Happy Fri-yay, where instead of writing my silly little PM reports I just want to craft something with my hands. Who else can relate?

There's a cafe that specializes in middle eastern desserts that I go to maybe once a month. The woman who makes the desserts does fantastic work. But there's some lore there - her business partner is her ex? But they seem like besties?

Obviously, I need to investigate (eat more warbat kashta).

I love this pattern, Amanda! It's been so fun!

Today's happy news is that my mom finished radiation treatments this week and gets her port out in two weeks. We can officially say she kicked cancer's ass. 💪🏼🩷

I think I talked myself down from the patterns I wanted from Nashville because I am too dependent on PDFs anyway. 🤔

It's February 5th and I am over a month into my pattern no-buy. I had a couple of exceptions:

-Two Patreons (been cycling between designers to help support their work)
- One donation-based pattern (because I was donating to the org anyway, so why not?)

#crossstitch

Live, laugh, losing it for SURE

A photo of a finished crossstitch piece, surrounded by fake flowers and bobbins of floss. The text reads "genAI is for losers"

I've got a new pattern for y'all ✨
#art #crossstitch

Let's do another #WIPWednesday! Progress on Haunted Hearts Mailbox by @hauntedframes.bsky.social 🥰

#crossstitchersofbluesky #craftsky

It's #WIPWednesday! I have a loooong way to go on this new start. Butterfly Bouquet by @sproutinglupine.bsky.social

#crossstitch #crossstitchersofbluesky

Sometimes I think project managers were born from the group assignment in high school/college. We are A+ students who will never let one person drag down our grade ever again.

#projectmanagers #projectmanagementproblems

Happy February! 🥰 This pattern, Deep Sea Duet, is February's #crossstitch Patreon pattern!
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I'm SUPER excited with how this lighting effect turned out! I originally had something else slated for this month, but once I designed these lil guys I couldn't resist 😊 💖 patreon.com/finefrogstit...

A cross stitch of three blue and purple jellyfish swimming around a fountain draped with vines. The water within the fountain is the same colours as the jellyfish. The cross stitch is framed by white lace, plastic sea greenery, and dried blue orchid leaves.

Beneath the depths sits a fountain, impossibly flowing, each stray droplet awakening a playful new life.

"Fountain of the Depths" is February's Patreon pattern!

www.patreon.com/InfinityBear...

#CrossStitch #Embroidery #StitchSky

Today in project management problems: a person who only schedules time to cover his problem items from 1-3pm on Fridays, causing Sunday Scaries and Monday Chaos.

In this essay, I will explore how this affects my mental health and contributed to 2 Energy Drink FAFO Kat.

The action we take today grows into the better world of tomorrow.

Plant seeds of justice with T'ruah this Tu BiShvat: truah.org/donate

Two energy drinks have turned me from Detroit Kat into FAFO Kat and I regret nothing.

A cross stitch pattern stitched on purple fabric, showing a beetle with starry motifs upon it's carapace, and large, eyelash-style antenna. Patreon Exclusive. BAD Stitch.

Early Eyelash Bug

Here's my last bug in the series for Tier 3 patrons, based on eyelash bugs and wasps! These little critters have amazing antenna that look like eyelashes!
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#CrossStitch #StitchSky #FiberArts #Needlework #AnalogCrafts

Anyway, I have been crafting more because it's been incredibly grounding for my mental health. No shock there. Today, I colored valentines with a group at work. A few days ago, kinusaiga. Last week, weaving. Tonight I'll frog my cross stitch, but be back stitching again tomorrow.

I shouldn't have shared that WIP yesterday because today I need to frog half of it, UGH.

"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.

#AccountabilityIsComing

I really think that seeing Aaron Tveit perform "One Night in Bangkok" live could heal everything inside of me...but I'll take the cast recording as a compromise. #chess #chessbroadway

Hey, hey, it's #WIPWednesday and I have a new WIP to share: Haunted Hearts Mailbox by @hauntedframes.bsky.social . Just started today 💕 #crossstotchersofbsky

Hi blue sky. I'm back, and happy to announce that I got a seat on our district WRJ board. Advocacy and Education Chair under the Social Justice portfolio. Honored and excited to make some good trouble.

Just saw a picture of stuffed animals in the woman's car and man...I really am struggling to find the words right now. This is all just so unspeakably devastating, and I don't know how we come back from it.

On the fourth day of croup-mas, my son gave to me.... The flu that started this whole thing.

Day 2 of croup, and kiddo is handling it like a champ. Me? Not so much. #tokenanxietygirl

1. Therapy is important.
2. Timelines can be goals/suggestions, and not end all be all.
3. It's okay to let go of previously held expectations and set new ones.
4. I am definitely allergic to MRI/CT contrast.
5. Grieve how you need to, but move forward when you can. People need you.
6. Fuck cancer.

Hey, hi, hello. I've been burned out on social media. It's been a tough year personally. But we are almost on the other side! Because I am a project manager, here are my lessons learned of 2025:

Romantic comedies taught me that I am very likely to run into people I knew 20 years ago when I am in my hometown, but so far, nada.

Ghosts of Hometown Past: dude keeps waving at me in the hospital waiting room. No clue who he is. Too embarrassed to ask.