This time of year I start thinking. Around here, most of the people say, "Uh oh, she's thinking" and it probably means another To Do list is about to be shared with them. But there's something about the change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time that means that I slow down a bit. I have more time to think and to ponder because of that. I go slower.
I am already thinking about next year, but I am also thinking about this year and what has happened for us at Miss Babs, and what has happened in our personal lives.
It's been a busy and eventful year. There are 9 of us now at the studio and 2 part timers as well. We are a close group and we share the good times as well as the bad. Among us and our extended families, we have experienced and shared a marriage, a family death, a couple of car accidents, a surgery or two, beginnings and endings of relationships, poor health, training new employees, travel, sleeping in tight quarters, insomnia, loss of a pet, anger, frustration, lots and lots of laughter, and lots of music.
We are kindred souls when it comes to work and doing a good job, and we care for each other. This very real group of women that I work with is what I am grateful for this year on a personal level, plus my understanding husband and family.
This foundation of good people has allowed Miss Babs (the business) to grow and continue to do creative things this year. We built an addition to the studio that has given us a drying space and a place to store a good part of our inventory, and create a second dyeing space.
Under construction!!
Dottie, our redneck dog, during construction
And here is the Studio today with snow coming down. We have some things left to do outside to decks and railings, but it is wonderful inside!
In tribute to Thanksgiving, please share a thought or two about what you are grateful for this Thanksgiving season. We will do a drawing using a random number generator on ... and we'll be giving away a skein of Ephemeral, with a pair of HiyaHiya circular needles, and Heidi Kirrmaier's Windward pattern.
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I am grateful and so lucky to have my two daughters. They have both endured health problems and despite this have become the most caring and generous adults I know. Although all of my friends boast grandchildren and I may never have that experience, I am unbelievably blessed by these two “girls”, now in their mid-thirties. And even though I learned to knit at age 6, my daughters deserve the credit for getting me back into knitting (and reaping the finished rewards)!
I am grateful for my mom. She taught me that being kind isn’t an exception but is always the rule. I am forever grateful for her lessons. Especially now.
I am profoundly thankful for the love and support of my family and friends. I am also very grateful for the luck to be born under circumstances that have made my life so much easier than those of most of the world, and increasingly I am grateful for the opportunity to share those gifts with others.
Even in the midst of the hard times, I’m thankful. I’m thankful to have a job that supports my husband and I during this time. I’m thankful that while my employer does not want us to telecommute, that my boss allows me to so that I can stay home and care for my husband who fractured his ankle. I’m thankful that I have the strength to carry on one day at a time.
every night as I fall asleep I think about that day and how grateful I am to have experienced it. when I wake in the morning, I am so grateful to have done so and look forward to that day. it’s a daily cycle and I am grateful to be here living it. I am grateful for the beloved animals who share and have shared my life. I am grateful for the people who share my life and make it so pleasant (especially those people who supply me with beautiful yarns with which to knit).