Welcome to Thankful Thursday - Sept. 30, 2010

The Heavens declare the Glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Welcome to Thankful Thursday

Sweet Encouragers,

Hope this post finds you full of praise to our

 Wonderful Lord for all his goodness to us.

I took these photos early Sunday Morning,

 I saw a few others took them too, and showed

them on Monday,  so I decided to wait for today.,

but isn't it neat,  that we all live in different places,

(I live in Florida) and had a pink, and blue sky. 

 How neat is that!!

The Lord must have been in a pink and Blue

Mood on Sunday!!  lol

 That lil pinhead white dot up there is the moon!!

It has been a delightful day here,  cool, breezy,

overcast and cloudy but delightful,  was able to

sit out on the porch and read my bible this morning,

and you know how I love that!!  We even got up

late so I was able to sit out there in comfort at

11 a.m.,  and it was only 75 degrees.

ahhhhhhhhhh,  the refreshment of it all!!

So guess my first praise would be

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1

I am thankful

that the tropical storm passed us by, and we

had delightful weather rather than a terrible

stormy day!!

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 2

I am thankful

Scott got home from his trip to Louisianna (for work)

safe and sound.

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3

I am thankful

Dee and Megan (his girlfriend) were both here last

evening and had dinner with us.  This was a first

to just have the 2 girls.  Dee was picking up Rosie

and Megan was dropping off Joey!!  lol

We really had a fun evening together.  Just went

by too quickly!!  lol

#4

I am thankful

for the great singing we had in church on Sunday

morning.  It was like everyone was singing with

their heart and soul, and with such gusto, It was

 wonderful. Now....  it is always good,  but for some

 reason it was especially great,  I am sure it had

 something to do with something our Pastor prefaced

 it with or even the great messages he has been

preaching lately.

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5

I am thankful

for another great movie we watched last evening

that was so inspiring.  It was another movie made 

by the Billy Graham Association, and it is called

 "Something to sing about".

It really was such a good movie.

 So do you see a theme here about the singing.....

Well,  I have another one believe it or not!!  lol

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6

I am thankful 

for an email I rec'd from one of the fellas that used

to attend our college/career bible study we held

many years back,  it had a link to u tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0lSExqQ8Qg&feature=related

The video is of a  lil 7 yr old girl singing.  Her name is Rhema

Marvanne.  She lost her Mom to ovarian cancer when she was

six yrs. old, and what a testimony this precious lil girl is for

our God

It is truly just an amazing video.  Once you get to this

link,  there are a number of other videos about her as well.

Truly a blessing!!

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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7

I am thankful

for left over chicken and dumplings from last night.

All I have to do is make a Veggie.  Love that!!

and was able to share some with my SIL

who is presently sick.

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8

I am thankful

for rubber mulch.  Now I know that sounds a bit

silly,  but really I am.  We have this flower bed

where our mailbox is,  and everytime we have

a heavy rain all the mulch floats to the other side

 of the driveway or out on the grass,  but some months

 back we decided to try the rubber mulch,  and that spot

 looks great all the time now.  No more raking up mulch

or replacing mulch.  At some point think I would like to put 

it in all our beds,  cause it will last forever,  cause rubber

 doesn't break down easily.

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9

I am thankful

that hubby had so many breakthroughs today.  He

has sort of been stymied with some technical things

as he is doing work from his old job,  and also on

something he is working on towards a business,

and was getting a lil bummed last night.  So God

gave him the answers to everything today.  So he

is a happy guy.  I told him I thought the Lord didn't

answer yesterday, because it meant more hrs. in

his paycheck,  if he had the answer right away,

he would have finished sooner!!

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10

I am thankful

for all the glorious skies the Lord paints for us

each and every day.  How could I not be thankful

after looking at these pics.  He does incredible

work,  does he not!!

#11

I am thankful

that I got an email yesterday from an old time

friend of 38 yrs.  She lives in Indiana and is

babysitting her 3 grandies daily.  Don't know

how she does it.  God Bless Her!!  Think it

is because she  is in love with being a Grammy,  

and that is so Wonderful!!

I was so touched that she said, she enjoyed reading

my blog ,  and it made her feel like she had talked

 with me, and knew what was going on.

 I forgot I even told her about it!!  lol

So that was a sweet surprise.

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12

I am thankful

for all my blogging buddies and all the lovely,

and encouraging comments you leave for me.

Also thankful for all the things I learn from you,

 all the inspiration I get from you whether it being

 spiritual, decorating, tablescaping, painting and

 refinishing,  cooking or a myriad of others things.

You Sweet Peas bring a lot of fun and joy to my life.

Thank You for that!!

Well..............That sums up my thankful list.

Hope you have a Fun Friday

and a Fantastic Weekend!!

Blessings, Love and Hugs,

Nellie

Now you do have something

you are thankful for.....

why not tell us???

First Fall Kaffee Klatsches

Evening Sweet Friends,

Didn't get time to write earlier,  so decided to do a

Table Top Thursday Post instead.

These are from my first Fall Kaffee Klatsches.

Guess What Kind of Pie that is???

Why.........Pumpkin of course!!

Love those candles......cause I love having my

 house smell like I have been baking all day

 when I haven't.

This day it was a casual kitchen get together

for friends.

Didn't think this friend liked kaffee,  so planned juice

 for her, but turned out she did like Kaffee!!

Aren't these lil punkins adorable.  Love that lacy look.

A sweet Fall Gift from a friend.

Another Morning.......

Added some berries to my arrangement,

like it better!!

Well..........Happy Kaffee Klatsching to you!!

Thanks for coming by and for taking the time

to leave sweet and encouraging comments,

they are always soooo appreciated.

Make Sure to go over to Susans 

at Between Naps on the Porch,

 to see all the other Fun Tablescapes

and Great Ideas.  Click Here!!

