The End of the World

The end of the world is here. Two reasons:

1. My dishwasher broke.

2. Picnik is being KILLED by Google.

These two losses shall forever change my life. At least until:

1. I buy a new dishwasher, which may be a while, because I have decided not to use credit for ANYTHING and we just made a large extra payment on our debt. Like- just a few days ago. (shoot!/yay!) So… now I have the world’s biggest drying rack on which to dry all the dirty dishes that we had accumulated before we realized that the dishwasher was truly dead.
Also, I’d like to introduce my family to: paper plates, plastic cups and cheap plastic utensils. Also: pizza. (They they weren’t familiar with the delivery man before! Ha!) I will be spending the next week stalking Craiglist and drooling over entire 4-piece stainless steel appliance sets that I should NOT be thinking about buying.

Secondly, my world is forever saddened and changed by an email I received from Picnik on Saturday night. I read it while lying in bed. Picnik is closing on April 19th! I gasped loudly. The Manchild sympathetically asked, “What’s wrong?” I told him the news. He and I both mourned together. I stewed. I tossed and turned. I had a horrible night’s sleep. See? The World: It’s never going to be the same… until?:
2. I decide to give in to the unknown world of Google+. Here’s the deal: I use Picnik.com EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Usually I use Picnik to edit my photos for the blog:

Sometimes I use Picnik to edit photos to print:

Sometimes I use Picnik to create word art and printables:

This week my son and I used Picnik to create a poster for his 3rd grade non-fiction book report on falcons.

I USE PICNIK EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!!

But Google, who bought Picnik 2 years ago, is getting rid of Picnik and putting all of it’s photo editing goodies into the Google+ world. I do have a Google+ account, but I have never ever used it. I might have, like 4 friends on there. Google+ is Google’s attempt at a social media tool- like Facebook or Twitter. Except that: HELLO! Facebook and Twitter (and Pinterest!) are incredibly awesome and well-run. They are well-used, slick and forward thinking. Even though many of us have Google accounts and love Google for all it does in our lives (electronically), we just don’t need or want to use Google+ because we are getting along just fine with Facebook and Twitter (and any other social media/networking sites that people happily use). Many feel like Google is PUSHING people into using Google+. Closing down Picnik is one of those mean tricks that they are employing in order to get us there.

So here I am, wondering if Google+ has a role in my digital life. Should I dive in to it? Throw up my hands and say, “Fine! I’m in!” ?? Maybe I will. (sick taste in my mouth)

But it doesn’t matter either way, because the world has come to an end. My dishwasher is dead and Picnik is dying.

Is this a good reason to eat more cheese? Possibly.

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