Christmas Dinner Table 2017

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope your week is going well and you

are looking forward to the New Year!

Really can't believe it has almost been

a year that has passed......definitely lends

some credence to the old saying the older

you get the faster time fly's!!

Figured I would share our Christmas

dinner table with you today before

we get into the New year!

Since I was not feeling great my 

creativity was definitely not at an

 all time high!!  lol

But I did manage to come up with

 something using these handy glass 

cylinders, Christmas balls, faux

 pine, snow and candles.

Figured it out a few days earlier,

 then took a picture of it so I could

 reconstruct it on Christmas day since 

we needed to use the table for

 Christmas eve and Christmas morning

 brunch.  Those tables were done in

 gold white and silver and unfortunately 

I did not remember to take any pictures.

Oh well............

This was taken 

From one end of the table

to the other..............

You may or may not have
 noticed that I used 2 different
 salad plates and 2 different goblets,
 just to change it up a bit and to
 get a chance to use both
 of them. lol

Amazing how the light can change

the colors.  The top pic is the right
color!

Decided just to fold up the dark green

and red plaid napkins and add a bow

to look like a gift.

Red plate and plaid bear for lil

darling......Just realized I forgot

her silverware.....lol

an overview

This has become my fav

silverware....it belonged to

my hubbies cousin who passed

away when she was 26 yrs. old.

It belonged to my late mother-

in-law after that and then when

she passed my Sister-in-law

Susan passed it on to us....

So it is like a family heirloom

as well.........

***************

Glad you could stop in today

and hope you have a lovely

New Years weekend.

Love and Blessings

for A Wonderful New Year!

Nellie

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Thankful Thursday December 28, 2017, Christmas 2017 #3

 that my heart may sing your praises

 and not be silent. LORD my God, 
I will praise you forever.

Psalm 30:12

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope your Christmas celebrations were
all that you hoped for, or better!

We truly had a wonderful time all being 
together! Always so nice to have all the
 chicks back in the nest even if it is just
 for a few days. Such a blessing!

We are still recooping and so happy
hubby has off until the first of the
year.....trying to decide if we want
to do something for New Years or
not......we typically don't....mainly
cause we are just lazy after all
the activity and just want to
 relax before hubby goes back to
work...........lol

Pictures today are from Christmas
this year........

So on with my post...........

#1

Thankful that we were able to get

everything ready for Christmas Eve

and Christmas Day with some time

to rest as well

#2

Thankful my daughter and son-in-love

got here safely from Boca, and had a

good time with his family down there.

#3

Thankful for a great time on Christmas

Eve and Christmas day with our family.

#4
Thankful that my fav chicken and
rice dish came out really great. 
It is called Party Chicken -
Click here if you would like the
 recipe.  Also thankful for the
 leftovers.......it heats up well and
doesn't taste like leftovers at all.

#5
Thankful for all my cards and

gifts I got for Christmas from 

our family.

#6

Thankful for all our sweet neighbors

and the cards and goodies they

 sent us.

#7

Thankful for having lil darling all

day on Wed. since she was out of

school.  She has loved having all

this time with Grampy too, since

he is off from work.

#8 and 9

Thankful they found a rental

car for my daughter and hubby

to get back home.  They made

a reservation weeks before and

got there and they had no cars.

Makes one wonder....why they

bother to make reservations at

all.........but fortunately,  they 

did get a van to drive home in

and very thankful too,  that the

traffic was not bad.....and they
got home safe and sound.

#10 and 11

Thankful that my daughter caught

an important mistake on the paper-
work for listing my Mom's house
 and we were able to get it corrected 
before I signed it.........

Thankful that she and Megan, my
daughter-in-love both know about
these things, and have been a huge
help with this paperwork and stuff.
  Dee is a realtor and Megan works
 for a title company.

#12

Thankful most of all for the birth
 and continuing birthday of our 
Sweet Lord Jesus
 as He was and still is the Best thing
 that has every happened to humanity.

Well, there you have it..... before 
and after Christmas week........


Thanks for coming by......

Wishing You and Yours
A Happy New Year.


Love and Blessings,
Nellie


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Merry Christmas

Happy Birthday Jesus!

and 

Merry Merry Merry

Christmas

 to You and Yours!

Christmas Blessings,

Nellie

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Thankful Thursday - December 21, 2017, Christmas 2017 #2

But the angel said to them,

 “Do not be afraid.

 I bring you good news that will

 cause great joy

 for all the people.

Today in the town of David

 a Savior has been born to you; 

he is the Messiah, the Lord. 

Luke 2: 10-11

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope all your preparations are
starting to slow down and you
are having some time to just
enjoy this lovely season.

