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....
#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!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Well, that's it for Cozy Place
this week.
Glad you stopped by
and
Happy Independence Day!!
For 250 Years
God bless the USA
Independence Day Blessings,
Nellie
Oh Folks, we are so blessed,
just to live in this Wonderful Country,
even with all her problems.
Hugs, Nellie
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
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
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
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
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