Thankful Thursday July 2, 2026, and all things Patriotic

We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice,

for we trust in his holy name. 

May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,

even as we put our hope in you.

Psalm 33: 20-22 NIV

Greeting Sweet Friends,

and Welcome to July............

Wow, that sure seems to have happened very fast. It was June and zoom........now it's July!  lol

Can hardly believe "Independence Day" is just

2 days away.  Having a quiet and contemplative

day here today, which is always a good thing.

Hope you are doing well....

and

Since the 4th of July is just a few days 

away,  Pictures are all things patriotic....

Now on with my thankfuls......

#1

Thankful for different fonts that we can use

 as we type whatever.............this happens to

 be one of my favs, it is called "Pacifico"

 and I just love it.   I kept thinking I have

 seen this font used somewhere before, and

I think it must be the font they use for 

"Hello Kitty" products, that was just

a free tidbit.      lol

#2

Thankful for a sense of humor......

God is so good to give us a sense

of humor, cause sometimes we need  

a good laugh at ourselves, and He

also says in this word that laughter

is good medicine for the soul. 

I could not agree more!!

#3

Thankful to see our Son and lil darling

down at Susan's house this weekend.

 We met with a window guy as the bay

 windows needs to be replaced.  He will 

be able to get 4 windows for the price of

 3, installed, as well.  So that takes care

of the front of the house, all the other

windows are in good shape, thank goodness.

#4

Thankful that we were able to go see

our lunch buddies, Dad today, he has

been committed into hospice care. He

is gonna be 104 yrs. old this week.

It was so so good to see all of them,

as sadly between us and them our lives

have just not been able to connect 

much in the last months.

#5

Thankful that we were also able to attend

 the Memorial Service of  the X husband of another long time friend who has 3 children,

and of course, they are older now, between 

the ages of 19 -25 yrs old I would say,

 and of course, they were all devastated.

We have known them thru most of their

growing up years, so really wanted to

show or love and support to them today

by going to the Memorial Service.

#6

Thankful after the other 2 events we

were able to go to dinner at Long Horn

steakhouse.  I was starving by then

and everything was so delcious.  We

have not been there in ages it seems.

#7

Thankful that another long time friend

had her ear healed.  A Dr. punctured it

and she thought she might have to have

surgery on it, but was prayed for and

 thank the Lord, when she went to a new Dr. it was completely healed.

#8

Thankful to find out that our friend who

 has been so sick finally got a card we sent.

For some reason it got wet and her post

man took good care of it, and got it to her

but it was quite a bit late. I had been

wondering if I had not addressed it

 correctly or something, as I did have an

incident where I sent a thank you out to

someone who attended Susans Service and

all she got was an empty envelope. lol

Yikes...hoping that was just because of

all the stress at the time.

#9

Thankful my back is doing better today,

I somehow hurt it again.  This almost

seems like a cyclical thing, but feel like

it is feeling better for longer and when

I do hurt it doesn't seem to last as long

Thank the Lord....

#10

Thankful God is in control of our World

and especially of our Country.

#11

Thankful to live in the United States

of America,  the best country on earth.

I lived in Germany when I was first

married, and altho we liked and enjoyed

it, we were very happy to get back home

after living there for 10 months, and

traveling to a few other countries as well.

#12

So Thankful we have freedom of religion

here and that our country was founded

on Godly principles from the Bible.

We are incredibly blessed to live here.

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Well, that's it for Cozy Place

this week.

Glad you stopped by 

and  

Happy Independence Day!!

For 250 Years

God bless the USA

Love, Hugs and

Independence Day Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

Oh Folks,  we are so blessed, 

 just to live in this Wonderful Country,

even with all her problems.

Hugs, Nellie

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