To Tweet or Not to Tweet - That is the question?

So, I am at a crossroad in my life, where, I feel like I need to decide if I am going to Tweet, Blog or FB (certainly a dilemma my parent's generation was never faced with). Of course I am being a bit sarcastic here, but you get the point! I can't possible do all of them, and quite frankly don't know how people do, or want to! I have spent most of my young adult life in front of a computer (mostly for work, not for play), and though I like keeping up on what is hip and cool and "viral" I feel my life passing before my eyes - or maybe that is just my reflection in the monitor? Working in an office environment, I wouldn't be able to survive without my beloved PC. As a recruiter, I am constantly on the Internet networking, sourcing, researching, fact-finding and brainstorming new ways to get the best of the best. Creating process flow maps, writing job postings, reviewing resumes, reading cover letters, listening to voice mails, e-mails - it is all done at my computer. Even when I phone interview someone, I type while I talk, so I don't have to write it down later. So tell me, why do I want to come home and sit in front of a computer for another two hours, to tweet and blog? I don't, but I do. I don't want to because there are so many other things that need to be done or I should be doing. I want to because it seems like the only way to keep in touch with people anymore, because we are all too busy blogging or tweeting or joining a cause on Facebook. Don't get me wrong, I am thankful for social network sites, Google-ing, and everything in between... but do I really need to be doing all these things? To be determined. The jury is still out on Twitter - I am going to see what it is all about (though I created an account 3 months ago and got on it for the first time yesterday). Blogging is good in moderation (hence, the two posts since October). And as for Facebook - I am learning that I can get by without checking it out everyday. Though, I have reconnected with people that live over 2000 miles away, and that has been amazing.

Only time will tell how I decide to utilize all of these online mediums. But I do know this -nothing beats sitting around a table at a friends house for three plus hours and laughing so hard my abs felt like they did during volleyball tryouts freshwoman year. Nothing is better than seeing one of your best friends smile from ear to ear (in person) as she talks about her upcoming wedding and how much she loves him. There is no online album or video message or text that will ever replace the hugs and laughs and tears shared with dear and special friends.

70 is the new 50!

My Grandma turned 70 today. We celebrated this past weekend, but today was her actual birthday (yes, April Fools Day)! The picture here is of her and I, and the cake I brought for her, from de Boer (no relation) Bakerij in Holland. I can only hope I still have the energy and look as amazing as she does at 70! I love you Grammy, with all my heart! XOXO.