Blue Happy is now in 4 stores and all doing very well. Selling out like there’s no tomorrow. Special orders that are sitting and waiting for this dang rain to move out. School is in full force headed straight in to the fall art show in one week. Greg has been in the hospital twice in less than a month. Housework, bookkeeping, wife, mom, Lolli, friend and my gym routine. So much on my plate but that isn’t why I’m overwhelmed.
I’m overwhelmed , but in a good way with the blessing that keep falling right in front of me. Blessings that make all the above look like an understatement. I’ve had no time to go out and look for furniture to redo because of Greg’s hospital stays. I was worried because I was running low on dressers, tables and small items to fill my stores. Then a text, another text and more one right after the other offering me furniture free. Not just any furniture but good quality with no repairs needed. My handy man is down for a few weeks so no repairs mean paint, design and off it goes to a store. No time to paint and the weather makes the drying time seem endless. With Greg home bound I’m finding moments here and there to paint. It’s not the full on hour after hour I normally do. The time I get is a blessing to have and be alone with my thoughts. Our lives are so very busy it’s hard to get the whole family together. Last Sunday all the kids and grands came to the hospital to see Greg. It was nice to have us all in the same room. The reason was unpleasant but the blessing that came from that reason was heart warming. Although one of us didn’t want to stay long because she kept dragging her diaper bag to the door and saying home. Oh that little Lyla Mae she is a jewel.
The blessings are endless the past few weeks. I’m behind on life and Blue Happy projects, but I still can see the value of what has happened in my life. Greg is healing. We are running a race to get him back on his feet and driving me crazy again. I know I’ll catch up but in the mean time I’ll keep looking for those blessing big and small.
This year at Thanksgiving I have so much to be thankful for. It’s hard sometime to see the good while you are sitting in turmoil. We tend to focus on the worst of what is happening in our daily lives. If for just a moment we could stop, close our eyes, open our heart and take a breath. I did and my eyes have been open. I was forced to slow down and put my vision on what was really important. Life and my blessing!
Moving forward I’m putting out Thanksgiving items at Doc Holiday’s over the next week. Christmas items will be added the first weekend in November. I mean hey Hobby Lobby can do it so can I. One of my favorite Thanksgiving is this amazing wood turkey. Easy to put out, makes a statement and easy to fold up and store after the holiday. Hope to see you shopping early and my prices are so reasonable for all the shop. Nothing over $14 on the holiday decor.
