Have a truly blessed Sunday,

Hugs,

Nellie

Thankful Thursday, September 4, 2025, And beautiful summer flowers

Praise be to the Lord,

    for he showed me the wonders of his love

Psalm 31:21 NIV

Morning Sweet Friends,

and Happy September to you all,

Hope this finds you well and maybe

experiencing a lil cooler weather!

We were supposed to, but haven't

seen that yet!!  lol

Pictures today compliments of 

Pixabay.  Beautiful Summer

Flowers for you!!  Enjoy!!

#1

Thankful for our lil brown bunny and 

that he is still around and safe.  He has

 been very feisty lately, and running around

 and we find him quite entertaining!!

Course, we are easily entertained!!  lol

#2

Thankful for our beautiful home of 

many years.  It has been such a blessing.

#3

Thankful our Spring/Summer decor is all

 packed away, and the Fall decorating 

can now begin.

#4

Thankful to have been contacted by someone

 who is gonna be running for an Interim

 commissioner position in our city, (the 

current person resigned) and we didn't 

even know about it, until I got an email.

We were able to have a chance to share 

that we would like to have him take that 

place, as he used to be a Commissioner 

for our city before and did a good job, 

So hopefully he will be the choice!

#5

Thankful for email, as it is such a useful

tool.  I like it so much better than texting.

It enabled me to send the email I rec'd

in #4 to others who might want to act 

on it as well. Cause for some reason

 I rec'd it but hubby didn't.  So thought

that might happen to others as well.

#6

Thankful for listening to a video from our 

fl rep. Cory mills,  it was very enlighting

and explained some things I hadn't understood 

before, which is always great!

#7

Thankful that I have gotten all my Fall 

things out and have gotten started 

on my Fall decorating.  I enjoy

this so much...........

#8

Thankful for a lil Guava Pie hubby

saw at the grocery store and bought

for me.  He knows I like Guava, and

it was my first time to ever have it

and it was really good.  Thankful

he surprises me with things like

that at times.  Always nice to get

a  sweet surprise!

# 9

Thankful once again for my handy hubby. 

 We have had this bad odor coming out of 

our sink drain in the bathroom. He did 

some research and decided it must be

 coming from what they call the P- trap. 

 So he got a new one and replaced it.

Like magic that foul smell is gone. 

 Halleleujah!    My Hero............

#10 and 11

Thankful that we had to call our A/C

company because our A/C fan just

kept running 24 hrs. a day, fortunately,

they told us our warranty was running

out in just 3 days on Labor Day.  So

they had to order the parts and would

come out next Tuesday to fix it. Mean

while, thankfully we still had air.....

Note:  Well, they came back out on

Tuesday as they said they would, only

 the technician said he was told they had 

to ask for $1440 before they installed

 it in case, the A/C company didn't pay

the warranty, and that we would get the

money back if they paid.   

Our response was of course, what??

It was in warranty last Friday, so

why would they think they wouldn't

pay it?  Anyway, we said No, and

we called the A/C company and they

wouldn't resend their decision, and we

tried several different prompts on

their phone system to try and talk

with someone iin the upper chain 

command but every prompt we tried 

no one was available, all this while the

 technicians were waiting and then 

they called the technicians and he 

talked to them and they still said we 

had to pay the $$, so we of course said

No, and they left.  We have been with 

this Company for almost 45 yrs. and

they have installed 3 A/C units in our

home over that time, and we have our

A/C serviced every year and we have

referred many people to them as they

have always given us exemplary service,

so this was disappointing and almost

felt like a slap in the face, but we 

believe the Lord is in this situation 

especially because we called about

this problem and we didn't even

know it was about to go out of our

warranty.  So we are giving it a

day or two, and hubby is drafting

a letter to them, which we will send

so they must sign for it, and then

we will go from there.  hoping

for the best...........and thankful

and interested to see what the 

Lord  is up to in this circumstance.

#12

Thankful for nice long chats with my Son

 and Daughter this week.  Always warms

my heart and makes my day.

That's it for Cozy Place this week.

Happy you could visit with us

and

Hope you had a Good Labor Day week.

Love, Hugs and 

First of September Blessings,

Nellie

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Thoughts to Ponder

 

Happy Tuesday Sweet Friends,

Now, this is gonna be a sort of funny

Thoughts to ponder

but think you might get a kick out of it!!

