Afternoon Sweet Friends,

How's your Tuesday going???

Well,  I hope!!

Our day has been going well.  Had a good

night's sleep, so that was such a blessing,

and also made me feel mucho better today!!

Thought I would do Table Top Tuesday today

but I am running so late, I am just gonna forget

it,  but leave these pics on since we are soon

leaving Summer and hopefully,  next week

it will start looking like Fall around here!

I am just doing some cleaning today, and

cooking.  I made a mean black bean dip

today,  and it really is quite delish,  and

healthy!!  I love that!!

For some reason I have just been craving

veggies today...........that is a great problem

to have wouldn't you say???

I am quite happy about that myself!!

Especially since for awhile I just have

been having to make myself eat them.

God is good!!

We are gonna be helping our daughter

move some night this week.  About

a week and a half ago on Saturday,

someone came to her apt. to deliver

something to her,  and it was a fore-

closure notice. She was a bit shocked,

since she had just rec'd her new lease

and just hadn't had time to sign it yet.

Thank the Lord!!

 She rents a nice townhouse...

but the foreclosure was for her landlord.

Her landlord has not paid anything

since last October,  and of course,

has said nothing at all to her or her

room mate.

So.........they had to quick find a new

place to rent because they have no

idea what is coming,  so they just

decided to get out as quick as possible.

  Her landlord had the audacity to try 

and get them to pay him, and to stay

 there longer cause he is supposedly trying

 to work things out.  He owns 13 

properties and 2 are in foreclosure

They really would have liked to stay

but of course,  feels like how do we

know we can trust him,  he certainly

been honest with us so far ,course,

  they would definitely not sign a lease.

They decided  moving is the best thing

 to do,  but it is surely a big mess they

were certainly not expecting. Dee works

full time and her room mate goes to 

school full time,  and works part time,

Dee is working on her BS online.

Course, life is what happens when

we are making our plans!!  

Isn't that just sooooooo true!!

Guess I had better get back in the kitchen

and finish working on din din.  I am

making mashed potatoes with peppers

and onions and corn beef mixed in.

It is really yummy !!

Comfort food,  and I am starving

for some reason.

Hope you have a delectable dinner

tonight,  and a wonderful time

with your family,

Thanks for coming by,

Blessings and Cozy Hugs,

Nellie

HAPPY MONDAY TO YOU!!

HAPPY MONDAY

TO ALL YOU 

SWEET PEAS OUT THERE!!

HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD

WEEKEND AND A GOOD

MONDAY!

OUR WEEKEND WAS A LIL DISAPPOINTING,

 QUIET, BUT  STILL GOOD!!

IT WAS DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE JIM

 GOT AN EMAIL LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON

SAYING THE JOB HAD ALREADY BEEN FILLED.

SO WE WERE SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED,

YET WE HAD PRAYED LORD IF THIS IS

WHERE YOU WANT HIM, PLEASE OPEN THE

DOOR AND IF NOT,  CLOSE IT!!

SO HE CLOSED IT,  AND ALTHOUGH WE

ARE GLAD HE IS LEADING AND GUIDING

US, WE ALSO GOT OUR HOPES UP A BIT

THAT MAYBE THIS TRIAL WAS ABOUT

TO BE OVER, CAUSE IT IS ALMOST

16 WEEKS THIS WEDNESDAY. 

 WE WERE OVER OUR DISAPPOINTMENT 

BY SATURDAY EVENING, ESPECIALLY

 AFTER WE WATCHED A FILM CALLED

 "FAITH OF OUR FATHER'S".

IT IS A FILM ABOUT SENATOR JOHN

MCCAIN,  AND WHAT HE WENT THRU

WHEN HE WAS A PRISIONER OF WAR

IN VIET NAM.  I ALREADY HAD A GREAT

RESPECT FOR THE MAN JUST KNOWING

HE WAS A POW,  BECAUSE I HAD HEARD

STORIES ABOUT OTHER POW'S,  AND

MY BROTHER WENT FOR 2 TOURS 

OF DUTY THERE AS WELL.

I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS VERY HARD

TO WATCH AT TIMES,  BUT I AM

SO GLAD WE DID........I HAVE THE

UPMOST RESPECT FOR THIS DEAR

MAN,  AND HOW HE STOOD FOR HIS

COUNTRY, BUT WHAT HE WENT THRU

IS JUST UNIMAGINABLE..........

 THAT HUMAN

BEINGS CAN BE SO CRUEL AND IN

HUMANE IS JUST BEYOND SICK.

IF ANYONE DESERVED TO BE OUR

PRESIDENT, I DEFINITELY THINK

HE QUALIFIED BIG TIME!!

IF YOU ARE GOING THRU A TRIAL

THIS MOVIE WILL GIVE YOU BIG

TIME PERSPECTIVE,  TRUST ME!!

