Happy New Year!

Where did the time go?  Seems like just yesterday that I took the reins of the Yarn Shop and here 2012 will bring the beginning of our 7th year.  We have had some wonderful times; met some wonderful people and learned some wonderful things.

Personally, it's been a time of change for both Bob and I.  Some days we deal with it well.  Some days not so well.  Are we any different than other folks.  Don't think so.  So what do you do when you've had "one of those days?" 

On the last day of the year as I was leaving the shop - not quite as tidy as I would like but what else is new?  I was excited to get home and have a nice dinner with Bob and relax and enjoy the hoopla of New Year's Eve, when.....the car felt funny as I backed out of the parking space.  Oh no, I thought.  Not Baby!!  Oh I know that my 15 year old relic which has seen better days, will leave me standing on the curb one of these days but not today.... not the last day of 2011.  Well not quite.  Seems I had a flat tire.  Thank goodness for AAA service.  Yes, I can change a tire but I had to get the manual out to find out where the donut tire was located.  Hahaha, seems that I've never had a flat in this car before.  So I searched for the manual and looked it up. 

When the tow guy got there, he couldn't believe that the tire had never been used and it still had air!  So the gods were watching out for me.  He changed the tire and I started for home - a little deflated but not too worse for wear.

This year has been successful for us in many ways.  We have added to our family by ways of marriage; we have grown together through some tough times and we have learned to laugh more - at funny things and sometimes, at ourselves.  We have learned to appreciate the amazing (yeah I know they want to remove this word but...)people who have entered our lives and shared with us.

And we have learned that it's okay to sit back and enjoy the quiet; the noise; the scurrying and the slow pace.  So as we go forward into 2012, please take the time to be thankful for what you have and who you have in your life. I know I will try a litle harder.  If nothing else 2011 had taught me that.

Now to go rip my latest project and start over- one more time!