Welcome to Thankful Thursday - March 29, 2012 Happy Birthday to me!!

Good Morning Sweet Friends,

Hope you have a had a wonderful week!!

I have to say mine has been great!! Today is my birthday

but we have sort of been celebrating all week,  and this

will pretty much be what my post is all about.  Some of

you love hearing the details...........  so here are some.

I wrote most of this on Wednesday cause my heart 

was so full of joy I could hardly contain it............

 so I wrote about it, which leads to my......

#1

I am thankful 

for a lovely lovely birthday celebration at  Dee and Jerry's 

on Tuesday night.  We all had such a great time,  it actually

 felt like it was my birthday,  and they had to remind me I 

wasn't quite 60 yet, and that I had a few days left still.

Being with my family is the best treat you can give me.

Took the camera,  but once we all get gabbing and

having fun I never think to use it!!

#2

I am thankful

that Dee and I had some one on one time together

as she was doing my hair.  My love language is

quality time, so spending time one on one with a

loved one or friend really rings my chimes. and

my hair looks great to boot!!  lol

#3

I am thankful

for a delicious dinner of grilled shrimp and scallops,

 baked potatoes with the works,  a lovely salad and rolls.

A birthday cake made by my sweet girl, with yummy yellow

 funfetti cake with chocolate frosting, along with moose

 tracks frozen yogurt.   Um Um!

#4

I am thankful

for the precious and lovely cards they gave me, and

for the Wii system all the kids gave to me and hubby, a

 few weeks ago for both our birthdays,and we are really

 having fun with it. I told them we can't wait till they come

over on Easter so we can challenge them to a game of

 bowling!  lol  We will be really practiced up by then!! lol

  I also rec'd 2 pretty cotton nightgowns, some adorable

 blue earrings and a new book called "Captivating", a 

Kohl's gift card, and some plants, one of which looks

great on my porch.  

#5

I am thankful

for 4 birthday cards I rec'd from ladies in my bible study 

group, so unexpected, 1 card from a friend, and 2 lovely

 ecards from friends, and1 facebook wish,  and gees,  it isn't

 even my birthday yet......................so I am beyond blessed!

#6

I am thankful

for my sweet hubby and all the sweet things he has done for

 me and given to me this week. He has really put on his thinking

 cap,  and done an amazing job I have to say.

#7

I am thankful

for my wonderful children and their wonderful spouses,

 and am blessed to be their Mom,  they truly are all such

sweeties and such a blessing to us as parents.

#8

I am thankful

I am turning the big "60",  as I am rather in awe of it.

Can't believe I made it here so quickly, yet,  am so

grateful for all the Lord has taught me, and all I can still 

do at this age.  God is good!

#9

I am thankful

that I still have a birthday dinner date to look forward to

 with a dear friend in April   It will be a wonderful time to 

catch up as we haven't seen each other for over a month.

#10

I am thankful

for all the healing that is taking place in my body thru doing

 these breathing exercises,  I could never have imagine this in 

all my wildest dreams.

Really...................

#11

I am thankful

for a wonderful movie we saw last night called "Octoberbaby". 

Wow, it is quite a movie,  and has such a very interesting and

 unique story line and is very moving and powerful. 

 We highly recommend it....don't miss it if you have the 

opportunity to see it. Bring your hanky tho!

But it has a great ending................

it just came out in Florida theatres last Friday.

We would give it 5 stars or more for sure!!

#12

I am thankful

for what a terrific morning I am having, cause this is my actual

 birthday, so far, hubby gave me another sweet card,  J'lo perfume,

that smells wonderful, and some drinking glasses (that I requested),

 and this was on top of his gifts from Tuesday. I have had an email

 from Dee,  and about 13 facebook wishes,  from old friends and 

church family.  I am feeling  like a celebrity and the day has hardly

 begun.  Tonight we are getting take out from Carrabbas and hubby

 is picking up Rosie our grandaughter dog,  she is coming to stay

 with us for the weekend since her Mommy is in an out of town

wedding................So I'm happy!  Rosie always puts a smile

on my face too!
 It is now afternoon and I just got off the phone. My sweet
SIL Susan who I am very thankful for as well, and our friend
 Becky (from over at Junk to Joy) called to wish me a Happy
Birthday.  Was great to get a chance to talk with Becky as I
haven't seen her much cause of all the wedding adieu, naturally!
It is coming very soon!!  She is gonna run by in awhile so
 looking forward to seeing her, as she like all my friends are
a tremendous blessing to me,  as are you my bloggy friends.

