Scissor Sisters Q1 Chat Thread

I read back over several pages so I think I'm caught up. I posted my kid Valentines over on the sharing thread, so next up is the adult Valentines. December Daily pictures are in their slots but no journaling or embellishments or date cards yet.

I had some kind of flu last week and it is definitely harder now that I'm older. DD got one night of fatigue and some sniffles. I got the whole fever, chills, headaches, muscle aches, cough, extreme fatigue. It was bitter cold here in the Northeast last week, so I spent most of my time under a blanket with some tea. I told my volunteer job I wouldn't be there all week but only missed one math class and two reading classes because they had weather delays and closures. I did work on those kid Valentines when I was feeling better over the weekend.

Better days ahead! Feeling less fatigued and warmer weather is on the way for us.

(((Hugs))) jeremysgirl - take all the time you need

jjpeapea - glad you're on the mend

How's the sisterhood doing this weekend? I was supposed to go to my local SU demo's house and craft with others for a few hours, but our snow storm is hitting earlier and faster than originally forecast, so I think I'll stay home. My normal weekend M/O is to craft in the morning and then adult in the afternoon, but I already did the adulting thinking I was going to be out. So I guess I'll be crafting after lunch!

It’s almost February! Good time to tally points and get ready for next month. Hopefully our fearless leader will feel better and rejoin us soon.

Shakti - that's a good reminder. I made some cards and a banner. It's the January blahs here - low 30's and grey skies. It's time to work with pretty paper and embellishments to have something fun to focus on.

I’m impressed!

What fun, a cookie decorating class! I would love to do that sometime! I haven’t scrapped in over a week and need to get at it.

I am also job searching. My position is grant-funded and ends April 1. It’s so stressful!

Wishing you great new gig vibes, amyl  and jeremysgirl! I turned down an offer Friday. I am trying not to make every day a weekend day, but I do try to spend an hour or so in the craft room each morning, either crafting or organizing. Moving into the new Craftinet was pretty disruptive, so I'm not quite all the way settled in.

I am about to embark on my five remote crafty events in seven weekends insanity! SCT's Celebrations Delivered is this Saturday, then a weekend off. Next up is Pinkfresh Create & Connect (a two-day, all-weekend event), then Altenew Mindfulness the following Saturday, TE Virtual Stamp Joy the Saturday after that, another weekend off, and then a second Altenew event. I think it will work out, but I might have been non compos mentis when I started signing up for all this.

Somewhere around the edges of all that, I'd like to get a few more Cards for Cubs ready to donate in March.

I will be doing another Maine crafty retreat in mid-April. I bought materials to make two match 6x8 scrapbooks of the trip to Italy my mom and I took in November of 2022. I have a notion to try to work on those at the retreat. I don't think either us has yet gone through our photos, though. If I manage to pull it off, it will be my first completed scrapbook project!

EtA job vibes for jeremysgirl, whose post I missed earlier and also that I guess April is beyond this quarter's challenge and doesn't matter much here therefore. Oops on both counts.

I'm so glad. I know it had been a rough go for a while for her and getting and staying sober isn't easy. 

That's awesome! Way to go!


I've finished up February 202 in the family album and am making progress on it in the big kids album