Easter and enablers................

First of all a very Happy Easter to all of you celebrating this holiday.  I have a little bunny here that would like to wish you a wonderful day tomorrow, he is very excited about the Easter Bunny hopping into his house with a basket.  Can you believe these ears were on my older boys were they were little?  Apparently I keep way too many things.  

Thanks to all of you enablers I did actually go back to the yarn store for one more visit.  I had picked up the turquoise yarn above on my previous visits but just kept putting it down.  I swear that yarn just stuck in my head and I went back and there it was.  So much of the yarn was gone off the shelves already, I mean at 50% off it won't stay there for long, but this beautiful turquoise was still there waiting for me.  

As I walked towards the cash register this gorgeous gray yarn jumped into my arms.  Now I purposely did not want to pick up a basket for my purchases because I did not want to add more yarn then I was ready to buy,  but how can you not look like a fool to other shoppers trying to wrestle beautiful yarn back onto the shelf?  I mean I did not want to make a spectacle of myself so I quietly walked to the check out with these skeins hoping no other yarn would take advantage of an empty spot in my arms.  Yarn is funny that way, it has a mind of its own, it wants to belong to certain people and be made into certain projects and you will pay the price if you mess with it!

 I am really done yarn shopping now, seriously I am!  I swear I had to laugh at how enabling you all are.  I know I am talking to the wrong crowd when feeling guilty about buying yarn, or fabric, or anything crafty.  I think we all understand, in someway, how making something helps us feel calm and grounded.  It helps us focus, de-stress and be creative.  And as my friend Toni said to me in an email, with Malabrigo yarn at 50% off, she was surprised there was not bloodshed.  So now I am officially on a yarn diet because I have a wee bit of a yarn addiction.  Hi, my name is Meredith, and I have gone 23 hours without buying yarn.........

I tried the yummy chicken dinner so many of you are making.  That includes the lovely and kind  Teresa who has the link for this dish on this post, and the wonderful and talented Kris,  both raved about this dish.  It is delicious and really, really easy.  I am not one to cook very much although some days it falls into my hands, this recipe is a keeper, even Mr.18 thought it was yummy, he hates my cooking so that is saying something!

Happy Easter to all of you celebrating, and to all my readers I wish each and every one of you a wonderful and peaceful weekend.