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 for my beautiful, smart, hard-working, responsible, thoughtful daughter, Katie….now a sophomore in college…where did the time go? So thankful to have her in my life!!
First and foremost, I am, of course, most grateful for my family and for God who so richly and daily provides for us. I am also grateful for having knitting as a hobby that allows a creative outlet for myself on a daily basis.
I am very thankful to be cancer free, after the third and toughest go around. I am grateful for all the support I received from my husband and friends. I am a lucky little girl.
I’m thankful for a husband who puts up with me, a healthy family that is still all here, and that both myself and my husband have jobs and a lovely home. I’m thankful for a group of friends who are surviving a small implosion with grace, and for the friends I’ve drawn closer to this year who have introduced me to awesome new people (people that understand why I goob out over fiber-ness). In the last month, my workplace, home, and school have all suffered drastic and negative changes, but all in all, despite the overwhelmed feeling and frustration, I couldn’t be more thankful to have the life I’m living.
I am thankful for my daughter, my son-in-law and my 3 young grandsons who share endless love with their MImi. I am blessed and so appreciative of my “girl gang” of friends who are supportive of me – were there when my husband died and have carried me since in their hearts.