Scripture Sunday

 

This is actually the King James Version.

That is the version I memorized it in.......     

Have a Lovely Sunday,

Nellie        

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Thankful Thursday, April 27, 2023, and Easter/Spring decor in the Foyer and Livingroom

For great is the LORD and most worthy

 of praise; he is to be feared 

above all gods.

1 Chronicles 16:25 NIV

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope this week has been a blessing

to you and yours.

Ours has been mostly a blessing 

to us, even tho, we hear bad news

at times, which keeps us praying,

 If it wasn't for the Lord, His word, 

and prayers going up, I am sure we 

would all be in the pit of depression!

Pictures today are of Spring/Easter 

decorating in our foyer and living room. 

 This picture below is the first thing 

you see when you come in our door.

The wreath in the header picture

 hangs in there too.

So on with my Thankfuls.....

#1

Thankful for finding some chairs, finally, that I wantedto go with our new sofa we got back in early December. I wanted something a lil different and cute and not too wide, so as not to look so traditional and had been looking online for awhile now, but I was also concerned about

 them being comfortable, and if you buy online, of course,you can't try them out either, so was perplexed and just figured I would keep checking around. Once again, we just happened on them at our new Bealls centric store.  Haven't been there for months but we just went there really for something to do and thought we would just check and see if they had any thing we might like.  Looked at all the chairs in the furniture dept, and saw nothing that would work for us, so decided to walk to the back of the store and look at the other home decor things, and as we rounded the corner there was 2 wicker rockers with a lil round table all for less than the one chair I saw online. We were amazed, no only are they so cute they were very comfortable, and came with chair cushions, they are sturdy as well.  So they

came home with us last Thursday evening. Think we are gonna use the table as a stool,  just need to

get a round pillow to top it with.  The Lord

never ceases to amaze us....

#2

Thankful that we also met a lovely hispanic

couple while we were there, and had quite

a fun time talking with them.  We had a lot

in common with them altho they are about

30 yrs. younger than us. We always enjoy

talking with people when we are out.

#3

Thankful for laughter. Little darling and I were

 reading in one of her childrens books for school,

think it's called "The Moffats"  Anyway, this lil

girl had a doll with a certain name.....It's not a bad name..... it is just a very unusually funny

 name for a doll.... and it just tickled our funny bone, so now every time we hear it, 

we bust out laughing. 

#4

Thankful that I got my linen pants hemmed

that I got for my birthday.  Now I can finally

where them, cause they were very long.  lol

Note:  I wore them to church today and felt

so comfortable and good in them.  Got a few

compliments as well, and it was just so nice

to have a new outfit, as it has been quite

some time, years really, as I just have a hard 

time finding things I like and also that are

 not made of polyester fabric, as it is just

 way too hot for this girl, who has her own

personal Summers!!  lol

#5

Thankful that My Daughter and Son-in-love had

 an opening at their beach house this weekend, 

which rarely happens, (as it is a rental property), 

 so it was nice they could go their and relax 

and enjoy themselves and get a change in scenery 

as they have had a rough couples of weeks with

 their doggie. His digestive problems seem to be

 better and he seems to be back to normal as

far as the digestive issues go, but they still 

don't know anything for sure yet, 

about another serious issue the Vet found.

#6

Thankful for a good day at church, and then for

 having lunch after with our friends we haven't been able to go with for a couple of months now due to both our schedules.  It was great to finally be able to catch up with them. 

#7

Thankful we went to Cracker Barrel, as we hadn't

been there for months either, so the food was great

as always, and we had a lot of fun looking around

in the gift shop before and after.  They always 

have the cutest things.  Such a fun and

 reasonably priced store!!

#8

Thankful that my daughter went for a 2nd opinion

about their beloved doggie, and she got much more

hopeful news today.  They are gonna recheck him

in 4-6 weeks.  Which was their original plan but

one vet thought they should do it sooner, and the

Vet that did the 2nd opinion did an ultra sound

for free and the nodule has not grown at all, and

is much smaller than they were told as well.

#9 and 10

Thankful for God's word, the Bible, which

is His love letter to us and teaches us how

He wants us to live and more.  Also, thankful

we still have the freedom to own a Bible 

and read it anytime we want......

#11

Thankful that I got started in my closet

today, a project I have been wanting

to work on for awhile. Which includes

trying on clothes to see what works

with what, and what doesn't fit any

more and what does.  lol  Planning

to just do a lil bit everyday since it

is a large project......Getting started

is always the hardest part for me.

