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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We moved earlier this year, and I’m thankful we’ve been able to make new friends, and that my children have seemed to handle the transition to a new school well.
I am thankful for my job, my husband, my loving friends, my family, and my beautiful and supportive dog.
I am thankful for family – and the joy of watching my daughter and her new family grow – an adorable 2 1/2 year old and 2nd baby due in January!
Thankful for friends sticking around in this strange place, so we don’t have to spend Thanksgiving alone.
I’m thankful for so many things that I can’t list them all. But here are a few.
I’m thankful for all of the family and friends in my life who care for me and allow me to care for them. For the soft warm cat curled up on my arms as I’m typing this note. For my home, my job that I love and provides me with money to have my home, food, yarn(!), and other necessary (and sometimes not so necessary) things in my life.
I’m also thankful for learning to knit several years ago – I have met so many wonderful people through knitting. From the people who come up to me on the street and exclaim “That’s a [fill-in-the-blank] hat/scarf, isn’t it?” To the people I’ve met in yarn stores, and virtually through Ravelry and through buying yarn from independent spinners and dyers like Miss Babs. And to being able to give knitted things to so many friends as gifts. I love the act of knitting, but the community that has emerged from it is just AWESOME!!
(whew – that got longer than I meant it to…)