Whoa. I just had a deja vu moment typing those words… GOOD THINGS was always the first (and sometimes the only) section of Martha Stewart LIVING that I’d turn to, back when I had a subscription (my mom gave & renewed our subscriptions for years).

Anyway.

I’m joining Kym’s Happy Hour this week, sharing something GOOD!

I recently wrote about redoing the art on our living room walls and shared some photos of a painting that my husband made in 1991.

I neglected to share a part of that story. The painting had been sold to a client 35 years ago, and that client recently retired & sold his business. He contacted Rusty with questions about what to do with it… he didn’t really have a place for it elsewhere (i.e., at home). They set up an appointment to meet, and Rusty was considering buying the painting back, but by the time he met with the client, the client had decided to just give it back… he’d loved it & enjoyed it for all those years in his office and it wasn’t really about money… he wanted Rusty to have it.

And that’s how that painting came to be back in our possession.

I’d also shared a couple of detail shots from the painting, including this one:

The model for that was the very For Better or For Worse coffee mug that I used every day back then, and I was so sad when it broke. (I don’t know how Rusty has used the same mug nearly every single day for the past 41 years, but he has… it’s faded almost beyond recognition!)

Well, look what he sprung on me for our anniversary!

I haven’t used it yet; it’s just been sitting on the kitchen table… where I see it & enjoy it every day!