"Every good gift, every perfect gift, comes from above.
These gifts come down from the Father, the creator
of the heavenly lights, in whose character there
is no change at all." — James 1:17
Greetings Sweet Friends,
Hope this finds you well and happy and
recuperating from all the Christmas
Season Celebrations and looking forward
to New Years! Been a fairly quiet week here
since Christmas day, so we have just been
taking it easy and enjoying our still decorated
for Christmas home, we are not ones for
taking our things down till after the New
Year or after 3 Kings day (which is Jan.
the 6th) or some call it Ephiphany, that
is a celebration of when the wise men
went to visit baby Jesus. (Just in case you
never hear of it..... I had never heard of that
until I started blogging and found that some
of our Catholic friends celebrate that, and I
thought that was really neat, and then thought
maybe that's why I never like to take my decor
down early. Instinctive maybe!! lol
Pictures today are of our Christmas table 202l.
Do you see my Oops in the background?? lol
#1
Thankful for a really lovely Christmas, it was about as
perfect as it could get this side of heaven, and with
part of the family missing.......since our daughter and
Son-in-love couldn't come this year, but we did
get to talk, with them of course. We got to enjoy it
with our Son, lil darling and my Sister-in law
Susan, on Christmas Eve due to schedules.........
#2
Thankful for a nice breakfast on Christmas day with
all the same people as on Christmas Eve. So we
had a nice morning and we were tired out after
Christmas eve anyway, so it turned out to be
a restful day, which was just fine.....
#3
Thankful for all the lovely cards and gifts we
received from our family and others.
#4
Thankful we were able to be back in church
this Sunday. Pastor gave a great message
that was probably quite helpful to a lot of
people, I would think......was a nice reminder
for this girl.............
#5 and 6
Thankful for a nice lunch out at Olive Garden
just hubby and I.....and it was quite delicious.
Our friends couldn't go cause they weren't here
as they were traveling back from South Florida.
So we missed seeing them, but looking forward
to when we can get together again.
Also Thankful for the warm, polite, respectful
young man who was our server, he was just so nice
and really stands out in a crowd and was as cute as
could be, and he sent us both home with a bowl
of soup for lunch the next day. Needless to say
he got a good tip............lol
#7
Thankful that we might get to see our long time
friends this week. (She is the one who broke both legs)
and they are supposed to be in the Orlando area this
week, so hopefully we can connect.
That would be great!
Note: unfortunately that didn't happen, as
she wound up not feeling well, her legs were
hurting her a lot, probably overdid it a bit
as they went away to her Sons for Christmas.
We are gonna try again maybe the end of
January, so thankful for that.
#8
Thankful I was inspired to do a New Years
card today, to send to family and friends.
I have never done that before, but since
I didn't send some Christmas cards, I thought
this would be a nice unexpected greeting.
#9
Thankful that our Son and lil darling got to
leave for a camping trip today (Monday)
since he is off work all this week, and she is
still out of school. Looks like a very nice
camp ground too! Hope they have an
awesome time.
Note: They return today after 3 days
of camping....can't wait to hear about it.
#10
Thankful that we got to have a long time friend
over for breakfast on Tuesday. It was a really a
Sweet time of fellowship and lovely time of
catching up in each others lives.
#11
Thankful for this enchanting Christmas home video
I came across this morning (Wed.) I just loved it......
You know if you have been reading my blog for
long that we love Christmas at our house.
It transported me right back to Christmas.
The music and her doggie really helps to make
it so magical. Click here to see it.
Make sure to scroll down just a lil to where it
says Christmas Home Video.....
#12
Thankful for all the Christmas movies
we have watched on "Up Faith, and also
"The Christmas Cookie Challenges" they
had on the Discovery Channel. They
were so much fun! It has been a really
delightful Christmas Season over here
even tho we were under the weather for
part of it.............
Well, that's it for Cozy Place th is week
This is Christmas Edition #5.
Thanks for Visiting
and
Have a Safe and happy New Years Eve!
Love, Hugs and
New Years 2022 Blessings!
Nellie
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Between Naps on the Porch Metamorphis's Monday
This is a delightful post. I do not see your ooops in the photo, please tell. The Scripture you quote is one of my favorites that I have been saying every day when I walk with my dog and see the beauty around me, All Good Things Are From God. My post today also celebrates Christ and our family Christmas.
ReplyDelete#1. Praise our LORD for the Love of family at Christmas and throughout the year!
ReplyDelete#2. Yes! Thank you for breakfast! It was an enjoyable time!
#3. Wonderful gifts indeed! Especially our LORD's Love for us!
#4. Yes indeed! I went to the first service!
#5 & #6. I got take out. I was going to Ruby Tuesday and found they were closed permanently!
#7. She is daily in my prayers! I will pray for the LORD to give her relief for her pain.
#8. What a great idea. I only received four (and sent out four).
#9. WOW! I'm sure they had a great time!
#10. Praise the LORD for your enjoyable time together!
#11. What a wonderful video! I loved the Christmas tree decorated with stuffed animals! I wonder how she kept her sweet dog from getting to them! ha!
#12. Praise our LORD for His joy to us at Christmas and throughout the year!!!
Love you, Susan
Nellie, your table is beautiful! I especially love your tablecloth and those green goblets. You always have such a gorgeous, festive table, and I know the folks who share a meal around it are blessed by being there.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you got your Christmas card. I figured it would be a fun surprise for you to get a card from us. If dear Ruth Cook was still alive I would have you show it to her, so she could see Gabrielle and Garrett all grown up. (She was SUCH an influence on them, and they adored her.)
So sorry you weren't able to get together with your friend. I do hope you will get to see her in January.
With restaurants suffering from a lack of help these days, the waitstaff is overworked (and underpaid), and their stress level is insane. So we've been making it a practice to tip 25% or more.
Blessings and hugs,
Patti
Hello Terra,
ReplyDeleteIt was so great to hear from you. Sounds like you had a great time with your kids. So happy to hear that. Loved hearing your sweet Pastor was hand cranking snowflakes, what a great guy.
I am sure everyone must of loved it, and such a nice and fun surprise.
Thanks for all your sweet comments and thanks for coming by and taking the time to leave them.
Also love the reindeer pic on your blog, it was adorable.
Hope you and yours have a Wonderful New Year in spite of all the craziness going on around us.
Jesus holds all things together.........and he is holding us together too.
Blessings Galore to you and yours,
Nellie
Oh yea, My oops was the bench....it should have been tucked under the table, and there was something sitting on it I think.lol
Glad to hear your granddaughter and son had a nice time camping. Your Christmas table is beautiful. Now onto the new year. Happy New Year. xoxo
ReplyDeleteI love the warm colors of the table adornments. But the attitude of gratitude is what makes your Christmas table even more special. Enjoy your many blessings in 2022!
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