IT WAS A  PRETTY CLEAN MOVIE 

TOO!! A LIL LANGUAGE BUT MILD

IN COMPARISON TO MOST.

SUNDAY WE WENT TO SUNDAY

SCHOOL AND CHURCH AND WE

HAD A SPECIAL CELEBRATION

AND A MORTGAGE BURNING 

SINCE THE CHURCH

IS NOW 100% PAID OFF!

GOD IS SO AMAZING!!

AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICING!!

TODAY I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO

BACK TO THE CHIROPRACTOR

BUT WAS NOT FEELING TOO WELL

THIS MORNING,  QUEASY, SOME

TIMES THE ANTIBIOTICS MAKE

ME FEEL LIKE THAT,  BUT IT CAN

ALSO BE FROM BEING SO OVER

TIRED, BECAUSE OF HAVING TO

GET UP DURING THE NIGHT TO

TAKE THEM.  HOPEFULLY,  I

WILL BE DONE BY FRIDAY.  YEA!!

I THINK THE ENEMY IS DOING

ALL HE CAN TO TRY AND PULL

US DOWN RIGHT NOW,  BUT

PRAYER AND PRAISE ARE OUR

WEAPON OF CHOICE!!

MAY THE LORD BLESS YOUR

EVENING AND YOUR TOMORROW.

LOVE, HUGS AND BLESSINGS,

AND SCRAPE UP THAT LAST  BIT

 OF SUMMER TIME FUN!! 

 CAUSE FALL, SHE  IS A COMING!!   

I CAN'T WAIT!!  I WILL PROBABLY START

DECORATING NEXT WEEK, IF POSSIBLE!! LOL

SIGH,

NELLIE

OH............
IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE 140
DAYS OF PRAYER FOR OUR NATION
THIS IS WEEK #9
AND WE ARE TO PRAY ABOUT THE
INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT
(WE CERTAINLY KNOW HOW TO 
PRAY FOR THAT ONE!!  LOL)
AND OUR SCRIPTURE IS
PHILIPPIANS 4:19


OH YEA,  DID ANYONE ELSE SEE
THE GLEN BECK RALLY ON SAT.??


SOMEONE SENT US A LINK TO
FACEBOOK AND WE GOT TO SEE
MOST OF IT.  WE THOUGHT IT
WAS AWESOME!!


I AM REALLY GOING THIS TIME!!
BYE  NOW!!

WELCOME TO THANKFUL THURSDAY - AUGUST 26, 2010

HELLO SWEET ENCOURAGERS,


SO....WHAT HAS YOUR DAY
BEEN LIKE???


ARE YOU FEELING THANKFUL
OR ARE YOU IN NEED OF SOME
 ENCOURAGEMENT??

WELL...........EITHER WAY YOU
 CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!!  

IT WAS ACTUALLY SUNNY HERE

THIS MORNING BUT NOW THAT IT IS

 LATE AFTERNOON,  IT IS LOOKING

LIKE MORE RAIN.  SO GLAD WE GOT

OUT EARLY THIS MORNING AND

GOT THE LAWN MOWED. 

  SO GUESS MY FIRST THANKFUL

WILL BE.......

*

#1

I AM THANKFUL

WE FINALLY GOT OUR LAWN MOWED.

IT HAS BEEN RAINING EVERYDAY SO

WE WERE OVERDUE BY A FEW DAYS,

BUT IT WASN'T AS BAD AS I THOUGHT

IT WOULD BE.

*
#2

I AM THANKFUL

THAT OUR SON GOT THE NEW JOB,

AND WILL BEGIN ON SEPT. 7TH.

OUR WHOLE FAMILY IS REJOICING!!

KNOW YOU ARE PROBABLY SICK

OF HEARING ABOUT IT BY NOW, 

BUT HAVE TO SAY WHAT'S TRUE!!  LOL

*

#3

I AM THANKFUL

THAT JIM HAD A PHONE INTERVIEW

THIS WEEK.  DON'T KNOW THE OUT

COME OF THAT YET,  BUT IT WAS GREAT

FOR HIM TO HAVE SOMEONE SHOW AN

INTEREST, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T PAN OUT,

YET IT COULD POSSIBLY PAN OUT TOO!!

GOTTA SAY HOW I REALLY FEEL ABOUT

THIS ONE TOO!!  

KEEP GOING THE REST ARE NEW!!  LOL

*

#4

I AM THANKFUL

FOR THE WAY THE LORD TAKES CARE

OF OUR NEEDS,  AND FOR THE VARIOUS

MEANS AND AVENUES HE USES THAT

WE CAN JUST NEVER EXPECT OR IMAGINE.

WHICH LEADS ME TO MY NEXT THANKFUL.

