Thankful Thursday June 25, 2026, and Our Fathers day table

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
    from those whose walk is blameless.

Psalm 84:11

Happy Thursday Sweet Friends,

It's that time again!!

Hope you all are doing great .....

Been a good week here in most ways,

Still in prayer/and a bit of mourning

for some of our friends. Seems like

all our friends are going thru or have

just gone through such heavy situations

 lately, and my heart hurts for them,

but I know the Lord has them in His

hands and is taking care of them.

Pictures today are of our

Father's Day table.  These

napkins, and blue melamine

dishes were my inspiration.

Now on with my Thankfuls.............

#1

Thankful that Father's day cards 

and  list made for things I need from

 grocery store, and hubby was so

 sweet to go to grocery store for me, 

as always.  All Fathers Day gifts

 have arrived as well.

#2

Thankful all food is prepared and

 ready for Fathers Day dinner

 tomorrow.  Also, gifts all wrapped.

#3

Thankful the Lord helped me put

 together what I thought was a nice

 table cause as of Sunday morning I

 had not decided on anything yet, 

 had a few ideas rattling around

 but they were far from complete, 

but all of a sudden I got an idea, so

 got out my beachy summer things

out and came up with what lil 

darling said was a cute table.

#4

Thankful that hubby and our Son

seemed to enjoy the day. as well, as did

 lil darling and I.

Good Conversations, Good food

 and dessert, and good cards

and gifts, and some dry bar

comedy was the order of the day.

Restful and fun......

#5

Thankful we finally got to talk with 

an attorney about probate on Susan's

 house. It will take about  3-5 months

 hopefully, we had heard somewhere

 else it could take up to a year.

 Hopefully this week we will retain

her to represent us in this process.

I tell you folks, get your affairs

in order, because she had all that,

and we have still had quite a ride.

It is a lot of work.

#6

Thankful that the Power Co. came out

because our neighbors fence blew over

last week, so they are trying to put up

a new one, but the powerlines were to

low and close to where the workers

are, so they can not put up the fence.

Now that they are here they also cut

things away from our powerlines going

to our house, which has been a concern

of mine since we are in hurricane season,

and I was just out there last week sunning

and thinking how are we ever gonna get

this stuff done, cause hubby had already

cut some stuff on the other side of the

house, and with grapevine growing in

the mix that adds to the work time,

so I am so thankful the Lord sent us

reinforcements.

#7

Thankful the house cleaner came today,

and she brought another girl with here

and the house is nice and clean, so very

grateful for that,  but thought they 

did some things in a unusual way from

what I had experienced before, so did

mention it to her but not sure she got

what I meant.  Anyway, we are hap

hap happy the house is clean, so that

will free us to do other things we 

need to do............

#8

Thankful to have gotten 6 cards

ready to go in our card shop today.

Hubby will put them in soon,

#9

Thankful my phone cover finally came

today.  (Sounds sorta stupid, I know)

but hubby bought me a new phone over

 a month ago because I dropped mine and

 it affected the sound for some reason, so

 got the phone, but wanted a protective 

case on it cause it makes it a bit larger,

 which I like and am less likely to drop it, 

so haven't been able to use it cause waiting

on the new phone case, and we have had 

quite the time trying to get that phone 

case for some crazy reason, as we have

ordered and reordered and went to another

source even.....

So we are  hap hap happy and celebrating 

it's arrival!!  lol

Note: Wow, I can hear better, there is

no intermittent voice problem and it is

easier to text on as well, and there

so far, has been nothing new to learn.

and I love my phone case,  it's so cute.

YAY for that!

#10

Thankful that we got to have lil darling

today.  It's been awhile, since we had her

by herself, and it was quiet but fun.