#12

Thankful to see lil darling for a few

hours and to visit crumbl cookie for

a treat today, since it will be our

 last day to pick her up from school 

for the year.  She gets out in 2 wks.

So summer vacation begins............yahoo.

Isn't this the cutest pillow,  it was a

 birthday gift from my Daughter this 

year.  I just love it.  Then flip it over

and you can just have it all white.

Really liked that feature too.

Well,  That's all for this week!!

Thanks for visiting

and

Have a Beautiful rest of the week,

Love, Hugs and 

End of April Blessings,

Nellie

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An Easy Peasy Fun DIY Bowl you can make........

 

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you all doing well and enjoying

April.........Wow, just another week and we will

be into May already!!  Shocking how fast this 

year is going!!

I told you while back about a fun project

my Daughter and I did when we went to

visit her back in March.  So I am gonna

finally show you what it is.....

They are bowls made of coffee filters.

I saw these supposed stoneware bowls

somewhere in blogland, and they were

 $54.00

and thought Wow, they look a lot like 

coffee filters to me, so decided to try

 it out myself, just for the fun of it. 

 Here she is all finished up....................

 

#1

 The first thing I did was take some

       coffee filters (About 15 or 20) from

        my kitchen but you can use any amount

        you want (for the thickness of what

                you want your bowl to be, or you can                use white ones....we had the  brown so                since I wanted to experiment to see if

        what I thought I could do was                      even possible...........

 

           Note:  At this point you might

       decide if you want to shape your bowl

        a lil wider or differently.  I wished I

           had thought of that afterwards. lol

 

P.S.  If you want to see how it looks

in white scroll all the way to the end

of this post.

#2

I got out a small paint brush and some

 elmers glue all, then painted around the 

rim to make sure all the edges were 

covered and would stick together well.

  I did 2-3 coats of the glue, cause

I didn't have any Modge Podge and

didn't have time to go get any, and

decided this would be a fun project

to do with my Daughter as well.

#3

Once you get some Modge Podge,

Set you bowl to be... upside down on

a can that it fits.  Like in the pic

below.

#4

Cover the top of the bowl with the

Modge Podge, then do the sides

you can put as thin or thick a coat

as you like, just know that the thicker

the coat the longer the drying time.

Then set it aside till it dries.

#5

Once it has dried, turn it right side

up and paint the bottom and sides

of the bowl.  Then set aside once

again till it dries.

#6

I put about 4 coats on the inside

and outside of the bowl, of course,

letting it dry between each coat.

and it made it quite sturdy.

You will be able to tell when 

you think it has had enought

coats.  May daughter put less

cause she put it on thicker.

and That's it......

now finds something

cute to put in it, a few examples

below.  Only dry things I might

add or you might have a thicky

mess.........  I don't really know, but 

probably best not to try it. lol

faux Strawberries

Poupourri

 maybe a bird nest.


or

Easter Eggs

and my Daughter said she was gonna

put shells in hers since she has a 

coastal look.....................

Oh, and once I got home I happened

on some large cupcake papers in my

cabinet, so decided to make a smaller

one to see how it looked in white.

Had these lil stick on rabbits, 

so just popped one in.....

The cupcake size could make a nice

earring or ring holder.

This would be a fun project to do

with your kids over the summer......

or anytime,  I am just thinking about

lil darling since she will be out of 

school soon.  lol

Also, just thought about how craft

Stores have those pretty cup cake

papers that are in prints and flowers

and stuff,  so that might really

be pretty.  Just looked online and

oh gosh they come in so many

different colors.  This would be a

fun thing for kids to make for their

Mom's for Mother's day as well.

Well, hope you try it out and have

fun doing it......nice project so you

can talk and paint all at the same

time.  I like that!!

Have a lovely rest of the week,

Hugs,

Nellie

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Have a Happy Sunday!!

Blessings,

Nellie

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Thankful Thursday April 20, 2023, Our Easter Table 2023

Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;

 let them say among the nations,

 “The LORD reigns!”

1 Chronicles 16:31 NIV

Greetings Sweet Friends,

How are ya??  Hope this finds you doing well

 and having a great week. Been a good week 

here so far. We were happy to hear from some

sweet folks this week that we love......but sorta

 felt they didn't act like they wanted anything

to do with us for some reason.  Anyway, they

 wrote a letter to us and to other friends, and

 explained they have just been going through

some really horrific things that they did not

 have the freedom to talk about, so they were

 pretty much keeping to themselves because 

of it.

