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 thankful for so many things. The roof over my head. The husband that warms up the bed. The job that I at times cant’t wait to get started. The extra time off during the holidays. My family. My creativity. My stash. My health.
I am thankful for life. Iam blessed with three wonderful children and their offspring. I am lucky enough to live long enough to be a great grandma. He lives so very close, in the next town. I have a wonderful husband of 58 years and supports me in every way, be it my art or my knitting.
Thankful for my family and pets!
For friends, cats, worthwhile work, laughter, possibilities, the ability to keep learning, poetry and art, Manhattan at Christmas, family, good food, a lifetime of memories, curiosity, and amazing people like the women at the LYS who cheerfully fix my mistakes and lavish encouragement and appreciation for effort, for all this and more, I am truly grateful.
I am thankful for my husband, that I can attend a Zumba class four days a week at age 63, and that my sweet dog of six years is still with us after being diagnosed with cancer two weeks ago.