It’s funny the things one finds one’s self googling for thru out the day. Need a product, need information, need a phone number, need directions, need to know how to change a spark plug, and it’s Google to the rescue.

Gone are those days of looking things up in an encyclopedia, searching thru a phone book, or just going out and searching with some leg work to get what is needed for that knowledge. It made me think, if someone were to go thru my browsing/Google history what would they find? My last five Google searches:

1. Diamond painting. Why diamond painting you ask? A facebook friend had posted two pics of her newest diamond paintings. I had heard of them but never really took the time to look them up to see what they really are about. Spoiler alert, diamond painting does not use or require paint!
2. Barefoot shoes. I was looking on-line for a new pair of shoes, nothing too expensive, nothing fancy. Just something to replace my garden shoes which are slowly falling apart, despite my best redneck efforts to patch them up to keep them going. So I stumbled across barefoot shoes and wondered about their comfort. In case you are wondering, nope, I decided against the barefoot shoes.
3. Wood mulch. It’s a bit early, but I have been periodically checking the prices for wood mulch for this spring and hoping the costs would soon be coming down with the supply and demand picking up. So far, too expensive to order and get yet, maybe next month.
4. Siberian iris. Specifically a garden website source I use to order from … and now they appear to be either out of business or their website is down. So that then lead to other Siberian iris sources, which then lead me to just waiting until fall now, before contemplating adding a couple of new varieties to the garden.
5. Potato chip cookies. Yep, you read that right, looking for a recipe for potato chip cookies that a neighbor use to make every Christmas that she gave out to friends. Sadly that neighbor has passed and I never got the recipe from her. Having a new bag of chips made me think of her and her cookies today and feeling a bit nostalgic I thought I might try and make some. I know there is also something similar using corn flakes, I might be daring and google for that recipe as well.

Who knows where Google will take me today. It’s always an adventure that leads to another Googling adventure, that leads to other things to search for and contemplate.

So, what’s on your Googling list? Or is it a secret between you and your browser history?