Was so sorry to hear all they have gone

through and are continuing to go through,

but at least we know why they were keeping

away and understand now how we can

 pray for them, and hopefully help to 

encourage or minister to them.

So important to be praying for those you

know and love because it just seems like

so many people are going thru so many

hard things.

Now on to brighter things..........lol

Pictures today are from our Easter Table this year.

My Inspiration was this cool paper table runner,

that I happened on when I was looking for some

wrapping paper that I might could use on the table,

so it was a pleasant surprise. Didn't even know

they made these.........I am a pastel girl, so 

these colors just make my heart sing.

 

So on with my Thankfuls.................

#1

Thankful for our home.....do you ever just walk through your house and feel overwhelmed with how much you love your home, and feel so blessed to live there with those you love, and to be able to welcome and enjoy

those who don't, into your home.

#2

Thankful for a bunch of cards I finally had time

to make this week.  About 9 I think it was!

Love when I get in those creatives moods.

 

#3

Thankful that my Daughter and

Son-in-love are doing better today.

 They got some very disturbing

News about their beloved doggie.

Today they have made a plan that

seems good, and hopefully things

will turn out better than they

sound right now.

#4

Thankful that my hubby (my Hero) was

able to get my computer up and running

again.  We lost power for less than 5 mins.

and it crashed our hard drive. and we had

a lot of work we'd done on their this week

that was not yet backed up.  So we are

praising the Lord, that we didn't lose 

anything!

                     Can you spot the tiny bunny!            

           

#5

Thankful, especially  that we didn't lose the 

9 new cards I made, and that hubby had put

 in our shop this week.

#6

Thankful for how the Lord knows just how to

hook you up with the right person to talk to,

It was so neat, our new friend called and 

shared a medical situation she was having, 

and was asking for prayer, and my daughter

 had the same situation not too long ago, so

 I was able to pray for her and share that, 

and think it set her mind at rest.

then I asked her to pray for My Daughters

dog and that story, and she had some similiar

problems with her dog and was able to give

me some information that was quite helpful

and prayed for Bentley (the dog) as well. 

 Also for hubby to be able to fix my computer

 and for his spider bite.

Love how the Lord does that!!

     

#7

Thankful for a good day at church

and that one of our students in 

missionary training did the sermon

this morning, his first time, and he

did a great job.  He is a very

 impressive young man, he and his 

wife actually and both are very

 humble.  Thankful for lunch out

afterwards, and a quick trip to

wally world to get a new surge 

protector for my computer, so 

what happened earlier this week

hopefully doesn't happen again.

We had one on there.....

 but guess it was tired!!  lol

#8 and 9

Thankful that a friend of ours brought us

 some cream (gel really) for hubby's spider bite,

 It's called Medihoney, it's the same thing

 they use in the hospital for wounds and 

burns. Just put some on so see if it does

 a better job than the Manuka honey

 we've been using.

And Very Thankful for friends that

care and have been praying!!

Note:  His wound is coming along and

the honey has definitely helped, along

with antibiotic ointment as well, but

it takes awhile, but we are definitely

seeing improvement and feel like the

infection may be all cleared up here

soon. Parts of the wound are healing

which is good.  We still aren't sure

it was a spider bite, cause he never

even knew how it happened, but 

after looking at images of spider bites

we came to the conclusion that must

be what it was..............

#10

Thankful to hear lil darling had a great

time on her Spring break from school.

Now just a few weeks or so till she is

out of school for the Summer!  We

are looking forward to that....

#11

Thankful for a fun day of schooling

and cause we got done earlier, I had

 more time to have a lot of fun with

lil darling.  

#12

Thankful for the fruit of the spirit that God

 cultivates in the lives of Believers. 

 Love, Joy, Peace, Patience,  kindness,

goodness, long suffering, gentleness,

 faithfulness and Self Control. 

 ( Galatians 5:22-23)

It tends to help make some wonderful

human beings!!  and if we know Jesus

we should all be growing in them

more and more each day.

Well, that's it for today.

Thanks for dropping by

and 

Have and Amazing rest of the week.

And Eat some Candy,

  it will make you happy!!  lol

Love, Hugs and

Mid April Blessings,

Nellie

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