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Young@Heart by Pam Young

For more than 35 years, New York Times best-selling author Pam Young has been the “get organized guru” thru thousands of newspaper articles, magazine feature stories and radio and TV interviews.  A frequent guest on Oprah, Regis, Today Show,700 Club, CBS Morning News and many more, Pam has guided and helped women turn their chaotic homes into havens of peace and order.
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Ihave a hard time with “social networking.” I even hired a person to help me learnhow to use it to spread my ideas for finding joy in everything we do. Unfortunatelythat joy often eludes me when it comes to Facebook. I’ve learned how to getonto my Facebook page for Make it Fun and my husband’s and my personal pages.I’ve been “liking” stuff and “commenting,” but I’m not sure what happens tothose likes and comments?
Theother day, I went on my husband’s page to see who he had as friends (he’s neverbeen on his page) and found he had four friends and guess who was at the top ofhis wanna be friends list? My ex-husband! Now why in the world does myex-husband want to be friends with my husband? I deleted him with glee. Nowthat was fun!
Becauseof Nelly, my inner child and new helper, I have been playing a lot on Facebook.When I first went to my personal Facebook page I discovered my own husbandwasn’t a “friend.”  So I asked him to bemy friend. Now I don’t mind asking himto be my friend, but I refuse to ask people I don’t know to be friends with me.And when I get a request from someone who wants to be friends and I don’t know himor her, it bothers me. When I see that they know someone I know, then I’m finewith accepting their friendship, but I still feel shallow about it. 
Iremember reading one of Shirley MacLaine’s books and in it she said that shehosted a party for 3,000 of her closest friends. I thought, ‘how does anyonehave time for 3,000 people in a close way?’ (Of course I remember reading herconfession that she slept with three men in one day, so maybe she really didhave 3,000 close friends.) By the way, I went on her Facebook page and, blessher heart, she has no friends! 
Iknow part of my problem is I love spending most of my time in the real world,away from my computer, so most of my so-called “friends” on Facebook are alittle bit of a mystery to me. And Linkedin? (I just found out it’s pronounced“linked in.”  I’ve been reading it as“Lin ke din” a three syllable word as meaningless as say, “mu te ga” or “zo padee.) To this day I still can’t get onto my Linkedin page because even though Igot a new password, a sign comes up that says, “You have the wrong server.”What?  Excuse me? My server works justfine, thank you very much.  Link You!
Asfar as asking people to “like” my page, I find that very difficult. I wastaught I shouldn’t ask anyone to like me. It sounds needy and I know I have toget around this notion to be able to play on Facebook. I’ve been told if I’mgoing to play on the internet I have to be active on Facebook and since I’m supposedto get people to “like” my Make if Fun page, I have done my fair share ofbegging.
Todayit hit me! It’s Valentine’s Day and it’s okay to ask if you’ll be my valentine.So in the Spirit of St. Valentine, please, oh please, oh pleeeeze be my Valentineon Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/MakeItFunAndItWillGetDoneShirley MacLaine eat your heart out.
For more from Pam Young go to www.makeitfunanditwillgetdone.com.You’ll find many musings, videos of Pam in the kitchen preparing deliciousmeals, videos on how to get organized, ways to lose weight and get yourfinances in order, all from a reformed SLOB’s point of view.