Thanksgiving Table 2012

Hello Sweet Friends,

How in the world are you??  
Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving
 and by now you are decorating your
lil hearts out!!  lol

I thought I would be decorating by now,  but we
wound up working in the garage Friday and
Saturday, made a lot of progress that we are
very happy with,  but only got the decorations 
out,  and got the Fall stuff  taken down and 
packed away.  Still struggling with my back 
at times, so have made 3 trips to the chiro-
practor in the last week and a half,   It keeps
 popping out of place and then I am back in
pain again, so it is slowing me down quite
a bit.  Everytime I thing I am about there,
I throw it out again...................the word says
count it all Joy,  and I am trying,  but some
 times I have to say I count it all Noy,  like in 
annoying!!  lol

Well, thought I would show you a picture of
our new dining room light.  This was right 
before I started setting the table for 
Thanksgiving!  Meant to get one with the
table all set and the light,  but forgot!!
Too much ibupropfen!!  lol

I have to say we are really enjoying it!

Took me awhile to get used to it tho, cause our
other one was smaller and understated,  so this
one almost looked to stately at first,  cause that
was all I saw when I looked over there,  but I am
loving it now.......................

Just happened to find these napkins at Michaels several
months ago and thought they were so pretty and perfect
for Thanksgiving!

Sorry this is so blurry couldn't tell when I took it,

it say to be thankful for the lil things in life!

Found these adorable pine cones ornaments at the dollar tree

and thought they were a perfect compliment as well.  Didn't

wind up using the place cards after all, but thought it looked

cute stuck in the fork.

Since we  were having a brunch,  I used cups

 and juice glasses

Took this right after I finished the centerpiece

Here's my newest pumpkin again,  she got the

 place of honor the whole season!

Decided to add a few others,  I remembered seeing

all those pumpkins made from Bathroom tissue rolls

last year, so had some gold napkins and just decided

to try it out............................

I thought they came out pretty cute,  and I cut some twigs to

use for stems.

I found these lil pinecone and acorn embellishments

at Michael's the same day I found the napkins, so

got them not really knowing what I would do with

them...........so decided to stick them on the candle

cups.  Was a lil worried they might be sticky and

messy when I took them off after the heat from

the candle,  but they peeled right off and I stuck

them right back on the plastic they came off of.

Did you notice that I also used napkins to do sort of a runner!

 Decided to add the taller glasses just because they looked nicer!

 A nice overview

same pic,  just with a posterized affect.

acorn on the candle holder

 Cut out Affect!

 All lit up!!

 A lovely Brunch had by all........................

Loved every minute of the day........................
It was truly a delight!!


Well, off to beddie bye land,  got a 
dentist appt. early in the morning,  and
 you know I am excited about that!!  lol

Am linking up with Marty over at 
a stroll thru life,
so go visit her,  Just click here.

Linking up to Becky over at 
Timewashed, make sure to visit her 
to see all the blissful whites
Click here.

Am also linking up to Susan at
between Naps on the Porch, so
to see more tablescapes just
click here.

Have a Super Day.

Hugs and Last Days of Fall Blessings!
Nellie

Welcome to Thankful Thursday, November 22, 2012

 Thou art worthy, O Lord to receive glory and honour

and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy

pleasure they are and were created.

Revelation 4:11

Good Morning 

after Thankgiving to You!!

Hope your day was Wonderful 

in every way!!

Our's was great, we really had a lovely day,

start to finish.  I will sort of tell you about

it as I give my Thankful's.

#1

I am thankful

for the special day we had, and that we

were able to see those that are the most

 precious to us on this day...Scott and Megan, 

  Dee and Jerry and Susan my SIL, and of course,

Rosie our furry granddaughter dog.  Next year 

this time we will have a 8-9 month old human

granddaughter.  We are so looking forward

to this blessed event.

#2

I am thankful

for the bountiful and delicious food we

were able to partake of........a breakfast

casserole, Brocoli, ham and cheese quiche,

Bacon and Turkey sausage, Pillsbury orange

and cinnamon rolls,  and a fruit salad.

All good.........nothing not to like!! lol

and it all turned out splendidly.

In case you didn't read one of my earlier

post,  we just hosted brunch this year,

as the kids all went to their in-laws

homes for dinner this year.

I wish I could tell what he is eating!!  

#3

I am thankful

that Dee and Jerry came really early 

just so we could cook together,  haven't

had a chance to do that in a while, so

that added to our fun!  She found a recipe

for a to die for breakfast casserole which

will definitely probably be a new tradition

anytime we have brunch from now on.

One of the best I have ever had,  so

will share the recipe with yall hopefully,

next week.

