Welcome to Thankful Thursday - December 2, 2010

“Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good;

 his love is eternal!”
Psalm 107:1

Welcome to the first Thankful
Thursday of December

Wow, Sweet Peas..............Can you believe it is

is December 2nd???   Amazing to me how quickly

this year has flown by,  and here we are just 23 days

till Christmas!!  

Guess that would be my 

#1

Thankful

I am thankful 

for the Christmas Season and all that is encompasses,

I simply love everything there is to love about this

Wonderful Season of the year, but I especially love

the person that the Season represents .....

Jesus the Christ Child, who was born in the manger,

but who later as an adult died an inexplicably horrible

death on a cross, for my sins and yours.... and then

 rose from the dead to give us eternal life with the Father.

 what a saviour and friend we have in Jesus!!

In my heart,  he is always my number one Thankful.

Could never imagine life without Him.

#2

I am thankful

for the Lovely Thanksgiving we had with our family.

It was truly a special and fun day that we enjoyed

so very much,  and the food..................  
it was soooo delightful.


In case you are interested or missed yesterdays
post,  it was of our Thanksgiving table, so all you
have to do is scroll down to my last post.

#3

I am thankful

for the creative gift ideas the Lord has been giving

me for Christmas gifts.  I am making a lot of things 
and having such fun doing it.  Wish I could share
 them but I never know who might be reading here
 and it would spoil their surprise.  Guess I will
 store them away to share for next year!  lol

 #4

I am thankful

that my son Scott has found the love of his life,
and asked for her (Megan) hand in marriage this
 past Saturday,  so we will be looking forward to 
a Wedding in the New Year,  probably the end
of May.


#5
I am thankful
that we have colder weather again,  finally!!
It went to 38 last night,  and will be a high of
66,  I know,  I know that isn't really cold,  but
we will take it..........better than the 80's for
this time of year!!  lol


#6
I am thankful
for hot coffee and tea, and soups, stews
 and chili's that help keep us warm.  Am
planning to make Southwestern white
 chili for tonight.  It is so delicious,  it
is made with chicken and white beans.


Just in case you are interested in trying
it,  if you go to the top left hand side of
my blog and type Southwestern white
chili in the search window,  I have a post
about it with the recipe link.  I checked it out
and it is still up and running.


  Got the recipe from Kraft
foods,  they have so many great recipes. 
The only bad thing about this recipe is if
you don't double it,  you will wish you had!!


#7
I am thankful
for most of God creatures....and this time it would
 be for Goats.  We got to see some this week while
 we were out and I happened to have the camera,
  so here are some cute pics of the buggers.

They were chowing down here!!

This guy was very interested in the lady
with the camera but............
not interested enough to come close!!  lol 

This one just sat there..... think he might be an
 old goat, doesn't he look like he is laughing!! 


Hubby told our son that your Mom took that
old goats picture then she had another old 
goat waiting for her in the car!!  lol
Of Course, meaning himself,  
He is so funny!!


#8
I am thankful
that all my Fall decorations are down and  
safely tucked away until next year.  I have
actually put a few lil touches outside just
cause I didn't have to think about where
to put them!!  lol


I put on my Christmas music and had my
first glass of eggnog to kick off the Season,
 as I took all the Fall stuff down last night. lol




#9
I am thankful
my Southwestern white chili came out
well,  and we have already had a bowl.
Yum...........it actually turned out to be 
Southwest white/black chili,  cause I
doubled the recipe and forgot I needed
4 cans of white beans,  so put 2 white
and 2 black bean,  just as good!! 


#10
I am thankful
we had a visit with Scott this afternoon,
he came to get Joey and stayed a bit.
We rarely see him when he is by himself,
so that was fun!  Course,  it is always fun
 when Megan is with him too!!


While Scott was here we got to sit out on
 the porch the weather was so delightful, 
 and this is what we saw. 

I had already taken the pic days ago,  so  thought this
 was the perfect time to post it!!  lol
Love that the bougainvilla blooms this time of year.


#11
I am thankful
for the Toybox ministry that our church
hosts every year at Christmas time,  it
is a wonderful blessing to many,  and I am
thankful too,  that we have the priviledge of 
serving there tomorrow evening. We are 
both very excited and happy about that!!


They have it all set up like a store,  and
people that are having a tough time can
come and pick out toys for their children
at no cost,   they even can have them
gift wrapped,  and they also have shoe
boxes that are filled and wrapped by
members of our congregation that are
gifts for the children to give their parents.
It is a really neat thing!!


#12
I am thankful
I can comfortably wear the Christmas shirt
  tomorrow night that I need to wear because
 it has cooled off. 
 You see.... it has long sleeves,  and I am  having
"my own personal summers" again lately, 
so those long sleeves would not be a fun time
 for me....... in the warm temps we were having.
All I can say is...........God is good!!


Well, Sweet Folks,
There's my Thankful List,


How about yours????


Hope you have a grand
weekend full of the Joy
of the Christmas Season!!


Love, Blessings and Hugs,
Nellie