  Hubby made us a nice breakfast, we

 made some energy bites, that she wasn't

crazy about,  they aren't real sweet but

taste like peanut butter, I liked them,

she did enjoy making them tho,  so that

was good!!  lol   We played a few games

of  Sorry.  The first one we called

"Nice Sorry", which means we were nice

to our opponents, and only did mean moves

if we absolutely had no other choice. We

had a lot of fun with that actually. I

said our goal should be to help others

win instead of ourselves....talked on

the phone her Aunt Dina for a short

while, took a trip down to her soon to

be new home to feed Aunt Susans cat.

Had some conversations, and looked

online for a new shower curtain for her

soon to be new bathroom, and in between

times she played on her Ipad.  It was

a good sweet  day...........We never tire

of seeing her!!  She is a lil joy giver

even tho she is a teen now.  lol

#11

Thankful that work has begun at our

Daughters house today.  They are doing

a reno/addition.  So they removed all 

their plants and trees today that were

 in the way. So it's gonna be about

3- 5 months or more probably. Hoping

 for sooner tho.

They of course, are very excited and so

are we to see it all come together.

#12

Thankful for a lil trip down memory 

lane today with lil darling.  I was

telling her about when our house

was flooded about 24 yrs. ago and

all that God did for us during that

time, and also how much work we

had to put into it too, but He took

care of all the expenses.  I just

prayed for new carpeting and I got

carpeting and way more, but it was

no cake walk at the time, but the

end result was wonderful.

The Lord did way more than we 

could ever think, hope or ask.

Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV

And it reminds me of what she and 

our Son are going thru now, as they

are putting in a lot of work, but they

are gonna reap great rewards from it

that will be ongoing. Praise the Lord.

Well, That's it for today at Cozy Place

Have a Wonderful  Week

and

So glad you came to visit with us.

Love, Hugs and

end of June Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday and Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day 

to all you great Dad's out there!

Have an especially Blessed Day,

as it is also the official first 

day of Summer!

So Happy Summer to everyone.

Hugs,

Nellie

Thankful Thursday June 18, 2026, and pics of our Summer 250th Anniversary of America Kitchen

 

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.

Psalm 33:12 NIV

Summer Greetings

 Sweet Friends,

How are you these days??

Doing well, I hope.

Been a good week here, not too

busy, no took slow,  so just about

right.  lol

The last part of the week just been

gearing up for Father's Day, making

cards, planning what's for din din

on Father's day, thinking about 

table decor and ordering gifts,

and making grocery lists and all

that fun stuff you need to do to

get ready for the big day!

I would imagine some of you are

 probably doing the same.

Have a good time spoiling the

Dad's in your family!!

Pictures today are of our Summer 250th Anniversary of America  Patriotic kitchen. Had so much fun doing this, and we are enjoying it as well.  I know it's a lil over the top, but I don't care, I love it...........and our Country.

Now, 

on with my Thankfuls............

#1

Thankful for "lesser Evil" popcorn,

 it is so good and made with healthier

 ingredients.  Our fav is the hot pink

 colored bag.....but last week we saw

 some in a gold bag,  so we decided to

 get it.  So we just tried it a few mins.

ago and is delicious as well.

Reminds me of movie theatre pop

 corn and has a quite a bit more salt, 

 but not overboard and has a buttery

flavor..........very good and same

 healthy ingredients.

Gotta love that,  cause pop corn is

 already a good snack and has

 fiber , and this particular one is

 wonderful if you like butter on

 your pop corn.  

#2

Thankful I just finished decorating

my kitchen with a Summer and

Americana look, and I love it.

Life has been sort of heavy lately

and I just needed something fun

to do.....so decided I hadn't changed

up my kitchen in awhile so why

not?  I have dubbed it our "250th

Anniversary Americana" kitchen.

Perked me right up!!  

Figured hey, if they White House

can have different rooms why

can"t we??  lol

#3

Thankful and praising the Lord

that another long time friend

finally passed a kidney stone.

It has been over a week or so

now, thankfully she has not 

been in excruciating pain, but

not feeling great either, and 

having some other complications 

and just knowing it is there and 

not knowing when it is gonna

make it's appearance is more

than a bit stressful....to say the

 least, and the timing could not

 be more perfect, as her oldest

 daughter and family are on the

way for a longer than usual visit.

