Time's a Wastin'...

Mostly, I think that the internet is a HUGE time-waster. I love it, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I stop to think about what I actually did BEFORE the internet...and I am a bit stumped. I suppose it was back in highschool and college where I spent a lot of time studying and doing homework and of course this was before laptops and smartphones and high-speed internet even existed...but still. *shudder*

Anyway, I will be the first to admit that I spend too much time on the interwebs, lol. But there are some links that I just have to check, because they make me smile or they make me laugh out loud or they make me cry or they make me second-hand embarrassed. You know what I'm talking about. :)

So, without further ado, my recommendations for the *best* time-wasters out there:

> Kelle Hampton's blog, Enjoying the Small Things. A Maconite just turned me on to this site in the past few weeks and I've spent far too much time pouring over her amazing, inspiring words and her breathtaking photographs. This is a hip, stylish Michigander mother-of-two who's been transplanted to Florida, and her newest daughter has Down Syndrome. She's an amazing writer with a HUGE internet following and I can completely see why. Check her out (start here if it's your first time to her blog).

> Texts From Last Night, F My Life, FAIL Blog, and Break.com. Nothing makes your bad day seem peachy like reading about other people's terrible lives or seeing their hilarious misgivings online.

> PostSecret.com. These are real, anonymous postcards sent in from everywhere. I can never get over the shock and awe factor of this one.

> We all need our fix of celebrity gossip. Admit it;) My faves are Perez Hilton and I'm Not Obsessed.

> When I feel like cooking, or just drooling over what someone else is cooking, it's Simply Recipes, every time.

> Your local Craigslist.com, because there is literally NOTHING you can't find on Craigslist. (Ok, probably not nothing, but still...)

> Facebook. 'Nuff said. Has there ever been a bigger internet time-waster/stalker website ever invented? Lol. Urban Dictionary defines Facebook Stalking as "A covert method of investigation using facebook.com. Good for discovering a wealth of information about people you don't actually know." Pretty darn accurate, I'd say, lol.

> Scribd. Nope, I didn't misspell it, I promise. If you LOVE to read, you will love Scribd. It is a document-sharing website which allows users to post documents of various formats, and embed them into a web page using its iPaper format. Scribd currently has more than 50 million monthly users and more than 50,000 documents are uploaded daily. I've read full-length novels on Scribd--it's a lot like having a Kindle or a Nook without the huge price-tag and without having to pay to download files. Love it.

> And my grand finale (not, not really, but this one just makes me laugh!) is People of Walmart. For real. Real pictures taken of real people at real Walmarts all over America. You'll never feel more attractive than you will after looking at these pictures;)

There you have it, all my favorite time-wasters. Now tell me how you waste YOUR time on the internet!