03/04/2026
Health update. I thought that I had updated, but I guess I didn't.
I had my triple bypass heart surgery on January 22nd and I spent a week in the hospital, maybe less. My surgery was successful, as you can see LOL, and I seem to be doing great. I don't have as much pain as I thought I would except for when I sneeze which is really painful, but the hospital gave me a bear called a cough buddy. You hold it tight to your chest when you cough or sneeze and it helps with the impact. I actually do have some pain in my chest from where they cut my sternum especially in the morning when I wake up because I've slept wrong. Other than that, the pain is minimal.
My Etsy shop is still in vacation mode because I don't know what I will be able to do and I will have to deactivate some listings like the custom buttons just in case someone orders something I won't be able to make. I'll have to go through my inventory to make sure that everything that is listed in my Etsy shop is actually in my possession. I will also be adding some diamond painting kits that I am going to destash as well as some diamond paintings that I've made for selling.
Last year I went to the Enchanted Cottage Spring Craft Faire as well as the Fall Craft Faire and I was invited to come to the Spring Craft Faire this month, but I can't lift heavy boxes to set my table up, or even lift the table, or the chair for that matter. Hopefully I will be there for the fall craft faire.
In the meantime, I am busy making diamond paintings and I will try to get my Etsy shop back up and running in the next month or so.
Oh, and someone sent me a diamond painting of a heart with flowers on it and I made it when I came home and I've attached the image of it with the frame attached to it. I truly appreciate the thoughts and prayers and well-wishes. Thank you so much to the two people who came to visit me besides my life partner who was there everyday. Also attached is a picture of me holding the bear and the bear by itself.
