Welcome to Thankful Thursday - March 8, 2012

Whoops I posted and then realized I forgot my greeting!! lol
Soooooo
Hello Sweet Peas............

Truly hope you are all doing well, 
 and having a good week.


Ours has been good, and I will
share that thru my Thankfuls.

#1

I am thankful

for my hubby,  we celebrated his 64th birthday

yesterday,  just the 2 of us.  Since Dee and Jerry

are in the middle of a move,  we decided to wait

on the family get together till they get moved in

as she wants to host it for him.  Also, thankful for

 these pretty roses you see above  that he brought me

 last Friday  You all know how much I love flowers!!

 I  thought they would look pretty in one of my cream

 pitchers, so I cute them short,  shaped them into

a bouquet, wrapped a rubber band around them

and stuck them in,  and they are still going strong.

#2

I am thankful

for a stockman in Walmart on Tuesday, that shone like the light

 of the son,  and I do mean SON.  As I turned onto the aisle I

 encountered him within just a minute or so, he accidentally stepped

in front of me, and was so polite, gentle, and humble that there was 

truly something so captivating about his spirit.  He was probably

in his 40's I would say,  and maybe had some American Indian in

 his heritage possibly, and he wasn't a bad looking fellow, but not

 drop dead gorgeous either,  tho it truly  had nothing at all to do with 

his looks but everything to do with his  warm, genuine, courteous and

 kind way and humble attitude. He literally stuck out like a sore thumb

 but in the most fabulous of ways.

 I was so captivated I  purposefully pretended to be shopping, just 

so I could continue to watch a bit as he spoke to other shoppers.

 He had something kind, nice or polite to say to every person he saw,

 and not really bringing stride as he worked,  it was amazing to watch 

and hear,  He was bending 

down putting stuff on a lower shelf when a lil girl came dancing

 by with her dad,  and he spent a few minutes of sweet con- 

versation as he got down on her level.  I had absolutely NO

doubt he was a Christ follower, in fact, I almost wondered

if It might be Jesus himself,  it was so remarkable.  I just

couldn't leave without saying something to him, so I waited

for his end of the aisle to clear, and went over to him and

 said" It is clear to me that you are a believer and so am I,

 and I just want you to know you are doing a great job,

  and he said well, the Lord has me hear for some reason,

 and I just think everyone needs a lil cheering up, and I 

said I couldn't agree with you more and you are doing 

a fantastic job of  it,  keep up the good work.

He thanked me profusely for the encouragment.

I walked away thinking Lord.........I want to impact

people like that..........I truly do!!

#3

I am thankful

that I got my porch all back together and have pretty much
 spring cleaned my whole house, got a few things left,
 but that is such a great feeling.  A few asked to see it
so I will probably show you once our company leaves.

#4

I am thankful
that hubby seemed to really enjoy his birthday even tho
 he had to work,  I tried to make it fun, at breakfast he got
 to choose one of his gifts to open along with his card,
 then at lunch another one,  and then the other just before
we left to go to dinner at Longhorn's. Dinner was great
 but we wound up not going out to the movies cause there
 wasn't anything he really wanted to see, so we came home
 and watched a movie we had from Netflik called
 "The Shunning" while we exercised.  We are behind
 on that, so trying to catch up before our company
comes in.........which leads to my next thankful.

#5

I am thankful

that we are getting company this afternoon.  Our

previous Pastor and wife, that stayed with us last

year.  So I am sure we are in for some great

fellowship and fun.....................

#6

I am thankful

for running water and wonderful warm showers

especially after we have been working hard

out in the yard...............they are so relaxing

and help with those sore gardening muscles. lol

#7

I am thankful

that we get to go see Dee and Jerry's new

house tomorrow night and this lead me to 

my next .......

#8

I am thankful

we get to keep Rosie while they are doing all

the moving,  not sure how long we will get to

keep her but however long is always a joy.

#9

I am thankful

for all the wildlife we have seen lately.  We

have had visits from Cranes and Ibis lately,

that has been a new thing for us these past

few years. Never used to see them here

before that..................

#10

I am thankful

for Yankee Candles.........I am burning one 

now in our guest bedroom,  and it is starting

to smell wonderful in there,  the fragrance is

called "Beach Walk".  Truly a wonderful

fragrance.................

#11

I am thankful

that God loves me just because I am his,  not because

 of what I do or say.  that is such a comfort because

 many times we don't always feel like we are preforming 

very well.......yet He is always there to encourage or

forgive us if we ask.

#12

I am thankful

I am all dressed and ready  for my company, they

could be here any time now, and have hopefully, a 

few minutes to just finish this post.

Hope you have a great weekend,

See ya next week,

Love, Hugs, and 
Special Blessings to you all,

Nellie