Thankful Thursday November12, 2026, and pics of a Fall table

Unless the Lord builds the house,
    the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
    the guards stand watch in vain.

Psalm 127:1 NIV

November Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hello, and how are you doing today??

Well, I hope.

Been a good week of Celebration here,

no big extravaganza or anything but just 

simple enjoyment of our lives together.

Well, less than 2 weeks till Thanksgiving,

it is gaining on us....lol  So we are trying

to get as much done now as we can, so

we can enjoy the time with family when

it gets here.  

Ptures today are another Fall Table 

from the past here at Cozy place.

See original post, if you'd like

So on with my Thankfuls....

#1

Thankful for a fun day yakking with

my girl.  They were on their way home

from the lake house, and we hadn't talked

all week. So we were making plans for

Thanksgiving, lots of plans not too sure

we will get it all in or not........but we

will sure try.........lol

#2

Thankful for unexpected and lovely orange

roses from my sweet hubby.  Our  56th

Anniversary is tomorrow, and I momentarily

forgot it.  We have had so much going on

this week, with looking into the house

painting, sort of celebrating our Sons b-day,

painting lil darlings bathroom, and doing

things early towards our Thanksgiving

plans, I totally forgot.....that is a first!!  lol

So what a sweet surprise........

#3

Thankful for my Sweet Hubby

and

Thankful for 56 mostly Wonderful years!!

We like all couples have had our ups and

downs, but there have been far more ups

than downs.  Thanks to the Lord being

in our lives for 46 of those years.

If you'd like to read our story.

Click Here and Here

#4

Thankful for a fun and meaningful 

Anniversary.  We got take out for break-

fast (I got strawberry and banana french

toast),  and it was yummy, and he got a 

nice omelet and pancakes. 

 Then just to be a bit more festive since

we are celebrating, we ate in the main 

dining room and opened our cards, and 

then took a trip down memory lane, 

looking at our wedding pictures and

memorabilia and talking about all the 

blessings the Lord has given to us over

these 56 years. Then did a cross word 

puzzle together and since I had a lot of 

energy from my MacDonalds frappe, 

we did a number of small chores together

 that needed doing and made dinner 

together and watched some good old

shows on TV.  It was a lovely day.

#5

Thankful for a really precious Anniversary

card from our Daughter and Son-in-love

and some sweet texts from them as well.

She says we are too young to be married

that long...........Love hearing that!!  lol

#6

Thankful for a really lovely Christmas movie

we saw on Pureflix, called "The Christmas ring"

 by Karen Kingsbury. We really enjoyed it,

and think you would too.

#7

Thankful for fresh clean sheets on our bed.

They just feel so luscious and makes my

heart happy every time we change them......lol

#8

Thankful we got to see lil darlings

 bathroom, all finished. finally. 

 It looks great!!

Well, worth all the time invested.

#9

Thankful for another Christmas movie

we watched last night on Up faith and

family called "A Snowflake Christmas".

A really sweet and fun movie. There are

 so many Christmas movies we have

to start early.....lol  Most all of them 

are great, uplifting and festive.

#10

Thankful that our Poinsettias are starting

to turn red already which means they

will maybe be all red by Christmas.

Which would be really nice.

 #11

Thankful that we did a deep cleaning on

our bedroom and bathroom.  Always love

when it is freshly cleaned as well.

#12

Thankful for another great Christmas movie

called "A Christmas Prayer Tradition" that

we found on Pure Flix.  Another delightful movie.

That's all for Cozy Place this week.

Glad you stopped by

and

Hope you have a Fabulous week ahead,

Love, Hugs,

and first of November Blessings,

Nellie

Random Quotes Tuesday #5

 

The greatest gift you can give another

 is your undivided attention.

