There are so many misperceptions about SAHM's.
One of the biggest misperceptions is that all we do is sit on our butts, eating bon-bon's, watching soap operas, drinking Mimosa's or coffee in the a.m. and a HUGE glass or 3 of wine by 5pm. Add a few more of those little misperceptions you as the American people want to throw in there...and you have what a SAHM does. Every single day.
Little do you know, that is NOT all we do!
We also Pinterest!
Picture it...
Curled up in the Ivory Chaise lounge that was given to her by her fantastical hubby when baby #1 was born. Extra large goldfishbowl shaped glass of mimosa in her left hand. Laptop resting on, where else, but her lap. General Hospital on low for just some background noise, because she is so used to screaming kids or loud video games that total silence creeps her out. She scans her shortcuts on her home screen to Pinterest. She gets lost in all the food, the organizing, the decorating, the Martha Stewart wannabees. She is pinning what she dreams her house will look like when her children are grown, she pins what she thinks/hopes/wishes her life of organization COULD be, she pins in her 'foods that my family would love' board all kinds of recipes that she may or may not ever try...but one can dream. After she has pinned everything under the sun that pertains to her, she decides to just take a few minutes to take a peek at what the people that she is following has been pinning. She steals and pins to her own board that fits the category...in the distance she hears a faint boooong, booooong, boooong. She realizes with a start that the sound she is hearing is her Grandfather Clock telling he in it's fun-sucking depressing chime, that the children shall be home in just a matter of minutes. The magical day of a SAHM has ended. The only thing she has to look forward to is that tomorrow is another day....another day to keep those misperceptions fulfilled. Those lovely misperceptions....
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Have you heard about Pinterest?
This is the definition I would have defined for you in my own words, but I tend to talk too much. So this is my favor to you. My first one on this post anyway...
It is what all the ladies are doing ;)
Well, most of them anyway. Some are strangely addicted, when I say strangely I mean they 'try' everything that they have pinned. Some just like to peruse when they have the time, others make the time and just like to dream. No matter. You are a Pinterest freak. And when I say that, it's a good thing. It's a compliment. It is!!!
I of course love it! It makes me all hopeful, hungry, warm, and proud all at the same time.
Here is the link to the site itself. PINTERESTYou either have to be invited by a fellow pinner (which I find plain odd) or you have to request an invite by the site itself. I have heard that after you request an invite it sometimes takes awhile. I didn't experience that to be the case, but you never know.
If it seems like something you'd be interested in take a look see. Let me know what you think. But don't let me know right away, it will take awhile for you to get the full AHHH-HAAAA effect.
Oh and if you don't ever like it. Like ever. Erase me from your Pinterest trial period memory. Pretend you can't place where you heard about it. Pretend you will never ever remember that you heard it from me. Okay?! Okay. Thanks.
Happy Pinning.
Ohhh a little snippet of my next blog for y'all, recipes that I've tried from Pinterest! Hint...FLOP! Big fat FLOP!
