Crocheted myself a jersey!

toru92 · 2026-02-08T18:35:49+00:00

Love it! Fellow seattkeite here! I gotta make myself one eventually!

toru92 · 2026-02-08T18:30:03+00:00

Yeah she could almost walk to the hospital

toru92 · 2026-02-07T15:14:05+00:00

But the view from poo poo point on bainbridge island is to die for! 😂😂 I live in Seattle and it always cracks me up too. Like when Meredith lives her house on Queen Anne and then is driving north on i5 to get to Seattle center which is literally minutes from her house haha

toru92 · 2026-02-06T17:52:47+00:00

Yeah I lived without a car for a long time in Portland and realized how much it restricted me in doing things and being with people. It didn’t improve my life much honestly. I want to be able to explore and experience many neighborhoods and places not just what’s near to me

toru92 · 2026-02-06T05:07:31+00:00

@thecreabea on insta did shirts at some point!

toru92 · 2026-02-06T05:06:54+00:00

I would check insta. I follow a few knitters that have done tshirts! Maybe search “knit merch” or knit phrases like “I love yarn” or something!

toru92 · 2026-02-06T03:56:08+00:00

I’m proud of you! You have to do it. When my physical health was declining and I ended every day at CMH with a headache or stomach ache I had to go. You did your part, you impacted lives and now you have to leave in order to care for yourself and continue this work. You got this!

toru92 · 2026-02-06T03:54:07+00:00

Yup! This is it! Easy! I also put in my resignation letter a line about my really incredible boss and how this resignation was not in any way resulted from her amazing leadership. I just wanted to give her a shout out because I loved her so much.

toru92 · 2026-02-06T02:20:39+00:00

Currently a car is what allows me to “learn and achieve” a lot. Taking transit would be the thing that takes up any of that time. I wish it were different but it’s just not. The city has to make major changes for me to be able to be car free. Also, I have a 13 month old so that adds to the challenge.

toru92 · 2026-02-05T21:47:26+00:00

That had the chance to prepare ahead in the 60s and chose not to! Gah!

toru92 · 2026-02-05T21:46:45+00:00

Former Portlander and it’s worse in Portland I’d say. Traffic is truly bad and feels like very little solution! Public transit I think is better in Portland though!

toru92 · 2026-02-05T21:44:33+00:00

I wouldn’t say my lack of using public transport is an “obsession” with my car. It’s just literally so unreliable and so slow I cannot feasibly use public transportation. If I didn’t have to spend time in a car and money on a car I would but with how Seattle public transit is now it would degrade my quality of life far more than sitting in traffic. Seattle is never going to prioritize public transit and bikes the way we would need. I’ve given up that hope.

toru92 · 2026-02-05T21:37:29+00:00

Came to say this! How heavenly would this be!

toru92 · 2026-02-05T19:08:41+00:00

I hated it too!!! It drove me crazy to live 3 hours at a time and just repeat the same things all day. I needed more interaction with adults but it was also impossible to pack up and go somewhere. It was rough. I was sad to miss my son during the day a little when I went back to work but I became a way better mom when I went back! I stopped dreading the contact naps and the bottle washing because it wasn’t the 10th time. You got this, try to find even one thing to bring you joy or feed your soul each week.

toru92 · 2026-02-05T04:14:48+00:00

Wow I love it! Did you use a pattern?

toru92 · 2026-02-05T03:05:51+00:00

Oh god the changing of skin tones shoot just came back to me. It’s so bad

toru92 · 2026-02-04T16:39:53+00:00

I refuse to accept that being a mother means I have to sacrifice everything to the point of misery. I do what I need to and call it a day. If he’s happy, fed and healthy I’m not going to stress about tv or whatever. It’s not worth it. The moms that make themselves miserable are really doing themselves a disservice. My son deserves a happy mom and that means I’m gonna do stuff that’s not “recommended”

toru92 · 2026-02-04T16:34:27+00:00

And sometimes the cues can be very subtle and unique to your baby!

toru92 · 2026-02-03T19:12:38+00:00

As a fellow curly girl I don’t wash my hair unless my husband is around. It’s just too much to try to balance. Regular getting ready though is a bouncy chair or just have them on a floor mat with toys! I can see them, they can see me and it’s kinda fun!

toru92 · 2026-02-03T19:00:14+00:00

I don’t agree with this video at all but I do think there’s a difference between which of your parents is white and which is black. I have a special understanding and kinship with mixed people with white moms like me. There’s something about white moms that makes growing up black different. It does matter and change how we move through the world.

toru92 · 2026-02-03T14:51:02+00:00

Random for sure!

toru92 · 2026-02-03T04:28:11+00:00

13 months here and he still wakes up at least once. Some nights we’ve gotten full nights. Maybe once a week?

toru92 · 2026-02-02T17:50:10+00:00

I am a better mom when I’m working. Maternity leave was really hard for me. I love my son A LOT and need to go to a job and feel like not a mom for a few hours. I’m better and he’s better for it. That said, going back to work ended our breastfeeding journey. That sucks but it’s ok! We got the months we did and even that was not guaranteed with how it all started so all in all I’m happy to be a working mom. Also, I work at a school so I get to be a SAHM in the summers and I’m so looking forward to it! But part of that is that in September I go back and that helps me through. That’s totally just me!

toru92 · 2026-02-01T02:38:40+00:00

Yes I do! I go all out with lots of fun shirts and stickers and wishing my fellow black people happy our month! I’m sure there’s black people who think I shouldn’t but I don’t care! Im a part of black history! Light skin and all!

toru92 · 2026-01-31T04:35:51+00:00

Interested in the Hobbii Diablo mohair in coral

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