Many a weeknight of mine has been spent perusing the culinary glories and fashion wonders that thousands of women have "pinned". Am I proud of this? Well I'm not going to go so far as to say that I'm ashamed. Christian, know thyself.
Pinterest is probably best known for its cornucopia of wedding ideas. Which is highly useful for someone who is planning a wedding (e.g. THIS girl). But interestingly enough, single women are somewhat judged for pinning cute ideas for wedding centerpieces, DIY save the dates and "The Top 10 Wedding Pictures You'll Regret Not Taking". And then when some guy decides to take Beyonce's advice and "put a ring on it", the newly engaged woman is expected to be an expert on all things wedding. Ladies and...well, probably just the ladies...I give you, The Private Wedding Board. God bless the person who created this setting on Pinterest. GENIUS.
This is how I carefully hid reserved the wedding ideas that I did want to save for future reference without causing a brouhaha before I got engaged. Clever? I think so. Sneaky? Probably. Useful? Absolutely.
But to be perfectly honest with you...I can't wait until I have no more need for the overabundance of wedding posts on Pinterest. It's fun and all. But I can't wait until I can put all of the extravagant and unrealistic ideas and decor to rest. I can't wait until I'm married and I've had my "perfect" wedding and I can focus on more important things. Like the rest of life that will happen AFTER I get married.
Fear not, my friends. Lest you think I've gone off the deep end with Pinteresting. I have not. To be honest, if this was a public pool I'd probably only be at the 3-foot marker.
Wedding ideas isn't all that Pinterest is good for. Instead, I give you one word. FOOD. Pinterest contains more pictures of food, quotes about food and recipes to create said food than an Iron Chef could shake a stick of butter at. (I'm not sure what that meant and it might have been a run-on sentence...but bear with me). And if you didn't know this about me, you should. I LOVE FOOD.
Tonight I created a delicious pumpkin soup that contained apples, celery, garlic and bacon. I had a recipe I was going off of, but I ended up making little substitutions and additions along the way. Like the bacon. And it was quite possibly the best thing I've put in my mouth all week.
Some people eat to live. Some people live to eat. It is my life goal to savor every meal and every minute.
And as far as Pinterest? I have 62 more recipes pinned than I have wedding ideas.
Priorities in place? Check.
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,
Catherine
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