Simple Sundays

This week's simple pleasure: web surfing. I can look for anything or nothing; e-mail, chat or blog. If you are reading this I obviously don't need to sing the web's praises too much! But I do just love it so! Whenever I get too stressed or overwhelmed, I give myself five minutes and sit down and surf away. **POOF** Stress vanishes. The only rule to surfing for the sake of de-stressing is to not read any news headlines! That will only add to the stress and top it off with a little despair. But I digress. I looove surfing cooking sites and coming up with new recipes. It's not quite the same as getting a new cookbook, but it sure is cheaper. And if the recipe bombs, I'm not out any money. Blogging is quickly becoming a new favorite. I just used to do this to keep in touch with family and friends, but I am starting to enjoy reading new blogs. It's fun to learn about other people and always a great reminder that we're pretty much the same, no matter where we live or what we do. I'm not quite brave enough yet to blog out in the open, like my dear Ern, but maybe one day! Another favorite web activity, especially this time of year: shopping! Kind of obvious, I know, but man - I do adore Amazon and eBay and all kinds of fun, quirky shopping sites that let you find the perfect gift without freezing your keister off. And much, much easier than dragging the boys to various stores, only to find out they are out of what I needed (happened last year)! Long live the Web!