Work Is Unfinished

Always on Thursday before the sidewalk sale I’m down to the finishing touches. A few final coats of Defender and all the items are ready for the sidewalk sale. Today my studio was silent. No work was done on anything. I sat at a doctors office waiting on a doctor to tell us why Greg still isn’t feeling well. The news came that he will have surgery again. It’s exploratory so I really don’t have answers to give you. I...

6 Years It’s Been A While

I’m rounding the corner to my 6 year mark from having my first surgery. I have not had one regret. I look back on the past 6 years and realize what has happened saved my life. Obesity is more than massive amounts of fat cells attached to your body. It goes way deeper than fat cells.  It is a head thing and a heart thing all wrapped up into one.  It starts with those 5lbs that you gain without really...

It’s A Teaser

I’ve worked all day on these creative projects. I spent 11 hours in my studio moving from project to project. It was catch up day from the ups and downs of the past few weeks. I feel like I made progress put I’m not quiet finished. So I decided that tonight I would give you a teaser of what was coming down the path. Most will be finished up tomorrow and on the blog. Just a little fine tuning and...

Honestly It’s Not All Pretty

Social Media makes life look really pretty.  There are apps to make you look perfect and apps that can make you look more or less than you are.  Most of what we see on social media is fake or at best fluffed up. When I started Blue Happy Living the one thing I told my daughter was I want it to be honest.  I didn’t want to hide my truth. I wanted to share the good, the bad and the...