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 a roof over my head, a bit of food in the cupboard, and a world full of people who keep trying to do the right thing, no matter what, or if no one sees. I am thankful that we are all here, because “we are not all there” to some folks. Thank you all for being part of my world, even if I haven’t met you yet… I take comfort in knowing you are there, and we are each one of us trying to make the world a better place, in our own way.
I am thankful to have all four of my children, including the three college boys, home for Thanksgiving. I am especially thankful for my supportive husband who was an angel during a recent medical procedure and I can’t believe I am saying this, but I am thankful for that procedure because unpleasant as it was, it maybe saved my life!
I am thankful for the computer, which connects me with the world when I wish to be connected and for life and all it’s ups and downs!
I am grateful for the roof over my head and that we can stay warm inside. Wool and fiber are nice, but having heat is definitely a great thing this time a year :)
And above all I am grateful for my ever loving fiance who encouraged me to follow my heart this year and do what I love most: design and knit
I am thankful for my family and for better health this year!!!