Sometimes the Lord's blessings are simply overwhelming!!
I got 5 more phone calls,  and 19 more facebook messages,
two more cards and another gift, and another ecard, and 7
 wishes from my bloggy friends.  What a day,
 someone pinch me,  I am just undone by all this!!  lol


Thank You to Everyone who has just made my birthday
the warmest and most loving birthday ever.....................
Yall are the just the greatest!!

and last but definitely not the least........

#13
I am so thankful
for my relationship with the Lord because I have no
idea where I would be without Him, but I definitely
know it would be NO PLACE GOOD!

Well, there you have it!!

Hope this in no way comes across as being bragadocious,

because that is sincerely not my heart at all..........it is just so

 hard not to share joy with your friends,  and so many of you

have truly become just that,  and I would indeed want to

hear your happy moments as well.  What good is joy

or sorrow if we can't freely share it with others..........

Thanks so very much for coming by, 
 I always love hearing from you.

Am hoping you have a Fabulous Friday
 and a Wonderful Weekend,

See ya next week!

Love,  Hugs, and

Joyful Blessings, Nellie

Warm Fuzzy Tuesday #6

Good Morning to you,

Hope your day is starting well, so far!

Mine is.........have a lot of get accomplished early today 

since I have to leave by 3,  going to Dee's early so we

can do my hair,  and then the rest of the family is 

coming later for my Birthday celebration.  No, today

is not the day,  it isn't until Thursday,  but Dee is in

an out of town wedding next weekend so this worked

out best of her,  and for everyone really,  just makes

my celebration last longer.  Our family is into that,

we make it a week long celebration.  Hey,  it only

happens once a year,  so we think lets make the

best of it....right!!  lol  Just adds more fun to life,

and anything we can do to add more fun to life

 works great for us..................lol

Plus I get to see most all of my fav people in one

place at the same time,  doesn't get any better

than that for me!!

Finally, my creative abilities kicked in last

Friday,  so finally finished my Spring decorating.

  The thing that was giving me trouble is that I like

 my new white livingroom,  but a lot of the things I 

used in that room, I typically use in the Family room

in the spring and summer, so...............since I didn't

 want to dismantle the livingroom yet, I had to come

 up with plan B................so fortunately,  I finally did

 and am quite happy with the results.  Will probably

show you some next Tuesday.

Well,  guess I had best share what my Warm Fuzzy 

is for today

"It is having fresh flowers"

as yall know if you have been to my blog very much,

I love love love flowers, so whether they are a gift, or

 I buy them, or they come out of my yard or someone

elses , they just plain make me  happy........

 and give me the warm fuzzies.

So..........tell me what gives you

"The Warm Fuzzies"

Thanks for coming by, 

truly love hearing from you!

Have a lovely day,

Love, Hugs,and 

Warm Fuzzy blessings,

Nellie

Welcome to Thankful Thursday - March 22, 2012

Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous deeds, among all peoples.

For great is the Lord and most worthy

of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 96:3-4

Hello Spring  Sweet Peas......

What cha' been up to??  Wow, haven't 

used that terminology since High School!! 

 At least I can still remember it.............lol

Been decorating for Spring??enjoying the 

weather?? or just maybe having a dose of 

Spring Fever??  Hope not on the last one!

I just came in from off our porch, been sitting out there
reading my bible and journaling and listening to the many
birds singing, the trees rustling and watching some Sand
Hill cranes flying over making there unusual sounds, and
a swarm of birds flying every which direction like they
were in a bug eating frenzy, never seen that up close
and personal before, so very interesting!
It was truly delightful I have to say and think it is
my first thankful for the day,  sitting on the back
porch it is a good thing as Martha would say!! lol

#2

I am thankful

for the wonderful time we all had at

Dee and Jerry's celebrating my honey's

birthday.  We left saying wee, wee,
wee all the way home!!  lol
You'll see why on my next thankful!!