I am so happy for her that she 

will be able to really enjoy her 

family now.  God is so good.

#4

Thankful and Praising the Lord

that my other dear friend who got

 home on last Saturday was able to 

get all her tubes taken out today,

 and she was so happy!!

 I am sure she is much

 more comfortable, and they didn't

 even stitch up the openings where

 the tubes were,  just put band aids

on and gave them antibiotic cream, 

so hopefully they will heal quickly. 

 She is still very weak, hoping maybe

 they will get better sleep with all 

that gone, and no one waking them

up so much during the night.

I am just saying, they never com-

plained at all. They are truly

amazing.

#5

Thankful we got to see lil darling

and our son last night.  We got

take out and they came over for

awhile.  Lil darling wasn't feeling

great as she went skating earlier

and hurt her tail bone, hoping

that is better today. At least we

did get to hear about her trip

to California, and got to talk

with our Son about what his

next strategic steps are with

Susan's (soon to be his) house.

#6

Thankful we were able to go

down and help our Son and

lil darling on Susan's house

again.  It's actually a lot of

fun working together.

#7

Thankful since we were too tired

to help at the house today, we

at least could make dinner for

us and our Son and lil darling.

#8

Thankful my friend is feeling

so much better since she got

all those tubes out.  She is still

just eating soft foods, and still

unable to walk at this point.

She does sound a lil bit stronger.

Has another Dr. appt. this week.

#9

Thankful I just realized last 

night that Father's day is this

Sunday.  I sort of sneaked up

on me this year.  So at least

now I am planning.  lol

#10

So Thankful for the gift of prayer.

When we are feeling so helpless

when those we love our suffering,

it is a great comfort to know one

of the best gifts we can give and

do for them, is to pray a lot.

That has helped me as well, as

my heart has been breaking for

several friends lately who are

going thru such intense physical

suffering.

#11

Thankful for quite a few long phone

calls with my Daughter this week.

Always a joy.

#12

Thankful I have someone coming

to clean next week, and help me

get caught up, as I am behind with 

all the turmoil we have had over

 the last months.

So very happy about that.....

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That's it for Cozy place this week.

Hope you have a lovely week.

and

Thanks for stopping by

God Bless America

Love, Hugs and 

mid June Blessings. 

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

Have a Blessed week ahead.

Hugs,

Nelllie

Thankful Thursday June 11, 2026, and fun whimsical summer pictures

 

It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.

Psalm 74:17 NIV

Good Morning Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you having a great time

with your children or grandchildren

while they are out of school, and if

you have them. Been missing our girl

cause she has been traveling a lot since

she got out of school, but hopefully we

will get to see her this weekend. It

has been a good week in most ways.

 Been praying a lot for 2 of my long 

time friends. Such a relief that one is 

finally out of the woods, but the other

is still on going, and not getting we 

are not getting too much info on her,

 because I am sure they are both so

exhausted. She is supposed to be having

 another procedure that she just had 

a week ago, so praying it goes well

 again.

            Pictures today are compliments

of Pixabay.  They are fun whimsical

Summer pictures that I think are

so cute and fun.

On with my Thankfuls......

#1

Thankful for our wild brown bunnies that we

 get to enjoy. We found out some months ago

 there are two of them, as they were both out

 on the same day.  So we were shocked there

 were 2, and we have only seen them both out

 at the same time about 3 times. They look just

 alike and we can not tell them apart.

 Sometimes they are quite entertaining when

 they are in a pensive or feisty mood, as

 they will run all over the backyard and

 sometimes jump straight up in the

 air, and are quite animated,  so we get a

 kick out of watching them. Just gotta love

 Gods creatures

#2

Thankful that our long time friend I told

you about maybe close to 2 months ago,

that had problems when they were on

vacation and has been in the hospital in

Tennessee all this time.  She finally left

for home yesterday, with tubes still in

her, but her esophagus is healed and she

is now able to take liquids and soft foods.

