha) I need some way to let it all out... Well, unfortunately at this moment in time I cannot tell about everything in my brain but there will be a time for that... Just wait and see...
I protested for so long and then I tried it and have never looked back. I LOVE Pinterest! Of course I have over 1.4K "pins" and have only tried maybe, 5-10, maybe! Oh, but I love it. There are so many great ideas and you can find just about anything you want. My favorite things to search for are things for the home, school ideas, and stuff relating to future babies and children. I just wish so much I would have not protested for so long. There are so many awesome wedding ideas that I would have done if I would have known about them before I got married --- such regret! Pinterest is another place that makes me feel just a little closer to the people I follow, mainly family and church/school friends... Seeing what they pinned and thinking "Ah! I like that too..." just puts a little smile in my heart as I repin it. Part of me feels bad because I am "copying" them (and I copy a LOT!), but then again, the whole idea of Pinterest is to copy people who have better ideas than you do. Let me be honest here, I am not as creative as other, thus I need ideas from Pinterest.
I just recently joined Instagram. Truth is, I am not entirely sure why I joined Instagram but I was just there one day and thought to myself, "Hey. Try Instagram." So, that's how it started... another social media thing. I like the simplicity of it. It is pictures and videos... that is it. I still am not up to date with all the @ (people) and # (words put together), and honestly, it is ok if I don't. I don't desire to be the most proficient Instagrammer. I will see how it goes - see if it will last. For right now I like it.
Twitter.
The one that flew away. Haha. I just made myself snicker. Really though, I gave it a good try and it just wasn't all that is cracked up to be. Too many @ and # and so hard to understand what the tweets were even about. Furthermore, the tweet feed was constantly getting new tweets... I like knowing how things are going but I seriously do not need to know every. single. thing. I do not see myself going back to Twitter. I think I have enough social media for my not-so-social life.
too much bogs down your mind. Glad you are keeping it streamlined. But keep blogging! I like reading what you have to say.
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