Pinteresting.....

   As I approach the start of residency I have started pondering time management and trying to figure out how I am going to survive my intern year and still have time to play with the twins. I have yet to find an answer as to how I am going to manage, but I have noticed that I waste A LOT OF TIME!
    It seems that my newest addiction, Pinterest, has become one of my biggest time wasters! I have found that instead of doing laundry, returning emails, studying, cleaning, or doing any number of the things that I actually need to do once the twins finally fall asleep at night, I sit on the sofa and pin for hours and hours on end. I can't figure out what is so addicting about the act of pinning links to pictures of clothes that I can't fit into or afford, vacations spots that I can only dream about, home furnishings for houses that I will never live in, puppies and kittens that I do not need, and quotes that I will never read again, but there is something very gratifying about pinning! It is almost like shopping, without having to find a place to hide the impulse buy from my husband.
   So, today I decided that I was either going to have to stop wasting hours pinning....or....I would actually have to find a way to make those hours more valuable. What I decided was that from now on I will try to put one of the things that I pin to use every week. I will either make a craft, try a recipe, choose a quote to live by (for at least a few days), do some exercising, buy something off of my want/need list, or travel to one of those exotic places (the last 3 of these things are very unlikely, but I can dream, right?).

Cake Batter Pancakes

My 1st attempt at making my hours on pinterest count was making cake batter pancakes for the twins. This evening my nanny, Emily, and I went to my pins, clicked on the picture of the yummy looking cake batter pancakes, followed every step on the recipe and pictured above is our masterpiece....

Our review:

•  To start with, we are not as artistic as the people who posted this recipe, so our pancakes aren't quite as pretty. 
• The recipe was really easy to follow and it only took about 20 minutes to make them from start to finish. 
• So how did they taste?
• Emily said that they "tasted like flour."
• I loved the drizzle, but the pancakes did taste a little like the dough that you would find around pigs in a blanket.
• The twins didn't eat them, but they rarely sit still long enough to eat anything in the evening.
• Clean up was really easy & we had some drizzle and batter left over, so Brian can make them again for breakfast....(maybe)
• The wedding cake vodka that Brian brought home to go with our dessert themed breakfast for dinner was AMAZING!

Some things we would do differently:

• We decided that next time we will try using half pancake mix and half cake mix, instead of flour.
• We also think that it might be fun to figure out a way to using icing as a drizzle.
• Next time we will probably try using a flavored cake mix (double chocolate, or strawberry...).

What did we learn from this Pinteresting Attempt?

1) We learned that trying new recipes is a blast. We will definitely be doing this more often!

2) Pinterest is not a complete waste of time...if you actually try to bring some of your pins to reality!

3) We also learned that we LOVE wedding cake vodka. 

          -Maybe we should get another bottle of the wedding cake vodka and try mixing it with just about everything...

In conclusion: Bringing Pins to life is a blast. Emily & I can't wait to start on our next Pinteresting little project (right after we finish this bottle of Pearl).....