Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts

15 August, 2012

Pin It!

In an instant of momentary insanity yesterday I deactivated my Facebook account... again. I had just read an article about time management and the author revealed some fascinating strategies including deactivating Facebook. It sounded simple enough, it looked to me as though I could jump back in at any time and even receive messages from Facebook friends during that time. Well, it doesn't work that way. My good friend, the one who always has my back and understands me when I make stupid impetuous decisions, pointed out the obvious: "Facebook doesn't waste time, people do."  Thanks, Quiltkeemosabe, you're so smart! I also hadn't given a thought to not being able to use my handy, dandy instant reference tool: Pinterest; without a Facebook account. Oh, yeah... how can I pin things to refer to without my Pinterest boards? As of last evening I had reviewed the error of my ways and reactivated without so much as a hiccup. Speaking of pinning: Gregory spent a few days here earlier this week; I have Picture Play squares pinned to the design wall in the Studio and just look what my little helper did (above), he went straight to my magnetic pin-keeper and, withdrawing one pin at a time, carefully carried them to the wall and placed them (blue pin heads) into the bumblebee square. I was amazed that, at 21 mos. of age, he had the fine motor skills, dexterity, and understanding to accomplish that! He's got a bright future as either a quilt designer or a Voodoo Doctor!

Where has the summer gone? It's nap blanket time for the Pre-Kindergarten students all over again. I am so proud of my Bee for helping to supply three classrooms with nap blankets again this year! That's forty five children who will know the love, warmth and comfort of my kind and generous quilting friends. 

I can't thank them enough!
Life is Good!

09 August, 2011

The Great FB Conundrum

So, I left Facebook. Not a big deal. I didn't need it, I didn't think. For certain, I didn't need to spend time there. I had real, flesh-and-blood friends and could best use the time being productive elsewhere. But then, those opportunities kept cropping up... places I formerly visited as blogs now only existed on Facebook. My children would direct me to a FB site for pictures or a business listing that I could no longer access without an account. My daughter-in-law recommended that I join Pinterest. She was very enthusiastic about this site with it's virtual bulletin boards for idea-sharing and one-click website returns (pins) that are better than "bookmarks", (this method uses visual cues). Of course, now that my interest was piqued for Pinterest I learned that I needed... what else... a Facebook account! Oh. And so, now you know. I'll be keeping a low profile... real low.

Life is Good!