WELCOME TO THANKFUL THURSDAY - AUGUST 19. 2010

GOOD MORNING TO YOU

SWEET FRIENDS!!

HOW ARE YOU TODAY??

HOPE THIS FINDS YOU HAPPY AND HOPEFUL.

THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE MY PRAYER

 FOR YOU.

I AM FEELING HAPPY AND HOPEFUL TODAY.

YESTERDAY WAS A GOOD DAY, HAVE BEEN

 WORKING A LIL BIT EVERYDAY IN MY WALK

 IN CLOSET, CAUSE I HAD SOME PAPER PILES

AND JUST CLUTTER IN THERE, AND IT WAS 

BECKONING TO ME EVERY TIME I OPENED

THE DOOR, BUT I HAD NOT SUCOMBED TO

IT'S CALLING YET.

  SO JESSICA, OVER AT JEWELS FOR THE

 JOURNEY, DID A POST RECENTLY ABOUT

CLUTTER, AND I KNEW THE TIME HAD COME.

STILL HAVE MORE TO GO, BUT I AM HALF 

WAY THERE..........AND IT LOOKS SO MUCH

 BETTER ALREADY. WHICH JUST HELPS

 SPUR ME ON MORE.  CAN'T WAIT TO DO 

SOME MORE TODAY.

SO GUESS MY

#1

I AM THANKFUL

IS TO FINALLY BE TACKLING THIS JOB I

HAVE BEEN PROCRASTINATING ON.  TO

ME, IT IS THE BEST FEELING TO FINALLY BE

ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING YOU KNOW

NEEDS DOING, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T WANT

TO DO, AND WHEN YOU DO.... YOU FEEL LIKE 

YOU HAVE REALLY GAINED A VICTORY IN

SELF CONTROL!  AND LAST TIME I CHECKED,

THAT IS ONE OF THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT,

SO THAT IS A VERY GOOD THING!!

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#2

I AM THANKFUL

THAT WE STARTED COUNSELING ANOTHER 

YOUNG COUPLE LAST EVENING, AND THAT

THEY HAVE GREAT HEARTS AS WELL!!

CAUSE GOD CAN DO SUCH AMAZING THINGS

 WITH 2 PEOPLE THAT HAVE WILLING HEARTS.

JIM AND I HAVE TALKED, WONDERED AND

 PRAYED QUITE A FEW TIMES ABOUT

 MENTORING YOUNG COUPLES, BUT THE

LORD JUST NEVER GAVE US THE CLEAR

 DIRECTION TO DO IT BEFORE.

SO WE ARE BEYOND EXCITED!!

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#3

I AM THANKFUL

THAT I WAS ABLE TO RECONNECT WITH

A VERY SPECIAL LADY AND FRIEND THAT USED

 TO ATTEND OUR CHURCH YEARS AGO. 

 I HAPPENED TO SEE A COMMENT FROM HER

 ON BECKY'S BLOG 

FROM OVER  AT HOLIDAY IN THE SUN, AND

CONTACTED HER.

HER NAME IS PATTI

AND YOU CAN CLICK HERE 

TO CHECK OUT HER BLOG, IF YOU WOULD

 LIKE................  IT IS QUITE LOVELY.

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(THIS WAS THE SIGN  HANGING OVER THE TABLE..... DID A BEACH THEMED TABLE

 SINCE DEE LOVES THE BEACH,  WILL SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO)

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#4

I AM THANKFUL

THAT WE COULD ALL GET TOGETHER AS A

 FAMILY TO CELEBRATE DEE'S BIRTHDAY

LAST SUNDAY.  FORGIVE ME, IF YOU ARE

SICK OF HEARING ABOUT IT, BUT THAT

SORT OF THING RARELY HAPPENED IN MY

FAMILY AS A KID, ACCEPT WHEN I WAS

 WITH MY DAD IN THE SUMMER.  I HAD A

ITALIAN STEP-MOM AND 4 STEP SIBLINGS,

AND I THOUGHT IT WONDERFUL THAT SHE

HAD THESE GREAT CELEBRATIONS FOR

EVERYONES BIRTHDAY AND HOLIDAYS.

MY POOR MOM WAS TOO BUSY WORKING

SHIFT WORK AT MONSANTO IN ORDER

TO SUPPORT US, AND THEN OF COURSE,

 HAD THE NORMAL HOUSEHOLD DUTIES

 AND THE YARD TO CONTEND WITH,

 AND ANYTHING ELSE A HUBBY WOULD

 DO, AND ALSO HAD BACK TROUBLE

AND DEPRESSION ON TOP OF IT..

