
This is my acknowledgment that I haven’t been keeping the blog very active or up to date. And I’ve been doing A LOT of bloggable things. My way of dealing with the blog situation and moving forward is to simply make a list of things I’ve done or that are different now and then to go on with my life, free of blog guilt. But before that, the most important thing to acknowledge is the support from my family, friends and customers that continuously make everything I do possible. THANK YOU!!!
The list, in no particular order of importance or chronology:
-I live in a tiny little town called
Elsinore in central Utah.
-I had an unbelievable time presenting and teaching with
MZ at this year’s
ISGB Gathering in Miami.
-I have an iPhone now, and it was instrumental in making my latest move possible.
-I didn’t like my iPhone at first due to guilt and embarrassment, but I love it now!
-I don’t like iPhone’s spell check. I’ve sent some really crazy messages as a result.
-I miss
Margaret.
-I’m officially divorced, two years later. It happened via Margaret’s phone from the hotel lobby in Miami. Nice. (My phone died permanently that morning. Weird.)
-My dog Kayla is getting old… her hips hurt and I feed her medicine (lots of medicin

e) twice a day. It breaks my heart a lot.
-I love this little yellow house I’ve rented. It has a yard with trees.
-My small town has hitching posts… that are still used, for actual cowboys (and weekenders) with horses.
-I feel like I’m treating myself with this house… it’s the first time I’ve fully unpacked anywhere in more than just a few years.
-I found out I really like Cuban food… and the men aren’t bad to look at either!
-I’m growing more and more fond of Facebook. Are you my FB friend?
-Did you see how Arrow Springs has pimped the JC sifter? Actuators, mesh options, 6 sizes and 4 different line/dot sifters! Wow. Go Craig!
-At the Gathering in Miami they replaced the dinner buffet with a dessert bar. Dude! That was mega awesome... for that matter; the ISGB had great food the whole conference.
-I left Arizona for Utah with a full uhaul trailer and no place to go. While I did the leg work that ended me in the house I’m now so happy with, when I left, I didn’t know where or when I would find a place to live. But it all worked out OK.
-Living on my own is silly kinds of expensive…
-Did you see my new
Rainbow Bead Tutorial?
-Did I mention how outstanding Miami was? I really loved it!
-Before I decided to move to Utah, I was seriously considering an artist’s community in Ajo. It’s an amazing place, really… but so is Utah. Check out the
Curly School Apartments in Ajo, Arizona.
-Since moving into the cute yellow house, my new outdoor hobby is making sure the new sod doesn’t die (and mowing down weeds). That’s tricky in the Utah desert. I would rather have rocks but I admit leafy trees and green grass are pretty nice.
-I’ve been thinking about maybe getting a second dog… a small one. But we’ll see.