Welcome to Thankful Thursday - August 18, 2011

Greetings Sweet Friends,

My my my.....Can't believe it is Thursday

again already!!  lol  These weeks are just

truly clicking off in the blink of an eye.

Trust this find you doing well,  and

getting ready for another weekend.

It's been a good week around here.... a little bit of busy fun,

preparing for DeeAnna's birthday which leads me to my

first thankful.

#1

I am thankful

for this lovely young woman we call our daughter.

DeeAnna is truly a delight and blessing from our Lord.

She is all girl........a girly girl for sure,  which this Mom

has always loved,  and she is very smart as well, and

getting sweeter and sweeter all the time.

#2

I am thankful 

for my camera, and especially the new digital cameras,

cause you can take all the pics you want and then just

delete those you don't want,  what a wonder!!

They are so wonderful,  they can make anybody become
 a better photographer cause you can practice all you want

without it costing you a dime. Certainly works for me!!

( I've been playing with photoshop again,  this is a colored pencil affect).

#3

I am thankful

for Photoshop.............it is just fun.............love playing with the

affects,  yet have soooo much to learn,  but it is a hoot,  and

you can do a lot of things with it besides putting affects on.

#4

I am thankful

that God made beautiful and assorted flowers for us

to feast our eyes on and enjoy so much.

All these pics came from a bouquet Jerry gave DeeAnna.

I thought they were so beautiful!!

#5

I am thankful

for all the variety and colors that God surrounds us with
 on a daily basis.  His creative hand is just overwhelmingly
amazing!  and to think he paints a new sunrise and sunset
 daily,  and no two are ever the same!
  I call that Awesome!!

Same pic with a paint daubs affect

#6

I am thankful

for time,  and that God gives us times to rest,  like

bedtime,  and Sundays,  or just a lil nap every so

often...........what a pleasure.

#7

I am thankful

for my bed,  it is one of my most favorite places to be......
when I am tired!!

 Equalized and posterized affect

#8
I am thankful

we finally got our yard done, even tho, we did have to do some
 of it in the sprinkling rain.  lol
Actually, it was kind of fun,  makes you feel like a kid again!!
Had to wash my hair anyway,  so it was perfect timing.   lol
 It has been pouring every night before now.

#9

I am thankful

for a wonderful Christian lady named Beth Moore.  She is like
a dynamo for Jesus!!  She is a wonderful teacher and I just
heard her this morning, telling this wonderful story about some
thing that happened to her,  and she used it to illustrate a
wonderful point about how God is always ready to
comfort us in our times of need.

I decided to do a post on it for next Monday 8-22-11.
So come on by .............

 equalized posterized affect

#
10
I am thankful
that I got to spend some time talking with a long time
friend who has been feeling so bad she hasn't felt like
talking......still has the problem..... just having a better day.

#11

I am thankful

a cute new purse I got a couple of weeks ago, and

am gonna finally use it for the first time.  It has 

ruffles on it,  so cute!  It was nice to finally find

the right color too,  it is a cream color,  and 

haven't seen to many casual purses that color!!

 Inverted affect

#12
I am  sooo thankful
for God's leading and his protection. I was going to meet
 hubby after work, and I didn't get too far from home and it
started raining really hard, so I called him and asked him if it
 was raining where he was and he said yes, and looked pretty
bad, so we decided not to go out,  and I headed back home.
It was raining very hard, and about a 1/2 mile from our house
 my windshield wipers just stopped, but then I realized they
were like stuck together, and I was having a very hard time
seeing because the rain was coming down so hard and right
into the front of the car, so I hit the wiper gadget in the car,
 and they moved but then just got stuck worse, now I can
not see in front of me at all,  fortunately there were no cars
 on the road, and I was just praying Lord please just get me
 to the next street, which is the street before ours, then once
I turned I could see cause the rain wasn't coming directly
at me,  but as I was driving home I realized if we had not
decided to come home, I would have been on I-4 which
could have really been bad!!  Cause I could not see a thing!!
So Very Happy to be Home!!
Praise His Name........................

That wraps up my Thankfuls for the week,

Hope you share some of yours too!

Thanks as always, for your visit and

comments,  they bring joy to my heart!

Love, Hugs,  and

End of  School Vacation Blessings,

Nellie

Hope you have a great end of Summer

weekend!!

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