Blessings, Hugs and Lots 
of Kaffee and Pumpkin Pie to You!!

Welcome to Table Top Tuesday

Hello Sweet Friends,

Thought we would continue ourTour of......

 Table Top Tuesday today!!

Can you say that outloud and 3 times fast!! lol

Well.......I was able to download pics today, not necessarily in the order

I wanted but, at least I have pics,  now I can't get it  to center align my writing

like normal..........gotta love these changes!!!  lol

That was a bit of sarcasm,  just in case, you didn't catch it!! lol

These are pics of  my new Fallercized Coffee Table,  it actually used to be

 my daughter's table when she was a child, and I had it redone years back

 when our house flooded, one day it will be her child's hopefully!!

This is a Fall arrangement that I throw together every year in some container that I have,

there is not styrofoam they are just stuck in there however, I think looks best!!

Love this lil pumpkin my SIL gave me a few years back. 

Guess you recognize this book from last weeks post.

I love the color combinations in these flowers,  some are flowers I already had,  some were
in a bush that I cut apart.

Found this lovely pc. of fabric at Old Time Pottery about

5 years ago, and decided to make a runner and squares

that I could put in the magazine basket and on the chairs.

This is my most cherished and favorite Fall decoration.

Why you ask???  Some of you might remember from last year,

but it belonged to my Mom,  and it was the most important

thing she wanted to leave me when she passed.  That is because

my dad won it for her at a fair when she was pregnant with me.

They divorced when I was three,  but think she wanted me

to have it because it was a symbol and remembrance

 of their relationship!!

Course, that is what I am!!  lol



 I love the flowers that are embossed on it,  they are really
daffodils which are spring flowers,  but the orange carnival
glass makes it Fallish for me,  since it is the only time it
matches anything in my house.
My Mom always kept fruit in it when I was a lil girl.

 Now it houses candy,  and who doesn't love candy,  Heart Healthy Dark Chocolate,
of Course.  I love that they make candies with colored wrappers to match the seasons.
People that make candies must have had a decorators incite on that one, 
don't you think???

This is the actual color of the pumpkin.

It looks a bit oranger here,  but I love how it looks here too!!

This is my other fave Fall book,  my son gave it to

me some years back.  I just love Thomas Kincaide

anything!!  What beautiful paintings he does!! 

 The first time I saw his book at a book store, the

book was called "Simpler Times".

It literally took my breathe away,  and it was near

Christmas time,  so I went home and told hubby

I saw this book today that I really really would

love to have for Chirstmas, and of course, he

gave it to me!!  and the prose in the book is

as wonderful as the pictures.

It just transports you back in time!!

to a simpler time!!

Another side to the arrangement

and yet another!!

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Hope you enjoyed your time with me today,

and Hope you have a lovely evening!!

Make sure to go over to Marty's over at a stroll thru life, 

 click here and see what all the other wonderfully creative ladies

 have come up with for today.

Enjoy!!

Blessings,Hugs and Creativity to you!!

Nellie

Happy Monday !!

Morning Sweet Friends,

We had a nice weekend,

and You???

How was your weekend???

We just came in from doing the yard,

it rained so much last week,  we never

could do it,  but it actually wasn't that

bad..........getting to the time of year

where the growth slows way down.

Now that is a good thing!!!   lol

We really love working out there early

in the morning when it is cool and breezy,

just feels refreshing and freeing for some

reason.  Feels like Fall for a few hrs., at least.

We had a pretty full and fun weekend,

Friday night, we watched a movie called

"road to redemption",  it was made by

the Billy Graham Assoc., it was a pretty

good movie, we both liked it.

  I was telling a friend at church about it

 yesterday and somehow it came up about

 where did I find out about these movies. 

Some how I came to get emails from a place

 called Christian Cinema,  and of course, they

 sell movies, as well,  but I learn about the

 movies from them,  then check netflix.  Netflik

has had most of them, by the way. I have

really gotten a lot of good recommendations

from Christian cinema, so If  you would like to

 check them out for yourself, go to

 http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/default.php

Saturday we made pumpkin pancakes for

breakfast, and boy, were they good.  It was

the first time we ever made them, and we 

really enjoyed them.

Later, in the day we went to Home Goods

to look around, then did our walking in the

mall,  went to Cracker Barrel for dinner,

and to look around in their gift shop.  We 

always love eating at Cracker Barrel, their 

food is sooooo good, and we both so 

enjoy their gift shop,  they have so many 

neat things to look at in fact, they already

 have their Christmas stuff out.  They have 

some really pretty christmas things, 

 I have to say.

I don't know why but for some reason 

when it turns to Fall,  I just want to

go to Cracker Barrel.  Think we just

have a lot of really fond memories

of being their in the Fall,  and they

usually have some special new dishes

on their new Fall menu.  We didn't get

any this time tho!!  lol

We typically do tho.

Sunday, was our usual day, Sunday School

and Church and ran to Target to pick up a 

few items, then came home and ate lunch, 

 took a nap, then went back to church,

came home and had dinner and watched

our Pastors, and went to bed at a decent

hour for a change.  We knew we wanted

to get up early to do the lawn, so we

decided to behave ourselves!!  lol

Sorry there are no pics today,  but

they did something and changed the

picture loading device, and it is not

working,  I have been trying to upload

stuff for over 2 hrs. and they just will

not load,  so hope they fix it soon.

I takes me long enough to load pics

now, as it is,  so sure hope this isn't

the new wave!!

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If you are participating in the 140 days

of prayer for our nation,  today starts

week 13,  and we are to pray for 

Terrorism in our country,  and our 

scripture is in Psalm 91-4-9.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hope you have a delightful evening

with your family, friends or pets!!

Love and Blessings,

Nellie