Does anyone like the sound or word Butt.???

I really don't, it just sort of sounds a bit crude

 to me, but then it does seem a bit formal

saying Buttocks, which  doesn't sound all

that great either.

So I remembered that when I was a kid and

no one fluently used the word Butt very much, 

or at least I don't even remember using it or

even hearing it, so unlike today!!  

My Mom used rear or rear end or sometimes

 called it Derriere, pronounced Duh rerry.

Unfortunately, she didn't have google trans-

lator to show her the correct pronunciation.

So remembering that.... I put in the word

Butt and asked it to translate to French,

and there is was

"Derriere"

and it just has such a nice sound to it.

Pronounced "dairy air"

Think about how nice this sounds.

He is such a derriere

Wow, she has quite a large derriere

I hurt my derriere when I fell

You could almost insult someone with

out their even knowing it....but wouldn't

recommend that!!  lol

I think it just really elevates the Derriere 

to where it should be, after all.... it gets

pressed into use every single time...

 we sit down!

I have decided to start a new trend....

So it's "Derriere" for me... from now on.....

Please join me in my new trend

and make the world a better place!!

Laughter and Hugs to Yall,

Nellie

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Scripture Sunday

 

Hope you are grateful for the wisdom of the Lord

in these crazy days in which we are living.

Have a lovely Sunday,

Hugs, Nellie

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Thankful Thursday August 28, 2025, and Things with scallops at our house

Enter his gates with thanksgiving

    and his courts with praise;

    give thanks to him and praise his name.

Psalm 100:4 NIV

Happy Thursday Sweet Friends,

How are you today??

Hope you are doing well.....

Been a good week here so far. We were

very happy to see that those storms

out in the Atlantic are gone!! 

 We are praying for a continued quiet 

Hurricane Season.  Wouldn't that be

wonderful..........

Pictures today are of things  in my house

with scallops.  I keep seeing things online or

 in the stores that have scallops and I just 

think they are so cute, so found a few things 

to add to my decor and  as I have looked 

around in my house I was very surprised

that I had a number of other things that

 have scallops as well, that I just had

completely forgotten about.....

Out of sight... out of mind!!

If you are crushing on scallops as well.

Maybe you might discover you have 

some out of sight - out of mind things

too, that are stashed away!!

and find a new way to hightlight

them in your decorating.

This one is new, aren't the lil bees

cute too!  This is a gift from my Son

that I picked out.

On with my Thankfuls.....

#1

It is with a sad, but Thankful heart that I feel so blessed to have known and been inspired and taught via videos and books 

a Wonderful Christian Man named

James Dobson @ Focus on the Family Ministries.

He passed away today, and will be sorely missed by any and everyone who knew him.  His ministry was incredibly helpful to us as a young married couple and also for our continued growth in the Lord.

He has gotten his promotion to heaven and is with his Lord.

Praying for his family and friends.

#2

Thankful we got to pick lil darling up from school 

 and take her to Volley ball practice.  This is a new

 thing for her, and she seems to be enjoying it,

some of her friends are involved as well, which 

is good.  Also for dinner out with she and

 her Dad (our Son).

#3

Thankful for another good school day,

and another one on Monday.

#4

Thankful for a delicious pasta salad recipe 

that is perfect for a crowd. I learned it

from my friend, Arlene who passed away

 from Ovarian cancer about 4 -5yrs ago. 

 Sure do miss her, she was such a good friend,

so positive, encouraging and unplifting.

Gonna make the salad for a church dinner 

on Sunday. I will say, it is a bit expensive

 to make, had forgotten about that, but if

 you'd like to give it a try.

Click Here

Had this bowl a long time too.

#5

Thankful for food in my fridge and pantry,

and for foods made with good oils.

#6

Thankful for another great Sunday

at church.  This week, after service,

 we had a going away dinner for a young

 couple whoare moving to Indonesia soon as 

Missionaries.  Daniel and Karis are

just the sweetest couple and they will

 surely be missed in our congregation.

Had this platter a long time.

 

#7

Thankful that they had such a good

send off,  and have and were definitely

bathed in prayer many times.

#8

Thankful for a fun sleepover with lil

darling, as it's been awhile.  We went

out to dinner, got frozen yogurt and

played some "Sorry" and "Skipbo"

and watched an animal program, and

got up to a new day and had breakfast

 and another good school day.

