Addicted

I'm addicted to yarn.  Yes, I can't help it!  I had a gift certificate and so we headed to the "other" big city near us and I spent time doing something I love, picking out yarn.  You could call it therapy.  After this week, I needed it.  What I really wanted to do was pound the pavement and run.  That is just not possible at almost 8 months pregnant with a back ache and legs that feel like I've run 5 miles no matter what.  I wanted to run out my frustrations, sadness, joy, and fear.  I also wanted to just listen to music and feel myself running.  It's been a while.

So, while running wasn't an option, crocheting and praying is.  I have 3 projects to finish...the baby blanket for this baby, a blanket I started with extra yarn, and I need to sew some squares together that I made almost a year ago.

Here are the 3 projects to finish...

What a great day.  Look at all the yarn I bought.  I also got 2 new books.  I am hoping that two of the sets of yarn will be throws from my new books and one set will be a cool bag.  Sometimes these things change so we'll see!

Ah, the tote of "extras".  My friend, Chrissy, who is coming to help me in February mentioned she maybe wants to learn.  If she does, she can pick almost anything out of this stash (or from the other group of squares I'm sewing together).  I am pretty set in my yarn choices.  Most of the leftovers in here are the same type of yarn so I'm hoping that soon I can start some cool motifs (or squares) that I can sew together later on.

So I will continue to pray while I crochet.  Pray for my kids, my husband, my friend Sarah who is still in Jacmel awaiting word from the UN that they can leave Haiti (to where they are unsure.  They are not allowed back to Port-au-Prince.  How they will get back to the U.S. is still up in the air), and the family and friends of Ben.