Thank you for your patience!

As many of you know, I have been in the process of a giant residential move and the tedious process of sifting through years of accumulated artifacts and treasures with the purpose of downsizing and simplifying. Although this change has all for the better, it's nonetheless very stressful, time consuming, and physically exhausting. If the move weren't enough, I must report the sad news that my mother (whom many of you have met in the shop, and several of you remember her from last year's knitting cruise) was recently diagnosed with the onset Alzheimer's, necessitating her move to an assisted living facility equipped with the properly trained care-giving staff. This week was the designated "move date" for my mother into her new apartment. So in the midst of my own upheaval, I made the trip up to Arkansas to help with my mother's transition and to get her "settled in". I thank you all for your patience with me for not being in the shop while I see about these rather weighty personal matters. My number one priority has always been to you, the VBYC community, and I am pleased to announce that these extra activities are soon concluding so that I may once again devote my undivided attention to VBYC. Tremendous thanks to Ethel for her unwaivering willingness to come in extra time to cover for my absences and for maintaining the top notch customer service and the friendly atmosphere you have all come to associate with Vermilion Bay Yarn. In order to play "catch up", as it were, with the newsletter, I will be writing a "Holiday" edition that combines both November and December, so be looking for that in the next week or so -- and I hadn't mentioned that we've been having some prolonged computer issues in the shop as well (all cleared up now!), which further hampered my attempts to print documents and use the internet. Again, I thank you for your patience with all this and for continuing to stop in at your fiber arts oasis. We'll see you today when you visit!