*

#5

I AM THANKFUL

FOR PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS AND THEIR

PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTIC PROGRAM

WHERE YOU CAN GET CERTAIN

 ANTIBIOTICS FOR FREE.

WHAT A BLESSING!!

JUST FOR YOUR INFO I THINK WALMART

DOES IT TOO,  BUT THEY COST JUST $4.00.

THAT IS IN FLORIDA, SO DON'T KNOW IF

THEY DO IT IN OTHER STATES OR NOT,

BUT WOULD THINK THEY PROBABLY

WOULD.

*

#6

I AM THANKFUL

FOR OUR VEHICLES IN WHICH WE ARE

ABLE TO TRAVEL ABOUT IN,  CAUSE I

SEE MANY PEOPLE ALONG THE ROAD

CATCHING THE BUS,  AND WITHOUT

A CAR THAT WOULD BE US, AS WELL.

*

#7

I AM THANKFUL

FOR AIR CONDITIONING NOT ONLY

IN OUR CAR,  BUT IN OUR HOME, I

REMEMBER, ONLY TOO WELL,  HOW

MISERABLE IT WAS WITHOUT AIR

 DURING THESE HOT AUG./SEPT. MOS.

6 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE 3

HURRICANES IN A ROW, AND OUR

 POWER WAS OUT FOR A WEEK.  IT WAS

 SO HOT..... I COULD HARDLY SLEEP

 ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS IN THE

 MIDDLE OF "HOT FLASH LAND". 

 HUBBY, BLESS HIS HEART,  WOULD

 FAN ME TO TRY AND HELP ME

 GET TO SLEEP!!

SO AGAIN,  I HAVE TO SAY

*

#8

I AM THANKFUL

FOR WHAT A SWEET AND THOUGHTFUL

HUBBY THE LORD HAS BLESSED ME

WITH,   HE IS TRULY A JEWEL.

*

#9

I AM THANKFUL

THAT WE HAVE HAD NO HURRICANE

THREATS THIS YEAR,  FOR THAT IS BLISS!! 

  ESPECIALLY HAVING EXPERIENCED

ALL THOSE HURRICANES 6 YRS AGO, 

 AND CHARLIE BEING SUCH A SCARY STORM. 

 HE LEFT A LOT OF DAMAGE IN OUR YARD,

 AND SPAWNED A TORNADO RIGHT NEXT 

TO OUR HOUSE,  WHICH WAS A LOT FULL

OF PINE TREES AT THE TIME.  IT TWISTED

OFF THE TOP OF THE TREES AND PUT THEM

GUESS WHERE??   IN OUR BACKYARD.

IF THAT TORNADO HAD BEEN JUST A

LIL BIT CLOSER,  I MIGHT

NOT BE TYPING THIS RIGHT NOW!!

*

#10

I AM THANKFUL

THAT WE ARE STILL HERE!!  LOL

WHICH IS REALLY NO LAUGHING

MATTER!! 

AND #9 REMINDED ME OF THE

NEXT ONE.

*

#11

I AM THANKFUL

FOR UTILITY COMPANIES,  WITHOUT

WHICH THERE WOULD BE:  NO AIR 

CONDITIONING, LIGHTS, WATER,

 PHONES ETC.

*

#12

I AM THANKFUL

DEE IS COMING OVER FOR DINNER

AND TO DO MY HAIR.  YEA!!

SHE IS HERE, 

WELL, SWEET FRIENDS,

HOPE YOU HAVE A SPLENDID WEEKEND

FULL OF GOOD THINGS!!

LOVE, HUGS AND BLESSINGS,

NELLIE

WHAT ARE YOU

 THANKFUL FOR TODAY!!


PLEASE FORGIVE ME BECAUSE I TOTALLY
FORGOT TO POST ABOUT THE 140 DAYS
OF PRAYER FOR OUR NATION ON MONDAY. 
 IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE 140 DAYS
 OF PRAYER.
THIS IS WEEK 8 AND WE ARE SUPPOSE
TO PRAY ABOUT THE INCREASING TAXATION.
OUR SCRIPTURE IS FROM PSALM 66:10-12

OUR LIL HOME TOUR ADVENTURE

HIDDY HO SWEET FRIENDS,

HOW HAS YOUR WED. BEEN??

OUR'S WAS A BIT BUSY AND THAT

IS WHY I AM POSTING SO LATE!!

HAD TO DO MY HAIR, GO TO THE

CHIROPRACTOR, AND GROCERY STORE

 AND DO SOME CLEANING AND THEN HAD

OUR COUPLE COME FOR COUNSELING.

IT HAS BEEN A GOOD DAY THO!!

A FEW WEEKS AGO AFTER WE WENT TO

THE CHIROPRACTOR, WE DECIDED TO DO

A LIL EXPLORING....WE NEEDED TO DO 

SOMETHING A LIL  DIFFERENT TO GET

US OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR A BIT.

