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 extremely thankful for my happy and very healthy family and that at 83, my mom is still with us and happy and healthy. I am also thankful that this year I am working after 4 years of being unemployed.
I am thankful that I’ll get to see 2 of my 3 kids sometime between now and the new year. It’s hard when they grow up and move far, far away.
I am thankful for knowing Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I am thankful for the Lord’s provision for me. I am thankful for my family and friends.
This year I feel so grateful for the love and support of family and friends.
This has been a trying year for our family with the illness of both my father and husband. In all that has happen I find that I still have so much to be grateful for, as their are many who have no where to rest there heads at night let alone knowing where their next meal will be. The sadness is most knowing that there are so many children that suffer though this. Yes to say that that my troubles are minimal in comparison to others is true. I am so grateful that my children have there health and love, but most of all there faith and kind hearts.