Well, thanks to Joan and Madge I now have a photo on my profile--and it's the original mehitabel! Isn't she a cutie??The blurb for this book says that it will appeal to lovers of humor, poetry, and talking vermin.
Here's your eye candy for the day--my favorite grandcarrot, sitting in his stroller at Starbucks while his mommy, his auntie and I all had coffee. And didn't share it with him, either!
There are two suspiciously yarny packages waiting for me to open them (gee, the "Webs" return address on one might be a clue??) so there will hopefully be a little yarn porn to share. I've got one more item ordered, but since it's a third hank of something I already have 2 hanks of, I'm not going to count it.
Yes, I am once again going to try to rein in the stash acquisition. You heard it here first. I have way way too much yarn. Alert the media, she is once again going on a yarn diet. Although, reading diet blogs--Debbi is one of my favs, since she also knits and beads--has been raising my awareness that what I need is not a diet, but a Yarn Management Plan. In other words, a "diet" is something you go on and off of, kind of a punishment for past sins of overindulgence. Yeah, overindulging in food or yarn is not a good thing.
I know that part of it is that I've been self-medicating with yarn--better than with booze, or drugs, or even food, but still not terribly healthy in the long run. Depression is the pits. I'm working my way out of it, bit by bit, and I've got lots of good support.
And thanks to all of you who are providing that! I mean it--without y'all, kids, friends, knitters, quilters--I don't know where I'd be. Curled up in bed sucking my thumb, probably, and that only looks good on people The Carrot's age!
Off to knit now--if I spend a couple of hours knitting, it will assuage my guilt over having SO MUCH YARN!!
10 comments:
The Carrot is adorable, he's growing so fast :)
Yarn Management! I love it! I think I need one of those.
Marie, you are very special to me. You are always there to help I only hope I can be there if you need me. Our little group of knitting buds is truly special and caring.
On the subject of self -medicating, I over-eat and at times over buy yarn and goodies. I guess 2 out of three ain't bad. LOL
Your Grandcarrot has beautiful eyes - what a cutie!
Too much yarn?! Just knit your way out of it. :)
Yay on uploading your profile photo. Well done.
And if you'd like to get rid of any of your yarn - heh heh - you know, to assuage your feelings of guilt and excess - nudge, wink - I'd be more than happy to take some off your hands. *smile*
Smoochies.
Never been much for the veggies, but that is one cute little carrot!! I could be convinced to keep that kind of carroty goodness around the house! But not spinach...
Ah, the self-medicating...I know it well. I like the idea of yarn management. It sounds so much more positive!
That grandcarrot is a cutie patootie! I love his cheeks. Can you gently pinch them for me next time you see him? Yarn management sounds like a brilliant idea, but I say nothing wrong with buying yarn if it makes you happy and you have a little bit of spare change.
Yarn therapy is a good way to spend mental-health dollars, if you ask me. Just don't tell my husband; he's a shrink and that might put him out of business. But then we could open a yarn shop?
Yarn management? What a concept! I was just making that category match the "Weight Management" one. And I haven't rearranged them since I switched to beta blogger, so it's all a distant memory anyway. Heh.
Your Grandcarrot is adorable.
As long as you can move around the house, who's to know about your self-medicating with yarn, eh?
Any red in those packages?
Simon and Carrot are both adorable -- give 'em hugs from me!
I'm working on some stash-busting, brainless garter stitch scarves. Garter stitch really eats up the yarn, y'know? And when I'm done with them, I'm donating them to charity. These kinds of projects just make me feel so good: I clear some room in the closet, and someone else will be kept warm by my efforts.
Love the GrandCarrot! I notice you know Madge (aka Knitdevil), whom I just met, along with Sknitty. If you're in Temple City, we're pretty close, since I'm in Burbank. Thanks for the comment on my blog, and I hope we can meet up one of these days.
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