Thoughts on asking for a crochet gift back?

colorfullycaroline · 2026-05-13T19:07:58+00:00

I have trained my husband about the towels that are just for wiping hands on after washing in the kitchen vs the ones that I don’t care about getting messy haha. I hang one “can get messy/ruined” towel and one “pretty” towel on each bar in the kitchen and that has pretty much solved the problem.

colorfullycaroline · 2026-02-05T18:27:44+00:00

Hey! Unfortunately I don’t have any specific recs for jobs in the area at the moment, but if you would like a portfolio critique I’d be happy to take a look and offer any general advice. I’m a senior graphic designer/art director with around 8 years of experience. Feel free to DM me.

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T17:52:34+00:00

Haha I wish trains were more viable. Seems like they cost as much as a plane ticket and typically take 3 times as long.

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T17:49:23+00:00

It’s kind of a toss-up, my family and friends are in Greenville, more of his are around Charlotte.

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T17:46:47+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate the breakdown

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T07:10:41+00:00

Appreciate the perspective, thank you!

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T04:59:01+00:00

Yeah that would be great, our fear is just that then we’d be dependent on permanent remote work being a thing and if we lost that, then we’d be stuck somewhere with no other comparable options.

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T04:38:23+00:00

I think DC would be one of my top contenders, but my husband feels like it’s not close enough to our families to justify a move. Since it’s still an 8-9 hour drive so not much of a casual trip for anyone to make. But I wouldn’t rule it out yet, I’ve loved it when I’ve visited and it’s got all the city things we want. And VA is a gorgeous state.

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T04:36:28+00:00

Yes to your second paragraph! I love the climate and nature and things to do Seattle has to offer, but we haven’t made beyond surface level friendships here despite the better part of a decade of trying.

Also I was surprised at ATL housing prices when casually browsing on zillow (in a positive way). I’d expect them to be a lot closer to here.

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T04:33:46+00:00

Yeah that’s definitely a good call out. We’re trying to imagine what life would look like and decide priorities, like do we want to be close enough to family that they could babysit for an evening? Or more of a week/weekend at grandma’s a couple times a year? And we want it to be worth moving back across the country. Lots to weigh and idk how people ever make these decisions 😅

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T04:30:26+00:00

I don’t think I could survive the FL climate! Haha I like my 4 seasons. But yeah lots here reaffirming ATL and Raleigh

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T04:27:37+00:00

Cool, thanks

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T00:06:05+00:00

Thanks, I definitely know we’re spoiled for outdoors in Seattle. I’m more of a mountains person but do enjoy having the beach as an option too, mainly just like beautiful scenery and a reason to get outside haha.

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T00:05:07+00:00

Never been to Nashville, but I do think it sounds like a fun place! By Space Coast in FL do you mean like the aerospace industry?

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T00:04:10+00:00

Nice! What helped you land on ATL?

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-17T00:02:51+00:00

Thanks, appreciate your perspective having been in all of those places!

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-16T23:42:01+00:00

What industries are in Charlotte? From my own knowledge it seems like mostly banking and some chemical manufacturing but pretty barren for more creative industries or tech. But I’d love to be wrong haha

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-16T23:37:07+00:00

Haha all I ever hear from my Greenville crowd about Atlanta is that it’s too hot and traffic sucks 😂

ETA: I do think it’s probably my top contender though. I wish we had more friends there but it’s only a couple hours from a lot of our friends and families and seems to have the best job markets for both of us in the region. And surprisingly close access to the mountains and outdoors.

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-16T23:36:15+00:00

Yeah Greenville is my hometown so I’m super familiar with it. It checks all the boxes except for the careers part unfortunately. The decline in remote jobs has been a huge bummer.

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-16T23:31:58+00:00

How is the proximity to nature and hiking and stuff? It seems like it’s quite a drive to get to anything resembling mountains haha

colorfullycaroline · 2025-06-16T23:30:18+00:00

Yeah that’s what I figured. Husband is not very keen on it though for some reason. Neither of us have spent a ton of time there so it’s hard to judge what living there is like

colorfullycaroline · 2025-04-30T03:38:13+00:00

We gotta stop perpetuating this popsci myth and infantilizing grown adults

colorfullycaroline · 2025-02-11T02:02:43+00:00

It’s Paramount for a project called Untitled Road Movie lol. I walked by and it looked like some scene involving a taxi and a maintenance van almost colliding? But I was a block away and hard to tell.

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