#4

I am thankful

for games, as they make for fun times

 with the family.  We played one called

"20 questions" yesterday and have many

 times before.  Great game for just sitting 

around the family room.  They give you

the category,  people, place, date or

thing........then you have 20 clues to

try and guess what it is......quite fun!!

This lil squirrel likes to move around a lot as he eats.

#5

I am thankful

that after the kids left we had a lil

time to take a nap, which refreshed us

all and made the rest of our night even

 better I think.

#6

I am thankful

that we (Hubby, I and my SIL Susan)

  did go to Cracker Barrel for dinner as

 planned.  We got right in, no waiting, and 

everything was delicious there as well,  and

 no cooking or clean up after.............Yea!!

Course, hubby said it was good but our

brunch was way better...........lol

and it was really fun checking out the

gift shop as they had all their Christmas

stuff out.  They have had it out before, but 

there was way more than the last time we

 were there,  so many pretties.

Adult Ibis w/ one youngster (the gray one)

#7

I am thankful

for Cracker Barrels Chocolate pecan pie,

it is one of my fav's,  I usually order one

from there every year for Thanksgiving.

Didn't this year but had a piece after 

our dinner, and it was scrumptious as

always............it is best if you just pop

it in the microwave about 30-60 seconds.

just enought to melt the chocolate.

and YUMMO!!

#8

I am thankful

for the sweet and pleasant server we

had there,  a really sweet young man.

We left him an extra big tip for being

so positive when he had to work on

Thanksgiving.  Not everyone is like

that for sure................

Such pretty birds............love their orange bills and legs

#9

I am thankful

that hubby and all the kids have the

long weekend off.  They are each 

really looking forward to it.

#10

I am thankful

for and to the Lord for his mighty Love,

 provisions, promises and incredible

blessings to us all year long and our

whole life long.........................

He is the BEST!!

#11

I am thankful

for God's lil love gifts to us..........last

Sat. morning I woke up to a front yard

full of reminders of his presence. First,

a lil squirrel eating away in our tree, and

 as he caught my eye, as I was walking 

by the window, then I saw a group of Ibis 

and they came over into our yard, and 

right after that a Hawk touched down on 

the ground and scooped something up,

 don't know what, then he flew up in the

tree and scared the squirrel who ran up

the tree and then he flew away.  All of

this happened within about a 2 mins.

span,  if it was that long.  I love these

encounter with God's creatures, they

just really bless me!!

All pics compliments of last Saturday! lol

#12

I am thankful

for traditions that we have that are 

just fun to look forward to like putting

on the first Christmas CD's,  and

drinking our first glass of eggnog and

kicking off our Christmas decorating,

those are our traditons for the day after

 Thanksgiving and there are many

others to come through out the season.

For us, it truly is the most Wonderful

time of the year.....Mostly because

of who's birthday it is we celebrate!!

Well, sweet friends..........

That would be my list for 

this week.

Hope you have a Blessed 

weekend, and that maybe you 

are still enjoying visiting with

 those you love the most.

Enjoy all those leftovers!!  lol

Love, Hugs, and 

Blessings Abundant 

to You and Yours,

Nellie

Blissful White Wednesday - Playing with leftovers from son's birthday table.

Hello Sweet Friends,

I hope you have had a good week

 preparing for Thanksgiving, and 

that you are doing well.

I haven't had to do too much preparation other

than grocery shopping because we are having

brunch instead of dinner.  Made 2 quiche and

will make a fruit salad in the morning.  Other

easy stuff will be done in the morning too.

Have been trying to get to this all day,  got the

pics downloaded earlier, so have a few minutes

before bedtime,  so thought I would try to let 

you know I am feeling significantly better.

Turns out my sacroiliac was out of place which

brought on tendinitis, so that is why sitting

was so painful, still is if I sit too long.  I have

 been taking Ibuprofen again since last Friday 

for inflammation, so that has definitely helped.

So am ecstatically grateful about that!!

Definitely nice to not be in so much pain.

This was a centerpiece I did using some of the

elements I used for a birthday table for my

son a few weeks back.  Will show you the

table soon hopefully.

 Here is with the candles all lit.  Just in case you are 

wondering what the dark brown stuff is in the jars and 

candleholders,  it is coffee beans...........I did a latte

 theme for his birthday,  and you know how I like to 

play with the leftover elements afterwards.

So just left it this way until today when I did our

 Thanksgiving table.

 Done in palette knife affect.

This was my new pumpkin this year,  actually bought

it for the white living room,  but looked so nice on

my dining room table,  it never made it there!!  lol

 With Posterized affect!

 Ain't  She Purty!!  lol

I have really enjoyed her!!

An Overview

Well, Sweet Peas,
You are a blessing to me, and

I hope you have the Loveliest and Most 

Joyful Thanksgiving with your Family

 and/or Friends.