There is a definite process by which one made

people into friends, and it involved talking to

them and listening to them for hours at a time.

by Rebecca West

I so agree, and we all really need to take

that into account, because in this day and age

 it is harder to give and get undivided attention,

 as it can be a rare thing with cell phones

 everywhere.  lol

Have a great day,

Hugs, Nellie

Monday Manna - Stories of God's Goodness #4

 

Hello Sweet Peas....

Hope you and yours are doing well, and enjoying this time of year.

Well, my story today happened, I would

 estimate about 12+ years ago.

Hubby and I were out for a bike ride,

 and we were riding on the sidewalk that

 is beside a roadway, and since it had been

 raining for days before, when we got to

 one area, the trees were hanging way

 lower than normal cause of all the

 wet leaves.

So when we got to that area we sort 

of had to bend over the handlebars 

to go under the tree branches which

was fine, but due to paying attention

to that, when we came out from under

the branches my front bike wheel

was way too close to the edge of the

sidewalk and my first instinct was to 

jerk the wheel to the left, but in my

head I heard "go for the grass", which

was to the right, where there was a

small strip of grass about 4 ft. wide,

 and on the other side of that grass 

was the roadway with a car coming.

Anyway, I went for the grass, and as

soon as my front bike tire hit the 

grass, the bike just stopped because

it was so soft and muddy, but I flew

 over the handle bars, as my poor hubby

watched in shock and fear, as he had

known of people breaking their neck

from flying over the handle bars.

Well, I landed on the top of my head, 

in the middle of that muddy swale and 

rolled to a sitting position.

 Then Hubby rushed over to see if I was

 okay, as cars went by, and I said I'm not

 sure give me a minute.  So I sat for a

few minutes and then he helped me get

up, we noticed I had some bruises on

my legs, but I felt okay, so we were

 only about 5 or so minutes from home,

So we rode our bikes on home, and

by the time we got home, the bruises

on my legs were gone, which was such

a surprise, but I was starting to feel

a lil sore, so I took some ibuprophen

and took a nice hot shower and felt

better, but in the morning I was so

thankful I had taken the ibuprophen

and taken that hot shower cause

I could hardly get out of bed the  

next day I was soooo sore.  lol

I Also had bruised my hip bone as

I flew over the handlebars. but had

no breaks of any kind.

Anyway, I knew that voice I heard

was the Lord, cause I knew if I had

 jerked that wheel to the left that

 outcome would have not been good 

as I would have landed on concrete

instead of a soft muddy ground that

gave with my impact, and I also landed

 right in the middle of the swale but

 could have landed in the roadway 

and could have been hit by a passing 

car. I had a few days of soreness but

 other than that I was in good shape. 

The Lord spared me once again.

 Praise the Lord for His goodness

to me..............

Have a lovely week.

Love and Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

So thankful to know God 

is always in control.

Have a lovely week.

Love yall,

Nellie

Thankful Thursday November 5, 2026, and previous Thanksgiving Table

 See to it, brothers and sisters, 

that none of you has a sinful, 

unbelieving heart that turns away

 from the living God.

Hebrews 3:12

Greetings Sweet Friends,

How are you today??

Doing okay, I hope, know some of you

are probably bummed out by the election

results. Have to say we were shocked,

but we are thankful to know God has

not left his throne, and none of this

was a shock to him, and He is the one

who holds our future.

Pictures today are from a previous

 Thanksgiving table from 2015, just in 

case you are looking for Thanksgiving

table ideas, Like I am. Got some of

 the ideas for this tablescape off a

 Better Homes and Gardens magazine 

cover, and I had a bunch of Fall leaves

 that we preserved years ago when

 our Daughter lives in Asheville. 

So was a perfect idea.....

Simple yet elegant.

See the original post here

 if you'd like.

So on with my Thankfuls......

#1

Thankful that we got some questions

 answered from the kids about Thanksgiving

 and Christmas.  Which makes it a bit

easier to start planning since we are

now in November.

#2

Thankful our Thanksgiving menu is

planned, and we do a gift exchange

for Christmas, so we have drawn

the names.  So a couple of things

off my list early.  Which is nice.