SO WE DECIDED TO GO TO A NEAR BY

TOWN AND DRIVE AROUND IN AN OLD

AREA AND LOOK AT THE QUAINT HOMES,

AND OF COURSE, I JUST HAPPENED (L0L)

TO TAKE MY TRUSTY CAMERA!!

CAN'T IMAGINE WHY,  CAN YOU???  LOL

SO HERE ARE THE CHARMING HOMES

WE FOUND!!  WISH I COULD POST THE
PICS LARGER,  BUT IT CUTS HALF THE PIC 
OFF IF I DO, BUT IF YOU CLICK ON 
THE PIC IT MAKES THEM MUCH LARGER
AND MUCH PRETTIER.  ENJOY!!

#1

I LOVE THE COLOR OF THE HOUSE

AND THE FRAMING OVER THE DOOR

AND THE AMERICAN FLAG,

AND THE STEPS GOING UP TO THE HOUSE!!

#2

THIS HOME WAS RIGHT ON THE CORNER

AND I LIKE THAT IT WAS PLACED

SO YOU SAW IT JUST LIKE THIS FROM

THE CORNER.  NEAT OLDER HOME.

#3

THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET

FROM THE PEACH ONE,  BUT THIS

IS THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

LOVE THE FRENCH DOOR AND THE

BALCONY!! 

#3  

THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE ONE YOU

JUST SAW THE SIDE VIEW OF,

LOVELY HOME I'D SAY!!

#3

HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW THAT GOT

MOST OF THE HOUSE IN,  IT IS

QUITE LONG AS YOU CAN SEE.

THINK THE REST WAS CARPORTS.

#4

I LOVE THE OLD AREAS OF ANY TOWN

BECAUSE OF ALL THE BIG OAK TREES,

SO SHADY,  AND HAS SUCH CHARACTER!!

THIS WAS CATTY CORNERED TO THE

TWO STORY HOUSE ABOVE.

#5

THIS CHARMING AND QUAINT LIL PINK HOUSE

WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE

TWO STORY HOUSE!

JUST SAW THIS IN SOMEONES YARD AND

THOUGHT IT WAS SO PRETTY AND LUSH.

LOVE THOSE ELEPHANT EARS,  AND THEY

GROW SO NICELY UNDER ALL THAT SHADE

FROM THE BIG OAK TREE.

#6

I REALLY LIKED THE COLORS OF THIS

HOUSE TOO, AND THOUGHT IT QUITE

CHARMING AS WELL.

#7

THOUGHT THIS WAS A RATHER INTERESTING

LOOKING PLACE,  LIKE THE STEPS,  AND THE

LARGE FRONT WINDOW AND THE FRENCH 

DOORS AND BALCONY.  EVEN THE COLOR

SEEMS TO BE FITTING!!

#8

THIS SORT OF REMINDS ME OF A HANSEL

AND GRETEL HOUSE.  LOVE THE LITTLE LATTICE

LOOKING WINDOWS AND THE FRAMING AROUND

THE DOOR,  AND THE INTERESTING SMOKE STACK.

IT HAS A CHARM ALL IT'S OWN.

#9

THIS IS RATHER STATELY, BUT  IT ISN'T MY

 FAVORITE. VERY PRETTY THO!

#10

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A VERY PRETTY

BRICK HOME,  LOOKS NICE NESTLED

IN THE WOODS WITH ALL THE PRETTY

CALADIUMS GROWING UNDER ALL

THESE BIG OAKS.  LOVELY SETTING

#10

HERE'S ANOTHER NICE SHOT STRAIGHT ON.

#11

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS

SORT OF RANCH STYLE BRICK 

HOME WAS PRETTIER THAN THE

PICTURE MAKES IT LOOK REALLY.

LOVE ALL THE ARCHED WINDOWS

AND DOORWAYS.

TOO BAD I HAD TO CROP IT SO MUCH

CAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTIER BEFORE,

BUT HAD GARBAGE CANS IN THE WAY,

NOT A PRETTY SIGHT!!  LOL

WELL,  HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED OUR

 LIL HOME TOUR ADVENTURE.  I ACTUALLY

 THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A LOT MORE OF

 THESE CHARMING BEAUTIES THAN THERE WERE,

MANY WERE VERY RUN DOWN LOOKING

UNFORTUNATELY.

MY FAV WAS #10, I THINK??
I REALLY LIKED THEM ALL
TO BE HONEST,  I THOUGHT
THEY EACH HAD THEIR OWN
UNIQUE STYLE OF QUAINTNESS!!

TELL ME WHICH HOME WAS YOUR FAVORITE???

YOU HAVE A GREAT THURSDAY!!

BLESSINGS AND HUGS,

NELLIE