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

Strawberry Fluff Dessert Recipe

 

Hello Sweet Peas,

Hope this find you well and happily enjoying

 Summer, and your kiddos if you have them.

Hubby recently remembered a sweet

 summer treat we hadn't had in a long time

 because we were talking about all the Jello

 recipes for weight loss we keep seeing on

 facebook and instagram.

  So decided to make it and thought I might as 

well share it with yall...

and guess what I made it on Saturday

and by Sunday I lost 10 pds.!!!

Just Kidding!!  

If only it were true!

Recipe for Strawberry Fluff

Thought I would share a long time recipe

 I had forgotten about, but hubby happened

to think of....it is perfect for Spring/ Summer

 and everyone loves it.  It's super easy,

 Refreshing, cool, sweet and tasty, 

light and delicious, and pretty healthy 

as well.

This makes enough for a crowd.

Ingredients

1  16 oz. carton of cottage cheese

1  small Pk of Jello- strawberry 

(or any flavor really)

1- 16 oz. can of crushed pineapple

1 large Cool whip (thawed)

chopped pecans.

Instructions

1. Dump cottage cheese into a large bowl.

    2. Put dry jello on top of cottage cheese

and mix well.  

    3. Drain crushed pineapple and add to the

        cottage cheese and jello mixture.

    4. Add thawed cool whip and mix it well,

        and sort of smooth out the top of it.

    5. Then sprinkle chopped pecans on top

    6. Put in fridge for about 2 hrs, then ck

        to see if it is fairly firm, then serve.

My husband used to take this to work

when they had celebrations, and the

bowl almost always came back empty.

Well, hope you really enjoy it if you

decide to make it....you will not be

disappointed.

Love, Hugs and

Yummy Dessert Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

Have a lovely and restful Sunday,

Hugs, Nellie

Thankful Thursday June 4, 2026, And Memorial Day Table

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,

 the people he chose for his inheritance.

Psalm 33:12 NIV

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hello and Welcome to June, can you

believe it.  Summer is here as far as

I am concerned course, it's not quite

official yet.  lol  but who cares!!

Hope you are enjoying your days

having your kiddos home from school.

I always loved Summer just for that

reason.  Always enjoyed having my

kiddos around and still do........

Also, congratulations to any of you

who have kiddos that Graduated

from primary,middle or High

School or college.  Enjoy those 

Celebrations....

Speaking of Celebrations....

Pictures today are from an

 early Memorial Day Dinner 

Table with the family last week.

 It all started with fun

 Patriotic decorations I rec'd

 from my Son for Mother's Day.

He knows his Mama well...lol

I just sort of threw it together

quickly with what I had to go

with it....

I dubbed it my Apple berry Pie 

and Mom Patriotic table.  lol

Just love the plates and nice I can

 use them for Valentine's day or

 Christmas, Patriotic holiday or

 just if I want to use red.

Now on with my Thankfuls....

#1

THANKFUL LIL DARLING AND

MY DAUGHTER HAD A GREAT

TIME WHEN SHE WENT HOME

WITH HER AUNT DEENA TO

SOUTH CAROLINA FOR

A FEW DAYS. 

#2

THANKFUL I FINALLY GOT ALL 

MY  THANK YOU NOTES OUT.

#3

Thankful we had some time to do

a lil work at Susan's house, even tho

 it's small stuff, at least it is less that 

our Son has to do, as he has bigger

 fishto fry to speed up this process,

and he has been so appreciative of

anything we do to help.

#4

Thankful that someone we prayed for

 that goes to another church had a

 problem with their Pastor . The guy

 was gonna leave his church but decided 

to have a meeting with his Pastor and

 they reconciled and they will probably

 be better friends than even before since

they went thru this situation.  We have

seen the Lord do that lots of times.

 God is good! 

#5

Thankful for the K love awards on Friday

 night, they were on Trinity Broadcasting

 network and They are always good and

 uplifting.  Always fun seeing some of

the music artists that we like win too.

#6

Thankful for "Pom" tomatoes. If you

have never used them they are made in

Italy and have nothing in them but pure

 tomatoes, and there is no citric acid in

 them. Which is great cause my tummy

 does not like citric acid

#7 

Thankful that we got to see our Son

and lil darling today.  They were over

working on Susan's house, so we went

over and they have just amazed us

 with how much they have done in

such a short time. Then they came 

over and we had a quick dinner

 together, before they went home to

clean up and rest.

#8

Thankful we got to see them especially

lil darling cause we haven't seen her

in about a week and a half and she

is leaving on another trip this week,

so we probably want get to see her

again for awhile.

#9

Thankful for a new show we saw

on Discover + called "DC Cupcakes",

 just saw the first two but really liked

it.  It was about 2 sisters who gave

up corporate jobs to go into business

together running a bakery making

cupcakes.

#10

Thankful for my first Summer breakfast.

 Blueberry Eggo waffles with strawberries,

blueberries and whipped cream.

Since it's June 1st it spells Summer 

to me even tho I know it isn't officially

 Summer until June 21st, I think it is.

#11

Thankful for what an appointment at the dentist turned out to be.  Went there, and

 they said I had no appt. and in my head, 

I am like what??? I had to take meds to be here. So they apologetically made me a new

appt. in July and we left, and thought well, Lord, I don't get this.... but guess we will

 make the best of this day which we hope-

fully planned on doing afterwards if we

could, so we decided to go to Home Goods

 to look around, as I haven't been there

in 6 months or more. So that is always a

treat for me. So we were looking around 

and enjoying ourselves and I went down

an aisle and this young woman in her

20's, looked at me and said Oh, I love

your blouse and your hair, and I was

Shocked but pleasantly surprised, so

we sort of struck up a conversation and

come to find out she just moved here

from Calif. to go to school.  She just

graduated with a Masters and is planning

on going for her PHD in Engineering.

We talked in the aisle for quite awhile

and she lives in another city not too

far from us, and so I gave her my phone

number and asked her if she had a church home and she said NO but I am interested, 

in having one, so we had a conversation

and told her about our church, and she

put all the info in her phone and we had

other spiritual conversations, then we

 parted company, and as soon as I walked around the corner it hit me, she was the reason I had NO dental appt., so I went

 back and told her about that and that 

God was looking out for her and she 

started to cry an said you have no idea

 how badly I needed to hear that.

 Anyway, we parted company again, 

and we just kept running into her, in

Home goods and  in Home Sense and

we would conversate a lil more.  It was

 truly one of the sweetest encounters

 I think I have ever had, and it was like

we just hit it off.........and she even

had things in common with hubby

since was a retired engineer as well. 

She is clearly an encourager and I could

tell right away that she was a believer

 in Jesus, cause her light was shining

 brightly.  

#12

Thankful that she sent us a text

last night after she got home, and

said we made her whole day and

she was so happy she met us.

Can't tell you what that meant to

me as well, since I have been living

this homebound life these last months.

It was such a delight for us as well.

#13

Thankful that while we were in both

stores I had 2 other ladies ask me for

 advice on things.  I was so delighted

to see others reaching out, cause I am

typically the one to do that,  so the

day was turned out to be way better 

than I could have ever expected.

Gods good plan for our day.

Loved every minute of it....

Well, that's all for

 Cozy Place today!

Thanks for stoppin by.....

And

Hope you have a Wonderfully

 Blessed Week,

Love, Hugs and

 First of June Blessings,

Nellie