I tell you she has really been through it

and just wants to be home, and is still

pretty weak.  They live in Gainesville

Florida, so it is quite a drive from

Knoxville, Tenn., so they went to her

son's town to spend the night, and

will continue on the next 2 days doing

a stop over and will hopefully get home on

 Sunday. Getting her home is no easy feat

 either, and I am sure took a lot of courage.

Note: Praise the Lord they made it

home Sat. evening. She's not feeling

great tho, which we really expected.

 She had a Dr. appt. on Thursday and

they removed all her tubes  for which

there were 4, so she was so happy

about that,  but is still weak and

of course, still in recovery mode.

#3

Thankful we have been in communication

 with the young lady we met last

 week in Home Goods a # of times.

#4

Thankful a lot more got done on Susan's house 

   this week, almost to the next steps, which

 will be stripping wall paper and painting or

 taking the rest of the flooring out. It's been a

 lot of work, and still more ahead, but actually

happening quicker than we could have ever

  imagined. Our Son is a very hard worker,

and off and on, everyone in the family has

 been able to help some too. Which is great

including lil darling who has been quite a

worker bee too, but I would say our Son 

has done the bulk of it.

#5

Thankful our Daughter and Son-in-love had a fun week with his Sister and her family at their beach house.

#6

Thankful we got some work done in our

shop today.  Added Father's Day cards.

So check us out if you are in need of

some Fathers day cards.  You can

print them, or send them by email

or phone............and best of all they

are FREE,  Yes, you heard me right!!

#7

Thankful for a new Instagram site

with great looking recipes and 

gorgeous photos. It is called 

"Mediterranean Cravings"

I already did one of them using a

4 cheese pizza rather than flat

bread,  it was very good.  So

can't wait to try another one.

#8

Thankful that hubby thought of

an old recipe for a jello salad

that is so easy, and delicious, but 

we don't make it unless it is for

 a crowd  He used to take it to

work when they had celebrations,

and their was rarely anything left, 

 it was such a crowd pleaser.

It's the recipe I decided to share on

Tuesday for this week. Just scroll

down past this post and you will

see it.

P.S. I just realized after I posted

the recipe that I actually could freeze

half of it, if I wanted to.  

Cool whip comes frozen,  Duh....lol

It truly amazes me how some things

completely escape your thinking and

then one day it's like the light bulb

comes on............lol

This was from Me............lol

#9

Thankful that we got a lil bit more 

work done at Susans house today,

and Scott got a lot more done over

the weekend.

#10

Thankful that if it is cost effective

enough we might get someone to

clean for us, so we an go help our

Son get Susan's house in order, it

is coming along well, but painting

will be next and some wall paper

stripping as well before he can get

the new floors in. We can only do

certain things, but we have been

able to help more that I thought

we would, but can't keep us going

here at home, at the same time, as

 we have to have breaks as well.

Plus it might help us catch up on

so many things that got swept aside

given our last 8 months of trials.

#11

Thankful we got our porch tidied up

a bit this morning.  It's not perfect

but sure looks better.  I would love

to wash it all down but it is a lil like

spitting in the wind this time of year

because of lawn mowing and rain.

So will save that for Fall when we

actually use it more.  It's way to

hot already unless you go out there

at 6-7 a.m., which has no appeal

to either of us at this point in our

lives.........lol

#12

Thankful that I got what I thought

was a fun idea.  I had copied pictures

for my window that I use for decorating.

They were all things that I feel scream

summer to me, and I was gonna put it

over our fireplace, but then decided it

might be easier to put it in our kitchen

and turn it into our "250th Anniversary

of America" kitchen, still working on

it but liking it a lot so far. It's fun

and whimsical for the Summer.

I think anyway!!  and it's our house

and if we like it ....that works for me.

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Well, that's it for Cozy Place this week.

Hap Hap Happy you came by to visit

and

Hope you have a Hap Hap Happy

weekend ahead.

Love, Hugs, and 

first of June Blessings,

Nellie