#3

I am thankful

for the Wii system the kids gave to both

of us for our birthdays,  as it has some new

exercise routines we can do,  but is also a

fun thing for all of us to do when we get

together.  So far, we have bowled together,

and hubby and I have done a 20 and 30 minute

exercise routine on the wii from the biggest

 loser show.  It's a workout I tell you, but 

one we can do............

Last night hubby and I bowled a game,
and played baseball.  I always loved base-
ball when I was a kid,  and I love going
bowling but since my pinched nerve and
neck problem virtual bowling is the only
bowling for this girl............so that has
been a hoot I have to say!!

Oh I missedspelled it,  we said wii, wii, wii,
all the way home!!  lol
Hope your laughing that was suppose to
be funny!!  lol

#4

I am thankful 

that my Dr. told me about these breathing exercises

 I can do.  I do just a few deep breaths about every

 10 mins. over the waking day, and I am amazed, 

 my lower back pain has gone away within 2 hours

of starting it.  I am amazed!  and certainly

plan to continue.  I started doing this on Monday
and now it is Thursday and my back has been
great all week!  PTL

Will keep you posted as I see how it goes....

#5

I am thankful

for this new salad mix I found at Publix quite by

 accident this week.  I thought I was just buying brocoli

 slaw cause that is what it looked like and when I got it

home,  it came with the dressing,  and bacon, cranberries and 

sunflower seeds. You just mix it all togehter and it is really

delicious.  The dressing has a very faint taste of orange,  but

 it is really delightful.

Just in case you are interested I saved the bag so I

 could tell you about it.

It is made by Taylor Farms,  and comes in a 

cellophane bag over in the produce dept.of Publix. 

 It is called "Garden vegetable chopped salad". 

 and like I said it looks like Brocoli slaw.  Try it,

 I think you will really like it,  and it's so easy

 and so good!!

#6

I am thankful

for an early birthday ecard I got today from

a dear friend.  She is always so thoughtful,

and she has a March birthday as well.

Actually,  her's is before mine,  She is a

week early.............that's fine with me just

starts my celebrating early!!  lol

#7

I am thankful

that all my Winter stuff is down,  and I am

working on putting up Spring decor now.

Not getting anywhere fast I might add. lol

#8

I am thankful

for a nice pants outfit I found on Monday

evening and rather quickly too, and if you have been

to my blog much you know how I really do not like

 clothes shopping, stuff for my home yea, but not clothes

 shopping. Hubby must have been praying hard!!  lol

 I had gift cards leftover from Christmas that I saved for

 spring shopping, since I didn't feel I really needed anymore

 Winter things since it was so warm this year. The top is 

orange/red tunic style top. I hear orange is in this year, 

 so might just be fashionable for once,  not that I really

 care! I just want to look nice.........so was very happy

with my find,, course, it wound up being partially a

birthday present too cause the cashier had an issue

with one of the gift cards and didn't speak english

very well...................so ya know how that goes.

#9

I am thankful

that Dee and Jerry loved their steam mop,  and she

says their floors look great.  She has quite a bit of 

white tile, and a friend of mine had that same situation

and she had a steam mop and loved it,  so figured

it would be put to good use, for sure.

#10

I am thankful

that Dee and Jerry have offered to have my birthday

celebration at their house as well.  So really looking

forward to it,  and she is really enjoying being a 

hostess,  and we are so enjoying being hosted!! lol

So we are a good match!!

#11

I am thankful

for a lot of really neat things the Lord has been

showing me lately,  I would share some but they

are rather hard to articulate really.

#12

I am thankful

that a younger friend of mine who just went

thru a breakup is getting some counseling 

and help, as she just seems to keep picking

the wrong type of guys.  She has a major

break thru today,  so am so happy for her.

Well,  that's my thankfuls for the week,

 and I hope you have a few of your own 

to share with us.

Thanks for stopping by, love hearing
from you.................


Love, Hugs, and 
Beautiful Spring Bouquet
 Blessings to you,
Nellie

Tablescape Thursday - Playing.....First Spring lunch and breakfast table

Happy Spring Sweet Friends,

Finally,  it has arrived, how wonderful,

hope you are as happy about it as I am!

