I want to inform those of you who read this blog WHY you can’t submit comments. The reason is, that in the past, I have gotten hundreds (if not thousands) of inappropriate ‘comments’ from people that have no interest in tatting, lace or anything that I post.

If anyone knows of a way I can change this (I’m not at all social media savvy), let me know—I would love to hear from others.

As of June 1st I am officially retired from my career as an Electron Microscopy Technologist (with side jobs as an Neuropathology Technologist). I started my career at Creighton University (Omaha, NE) and was there for 27 years until it was obvious that my job wouldn’t be viable for much longer. So I ‘jumped ship’ to Nebraska Medicine/Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center where I worked for almost 12 years. My wonderful husband suggested that I retire early. I was planning on retiring at the end of the year, but Jerry encouraged me to bump up the date. So for 2+ months I was feverishly training my successor. It appears that she is the perfect candidate for the job and is excited about making it a career for herself.

To celebrate my retirement, Jerry and I immediately left for a 2500+ mile trip on our new (to us in 2020) motorcycles. We traveled down the Mississippi River Valley from Iowa to Louisiana where we explored the bayou/cajun region. Jerry ‘worked-from-home’ there for one week. We enjoyed the swamps, marsh, bayous, and the food (Cajun and seafood). I choose Louisiana to travel to because it WAS the only state that I had not motorcycled in. Now I can say that I have ridden a motorcycle in all fifty states!

In the small town that is my original hometown (Wisner, Nebraska) is an antique store in one of the main street storefronts. Every so often I stop in on my way to visit my parents, if/when it is open and I have the time. This particular antique store has some very good pieces and the proprietor usually has some thread spool cabinets. I really want to buy one but am waiting for ‘just the right one’—which hopefully will have the name of a thread that I know and love.

On March 20 of this year I published the ‘cool table that I wished I had bought’. I had been into the same store a couple of more times and it was gone. Two weekends ago, I went back into that store and it was there! My wonderful husband bought it for me.

It seems to be quite sturdy and features two doors that open up to allow items to be placed into it.

I will post photos when I move my tatting treasures into it.