I just realized that I haven’t really updated my website with my ‘new life’ change—I MOVED from Omaha, NE/Council Bluffs, IA to Grand Junction, CO the very end of 2021 (Dec 28th to be precise).

The first several months were spent settling into our new home. This meant not only unpacking stuff but also painting, cleaning, working in the yard, etc.  It turns out, we purchased a home that needed more work than we had thought.  In July, I just finished painting the last room!  We/had painted 3 bedrooms, the living and dining room (which was turned into my husband’s work-from-home office) before we moved in.  Once here/in 2022 I finished painting the hallway (the worst room with 6 doorways!), the entryway, kitchen and sun room.  We were without kitchen counters and kitchen sink for over 5 weeks due to Home Depot’s contractor messing up our new kitchen counter install.  I am so thankful for a kitchen sink to this day.

What free time I did have was spent preparing for the first ever Tatting Cruise hosted by Tatting Corner in March.  It was a blast!  If you get a chance, do go in the future (next one is scheduled for November 2023).  I shall plan to post more about that in upcoming blogs.

The next big event I prepped for was the IOLI (Lace) Convention in Phoenix, AZ area the end of July–July in Phoenix is quite hot!  I vended and took one class.  I debuted the first kit in my new business (Needle Lace Arts).  More about that the Convention and Needle Lace Arts in future blogs too.

I spend about a quarter of my time/life traveling back to Nebraska to visit elderly parents either by train (Amtrak–my favorite) or plane.

In the future, I plan to introduce you all to this beautiful new region that I live in.  I have enjoyed and been inspired by Jane Eborall’s photos of where she lives and have appreciated her willingness to share her home.  So I plan to do the same.

I would also like to start video blogging about tatting related things.  Stay tuned for more about that endeavor.

Any comments—contact me at:  k.bovard@yahoo.com or call me at: 402–960-7370.  Colorado is in Mountain time zone.