So how ya been???  Celebrating???

Decorating??? or just plain enjoying

the weather and season???

I am gonna start decorating today!  Was gonna start

 yesterday but just never got around to it for some reason.

Guess I am just procrastinating......you know it is just the

getting started thing............I am still thinking in my mind

about things,  but once I get the stuff out it comes together,

I should know that by now.........right!!  lol

However, a few weeks ago when hubby gave me the

roses I thought I should make the best of it and do a

tablescape with them as a centerpiece,  so was feeling
creative and  decided to do a lil playing and
 here is the results.

This tablecloth was on the table and I was gonna

just use it,  then I thought NO,  I am ready for some

spring colors,  so..............

 I broke out the green and white check one, and did a lunch
or dinner table first.

Love the peach with the green and white.

peachy pink glasses with pale green napkins compliment the
 rosebud plates.

Roses from hubby, wire basket from my SIL turned
 upside down to set the flowers on to give them
 a bit of height.

Little green pots I found at Target and used as candle
holders on my porch before our redo this year!

 A Colored pencil affect.  I love these pics.

An overhead shot,  with the candles blazing...............

watercolor/posterized affect

 Always love some candlelight day or night.
With lights out.................

put the lil white dishes inside the pots with a candle.

********
Then I decided to play some more, and change it
up a lil and make a breakfast table.

Added my favorite mugs

some candlelight too,

posterized affect!

Added some yummy looking faux food!!   lol

got to have some cream and sugar
for your coffee, of course!

Same pic with Gradient map affect

breakfast is over...........do you see the smoke rising
from the freshly blown out candle.
This was an accidental photo blessing................lol

Hope you enjoyed my play ground!!


Have a lovely spring day,
Look forward to hearing from you!


Am linking up to Susan over at
 between naps on the porch,
 so just click here to see more
 fun tablescapes.


Hugs, and
Lovely Spring Blessings 

Nellie

Monday Manna - Delight yourself in the Lord

Happy Monday to you!
Hope you had a lovely and restful
 weekend, and are all ready for
 a brand new week.


We had a very lovely weekend and restful week-
end ourselves,  and are ready for the new week.
We had a very nice time over at Dee and Jerry's
celebrating hubbies birthday on Friday evening,
Sat. we just did some things around the house
that needed doing,  and Sunday was our usual
day,  and a really good one at that!


Happened to come across this lil blurb I wrote 
awhile back on one of my favorite verses this morning
 and decided I should post it, as it might encourage
someone today.  I have found that verse to be true 
when I do what it says............and that is the key!!


So hope this spurs you on......

Delight yourself in the Lord and

 He will give you the desires of you heart.

Psalm 37:4

I don't know about you,  but I really like what that Psalm says, 

 God will give me the desires of my heart,  if I delight in Him. 

 Wow,  that is an amazing thought!

 What exactly does it mean " to delight yourself in the Lord?

The Merriam Webster Dictionary says "delight"  means a high

 degree of gratification, joy, also extreme satisfaction, or something

that gives great pleasure.

The Cambridge Dictionary says it means (something or

some one that gives) great pleasure, satisfaction or happiness.

The Message Bible says, "Keep company with God, get in on the best.

My favorite is The Good News Translation and it says, seek your

 happiness in the Lord,  and he will give you your heart's desire.  

 I think that really describes it well........Seek your happiness in the Lord.

  We sometimes tend to try to seek our happiness anywhere and every-
where and in everything other than the Lord.  That is surely a problem
that would need to be rectified if we are to experience His "giving us
the desires of our heart."  But note that as a good Father he is only
going to give his children the desires He knows are good for them.

Of Course,  that should not be our reason for seeking after the Lord
with all our heart.  Would we want our children to seek us out and
 spend time with us just for what we can give them?? Of course not,
 we want them to want to be with us,  just because we are their
 Mom or Dad and they Love us! 

 Should  the God of the whole universe expect
 any less from us??


Something to think about!!

Have a Marvelous Monday!


See ya tomorrow!


Delighting Blessings to you!
Nellie