My Strange Addiction...

Oh my beloved Hobby Lobby, you are my drug of choice.  I adore you and all of the wonderful goodness that lives within your four walls.  You are almost as great of a time sucker as Pinterest!  The only thing that saves me from setting up a tent and living in your store is the fact that the closest one is 45 miles away(ah yes--the joys of living in a small town in Wyoming!)

I own a lot of yarn and there is really no reason for me to go out and buy more.  But, yarn is addictive--like crack cocaine.  And Hobby Lobby has such a truly wonderful yarn section.  I thought that I was safe from the allure of buying more super soft yarn because Hobby Lobby is 45 miles away.  I thought that Wal Mart was the only place in Laramie to buy reasonably priced yarn and, until they redo their yarn section, I have bought all of the good stuff they have to offer.  Well, I was wrong.  One day, I was visiting  Bart's Flea Market, minding my own business and not even thinking about yarn at all.  Then, I walked around a corner and discovered the discounted yarn shop.  It was so wonderful that I thought I was hallucinating.  I had to touch the yarn to make sure it was real.  I ended up staying there for 25 minutes, feeling different yarns and thinking of how wonderful it would be to make something out of them.  I might have stayed there forever if my mother had not come along and found me, and brought me out of my yarn stupor so that we could go home.

You see, I have this yarn touching problem.  I love, love, love soft yarn and I yearn to touch it so that I can enjoy its amazing texture.  I know this sounds creepy, but I promise you that I do not break into stores just to caress the yarns in the yarn aisle!  You really don't need to sign me up for that My Strange Addiction show on TLC.

What I do, instead of breaking into yarn shops, is to hoard yarn.  I have a walk in closet in my room, and the top shelves are filled with bags and plastic totes overflowing with yarns of many colors.  I make lots of hats and ear warmers, but I never make a dent in my yarn collection because I keep buying more yarn!

How will I be saved from this awful addiction?  How many hats will I have to make without buying new yarn before I run out?  What if there is a world-wide yarn shortage and I run out because I have made myself stop buying yarn?  What if my brain explodes because I think way too much about things that don't even matter?

No I Wasn't Kidnapped by Aliens!

My apologies for the fact that I have been such a slacker at blogging.  Time just flies by, and before I know it, four months have passed since my last entry.  Since I last wrote, lots of exciting things have happened.  First of all, my little dog is STILL alive!  She just keeps trucking along through thick and thin.

Next, on January 8th, Randy and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary.  What an amazing man to put up with my shenanigans for so long!  To celebrate this wonderful event, we are going on a cruise on March 17th!  We have never been on a cruise before, so if anyone has tips to share, feel free.  We will be leaving out of New Orleans, and going to Cozumel and the Yucatan.  Just Randy and I are going on the cruise--no kids or miniature pinschers allowed!

In May, Amanda will graduate from Creighton University, with her doctorate of Physical Therapy.  I don't think I could be much more proud of her!  My boys are doing great at School of Mines, too.  Brady was a 4.0 student his first semester, majoring in Chemical and Mining Engineering.  Kelby is busy interviewing for internships this summer with various companies.  He will graduate next year in Civil Engineering.

That's about all I can think of to report for now.  I will write again soon!