I am feeling so much better,
so we got a lot done today, so
we are pretty much caught up!
So thankyou to all of you....
especially you Susan who have
 prayed for me during this time
 of being sick. Your prayers were
surely appreciated and it could
have been a whole lot worse.
Altho, I am not quite there
yet I am rejoicing and enjoy-
ing the preparations and the
season.............

Pictures are of our living
room this Christmas.......
I went a lil red crazy in this
room this year....maybe be-
cause I didn't use any in my
decor this year.......lol

So on with my Thankfuls....#1

Thankful that our Christmas Party

turned out well and we all had a

great time.  We so enjoyed doing

it,  as it has been awhile since we

have done one....

#2

Thankful all the ladies seemed

to love their snowmen we made

for them to take home after the

party.

#3

Thankful for what we consider a

 really huge answer to prayer. It is

 someone we and many others in the
church have been praying for....

for 12 years.....he came to church on

 Sunday.  I didn't get to see him, but 

hubby did (I was home sick) and 

hubby said so many were so happy

 to see him.  Ditto many times over

for us!

#4 

Thankful for being able to rest so

 much because my sweet hubby

 has done so so much to help.

Thankful for the extra special

 blessing he has been during 

this time of my being sick.

#5
Thankful that Dee, Jerry and
Rosie made it safe and sound
to Jerry's parents house.  She
has what I have now and is 
about to lose her voice.  
Prayers please....as they will
be traveling here to us on Sat.
so hope she will get to feeling
better so she can enjoy her
time there and here.

#6

Thankful to be feeling better

even tho I am not totally over

it yet,  do have my voice back,

raspy tho it is..........lol

#7

Thankful that hubby and I

got to go out and do the rest

of our shopping and to dinner
 on Tuesday.

It was so good to get out of

the house after almost 12 days

other than the time I went to

see the nurse at CVS.

#8 and 9

Thankful that my son saw

a deal on something we were

gonna get for lil darling and

got it for us.  That was so

helpful, and thankful that

my daughter-in-love even

wrapped for me.......very
thoughtful...........

#10

Thankful for a series called

"When calls the heart"  we

just finished Season 4,  and

we are so sorry it is over....

we will probably watch it 

again,  it is so good!  lol

#11

Thankful for an easy way

I found to make some pretty

tasty veggie soup.  Am gonna

make some more for Christmas

eve....it was so easy!!

#12

Thankful for a nice long chat
with my cousin who lives in
Virginia.....she is such a sweetie
and lives alone.

Well, that's all folks!!


Have a lovely and Festive Friday
and Weekend........


Gosh, only 3 more days to prepare.


Merry Christmas Blessings,
Nellie


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Make your own Good Housekeeping adorable Snowmen

Hello Sweet Friends,

How are you doing???

  Better than me I hope!!

The last 10 days have been crazy....

feeling good one

minute/ or hour or two, then the next feeling

 bad again! Every time I think I'm coming out

 of the woods with this stuff it just rears it's 

ugly head again!!  I have been feeling good

for 2 fun events and bad for 2 others, so

didn't get to attend those.  It's a bummer,

but honestly I felt so bad I didn't really

care............

Remember I told you that my daughter

and I made a cute and easy craft while

she was here..........well, here are the

ones I kept.  I thought for sure that I

took a pic of all of them,  but can't find

them anywhere.  Already gave 6 of

them away..........but here are 2 of 

then I have left. We found this lil

hat in my stash.....my daughter was

gonna take these but then I found

some blue gingham ribbon and

we made 2 with that and she liked

them so well,  she decided to take

them and thought I should keep

these.............so I did.........

click here to see the video on how 
to make them, or type it in yourself.

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/a42045/snowman-dollar-store-candles/

When I saw the video I never

 saw the list of supplies somehow.

So sort of had to figure it out
 myself....but was pleased with the 
outcome.  the hardest thing was 
finding black twisty ties.

Some people call them candy bag

tie wraps.  Anyway, it was a really

cute, fun, inexpensive and easy craft

to do.............and one that would be

good to do with older children.


Here are 2 of the others.

They went home with lil darling
as she has been admiring them
on the kitchen table for the last
week or so...............

Here are the ones my daughter
decided to keep.

We used permanent black and orange
markers to do the faces,  and I would
recommend drawing the faces near a
sink,  so if you mess up you can just
quickly rinse it off and redry and do
it again.............

So have fun............


Started this post last night and am
feeling better today, so very thank-
ful for that!!


Christmas Blessings,
Nellie


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Scripture Sunday

Compliments of Google Images

Good Morning Sweet Friends,

Here are the verses for today!

 In those days Caesar Augustus issued

 a decree that a census should be taken

of the entire Roman world.(This was
 the first census that took place while

 Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 
And everyone went to their 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 house and 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  NIV

 Merry Christmas Blessings,

Nellie


P.S. Sorry if the print is still
wonky looking,  I have tried
over 6 times to straighten it
out, and who knows maybe
just maybe this time will
do it.......will see!



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