Thankful Thursday October 8, 2026, and our Fall living room Part 2

 

 

“He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.” 

 Psalm 147:8

October Greetings Sweet Friends,

Helloooo,

 Hope your week has been a good one!! 

 Our's was good.

Not happy to see that storm out in the gulf

 tho.....praying it blows out before it can make

 landfall.  Just saw on facebook that my late

 brother's wife is right in the path of it, so now 

we are hoping and praying even more, that it 

blows out. It has been such a awesome

 Hurricane Season for our country this year, 

 I really want to see that continue as it is

 really miraculous, I think anyway!!

Pictures today are Part 2 of our

                                                                 Fall living room. 

                                                            

                                                              

So On with my Thankfuls.............

#1

Thankful to spend time with lil darling again, 

and we made PumpkinBread from a recipe

 she got from one of her friend's Mom. We 

really had a lot of laughs as her Grammy

is so out of practice with baking, as I have

never been a great baker to begin with, now, 

cooking that is different.  lol  We had 

a lot of laughs as we found out that 

Grammy really needs to clean out her 

spice cabinet.....lol  We were looking

for baking powder and did find a can

that was unopened but it was wayyyy

out of date,  but thanks to google or

whoever search, we found we could use 

baking soda and lemon juice. Truly not sure

 if it worked or not....as pumpkin bread isn't

usually a real riser most of the time.

Anyway, we had fun doing it and we all

 liked it, so that is all that mattered. lol

#2

Thankful we got pizza for dinner (as I

was worn out after the pumpkin bread

/Science experiment. lol)

and nice we all had din din together.

#3

Thankful for phones with camera's, they

are not only fun they are so helpful and

also make you feel closer to your loved

ones as well.  Our Daughter has been

sending us photos as her house is pro-

gressing, and we are so enjoying it and

it is fun for her to show us just not tell

us. Just like living life together as best we

can.....love that........course we would 

much rather see in person, but that is

just not possible right now.

#4

Thankful that because of my hubby, our

whole family is pretty techy, and if we get

stuck guess who helps us all....Course, he

 sorta loves being indispensable!!  lol

I often wonder what other Sr. Citizens do,

 that don't have anyone techy like that around.

Just 15 yrs. or so ago, I was terrified of

the computer, and hubby worked as an engr.

and used computers all the time, and one day, 

the Lord just changed all that, in a moment.

It was truly miraculous!!

If you would like to read about it....

Click Here. or you can go to 

NelliesCozyShop.com

and click on "About Us" and it is 

under how our shop got started.

#5

Thankful for how the Lord brings to mind

things from the past that we have sort of

forgotten about, but when remembered

bring encouragement to us.  That is what

just happened to me, with telling you about

my #4 Thankful. As it is something good

that was born out of an ongoing difficult 

time in my life, and the Lord has used it

to help me be content and happy, and also

to be a blessing to others.  God just never

ceases to amaze me with His goodness, 

even when we don't see or know the full

picture of what is going on...........

He truly does work all things together for

the good of those who love Him, and are

called according to His purposes.

As Romans 8:28 says.

#6

Thankful the Lord took care of a problem

I was having last night, that was making

my face and gums sore like I had a tooth

that was going bad. I was thinking it might

be sinus issues, but I wasn't having trouble

breathing or having a headache, which 

would be typical. I was sort of afraid

to sleep on that side, but during the night

decided to do it, cause it was hurting, so

did so with trepidation, but not too long

after my face stopped hurting and my

nose started running, and have been fine

all day, so the Lord answered our prayer,

 and guess it was sinus issues.

Quite happy about that.....

#7

Thankful that lil darling did some painting

over the weekend.  She painted some wooden

boxes that could be jewelry boxes, and they

came out so well.  I think she has some

serious talent going on.

#8

Thankful for a new grocery store

 discovery we learned about from our

Son. Publix Grocery Stores now have

home made popcorn in the Deli, one

is made with Coconut Oil and it is

absolutely delicious. Very Much like

"Lesser Evil" Popcorn, with a tad

more salt. It is just in a clear plastic

bag and is at a more reduced price.

Who couldn't love that!!  lol

#9

Thankful hubby somehow found "Tool Time,"

I think on Roku. We are running out of 

good clean shows to watch, and it is still

as funny as it was back then.  In case

 You don't remember "Tim the Tool Man

Taylor", with his wife and 3 kids, and

the neighbor next door that you could 

only see half his face.  lol

#10

Thankful hubby got his new dental crowns

 today and all went well.......one more thing

off the list........

#11

Thankful we are making it a Dunkin Day,

as we call it, breakfast from Dunkin and

MacDonalds (for a caramel frappe -

my way of getting coffee)  lol

 As we are going down to

our Son's to finish stripping wallpaper in

lil darlings bathroom. Hopefully one more

day will do it, then we can move on to

painting.  I tell you removing wallpaper 

is tedious work!  lol

#12

Thankful that our Daughter's reno is

continuing to go well, and they got all

the new windows in yesterday, so they are

 under roof and a bit more enclosed now.

