Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Challenge Day 3

Still on track with the Jenna's commenting challenge! Today is about social media so it might be a short post. =)

The social media I use the most is Facebook. Like I mentioned before, all of my family (and friends) lives at least 3 and a half hours away so I pretty much post my life there to keep them updated and am constantly on it to keep updated with their lives as well. Josh tells me I'm obssessed with it, but we live a mile away from his parents and all his family lives in the same town, so I don't think he understands  know he doesn't understand what it's like to only see them a few times a year. I also am in charge of my work's facebook as well, so I'm on it almost every day all day.

Facebook came out when I was in college (back when it was meant for college students) but I was on Myspace and liked that a lot better at the time. What I really liked about it was the ability to decorate and make my page my own. I used to have software where I made my own pictures and icons and electronic scrapbook pages. I LOVED doing that stuff! My computer crashed with the software and I never got it again. I need to start that back up again. I also need to learn how to do that stuff on here! Now, I never use Myspace. (Side note: I do love making my own invitations and flyers and things. At work everyone asks me to make bridal or baby shower invitations or flyers for classes and things. I like to be creative and am always happy to do it!) With that being said, a site I visit a lot is photobucket.com. I have an album there to edit photos and such and view other images people post.

LOVE pinterest! You can find me here or the tab at the top of the page. Like I said, we just bought a new house that we completely redid so I have been going crazy with home decor ideas as well as things to do with Brayden and other "products I love". Such an awesome site!

I tried twitter once, but never really could figure that site out, so while I have an account, I never use it. Sites I do visit often would be ravelry.com. This is a really neat type of social networking site for knitters and crocheters, if that may be you! It is a place where you can link to patterns and then people can link their finished projects to those patterns. So if I found a pattern for a scarf that I like, I can see what other people's scarves looked like that they made with the same pattern. Also, they can post advice or problems they came across while working on it. Very helpful.

I basically wake up in the morning with JUST enough time to get ready so sitting down to watch the news never happens, but I love watching it. So I typically visit my local news station as well as the Today Show. LOVE the Today Show. I love the crazy stories that you never imagine you will read about. There are a lot of crazy people in this world! On the other hand, I hate politics, so the news gets annoying during this time of year. I know, bad American. But until we get down to the actual election, I hate hearing all the bashing and trash talk of the candidates and what lies they tell and secret lives they live. So I pick and choose my news I guess.

I feel like I spend SO much more time on the internet than this! I guess these are my main sites though. From there the internet takes me anywhere. I am excited because now I have a lot more blogs to read!

7 comments:

  1. Look at you posting already! You're getting the hang of it! ;)

    What's the difference between photobucket and flickr? I've been thinking about joining a site to store my photos instead of on my computer. Advice?

    I really like ipiccy for editing my pix.

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    1. I know! I'm going to get good at this. :) I haven't used flickr so I'm not completely sure what the difference is. I just use photobucket to store images and things, not necessarily picture albums, although I think it can be used for that. It has minimal editing capabilities, but I mostly just use it for cropping and resizing. I will have to check out ipiccy!

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  2. Stopping by from Jenna's! I use to manage my work's Facebook page and I think being connected to it at work made me more connected to it AWAY from work! I know how you feel about staying connected to family and friends on there too! Mine are about 3 hours away as well and I love that we can stay updated through Facebook.

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    1. So true! Facebook really can be addicting in itself, but it's such a great way to stay connected. Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. Stopping by from Jenna's! Looking forward to reading more of your blog!

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  4. when I am not cleaning or cooking or working I am pinteresting. I think my boards can attest to that ;)

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