Ok so to all of you on the blogosphere... its been a while. sorry... Life has given us some abrupt speed bumps that have somewhat caused us to re-evaluate our positions. In the last 2 months Lew has lost his job (due to some rather absurd policy), we have finally moved into our new place (though no furniture yet) and despite the title of our blog we have obtained a new family member who is the exact opposite of the blogs moniker ( a baby black kitten named Jasper). So where does that leave us? Absurdly in debt, making significantly less money than before but... with several silver linings! no... really...
You see when we made the decision to move to Texas we did so based on Lews love of transportation, he wanted to finally pursue his dream of working with cars and motorcycles and building custom cars and hot rods (and maybe scooters). He is now working at an autobody shop a short 5 minute walk from the house, starting at the bottom but learning and loving what he does. It also puts us in a position that we are not locked into 20-30 years of him working for the state of Texas which means that after a couple years of experience we can indeed fulfill our dream of moving back to western Washington state.
It's interesting how life is evaluated by society and how so many of us wait for life to start without realizing that we are in fact living it.. now... each day. So even though life has thrown us some curves we now pledge more than ever to live our life the way that WE want to. Untethered by others expectations and only seeing our dreams and the path that is laid out before us to achieve those dreams.
We will be posting now more than ever to the blog, again with hopes that perhaps we can inspire even just one other person to live the life that they dream. So until tomorrow, goodnight all
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Expressing one's self
If you have read our blog before you know that it took us a while to figure out who we really want to be and how we wanted to do it. We made it down to southern Texas and Lew figured out what kind of career he wanted, however we wanted to do something more, something that was truly ours. We are both artists, Lisa with paint and jewelry making and Lew with a pen and pencil and sculpting and we are both interested in decor and interior design. So we decided to do something about it.
We decided to start The White Pug, an online store with decor pieces, artwork and eventually even smaller furniture. We plan to launch the store by January and we will definitely let everyone know when the store is open so keep posted! So why am I telling you all of this? Perhaps it will inspire you to do something about what you really love. I'm not saying start a business but find something that you can do with what you love that makes you feel fulfilled. It will not only satisfy something inside yourself but it will also keep you busy and out of trouble LOL!
We decided to start The White Pug, an online store with decor pieces, artwork and eventually even smaller furniture. We plan to launch the store by January and we will definitely let everyone know when the store is open so keep posted! So why am I telling you all of this? Perhaps it will inspire you to do something about what you really love. I'm not saying start a business but find something that you can do with what you love that makes you feel fulfilled. It will not only satisfy something inside yourself but it will also keep you busy and out of trouble LOL!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Who we are
Good day all!! So terribly sorry about that last few days,, they have been CRAZY! We did realize however we have failed to introduce ourselves and let you know who we are. We (Lisa and Lew) have been married for 5 years on the 23rd of This month. The second year of our life together we found out that Little Miss was going to be a part of our lives and she was born in Oct of 2007. It took Lew a while to get things figured out career-wise even though we always knew we wanted to start our own business. In April of this year we decided after years of discussing leaving the state of Utah we finally made the leap and came to Texas.
Our main interests and ideas for the business are very design oriented. Both of us are obsessed with scandinavian minimalist design (at times, much to the chagrin and lack of understanding from family LOL) and we are both artists. So we decided to combine those two loves and dive into the world of internet business. So in the coming months we will keep everyone up to date on the business and we hope to have everything up and running by probably December (Jan. at the latest but we will let you know).
You can also follow us on twitter or Pintrest.com under Lew and Lisa Smith
Our main interests and ideas for the business are very design oriented. Both of us are obsessed with scandinavian minimalist design (at times, much to the chagrin and lack of understanding from family LOL) and we are both artists. So we decided to combine those two loves and dive into the world of internet business. So in the coming months we will keep everyone up to date on the business and we hope to have everything up and running by probably December (Jan. at the latest but we will let you know).
You can also follow us on twitter or Pintrest.com under Lew and Lisa Smith
Saturday, September 10, 2011
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