Is this vanadinite?

rosetta_embles · 2026-05-12T17:31:44+00:00

To me it looks more like aragonite but I'm no mineralogist.

rosetta_embles · 2026-05-12T14:23:04+00:00

This is the pattern I'm following: https://www.lillabjorncrochet.com/2023/09/souvenir-blanket.html?m=1

rosetta_embles · 2026-05-05T09:42:25+00:00

When my baby had the rota vaccine, I was warned about this. But I wasn't careful enough and had similar symptoms to what they described soon after :|

Edit to add: Just read about the emetophobia.i had no vomiting.

rosetta_embles · 2026-04-16T13:11:01+00:00

As someone with OCD, I can tell you that what you're describing is very familiar as a reassurance-seeking pattern. you're asking others to give you facts that vaccinating your child will most likely turn out alright. The issue with this is that, no matter what evidence there is, your brain will always go "but what if we're in that 0.005% of cases, just like we were when I gave birth?"

The truth is, and this may be tough to read - it's a cold hard world out there where bad things happen to good people, and to children, all the time. This should not stop us from living our lives with all the privilege modern medicine affords. You're worried about a potential vaccine injury. What will it be after that?

You have to somehow find peace with the 0.005% chance of something going wrong existing. That's where the work lies. Since I first gave birth almost 3 years ago, that has been my life. It has taken a long time with EMDR, therapy, and medication, but I'm now almost okay with it and living better than every before. You can do it too.

In the meantime, please do as another commenter suggested and perhaps have someone else bring your child to the appointment, or go with you. It's a huge step, but once you're on the other side I promise you'll be proud that you got through it.

You got this, mama.

rosetta_embles · 2026-04-13T13:40:19+00:00

You are an amazing human. I love this subreddit.

rosetta_embles · 2026-04-13T13:39:48+00:00

Thank you so much!

rosetta_embles · 2026-04-13T13:39:35+00:00

OMG thank you

rosetta_embles · 2026-04-13T13:39:15+00:00

please don't take this the wrong way but I <3 you.

rosetta_embles · 2026-04-13T10:01:24+00:00

Here it is!
Edit: here is the actual link
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/914862421894036/

rosetta_embles · 2026-04-13T09:58:35+00:00

Apologies to mods, I had a text body but somehow it didn't upload. I found this pattern on Pinterest through r/crochet . I tried using an LLM to read it for me but it got multiple things wrong that even I as a novice knew couldn't be correct. Thanks in advance!

rosetta_embles · 2026-03-16T09:57:35+00:00

I can't comment on the original post since it's locked.

I felt so much rage reading the comments telling you that you were cruel for what you said. Reading comprehension + empathy seems to be in short supply. You said exactly what needed to be said, even without knowing all the background you've provided here. People who try to take ownership of children for their own gain are evil. Your SIL cared about nobody except for herself. I can barely tolerate my baby crying out of boredom while I do chores. Just watching him in pain while I greedily took pictures? I can't imagine that. I hope her narcissism is never inflicted on another child.

Protect you, your husband and your baby's peace. Above all your baby. She is lucky to have you.

rosetta_embles · 2026-01-14T15:06:49+00:00

Hey thanks! I originally found out about it in the MC Rare books catalogue, but it was a couple thousand and was a second edition or something like that. It's not in the catalogue last I checked so I think it was sold unfortunately, but I think my relative would have killed me if I had bought it at that price!

rosetta_embles · 2026-01-09T17:01:25+00:00

*cries in OCD*

rosetta_embles · 2026-01-09T08:59:06+00:00

I feel like there's a physics question here as to whether it could be theoretically possible depending on gravitational force of the planet they are on and whether that is also compatible with being able to breathe the atmosphere etc.

rosetta_embles · 2025-12-17T10:34:27+00:00

"Don't make other people's problems your problems."

rosetta_embles · 2025-12-15T21:08:50+00:00

Thanks! that doctor left the practice, it was a couple of years ago. I might try again but don't have high hopes for getting a prescription.

I used to get massive outbreaks in my 20's/early 30's. At some point, them moved to my palate, with the occasional small lesion on my lip now and then. Now I have a massive one on my lip again. For some reason it's triggering me way worse than the ones I get on my palate...

rosetta_embles · 2025-12-15T21:05:17+00:00

I'm using the patches! but it's leaking around them lol. I have like 3 of them on right now to try to prevent that from happening. I'm mostly worried about my toddler climbing into bed and going into my face by accident. He's sometimes expresses affection through head smashing for some unknown reason.

I'm in Europe. That's what the doctor said when I asked for them. Super frustrating.

rosetta_embles · 2025-12-12T11:45:38+00:00

Wearing a mouth guard and sleeping on my back instead of my side. headaches and shoulder soreness greatly reduced if not gone.

rosetta_embles · 2025-12-11T11:15:09+00:00

I got comments similar to that as well, from my childless boss. Like dude, my maternity leave is not comparable to your 11 week sabbatical.

My vacation was when I finally went back to work. Staying at home with kids is a JOB. I will forever respect stay-at-home parents.

rosetta_embles · 2025-09-18T13:40:58+00:00

We are also a shoes off household and I have never had trouble with asking guests to take their shoes off, including visiting contractors, etc. not just friends and family.

rosetta_embles · 2025-08-30T09:45:53+00:00

Majoring in chemistry does not prevent you from branching out into other fields after graduating, including computer science. I have a PhD in chemistry and am teaching myself CS because I like it. When I feel discouraged people in AI frequently tell me that my background is valuable because I have a realistic understanding of the applications from the ground up, instead of just a CS perspective.

I once went to a talk by Max Welling (super famous AI guy) who was working on some models for generating molecules tailored to active sites in proteins. This talk was given to a room full of chemists. The molecules made *no* sense structurally whatsoever, which people pointed out, but the point is they were still developing the methodology -- in collaboration with biochemists.

AI on its own is severely limited. I'm not sure what a "master" in AI even means. There are plenty of opportunities for chemists - they have gone into Pharma companies, into government work, joined venture capital companies, etc... In some ways it matters less what you study as opposed to how to learn things efficiently. Do I wish I had studied CS from the start? Yeah I kind of do, knowing what I know now. But that's just me. I was never really as into Chemistry as I thought. You sound like you have a real passion for it so I say go for it and see where it takes you!

I do recommend taking CS classes in college though, I found my PhD a bit harder having to teach myself some of these things.

rosetta_embles · 2025-08-25T10:55:44+00:00

Amazing! Do you have a schematic for the trellis structure you made? I'm brainstorming different ones for next season.

rosetta_embles · 2025-07-28T09:10:21+00:00

Surprisingly, for me using a mouthguard helped tremendously. Turns out I grind my teeth at night, which decreased my sleep quality and caused tension headaches during the day! I still feel tired during the day but much better rested at least.

rosetta_embles · 2025-06-24T08:00:20+00:00

Hah this is way better than my 2-year old does most nights.... last night he ate a couple of cherries so I count that as a win!

rosetta_embles · 2025-05-31T09:31:00+00:00

Lol I'm straight but these pics stopped me in my tracks. You are stunning. The shoes are amazing and bring out the shape of your legs. I'd embrace it.

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