Thankful Thursday - April 16, 2015 and Peach Shortcake

Peach shortcake ......
See Thankful #8 for the how to..........

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
as you teach and admonish one another
 with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms,
 hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude 
in your hearts to God.

Colossians 3:16


Greeting Sweet Friends,

What cha' been up to this week?
Something good,  I hope.......

It was a pretty normal uneventful week here
up until Wed. night.....
part of the reason I am late again!!   lol

Wed. night hubby found an ugly brown stain on
 the ceiling of our master bathroom - about the
 size of a salad plate or lil bigger.  Think it must
 have happened Tuesday nite, as we had a really
 bad downpour and then soaking rain that lasted
 all night, cause just can't believe we would not
 have seen it sooner if it had been there before 
that. Called the roofers that did our roof almost
 10 yrs. ago after 3 hurricanes in a row. They
came out yesterday afternoon. He thinks he 
found where the leak is, and is suppose to
 come back and seal it today, but haven't seen
him yet, but we also got really bad news.  
Our supposed 30 yr lasting roof, evidently
 has never sealed properly. He could just
 lift the shingles up and could see debri
underneath, and said they could easily 
blow off if we had any high winds, and he
 found that over a large area, and thinks it 
could be our whole roof. So we are having 
to file a warranty claim, which sounds good,
 but we think it is not the greatest.
 Since we have had the 
roof for 10 yrs,they will pro-rate the shingles,
which is fine, but you get nothing for labor, 
and the roofer said it was an adhesive
 failure......hmmm!
So that means after 10 yrs. of this Florida 
heat and sun beating on our roof almost daily,
and the shingles never sealing we could have
 had or could have a calamity at any time. 
Also, if they do honor the warranty they want
to give you a credit to get more roof shingles
 from their Company. I said are you serious...
why would I want to do that??
When their materials failed, and they aren't
 even willing to make good on it.??
We didn't expect to have to worry about
our roof for another 15-20 yrs, so this is
quite a shock,  Also the leak was caused
 by a nail that wasn't all the way pounded in, 
 and no one has been on our roof since they 
roofed it 10 yrs. ago, accept the painter that
 was up there recently to paint our chimney 
but he was not in that area at all.  So we are
 gonna be praying and thinking on this over
 the weekend to see what we should do about
all this. Love how they tell you that you have
 a 30 yr. warranty when you really don't, but
 you don't know these things until after the
fact.  Live and learn, I can tell  you if we have
 to get a whole new roof we will definitely be
 asking to see the warranty before one shingle
 goes on this roof.  Think we will be checking
warranties closely on anything we buy from
now on.........but who woulda thought!!  


Like the old saying goes
 "Life is what happens when you are making
 your plans"  lol


One a brighter note, I finally took my Easter
 things down yesterday just need to get them 
packed away, then will be changing some
 things around which should be fun....
and..... I could use some fun!!  lol


Guess I will get on with Thankful Thursday!

 

I am thankful

#1

for a really fun evening with some friends 

from our church. We just love these folks,
they are full of wisdom and do not have one
 ounce of self pity, even tho, they have and
 are going thru tough things at times.
We have such great conversations and we
 always laugh so much when we are with
 them, and they bring out our funny side too.

They are truly a joy!

If there were only more people like them,

what a great world it would be............

With posterized affect.


#2

that Dee and Jerry had a back up buyer

for their townhouse,  cause the first buyers

didn't  get approved.

#3

that Dee and Jerry finally have a contract on

 a really nice home they want to buy,  not the

 one they really wanted.....because it was over

 priced unfortunately, and they would never

get their money back if they had to sell it,

so they are using their

 heads not their hearts in this decision,

 which we think is very wise, and we think

they are gonna love the new home.  It has

everything on their list that they needed

or wanted, and it is move in ready, and

in the same area where they are now,

and they love it there.

#4

that one of our Life Group couples has

offered to have our whole group and their

 families over for a Taco party and swim

 after church in a few Sundays.  Perfect

timing as I was just thinking we should

maybe think about having another get

together since our last one was at

Christmas time.

#5

for a welcome home video I saw this

week, of a soldier coming home from
afghanistan, without the parents 
knowledge,  they were invited to do
the puck toss for a team they have
been season ticket holders for since
1996,  and then of course, they had
their son come out.  The dad was  over-
joyed he hits his knees first then ran
 to his son as the son ran to him, and
then the Dad picked him up and fell
on the ice with his son on top of him.
How he didn't get hurt is beyond me,
but what a joyful and tear jerking 
reunion,  just beautiful.

Hopefully you can watch it
Just click  here. or go to

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/coyotes-shock-family-with-soldier-son--and-it-s-amazing--video-130829038.html

with cutout affect!


#6

for graphic artists and people who design 
packaging of all sorts, some times I just
 see such beautiful or cute packaging and it 
just makes me smile.  Look below and you 
will see some packaging I thought was just
adorable.  Can you guess what it is????

Aren't these just the most darling birdies..........

So what is it you say???

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Facial tissues from Target,  and they
look so cute in my  bathroom on top
of the potty.........didn't really think
you would want a pic of that!!  lol
I actually put away my normal tissue
box cover till I finish these 2 boxes,
by then we should be in summer!  lol

#7
for a surprise visit from a young friend
and her lil son.  She came bearing donuts.
So we had some lunch and then some
donuts and coffee..............She is a really
sweet young woman and has a great heart.


#8
for a yummy breakfast this morning,
 and the reason for the pictures.  I had some
 leftover biscuits, so decided to make some 
peach shortcake.  So warmed the biscuits
in the microwave (always put a damp paper
towel on any bread, cause it keeps or will
 make it moist), dumped some diced Del 
monte peaches on top, then added a scoop
 of vanilla frozen yogurt, and some chopped
 pecans, then decided to add some whip cream,
and remembered I had blueberries, so threw
 some of those on too.  Totally yummy with
a cup of Joe...........

The finished product


#9
my lil buddy who lives across the street
with his grandmother has the possibility
of being adopted by her.  Am so praying
that happens for him, cause he is such
a precious young man, and his 
grandmother really loves him, unlike
his irresponsible parents.



#11
for the leak in the roof, because had we
not had it,  we would not know how fragile
our roof is..........and I am thankful that
 we have had no calamities with this
roof in the last 10 years.  


#12
that as frustrating as it all is....we know
 the Lord will see us through it,  as He
always does..................and thankful
that Romans 8:28 is true,  that God
works all things together for good, for
 those that love HIM, and are called
 according to His purpose

With Film Grain affect



Well, there you have it another 
week at Cozy Place.

Are You hungry yet???   lol

Nice that you could stop in today.
Would love to hear from you........


Love, Hugs, and 
Peach Shortcake Blessings,
Nellie



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