Thankful Thursday February 4, 2016, Completed Winter Family room

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope your first week of February
has been a good one.........

Mine has been mostly good with
a few disappointments, but such
 is life..............right???

I am sharing a few more family
room table tops, and a few areas
that I hadn't completely finished
the last time you saw it.  The fire-
place mantle got different candles,
they went from 3 clear glass with
white candles to 5  gold mercury
glass candles, (wish I had taken a
 pic with the 5 candles lit, looks so
 pretty) and I finished the hearth
 off with candles as well.


So on to Thankful Thursday.


I am thankful

#1

for a fun time with our lil darling on

Friday night.  She was full of energy

and excitement even tho she had a 

bit of a cold........you would have

never know it..........if only you
could bottle and sell that energy
that kids have...........lol

later I moved the snowflake candle

 on the hearth up to the mantle and

 put it in the middle with 2 of the

 gold candle cups, then put a crock

 with pine cones on the hearth.

 looked more balanced

 that way!

#2

that our surprise house guest who

left this morning (Monday), seemed

to enjoy her stay her with us, and was

comfortable and feeling fairly well
 most of the time, as she has struggled

for years with what they call an en-
vironmental illness, which makes
her allergic to so many things! But
she is doing way better now than
 she has for years.  Bless her heart!  

We were blessed to have her here,
and we had some great spiritual
 conversations.  She has authored
a number of books due to her
illness as well.  which I think is
just awesome........and she is only
36 years old.

#3

for shrimp......I have been craving

some for a week, and we finally got 

some on Sat. evening from our local

Publix grocery store.  I have said it

before, but in case you missed it....

if you buy shrimp there they will

steam it for you so you don't have

to stink up your house!  lol

I love that...........they have a lemon

herb seasoning, and that is my 

favorite one.........then I mix up

some ranch dressing with a lil

lemon juice and cilantro to dip

it in.........Delicious!!

We had some leftover so gonna

make some shrimp salad out of

it today...........that is some good

eating too................

Did you notice my lil snow covered 

tree ornaments, hanging on the fireplace

 doors. Got them from the dollar store

a few years ago,  perfect for  Winter

 decorating I think!

I enjoy using christmas ornaments that

 don't necessarily look like Christmas

 ornaments all year long.  I hang them

from window latches, and cabinet doors,
and some times just add them to a table
top, as you will see a few pics down, the
lil white sled ornament.

#4

for a beautiful video I rec'd thru
email from a friend about a man
who is planting flags all over
America in honor of our fallen
soldiers.......Beautiful.....
I have never heard of it before
but certainly should have on
the news.................
Be sure to watch the video......
it is very touching, and amazing
to see how it unites people!

One Life, One Flag, One Mile

https://www.youtube.com/embed/GJokaiyJNVA  

This is a shot of our new rug we got last month.

We think it is perfect for our room. Our other 
one was oval and the colors similiar but it had
a few roses around the border.

#5
that Ted Cruz won in Iowa........I was
disappointed it wasn't Ben Carson but
very thankful it was a man who loves
God, this Country and the Constitution
of the United States and stands for a lot
of the same things Ben does. 

With Colored Pencil Affect

#6

for Shrimp salad, waldorf salad and 

peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip 

cookies I made on Tuesday.  It was

all yummy................had the shrimp

salad for lunch with cheese and 

crackers, the waldorf salad w/ Pork 

Chops and beets for dinner, and the

 cookies for dessert of course! 

 Made my Day!!  lol

#7
for "Honey Crisp" apples.
If you have never had one you
definitely need to try them.
I am not a fan of apples unless
they are in a fruit salad, but I
can eat these,  they have such
a wonderful flavor and sweet-
ness.  They made our Waldorf
Salad taste even better than 
usual.......

#8
for a new series we found on
netflix called "When calls the
heart".  We have only watched
2 episodes and I already love
it.  We just finished up one
called "Cedar Cove",  think
it has season #4, but don't
know when we will get to see
 that or not but hope so............
These are such wholesome shows, 
so much like TV used to be years
 and years ago. Wonderful to see
 that they still have things like this.
Think many of them come from
are made in Canada and by 
Hallmark.

#9
that Mimi over at a Tray of Bliss
is gonna continue on blogging,
as I saw a post earlier in the week
where it didn't sound like that was
the case, but before I could let her
know of my disappointment, she
said nothing was gonna change.
So was very happy about that,
as she is a very lovely lady and
friend, and has a lot of great content
 on her blog, so she would surely be
missed............. 

#10
that our kids are all meeting
together in Savannah for a lil
get away weeked.  Our kids are
7 yrs, apart and there were times
we wondered if they would ever
be close, so it makes us happy to
 see them having a good time
 together with them and their
 spouses.  

#11
that we could help our neighbor out
tonight by letting her use our computer
to take a test that she had to get done
by 10 pm. tonight for her online
schooling.  She got it done and was
quite happy about that, and we were
happy to be able to help her.  She
is the neighbor that brings us the
fruitcake.........and other goodies
at times too...........so nice to be
able to do something for her!

#12
for a lovely walk outside this 
morning in the 50 degree temp.
Felt amazing & Invigorating!


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Happy you could come by to hear about 
Another week at Cozy Place................
and to see some more Winter Decorating.

Thanks for stopping by,


Hope Your Friday is Fun........

Your Saturday and Sunday....

 Sunshiny and Sweet!!

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