rukristin's Roundup: 02/18/24 -- February Blues
February is my least favorite month...how about you?
Hey friends!
February is my least favorite month. The weather sucks — bouncing between snow and false spring is truly painful (especially for my headaches). It’s a short month, which means a few less days to pay all those repeating monthly bills. And, the sun is still never out, even though it’s been getting darker out later and later each day.
Also — football is over, soccer hasn’t started yet. Which means that I can’t just put on a sports on the weekend and do my chores, so everything has been a little bit of an extra mess as well.
How do you do with February? What other months are a struggle for you?
Interesting Finds this Week
I’ve always got a show on while I’m scrapbooking over on the couch. This week I finished up a rewatch of Little Women on Netflix, a very loose K-Drama feminist interpretation of the classic novel. It’s got amazing twists, great characters, and it’s so much fun watching all these women on screen.
I’m not sure if you’ve heard about this pregnant stingray in NC — there aren’t any male sting rays in her aquarium, so no one is exactly sure what impregnated her. The AP picked up the story as well, so hopefully we’ll hear more when she has her babies!
Kate McKinnon is writing a middle-grade book and it looks hilarious.
The internet has been serving me up a lot of Sesame Street since Elmo’s big day of other people’s emotions. Here’s a clip of a Bruce Springsteen (Stringbean) parody that I couldn’t get enough of.
Usher released new music right before the Super Bowl — here’s A-Town girl, a play on Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl.
This week’s Daily Pages
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Tip of the Week
I love starting out my first page with the date. I don’t date all the pages in my Daily Pages books, but by putting the date on the front cover. I usually keep it super simple, but I do like to bring in some creativity in the form of stickers, simple color, and how I write the date.
A Look Ahead
Here are some of the great things coming up in the new year!
New Course! 30 Days of Daily Pages: Women’s History Month Edition*: March 1-30
Daily Pages Foundations Masterclass: Saturday, March 2 at Noon ET (and every first Saturday of the Month).
FSS Organization Intensive Week: April 15-19
New Course! Selfie Mechanics 101*: May 6-24
Awesome Ladies Live**: July 27 + 28th, 2024
All of these courses and events are included with the Feminist Scrapbook School membership.
*These courses will also be available a la carte in the shop when they’re released.
**Awesome Ladies Live tickets not included in FSS membership price.
Places you can find me
Here on Substack, which is now also the home to my podcast: Crafty Ass Female.
In my free Feminist Scrapbooking community & app: The Awesome Ladies Project.
The ALP YouTube Channel.
Teaching at Feminist Scrapbook School, including our Noon ET Daily Pages Livestream every weekday