Welcome to Thankful Thursday - January 12, 2012 & rest of pics from Holy Land Experience

All pics in this post are from the Holy land experience parking lot!

Evening Sweet Peas,


Hope you have a had a good week.
Can't believe tomorrow is Friday already!


Well, I am whipped....I had a full day.
My bible study started back up today,
so that would be
my 
#1

I am thankful

that we are back in session again, my 

fav part today was 2 wonderful testimonies

we heard from a couple of our ladies.

Really blessed my heart...........

Would share them, but they are too long

and involved, and I am just too tired! lol

Then.........

After bible study,  I ran to Target and got
some things,  then got my fav smoothie for
lunch, then ran to Publix supermarket where
I ran into a lady that goes to our church.


#2
I am thankful
for the nice chat we had that lasted over
an hour in the parking lot.  We have always
liked each other, and talk a blue streak on
those ocassions when we see or talk to each
other, as we have a lot in common, and I was
 thinking afterwards we really should have them
 over sometime, cause we are really on the same
wave length.




#3
I am thankful
that I ran into another lady at Publix that was
 a stranger, in a Michaels store back in November,
  She and I got talking while we were looking at
chargers for the table and we spent about an hour
or so trying to figure out what she could do for a 
Thanksgiving table, since she was having company.


  Can't help but think the Lord is up to something cause,
 this is the 3rd time I have just run into her now, at
3 different stores, and we always have a lovely and
usually long conversation for a bit. 
 Very nice older than me,  lady.
Can't just say older lady anymore, cause
I am an older lady now..................lol

#4

I am thankful

that I didn't break my toes when I hit the rollers

on my gazelle this week,  as I hit them very hard

and did bruise them up,  but thankfully that was all.

#5

I am thankful

that when I hit my toes and threw coffee all over

the couch at the same time,  that we were able

to get it all off the sofa, and there were no spots

or anything.  A miracle as far as I am concerned,

cause it was a mess.

#6

I am very thankful

for our shop vac, cause that is what helped us get the
stains out,  we sort of soaked it with cold water and 
just sucked it up.........it is old as the hills but still works
 it's magic,  from sucking up water or dirt to spider webs, 
 to dog wee to coffee or whatever stains.  It has been a
 priceless asset to this household.
and I truly think the Lord is the power behind the
shop vac success story,  since we are usually praying
like crazy that it works........................
and it always does!!

#7

I am thankful

that I finally have all my Christmas decorations
down and packed away till next year,  always
a relief once it is done,  now I can get on with
getting the house prettied up again!!  lol

Didn't get anything done today,  but once
I finish this post I am going to sit down
with some decorating books for inspiration,
and hopefully, have a plan for tomorrow.

#8
I am thankful
that our church office emailed me late Tuesday
afternoon that they had found my watch I lost
 somewhere between home and church 9 days ago!
 It was a favorite too!
 So What a blessing and delight that was.
I picked it up today and it is in great shape.
So happy to have it back.

#9
I am thankful
that the Lord answered prayer about a dear
friends father who was dying with brain cancer,
and that the Lord took him home,  so he will
no longer be suffering,  a huge relief for my
friend.

#10

I am thankful

and ecstatic about a young man named, Tim

Tebow who plays football for the Denver Broncos, 

 some of you know who I mean, I am sure! 

He is like a modern day Daniel from the bible,

  and it is absolutely thrilling to see how the Lord

 is using him. It is such a pleasure to see a sports

 figure that has a good walk with the Lord, and 

manifests moral values  like honesty, integrity,and

 he is hardworking,  loving, and a very unselfish

 young man,  someone our young

people can really look up to as a role model.

  I pray for him daily as he has a lot of pressure

and negativism surrounding him in the news

media,  and I am sure that is just the tip of the

iceberg of what he might go through.  Yet

I am happy to report there are tons of people like

 me, who love him, and are saying great things,

and when is the last time you saw the news

media quoting scripture,  John 3:16, to be

exact...................How Wonderful!

Our country can sure use some of that

for sure...........Go Tim!! 

 We hope your team wins on

Saturday, and it just brings the Lord

more honor and glory!!  We know that

is your goal...............

#11
I am thankful
for some old and dear friends of ours that
are now realtors, course, she has been,  since I very
 first met her in a model home 31 yrs ago, when she
 invited me to her church back when we first moved here.
Her hubby is somewhat new to it, but they are a great team
 from what I am hearing, and of course,  I am not surprised.
  They are helping Dee and Jerry find their first home, and as
a parent that is a huge relief to know they are in good hands.

#12
I am thankful
that she invited me to her church, because a few weeks
later we took her up on the offer,  and have been there
every since.  Only wish they were still there..........
People use to think we were sisters cause we look a
lot a like,  and she and I have similiar personalities,
and we love both of them,  they are great people.
Think we might get to see them soon,  it has been
a long time,  so that would be such fun!!

Well,  that's my list, and I am sticking to it!!  lol


Hope you enjoyed Holy Land Experience's rendition
of Noah's Ark animals,  we thought they were
quite cute ourselves.....................




Have a fantastic weekend full of all the 
People Places and Things you enjoy the most!




Thanks for your visit and comments, 
always encouraged by hearing from you!




Love, Hugs
and Noah's Ark Blessings,
Nellie