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. To name a few I am grateful to our United States military for protecting all of us so that we can be free and have the freedoms in out lives that so many don’t have. I am thankful for my family who love unconditionally; for my friends who are always there for me and allow me to be part of their lives. For the man I love who makes my heart smile. I am also very thankful for the wonderful fellow knitters, spinners, dyers, and fiber geniuses that we have. For the ladies that I knit with each week who inspire me to try new things and to venture outside of my knitting comfort zone and who laughwith me when iI make a mistake and have to tink, but also for the ones who rack their brains to come up with ways to either fix the mistakes or convincingly say that they are merely design elements.
I am thankful that God has blessed this family with good health including that of my 83 year old mother. Thankful that we can all be there for dinner tomorrow and for the friends that will be with their families.
So thankful I have my husband with me still, almost lost him twice last year. He’s my best friend.
I’m thankful for wonderful family & friends.