Thankful Thursday September 14, 2017, more Fall flowers

 “Every word of God is flawless;
 he is a shield to those 
who take refuge in him.

Proverbs 30:5  NIV

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope you have been having a good 
week. This week has been much 
better than last week for sure.....much 
more relaxed and we are incredibly
 thankful to have Power!
This is definitely new for us......as we
are typically without at least 5 -7 days.

Just can't quit saying.....that we are
 incredibly grateful to have us and our
 family and friends go thru this horrific
storm and come out of it okay. From
what we have seen so far, our area
doesn't seem to have taken as hard
of hit, thank goodness!  Course, we
have only see a few areas....mostly
tree debris, have only seen 1 tarp
on a house.....but know there are a lot
 of people without power still. Have
 to say I am a lil disappointed as we 
really wanted to be able to help some-
one else out this time, since we have 
power and in the past we haven't and
 someone has always helped us out, 
 but I have called, emailed and asked
 and gone to homes of total strangers,
where there was no power but no 
takers, and they say they have every-
thing they need or there power comes
back on and I think most people are so
 thankful and relieved that we weren't 
killed or injured or our houses didn't
 take a hit that they have a great attitude 
even tho they have NO power. So...
that is amazing and makes me so
proud of our community.

The first part of this week was 
quite crazy, but it has been quite
serene the rest of the week.
Thank Heavens!

Well, gonna get on with my
 Thankful list..............

Thought I would add some
more Fall flowers....

I am thankful

#1

I was able to prepare a number

of meals prior to the storm just

in case the Lord decided not to

answer our prayers about the

power, but he did....so meats did

not go to waste, and I haven't 

had to worry about heating them

on the grill, and they have been

quite handy, as we have been 

exhausted after this whole ordeal.

#2 and #3

that we came thru the storm

well, with a peace in our hearts 
and no damage to our home and
very lil damage to the yard, and

and our power stayed on which
has never happened in the 36 yrs.
we have lived here (know I said
it before but we are just totally
amazed by it) and it was the 
same for everyone in the
 family.

#4

that they send you tornado

alerts on the cell phone, so

you can take shelter. We had

quite a few as Irma was

 arriving.

#5

for our sweet neighbor who

came over and helped us cut

up all the big limbs that fell 

off our big maple tree.

#6

that we got most of the clean

up done today (Tuesday)
 Our front yard had debris  from
 all our trees everywhere.  So
 have to do more tomorrow,
 but want take near as much
 time.

#7

that so far everyone we know

about has done well in the

storm with very lil damage.

#8
for all who prayed for us and
for Florida, and for all those
who contacted us afterwards
to make sure we were okay.
What a blessing!
Many Many thanks!


#9
that our grocery stores opened
up again today,  (Wednesday).
Although, we heard there were
a lot of empty shelves, as they
had to throw out a lot of stuff.

#10
for a fun time with lil darling
today......(Wed.)


#11
for some Meyer Lemon cookies
 hubby discovered and brought
 home from our local Publix 
grocery store before the storm.
  They are so delicious..........

#12
to be in A/C around the clock,
when we would typically be
burning up in these 90 degree
temps, for warm showers, instead
of ice cold ones, not having to
get our food out of a cooler, and
 being able to see without flash-
lights or candles and that once the
 storm was over, it was pretty much
 back to life as usual in some ways,
 altho I think we are a lot more con-
templative of what an awesome
God we serve..... and even more
appreciative than before, of all 
that we have, but also knowing
that we could live without it
if we needed to.....it is definitely
not the most important things
in life.

Well, that is it for our week
at Cozy Place..........


Glad you could come by.
always nice to know you
were here.


Keep your light shining
brightly!

Love, Hugs, and
Hurricane Recuperation
Blessings,

Nellie


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