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 family and friends. I am also thankful that I have my knitting to help with the good and bad times.
I’m thankful for my two daughters. They are my heart song and together the three of us are an amazing family.
I am thankful for so many things – my family, health, community, and that includes the knitting community that has taught me so much!
As I come to the last 5 years of a teaching career, I am thankful to be one of the teachers chosen to teach in my county’s program for emotionally disturbed students (in a new school building with great technology). These guys deserve the chance to make it.
I am thankful that I am alive, not because I have eluded death or a major accident or illness, but I am present here and now. In this moment, I can hear the rain on the roof and the sound of my children’s voices. In this moment, I can see beautiful things. In this moment, I can breath, touch, and taste all that there is to being, without pain, suffering, or melancholy. I am thankful for the mundane and the exquisite – all reminders that I am alive for a brief time in this world.