Welcome to Thankful Thursday - January 5, 2012

Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.
psalm 34:3

A Great Good Morning to You,

Hope this finds you feeling fine!


I am doing well.....we had a fun time with the
family last night celebrating our new son-in-loves
birthday.  His fav meal is picnic fare,  hotdogs,
hamburgers, fries, and the like,  and he did want
salad for veggies,  so we all enjoyed a winter
picnic and loved it!
So 

#1
I am thankful

for our new son-in-love Jerry,  yesterday (4th)

was his birthday and we are all celebrating

tonight as a family,  and so looking forward

to it.  He has the same birthdate of my late

mother-in-law and my late brothers name.

Isn't that neat...........and He is just the kind 

of guy you want for your daughter!! 

Earlier this week we knew a cold front was
coming thru so had to get prepared
So
#2

I am thankful

for these lovely bouquets of bougainvilla.

Since we were having a freeze and had

to bring them in,  I had to prune them back,
and happily harvested all the flowers, hence
the lovely blossoms that are brightening

up my kitchen.

#3

I am thankful

for the cold weather,  we have been at

freezing for a few nights,  but it is nice to

be able to bundle up for a change.

Course, unlike most of you that are in

cold weather,  we will get a break over

the weekend,  until mid week next week

when we get another cold front.

(Colored pencil affect)

#4

I am thankful

for a fun evening out with my hubby last night,

 food shopping and going to dinner at Outback.

They have updated and changed their restaurant,

so that was nice too.

#5

I am thankful

for my sweet son, Scott,  he used his day

off last week to come over and build a potting

bench for us,  and he did a great job.... it is

so sturdy so should last a long time.  It 's nice

to have a place to put my pots and stuff again,

and it looks so much neater!! and am looking
forward to using it in the spring.

#6

I am thankful

Dee is coming over early today to do my hair

and to get ready for Jerry's celebration. Haven't

seen her,  Jerry, Megan or Rosie since Christmas.......

so I am beginning to get withdrawal symptoms!!  lol

So will be great to see them all.

#7

I am thankful

I can start taking my Christmas decoration down

tomorrow.  Figured I wouldn't try till after Jerry's

birthday so I didn't have that pressure or have

the house looking all stripped.  I actually like to

leave them up into the first week of January,

Then I am really ready to take them down.
Then one lady said on her blog that she didn't
 take her christmas stuff down till after 
Three Kings Day,
 which is Jan. 6th (today).........so thought that
 is great! Knew their was some reason I liked
 leaving them up longer..................lol

#8

I am thankful

for popcorn,  it is a great wholegrain and

is so delicious,  and makes a great snack.

Posterized affect

#9
I am thankful

for a really sweet email from a young bloggy

friend yesterday that was truly an encouragement

to me to keep on blogging............

#10
I am thankful

for photoshop, cause it is just a wonderful

tool,  and I love playing around with it

and getting different affects for my pics,

which you can see here!!  lol

and of course, it  has a cropping tool

as well,  which many times can really

enhance your photos.

#11

I am thankful

for my wood laminate floors, not only are they

beautiful but they are a real back saver, since

they are so easy to clean.  Way better than

the solarium flooring we used to have, altho,

I loved it, but I would throw my back out 

every time I had to clean it, then hubby started

 helping me,  which definitely made it better,  but 

still had some problems, so this is way better!

  Let's here it for laminate flooring!!  lol

posterized

 This is another flower from our yard,  I called it a Mimosa tree,
 and it has these neat lil flowers that look like powder puffs, 
 in fact,  when I was a lil girl we had one in our backyard and
 we used to pretend we were putting on powder with them.
Ours were pale pink, yellow and white.




#12
I am thankful
for this tree because of the good memories it invokes
from my childhood,  but also, because my son grew
it from a cutting off his grandparents tree when he
was a young boy, and it reminds me of him every
time I walk in my back yard.  It is like a precurser
to what he would do when he grew up.  He has
his education and works in the agricultural field,
and at one time, worked as a Grower that provided
 all those pretty flowers you see and probably buy 
at Home Depot.  He is not presently working as a 
Grower,  but he helps Growers,  but in his spare
 time he is still growing his own plants,  and they
 are all beautiful.  Can you tell I am just a lil bit
proud of him!!  lol

 Here is a nice side shot, so you can see the powder puff affect.




#13

I am thankful

for my new red robe Jim's gave me for Christmas.

It is one of those real soft and cozy ones, and has

certainly been pressed into service with all these 

cold days.  It is so light, it feels like you are 

wearing  almost nothing.  I just love it!! lol

I am wearing it right now as I type this last

Thankful on Friday morning.  Didn't get finished

last night like I thought I would.................

These lil raspberry looking things are what the powder
puffs look like before they open,  I cut some off to use as
 decorations on a wreath for Jerry's birthday table, figured
 they were gonna freeze anyway might as well enjoy
them a lil longer..................




Well,  Sweet Folks,
that is my blessing list for this week.  Hope you
have your own,  and will share a few with us.


Thanks so much for coming by and sharing
a comment with me.


Love, Hugs,
and Bougainvilla Blessings,
Nellie


P.S.  Don't know why this is all gapped up,
tried to fix it but can't.  Every once in awhile
everything just seemed to go kafluey and
you have no idea why......................lol
Have a great Day!!