Are you Pinterested?

I can't believe someone found a way to scrapbook your favorites online and share them with friends.  So cool...I've just visited this website called Pinterest that my daughter told me about.  She said I had to check it out.  The first step is requesting an invitation, which is a bit annoying since I wanted to get started right away.  A couple of days later, the invite came in the mail and I was finally able to start.  I discovered one thing after an hour or so...my daughter was right; it can be addicting.  You can choose to follow other people's pinboards or you can go online and find your own favorite recipe, picture, quote, idea to add to the site.  The pinboards are like virtual bulletin boards and each are reserved for a specific category such as My Dream Home, Quotes, Food.  One idea leads to another and pretty soon, an hour has passed by and you've hardly noticed.
I'm going to qualify this to myself as therapeutic  rather than a guilty pleasure because it engages the creative side of my mind so I stop thinking about whatever might be worrying me at that moment in time.  It's like a mini-vacation into the life you'd like to have.  You can be grandiose and pull together ideas for a castle on a hilltop or a simple white cottage surrounded by flowers and herbs, complete with the obligatory picket fence and arched gateway.  I must admit, I haven't decided whether I'm collecting ideas for my next home or just daydreaming but I am having a ton of fun just dreaming of it.  And that's what adults could use a little more of with the hectic days we have.  I think a hot cup of tea and fifteen minutes of this new addiction would be a great way to decompress after work or between odd jobs at home.  Whoever thought this up is a genius and I'm having so much fun that I decided I had to include it in my blog.
http://pinterest.com/page0072/

I hope you'll give it a try and see for yourself.  Feel free to post your own boards back to me as comments and I'll be sure to check them out!

P.S.  Don't forget the time change tomorrow morning for those who have early morning plans!