Have had these plates awhile, a git

from my Daughter

#9

Thankful that I have taken down all our

 Spring /Summer Decor to get ready for our

Fall stuff..............Love doing this!!  So

ready for a change of scenery. 

#10

Thankful for a good report at the Dentist.

I do have to have a filling but down the road,

but not a big deal.

Have had these plates for a long

time too.  If you have been following

me long,  you have seen these on

lots of tables...............lol

This Fall you will see them on

plates stand.

#11

Thankful for my Dentist and all those

who work with her,  they are the best.

All of them are so kind and considerate

and personable and helpful, and not

to say professional.  I never feel anxious

about going there.

#12

Thankful for a fun time out yesterday,

we went checking at a few places to

check out bathroom vanities, as we

are in need of one, but didn't find any

thing really, but did run into a guy that

works at Home Depot who does kitchens

but can maybe do our bathroom too.  

Which was great as we have no idea

who to use.....we do have the name of

someone else, but not sure he does the

whole process,  he just builds cabinets.

We have done just about anything that

needs to be done in our home all these

years, so sometimes we don't have a

clue who to call, cause we want some

one we know will do a good job, and that

is not always easy to find.  So praying

about the fellow at Home Depot,  he

was really nice.  So hoping the Lord

was the one to put this fellow in our

path..............

This is new too, an accidental find

and it was 40% off.  Gonna enjoy 

pressing these new pieces and

the old ones into my Fall Decorating.

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Well............that's it for Cozy Place

today!!

Glad you were here...

and

Have lovely days 

for the rest of the week

Love, Hugs and

Last of August Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

We need to make sure we having good 

things coming out of our mouths!

Have a lovely week,

Hugs,  Nellie

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Thankful Thursday August 21, 2025, and Beautiful flamingoes

 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”

Rev. 5:13 NIV

Greetings Sweet Friends,

How are you doing this week!

Great, I hope.....and if you are

in the Hurricane Erin areas know

we are praying for your safety

and for no damage to your home.

Pictures today are inspired by my header picture,

that is a picture in my Daughters office.  I

think it is so cute....and I just love flamingoes

as well,  guess it's a Florida girl thing!! lol

On with my Thankfuls

#1

Thankful for a new dessert recipe I saw on another blog. It's called a chocolate layer 

dessert and it looks amazing. Got all the

 stuff to make it this week, cause a friend

 was supposed to come over, but it didn't

work out, so decided to wait to make it

 when we are gonna have company cause

 it makes a lot...too much for just us

You can find it at 

Southern Hospitality Blog

where you can print out the recipe.

#2

Thankful for Good News for hubby from 

his Cardiologist today, and nice we are all 

on the same page about a situation he is

watching.

#3

Thankful for a fun dinner out with our

 Son and lil darling. Great to see them 

as it's been awhile.

#4

Thankful to be schooling for lil darling

again.  We will get to see her at least

once or twice a week again. Was a 

good day getting back on track.

#5

Thankful for our sweet and beautiful

Daughter.....today is her birthday and

we think she is the best Daughter in

the world. 

#6

Thankful for a lovely morning at church,

and for a nice lunch out with our lunch

buddies.  Wasn't real crazy about my

food, but being with our friends made

up for it.  lol

#7

Thankful to hear their Son got a new job

in his field. He has had a job but it really

wasn't in his field, but needed a job so

did what he had to do...........So happy

this job came available and he starts

this week.  He's very happy about that.

#8

Thankful for frozen yogurt from

the rac-trac station.  It is so good!

and cooled us off cause it is beastly

hot out there.........lol

Maybe I should be hanging out with

these flamingoes below.  lol

#9

Thankful for the things God has

 and is teaching me about giving grace 

to others in hard situations.

#10

Thankful that a letter I wrote to some

one about a serious situation seemed to

be rec'd in the spirit in which I wrote

the letter, which is a real praise!!

#11

Thankful we get to pick up lil darling

from school today!  She actually goes

to school 2 days a week and home

schools the other days.  Which is

a perfect way to do it we think.

#12

Thankful that we and our Daughter

and Son-in-love dodged the Hurricane 

Erin bullet, and hoping and praying

N.Carolina and Virginia do okay.

           

             

               That's it for Cozy Place today.

Glad you came by

Have a great rest of the week.

Love, Hugs and

Mid August Blessings,

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Nellie