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That's it for Cozy Place this week.

Blessed that you were able to come by,

and

Have a lovely rest of the week.

Love, Hugs, and

2nd week of October Blessings,

Nellie

Monday Manna

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you well and having a good day.

I just saw something on facebook that was so

precious, and a great reminder for us all, and

that it has sort of been on my mind a bit lately

from a few things I have witnessed.

and that is..............

taking people we love for granted and just

thinking they will always be there, and that

our lives are so full of have to's that we can't

possibly take a break from what we have to 

do, and take time to talk to them, or visit

with them. We have to watch ourselves that

we don't think all these to do's are the most

important things in life......cause honestly,

they are not.....the most important things

in life are people and especially the people

we profess to love. Sometimes we can treat

total strangers better than we treat those

we love or live with, even.  Many times I

have to remind myself when I get doing a

project or something I really like to do and

someone calls or texts and I don't want

to be bothered at that moment, that people

are the only thing we are gonna take to

heaven with us.

I know, I know, there are those that are

 drainer's amongst us, that make us feel

like someone breathed the breath of oppression

on us after we talk to them.  Some years ago,

I had quite a number of those folks that would

call me, and my Wonderful compassionate 

Pastor gave me some great advice on how to 

deal with that and hopefully get them to the

person who can really help them. Take the call, 

give them 5 mins., then say you have to go, but

 let me pray for you....then pray for them which 

will point them to God, and get off the phone 

because your own spirit can only take so much

 of that.

With that said,

What I am really talking about here is those

that love us, and not taking even a short time

 to converse with them, or even taking the time

 to call them or constantly putting them on the

 back burner of your life, cause one day they

 might be gone, sooner than you think, and 

we might wish we could hear their voice 

one more time.....

Wish I could share that post I saw with

you, it was someone speaking from experience,

and it was sad and makes you shed a few

tears of what not to do and why.

I was able to find the post after all.

So click here to read it

or copy and paste it yourself

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd3sPylE31a/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Wasn't wanting to make you cry, just 

wanting to make you think with your

"Heart" and not your "To Do list" or a

"nonchalant, not important attitude."

Blessings,

Love you guys.

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

Have a lovely Sunday!!

Hugs,

Nellie

Thankful Thursday October 1, 2026, and Fall in the Living room #1

 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1

Happy October Sweet Friends,

Man, can not believe we are in October already, 

 Seems like September was just a whirl wind.

Hope this finds you all enjoying your Fall season 

where ever you live. We are back to warmer 

temps, but still cooler than what they were. So

we are happy about that.  

Pictures today are of our Fall Living room.

So on with my Thankfuls.....

#1

Thankful for this wonderful song I saw on facebook, 

it was sung on the America's got talent, and this 

guy does a magnificent job singing it. Am wondering 

if he wrote it.  Click here to hear it. If you don't listen

 to it you will really miss a blessing!

You can also type it, or copy and paste it yourself.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/4501268896857248

#2

Thankful that they had done a lot of work

on our Daughter and Son in Loves house

while they were gone.  Which is great!!

Awaiting inspection next week.

#3

Thankful for the beauty of the sun rays

coming across our backyard and woods

as the sun comes up. Almost breathtaking.

#4

Thankful for early morning hunger that

occasionally gets me out of bed for a bowl

 of cereal, while I browse a Southern Living

 magazine, and it's early enough that I can

still go back to bed. lol

#5

Thankful that hubby and I had a talk

yesterday and we both felt we need to

find some things to do that we used to

do, but due to circumstances of this last

year we have just got out of the habit of

and we need to get out of our rut. lol

#6

Thankful for a lovely Sunday. We made

it a point to get out of our rut today.

So After church.....

We got take out from Olive Garden, and ate

in the dining room rather than kitchen, an

it was delicious. then because it was cool 

outside in the shade, we sat out in the back

 yard for about 2 hrs., and it was so lovely

peaceful and quiet and just so nice to be out 

there, cause we have been captives of the heat 

all Summer. We got to see about 5 baby birds

 flitting about for while, an going to our bird 

bath, until I decided to put some clean water 

in the bird bath, then they stopped....Dang!!

We also read some in a book hubby is reading 

given to him by our Pastor about church

 leadership which is quite good.

Then we came in and had some pecan pie

that was yummy and we were both gonna

take a nap, but something I ordered for

lil darling came and it was not the right

item, so had to try an figure that out which

 took way longer than I expected cause they 

would not let me order the right one. It

did finally let me, but it took a lot of going

back and forth and checking Amazon to

see if they had it yada yada. So no nap

 for me today......

but it was a very good day.

