Thankful Thursday - December 18th, 2014 and Christmas Mantle Pictures

 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a 

census should be taken of the entire Roman world.  And

 everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also

went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to

 Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the

 houseand line of David.  He went there to register with
 Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was
 expecting a child. While they were there, the time came
 for the baby to be born,

Luke 2:1-6

Good Morning Sweet Friends,

Hope you have had a better last half

 of the week than I have had..............

Can't believe it's only 5 days till

Christmas!!

Late Tuesday evening I started coming

down with a virus, so have been sick.

The reason for my late post again!!  lol

The headache, sore throat, coughing,

aching all over and exhausted type, 

but I have gotten a lot of rest, and do

feel a lot better this morning, not 

nearly as achy this morning, and the

soreness in my stomach muscles is

way better today, that was from the

coughing, so hoping I can get some

thing accomplished today.  Mainly

gift wrapping is the order of the day,

 only thing that has been wrapped so

 far was what we sent to Dee and

Jerry the beginning of December.

So with that said I will get on with

my Thankfuls which are mostly

 already done, as I start my list early

 in the week and add to it as I go.

All the pictures you see are of our

fireplace mantle.  We took the 

back off of one of our pictures and

wrapped it in Christmas paper and

stuck it back in the frame, and my

plan was to have a sort of a modern 

sophisticated look,  but it sort of

 morphed into kiddie land.

Guess that is the way it should be

now that.....

 we are grandparents!  lol

Well, here we go...........

I am thankful

#1

for a big nudge from the Lord!!

  I was on the way home from the mall and listening 
to all the Christmas music and thinking how neat it is
 that they play Christmas music from the day after
 Thanksgiving till the end of December, just like the
 regular radio stations did when I was a child.

So thought I really need to call or write Z88 (our
 christian radio station) and let them know. When

I got home I actually had an email from Z88, telling 
us why they play Christmas music all season long,

so clicked to answer their email, and told them what
I am telling you. So guess the Lord knew they
needed that encouragement, they also wrote back
to me and seemed very pleased to hear from me.

I am thankful He made it so easy for me,  as I 
might have just  forgotten about it.........

#2
for a Wonderful Christmas Party for our Sunday
 School class last Saturday night 
 We all had a wonderful time.......

With light on


#3
for Pastor Andy Stanley who is  Pastor Charles 
Stanley's son.  We are just about to finish up a
 video series by him in our class and it was terrific,
 so much wisdom. It was called "Guardrails", 
 if you ever get a chance to see it.........do!!
We highly recommend it.

with light off



#4
For a fun night out Christmas shopping.
Mostly hubby did his shopping, as I am
pretty much done.
 I just tried things on ........lol
I mostly wanted clothing, so part of the
 gift is he goes with me,  and gets actively
 involved with helping me pick stuff out and
carries things around for me and gives opinions
on how they look. We have been out several
times now and I have looked online and pretty
much exhausted all the stores where I typically
find things, and I just can't find anything I like.
I am trying to find some new clothing to
wear to church, cause I have plenty of casual
clothing.  We decided to go to another town
nearby that we haven't been to in a long time
where they have a Belk Lindsey store,  found
more in there in the first 10 mins. than I have
found anywhere in months.  Course, still only
came home with a few items,  but hey, at this
point I am ecstatic with one new outfit.

Have to say.....
 I will be singing the halleleujah chorus 
and it will  surely make my Thankful list......
when spandex goes out of style!!   lol

#5
for a fun midnight trip to Denny's afterward
for a SuperBird Sandwich.............call us
crazy but staying up late and doing some
thing different that we don't normally do
Spells FUN to us!!  So it was a Fun night.
What can I say.......we are easily entertained!!

#6
that most everything is done shopping wise other 
than a trip to the grocery store.

Note: I wrote that earlier in the week and now that
I have been sick, boy am I glad that is true.....lol

#7
that if I had to get a flu virus, I am glad I got it this 
week and not next week.  It has had me out of 
circulation since late Tuesday night.

#8
for rest and sleeping well,  and that I am feeling
 a  lil better everyday, still not quite there yet,
but much better today. (Sat)

#9
that Susan got the okay to drive again on Wed.
and actually drove around some that same day.
She is still using a walker, so she is able to get 
the walker in and out of her truck all by herself
 and go do her errands and stuff. 
 She was also able to walk down to get her mail
 with the walker,  which is a lil bit of a trip.
  She is really doing amazingly well, and we are
so proud of her recovery, hard work, and good
 attitude.
You Go Girl!!

#10
that hubby started vacation today,  which means
he will be around to help me get things finished
up before Christmas. What a Blessing!


#11
for the blessing of having him home every year
at Christmas time for at least 9 days or so. It
has always been a Christmas tradition for our
family,  he was usually off most of the time
when the kids were out of school for the
 Christmas break, back when they lived at
 home, so that was always a time the whole
 family looked forward to. 

#12
for this wonderful season of the year, and for the
one it represents, Emmanuel,  meaning God with
us..............what a wonderful thing He (Jesus, 
God in the flesh) has done for us all....and
of course, without Him.......

 there would be no Christmas!



Well,  there you have it another
week of Blessings.

So happy you could come by
and hope you enjoyed your
visit.

With posterized affect


Love,  Hugs, and
Merry Christmas Blessings,

Nellie


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