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 have so many things for which to feel thankful. Family, friends, a job I enjoy, the wonderful knitting community – and the opportunity to always find the next interesting thing to try. The one new thing this year has brought is two great-grandbabies, and I’m especially thankful for the opportunity to welcome them into our family and to see the future that comes with them.
So very thankful for my husband who is everything any woman could want—selfless, generous and loving. We had both been through some life challenges before we met and we have found blessed refuge in one another.
I have so many things that I am grateful for this year that I could fill the page. At the top of the list, a warm home, food, a health scare that turned out to be nothing, my hands and eyes to be able to spin and knit with, and even though both of our sons are are living in Europe, we will get to spend Christmas with them this year.
I am so thankful for my husband as we celebrate our 29 years together and our two loving and thoughtful children. Family is the foundation our lives, but yarn and knitting is the window dressing and boy to I love window dressing!
I am thankful for my family – all 4 of my children are so individual and unique!