#7

Thankful that Wally World let me reorder

the item finally.........now we have to send

back the other one, which isn't even close

to looking like the right one.  So thankful

that Walmart and Amazon make it easy to

return things..........

Note: Thankful the new one came and it

was the right one this time, and looks

nice in her bathroom.

#8

Thankful that we have gotten to live in our

neighborhood for 45+years, It has truly

been a wonderful place to live and we have

very nice neighbors as well.

#9

Thankful for 2 nice long conversations with

our girl this week, as I have been missing her

lately, as they were away and then they had

some friends come to town.

She always brightens my day.

#10

Thankful that hubby and I have been sticking

to our rut busting activities, at least with one

or two each day.  Which is making life

a lil more fun............lol

#11

Thankful my hubby got to spend some time

 with a young man, we have known for years,

 who recently lost his Dad.  Much needed.

#12

Thankful we got to see our Son and lil

darling today, got to see the new things

they have gotten done in their new home,

as they are still getting settled in.

 We all had dinner together as well.

Great time!

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

So nice you could come by today

and

Hope you have a truly Blessed week ahead,

Love, Hugs and 

First of October Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

The only thing we can really trust in is God

Have a blessed day,

Hugs, Nellie

Thankful Thursday September 24, 2026, and our Fall Dining Room and guest bath

 

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him."

     Romans 15:13 NIV

Fall Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope you are enjoying some Fall weather by now, we

 are gonna have some this weekend, course, it is only

 temporary but that's okay we will take it....it is the

 promise of Fall for us, which will probably come later

 in October if it is like normal. Course don't

 remember us getting a cold snap this soon, so maybe it

 will be earlier this year!!  That would be great.......

At any rate, hope you are enjoying some Fall weather

 and Fall activities that you and yours can enjoy,

Pictures to day are of our and Fall Dining room,

and Guest bath.

#1

Thankful for Beauty Berries. I have been out

picking them this morning cause I love to 

decorate my guest bath with them in the

Fall, and it looks so pretty.  They are the

most gorgeous shade of purple I have 

ever seen............

Can you tell I really like Beauty Berries lol

They do dry out after awhile and then

I just replace them with more.

#2

Thankful we got to see lil darling today.  

She helped me finish up the Fall decorating

in the living room. That child is growing

like a weed, can not believe how tall she

is getting.

#3

Thankful I am just about all done with

my decorating, but then realized I still

need to do a few things in the kitchen.

Note:  I am offically all done as of

Saturday.  Quite happy about that.  lol

#4

Thankful for a new Season of a series

we saw last year that we really liked.

It is called " Crossroads Springs" and

we found it on Pureflix.

#5

Thankful for a nice evening with our Son

and lil darling having conversation, dinner

and watching and laughing at dry bar comedy.

#6

Thankful lil darling had a good time skating

with a friend from school, as the skating

ring is very close to their new home.

#7

Thankful for a devotional email with the

purpose of keeping us from worrying over

all the world issues. Just signed up, and

can't wait to get the first one. We love

this Pastor he is from Tennessee and we

watch him every Sunday evening.

In case you would like to sign up for it.

as well.  you can click here or type it

in for yourself.

https://allenjackson.com/subscribe/

#8

Thankful that today it is officially Fall and 

the best part is our temps here in Florida

are starting to cool off some. This coming

weekend we are gonna be in the low to mid

60's, course, it only lasts until around

11o'clock but hey, we will take it.  lol

#9

Thankful I made a Chicken Dish this week

that I haven't made for awhile, called 

"Country French Chicken", and we really

enjoyed it.  

If you would like the recipe click here

I actually came up with the recipe because I used to buy

 a jar of sauce called "Chicken tonight", and we all

 loved it.  Just had to throw in some chicken breasts

 and pour the sauce over them and cook an hour, and I

 would serve it with some yellow rice, and a vegetable

 and it was easy and delicious. So could never find it

 anywhere any more, so decided to try and make my

 own, and we love it just the same.

#10

Thankful for a show that has been on TV

for years now. Called "Better Together"

I used to watch it all the time, but when

they went to an hour, I got out of the

habit of watching it, but have found out

I can watch it on utube anytime I want,

so just started back and it was such a

blessing, and I realized just how much

I have missed it........So glad to be back

watching it again. 

#11

Thankful our Daughter and Son-in-love

had a lil getaway this passed week, just

to have a break from all the construction

that is going on. 

#12

Thankful for this wonderful reel I saw on

facebook,  it made me laugh and made 

me cry, it is so sweet.....love it.

Click here to see it or type it in for

yourself.

 https://www.instagram.com/p/Da9C7nhpeEN/

The girl who posted it said we need to

see more of this, and I could not agree

more.......although I might have chosen

a few different words.  lol

So thanks for coming by Beautiful...........

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That's it for Cozy Place this week.

Happy to know you were here

and

Hope you have a Beautiful  week ahead,

Love, Hugs, and 

last of September Blessings,

Nellie