I’m a little late to the Pinterest addiction. I have to say that I love Pinterest, but rarely have time for it. I actually have to set aside an hour to go through other’s boards and pins. At first, I thought Pinterest was all mood boards and cooking pictures. But as a whole, it’s incredibly fascinating. You can make whatever boards you want (I have Gadget, DIY, and general geekiness ideas). There are others out there that are very interested in these subjects too! In fact you can really find a board on almost any subject.

The act of pinning is incredibly easy. You can add a button to your browser bookmarks and then when you see something you want to add to a board, you click and a pop up opens. The pop up asks which board and for a description. Then it’s posted for the world to see. I often call Pinterest the Google for us visual people. Because I will see an image and then follow that back to the original site. Every time.

The Pinterest community does pride itself on setting some etiquette guidelines. The community should be nice to each other, avoid self promotion, and credit your sources.

But the gloves come off and shit goes down if you are creating a board of puppies!

This is the cute puppy pic that sparked a firefight:

The woman that posted this is very nice and the puppy became the middle of an intense debate. I re-pinned it and quickly discovered that if you re-pinned, you were copied on every comment on the original post. 97 comments so far. I think there were more that may have been deleted. People became ruthless. All because a person thought this puppy was cute (bred puppy) she got accused by many to be heartless for not adopting a dog from the kennel. From a pin of one picture, people made extremely judgmental about someone they don’t know. It was ruthless.

First rule of Pinterest, it’s all fun and games until Puppies are involved. At that point, prepare to fight. I’ll give Pinterest a little longer, but if there are more of these bitchy outbursts, I’m out. Definitely don’t need to add more online drama to life.

I’m always up for learning and when my friends in the SoCal Lady bloggers group were doing this SITSGirls program, I thought…why not join them? I’m sure my little blog over here could use not only some love, but some attention. This is a place where I can be myself and talk about issues that concern me and my family. So why not make it fun?

The program follows the e-book 31 days to blog better. I figure some of the tips may help us at GamingAngels, but for now I’m focusing on this little area of the web. Hope you enjoy it and I hope I learn alot!

Edit:
I am trying to make some improvements now. I’ve made the header clickable so it can go back to the homepage. I also took out that border around images. Now I’m trying to add a fun header font, but that is proving to be difficult.

It’s amazing what you can do in a weekend when you just go with the flow. Maybe I could have gotten more work done, but in the end, I think I had a great weekend.

This weekend I partied more than I usually do. Started with a great time hanging out with other people at work. Then celebrated Kim’s 30th birthday in Malibu. Malibu is just beautiful and it’s so close. Matt and I were astonished that we don’t go there more. Look for that to change as the weather gets nicer.

Went through GamingAngels emails, had a meeting for a potential product, and wrote an article. Should have done more, but oh well.

Had a great massage on Saturday. Hot stone. Oh yeah baby. It was the best massage I’ve had in a long time. The odd thing is the spa is in a gym. So not very relaxing overall. But if I need a quick fix, I may go there.

Cleaned the house this weekend. Cleaned and mopped the floors, took out the trash, did laundry and the dishes. I even got stuff to finally really clean the sink. Replaced the broken sink dispenser. Feel really good about the amount of cleaning I did to the house. Sometimes it never feels like it’s enough. But right now, I can say it’s pretty good.

Sunday I bought the best sneakers I’ve ever owned. The Reebok Real Flex Run was recommended to me by the lady at Lady Footlocker and it fits like a glove. It feels like the shoe was made for my feet. The shoe has become very popular for dancing or Zumba classes which is exactly what I’ll be doing tonight with them. After water aerobics of course. I cannot recommend these shoes enough. Even better, join Lady Footlocker’s club (for free) and you can get discounts/coupons. Right now they have a sale on various workout clothing.

In the end, I think I’ve covered every aspect of my life. Health, friends, romance, relaxation, sports (Clippers beat the Lakers!!! woot!), and business. Love it.

Hope you had a great weekend too and here’s to a great week!
<3
Trina

I hate food. It’s funny because while I’m a bit on the heavier side, it’s not because I’ve enjoyed eating. It’s mostly because I don’t work out enough. But hopefully that will change soon! This weekend I visited YMCA and I think I’m going to join and be my mom’s workout partner.

I’m pretty excited about working out and improving my cardio. It can be difficult for me to workout because of my inflammatory arthritis. Any flare up can make it incredibly difficult me to walk or even stand. Most of my working out will be with Water Aerobics which they have five days a week.

At home we’re eating healthier. Or at least making the attempt. I’m making my lunches daily (except for this Monday. We’re out of sandwich stuff). But I feel like every meal is just food. I don’t taste anything great. I don’t feel good from it. I don’t enjoy it. I eat cause I have to.

This is where you can help. What do you eat for lunch? Dinner? What do you enjoy? How do you make meals something you enjoy instead of something you have to do?

Lately on the radio and tv I keep hearing ads for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. I’ll be the first to admit it, I change the channel every time. The movie focuses on a family after the loss from the events of 9/11.

I kindof feel sheepish for feeling the way that I do. Is it wrong that I question…too soon?

I didn’t lose anyone in the attacks. I don’t have to raise a kid alone because my spouse clocked into work that day. But it still holds this part of me. A part..I’m not scared to admit it..a part I don’t want to see exploited.

Granted every 9/11 there is a fair amount of exploitation. The tv shows, the interviews, the reflections. One could argue it’s been done. But I guess it doesn’t seem as egregious as a film vying for Oscar nominations.

The film has the cream of the crop in terms of actors. From what I’ve read, it pulls at the heartstrings and plays the audience like a fine tuned violin.

The 56% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and comments show that maybe the critics are uncomfortable with it too. This makes me ask…am I justified in asking…is it too soon?

This is a new series I’m starting and today I’m feeling optimistic!