I am linking up to Becky over at
Timewashed for Blissful White
Wednesday,  if you want to see
some delightful whites,  be sure
and check it out!
just click here!

Love,  Hugs and

Special Thanksgiving Blessings!

Nellie

Welcome to Thankful Thursday - November 15, 2012.

Picture compliments of  http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.

Psalm 29:2

Hello There Sweet Friends,

Sorry I am late again,  am gonna have
to start calling this Thankful Friday
if this keeps up!!  lol

How has your week been going??

Well,  I hope.....

Mine has been going pretty well until yesterday.

Off the ibuprophen,  so back to square one with]

my back,  but..................

#1

I am thankful

that I am feeling so much better today emotionally.  

Had a lot of crazy things happen, to do with this tooth

 that had the root canal,  the Dr. said something wierd 

in a written report he sent to my regular Dentist and to 

me., so was concerned about how that sounded, and 

what it meant and I thought the temporary filling was 

falling out, and because of the temp filling... my teeth 

are hitting wrong at times, and gives me a jolt when it

  happens, thankfully it doesn't last, but am concerned

 I might crack the tooth it is hitting on,  and then my back

 was really hurting again, and I was tired, and pretty much

 just felt like I am falling apart here, and it was just a 

cloudy icky rainy day on top of it all,  and it was just

 getting the best of me, so I came home kicked back

 in the recliner and had a long talk with the Lord about

 it,then took a nap and woke up feeling much better,

and after a good nights sleep, more prayer with hubby

 and talking with the Dr. this morning I am feeling

 way way better. 

Not looking for sympathy....just keeping it real

and to let you know that we all have struggles,

it's just what do we do with our struggles.........

#2

I am thankful

I have a chiropractor appointment this afternoon.,

and hopeful that will take care of my physical

situation.

#3

I am thankful

that my root canal is over and went well,  no pain

 at all,  and it is really a blessing that we have Drs.

. who can do things like that to save our toofers!!  lol

#4

I am thankful

for all my Drs. that take good care of me,  they 

really are a blessing even tho, sometimes we don't

always see it that way.  lol

#5

I am thankful

for running and clean water from our faucets.

This week there was a break in the line somewhere

so the water was off a while and was all rusty and

ukky looking afterwards, so a great reminder of the

blessing we have all the time that we can so easily

take for granted.

#6

I am thankful

that we have this laptop I am typing on right now,

and that hubby was able to move it to the kitchen,

so I can be part of the blogosphere again!!  lol

and that I was able to do my TT post.

#7

I am thankful

that we got our new lights put up this past week, 

 and  are really enjoying them, but also getting

used to them.  I am very wierd about getting new

things.................there is a side of me that likes 

them but another side that isn't sure, because 

it is such a change,  but then once I really get

used to it..............I really love it!

Am I the only one or are you like that too??

#8

I am thankful

that we got some furniture moved from one

room to another,  swapped a couple of things

around,  something I have been wanting to do

for awhile now.

#9

I am thankful

for  our kids who are willing and offer to give a

helping hand to their parents when need be, and 

also for my sister-in-law, and neighbors that are

willing to help at times. I am just not able to lift and

 move things like I used to.......well  I can, but it comes

 with a heavy price of pain,  that I have learned is just

too high and  I am no longer willing to pay!!  lol 

 and sometimes the help is just lending a hand on

 holidays so I don;t have to do it all...................

So these things are a all special blessings.

#10.

I am thankful

I have gotten quite a bit of Christmas shopping

done already.  Need to get out there and try to

finish up more before Thanksgiving.

#11

I am thankful

that with all I have had going on, that Thanksgiving

will be a bit easier this year,  as the kids are all

 coming for brunch instead of dinner this year.   So

think hubby and maybe my SIL, will  just go out

to Cracker Barrel for dinner later.  That will be a

 first,  but we are really fine with that,  might even

 take in a movie if we can find a decent one to

 go to.....................and hey another first!  Some-

times you feel like all your firsts are behind 

you.................but no sirree..............every once

in awhile you get another one!!  lol

#12

I am thankful

to hear that the White House has decided

to back Israel in there response to Hamas.

That was a wise move that was certainly

unexpected from this Administration.

I believe it could surely be the hand of the

 Lord directing the kings heart... as it says

  in Proverbs 21:1

We need to keep those prayers going

for our Governmental officials.

Well, that is my list .................

hope you have a great list

 of your own.

Sorry - no pictures again, 

 hopefully by next week

 I will be sitting pretty...........lol

Have a Super Duper Weekend,

Love, Hugs, and

 Good Health Blessings to you!

Nellie