#3

Thankful hubby got those new

 Christmas lights that stay up all year,  

that way he doesn't have to be 

getting up on the ladder every year, 

which is not the safest thing at

our age.

#4

Thankful for a nice time at our Son

and lil darlings house last night. We got

take out Mexican food and it was 

 really good., an so Great to get to see

them and to get out of the house

 as well.

#5

Thankful we are experiencing a

Sun Shower right now.  That is... it

is raining and the sun is shining.

Love seeing that, as it is sort of

 a rare sight, but interesting as well.

#6

Thankful for our dear, long time 

(about 43 + years), Sweet friend

 Sharon, she is turning 80 yrs. old

 today. She was a Halloween baby.

Her family had a lovely party for her

and she had a number of surprise

out of town visitors.  So nice.

So wishing her many many more

years of good health and happiness.

#7

Thankful for the feel of our wood

laminate floors on my bare feet.  lol

Don't go barefoot that often, but 

love when I do............lol

A simple pleasure!!

#8

Thankful we got a referral for some-

one to paint our house. He came out

today and checked us out, so just 

waiting to get the estimate, but not

 sure he can do it until the New Year.

Was hoping for sooner......so will see.

Very nice fellow...

#9

Thankful that a disagreement at

church got worked out, and folks

are unified as they should be.

#10

Thankful I was able to refresh my

guest bath with pinecones and faux

 amber berries, since all the Beauty

berries have mostly died off. I love

them but they don't last all of Fall

unfortunately.

#11

Thankful for our Son. Today is his

birthday. Since he is working at home,

we are gonna take him lunch and then

paint lil darlings bathroom. Hopefully

we can finish today, and hopefully

it will make his birthday a lil special,

since we aren't gonna celebrate it

until Thanksgiving and we can all 

be together.  His Choice!!  lol

#12

Thankful we did finish the painting !!

We are thrilled but didn't get to see the

results yet. Our Son had it all prepped

for us, as he had spackled, painted

the ceiling, and sprayed some orange

peel on the walls, as some didn't have

that for some reason. He still had

some touch up he wanted to do, so

couldn't unveil in yet but when he is 

done we can see the finished product. 

 But very happy we finished and can't

 wait to see it and for lil darling to 

see it as well. 

That's it for Cozy Place this week.

Glad you could come by

and

Hope you are enjoying November!

Love, Hugs

and First of November

Blessings,

Nellie

Random Quotes Tuesday #4

 

We can make up our minds whether

 our lives in this world, shall wound like

 thorns and nettles, or be beautiful and 

fragrant like the lilies of the field.

By Brother Andrew

Monday Manna - Stories of God's goodness #3

 

Hello Sweet Friends

and

Happy Monday to you!!

Hope yall had a nice weekend.

Todays story happened a long time ago,

but felt like the Lord brought it to mind

along with the one I told you last week,

so I would share it this week.

It was back when my kids were still home,

and it was their and hubbies first day to

go back to school and work after the 

Christmas holidays. They had all left for

their destinations, and I had returned

 from a walk in our neighborhood and

decided to start taking the Christmas tree

 down, so worked on taking the ornaments

 off the lower half and finished that, so

 grabbed a taller than usual chair and 

climbed up and started taking ornaments

 off the top half of the tree, when all of

a sudden, I had (what I guess, was a 

vision).  I saw myself laying on the floor

 injured with no one to help me. 

 So I promptly got off the chair, and as 

soon as I stepped off the chair, I heard a

crack, and by the time my feet touched

the floor the chair seat cracked all way

the way across. I just stood there stunned

by what had just happened,  but also

full of gratitude because I definitely knew

 the Lord had warned me and spared me

 what would have most likely been

 a nasty fall.  

I Love remembering these stories as

they help build my faith all over again.

Have a wonderful day,

Love and Blessings,

Nellie