Crochet Me Crazy

One of my dear readers was asking what "Pinterest" is since I've been talking about it a lot lately. I'm not typically someone who jumps on every new bandwagon that comes along. I acually went to look at Pinterest site a few times before I got hooked. They call it an online "Pinboard" which is actually kinda like bookmarks only with pictures! You can have numerous number of "boards" and name them whatever you want. I have a board for Christmas craft ideas, Organizational stuff, Cleaning Tips, Cool Crocheted things, Recipes I want to try -- just to name a few. Anywhere you are online, and you see something you want to "Pin", you just hit your pin button and save it to one of your categorized boards. The cool part is that it's like interactive bookmarks -- it will also show you other people's "pins" which is how I've been finding some really neat stuff I wouldn't have found otherwise. You can follow other people with the same interests as you or you can just follow individual boards that people have. You know how you save stuff in your bookmarks but you just end up with a list of websites and you can't remember exactly what it was until you go back and click on it? When you open up your Pinterest, you will have a whole page of thumbnail pictures. When it shows me what other people have been pinning, pretty much daily I see a good idea or learn something new. For instance, I had no idea that you can grow green onions by putting the white ends in a glass of water in your sunny window seal. I also was looking up how to make caramel dip for apples. Well, I found out that not only can you make the caramel dip, buy you can also make caramel itself with an unopened can of condensed milk. Heat 8 hours on low (completely submerged in water) in the crock pot. Cool down in the fridge and you will open it up and have caramel!
So anyway, that's my explanation of Pinterest.

Here's a cute little ice skate pattern I found on Ravelry. I might whip one of these out for the Christmas tree!
My Paperclip Ice Skate Ornament pattern by Suzetta Williams

I think Grace is getting the drill down now. She only tried to stand up one time last night and we think it was because she had gone potty. Jeff woke up and changed her towel and she was fine. She can't stand up in the house at night because she can't get traction on our floors. She knows we'll bring her outside in the morning.