  

SO YOU SEE THIS BLESSING OF FAMILY

TIME AND CELEBRATIONS IS SOMETHING

OF MOMENTOUS PROPORTION TO ME.

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#5

I AM THANKFUL

FOR THIS GORGEOUS SUNSET WE SAW

A FEW NITES AGO, THAT REMINDED US

THAT EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING.

SEE THE RAINBOW LOOK.... UP TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE. 

 I REALLY DIDN'T THINK THE CAMERA WOULD CAPTURE IT,  BUT WAS

 SO GLAD IT DID.  THOUGHT IT WAS SO PRETTY, HAD TO SHOW

IT TO YOU TOO!)

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#6

I AM THANKFUL

FOR THE DOVES WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IN 

OUR YARD LATELY, AND LOVE THAT LIL

NOISE THEY MAKE AS THEY FLY AWAY,

JUST LIKE ON "TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL"

I REALLY HAVE MISSED THAT SHOW TOO!

(THIS IS A CUTE LIL DOVE SITTING ON OUR BIRDBATH)

IF YOU CLICK ON THE PIC YOU CAN SEE HIM BETTER

(HERE THEY ARE DRYING OFF ON THE ELECTRICAL LINES)

YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD GET ZAPPED!

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#7

I AM THANKFUL

FOR THIS LIL CARAVAN OF WHITE 

IBIS'S THAT DROPPED BY FOR BREAKFAST

YESTERDAY MORNING,  THEY ARE JUST

SUCH A DELIGHT!

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#8

I AM THANKFUL

FOR SOME MARRIAGE DVD'S WE HAVE

BEEN WATCHING BY PAUL DAVID TRIPP.

IT JUST AMAZES US,  HOW THE LORD 

USES SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO

 BRING SO MANY DIFFERENT INCITES 

ON THE SAME SUBJECT, AND THEY ARE

ALL RIGHT ON TARGET. THE SPIRIT OF

 GOD

 TEACHES US ALL THINGS.

HOW COOL IS THAT!! 

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#9

I AM THANKFUL

THAT WE FOUND THIS COFFEE CREAMER

THAT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING FOR OUR 

KIDS WHEN THEY COME OVER,

IT IS CALLED CARAMEL MACCHIATO,

BUT NOW THEY HAVE IT FAT FREE AND

 CALL IT, SKINNY CARAMEL MACCHIATO. 

THE BRAND IS CALLED COFFEE HOUSE,

SO NOW WE CAN UNGUILTILY HAVE

SOME TOO!!  LOL

IT REALLY MAKES

 A DELISH CUP OF COFFEE!!

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#10

I AM THANKFUL

 I JUST CALLED SCOTT ABOUT

 SOMETHING ELSE, AND FOUND OUT HE

WILL BE GOING TO LUNCH WITH THE

SUPERVISOR'S OF THE CO. HE HAS HAD

SO MANY INTERVIEWS WITH,  IT WILL BE

 NEXT WEEK WHILE HE IS ON VACATION, 

AND SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO

 MAKE HIM AN OFFER FINALLY!!  PTL

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#11

I AM THANKFUL

ALSO, THAT SCOTT WILL BE ABLE TO GET

 HIS VACATION IN FIRST, BEFORE HE GIVES

HIS NOTICE, AS THIS CO. HE IS WORKING

 FOR HAS NOT BEEN TOO TRUSTWORTHY.

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#12

I AM THANKFUL

FOR ALL YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS

AND WELL WISHES ON MY POST FOR

DEE'S BIRTHDAY, AND I AM SURE SHE

WILL BE TOUCHED BY IT TOO.........IF SHE

EVER FINDS THE TIME TO READ IT!! 

MAYBE SHE IS TRYING TO KEEP HER

BIRTHDAY GOING A LIL LONGER!!  LOL

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WELL, SWEET FRIENDS

THAT'S MY WEEK IN A NUTSHELL!!

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HOPE YOUR FRIDAY IS FAN TAS TIK!!

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LOVE, BLESSINGS AND HUGS,

NELLIE

SO WHAT ARE YOU 

THANKFUL

FOR ???

TELL US..........

IT WILL MAKE YOU 

FEEL BETTER,

I PROMISE!!