Welcome to Thankful Thursday - January 10, 2013

Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD 

and take refuge in him;

 let all the upright in heart praise him!

Psalm 64:10

Evening Sweet Peas............

So what's your weather like where you

 live?? My header picture probably looks 

way more like your weather than mine.

  Hey, Is it Winter??? 

 It has been 80 degrees here this week 

in the day time. Too warm for this girl

 for this time of year!!

But my week has been good, not real exciting, just consisting 

of getting Christmas stuff down and trying to get the house

 back together and the typical household chores, but  that's 

fine by me.  Still working on redecorating, hoping to make

 lots of progress tomorrow......

So............let's get started, shall we....................

#1

I am thankful

for some fun Winter/Christmas looking finds we 

found when we went to Kohl's last night to take

back a Christmas gift that didn't fit.

Some beautiful mercury glass items.

and ...........

my hubby found this brownish red metal rooster 

at Ross for $10.99,  and just had to bring it home, 

 he said it looked like it was starving and he

 needed to fatten it up!!  lol

He is so cute!  I meant the Rooster, just kidding,

course, he is cute too in an artsy type way!

Will have to show him to you soon.

#2

I am thankful

for Table Top Tuesday and for one of the

bloggers who have the same exact terrarium

that I rec'd as a christmas gift.  I loved mine,

but wasn't quite sure what to put in it, other

than plants,  and I checked out pinterest and

BHG, but all the ones I saw had plants in them,

saw 2 that had miniature things but the pics

were so small, couldn't really see what was in

 them.  So was very happy this blogger posted

 hers, as it gave me some ideas for mine,

and I am very happy with the results, some

of which I got last night that I was talking

about in #1..............

#3

I am thankful

for a wonderful book we are reading by

Randy Alcorn called "Heaven".  It is all based 

on scripture, so if you think we are just gonna

be floating around on clouds strumming a harp,

 or you don't have a very good idea of what

 heaven will be like, You might like to read it, 

It is very inciteful......

No one can know everything about it for sure,

since scripture says " "No eye has seen, no ear has heard,

 no mind has conceived what God has prepared for

 those who love him"--

1 Corinthians 2:9

but the bible sure does give us some

 great glimpses.

 posterized affect.

#4

I am thankful

that we are going to Dee and Jerry's to do a 

belated birthday celebration for Jerry this coming

 Saturday. Will be great to see them and  to see

some changes they have made to their home.

So looking forward to it...........

#5

I am thankful

for a really long phone chat I had with a sweet

friend today,  very unlifting and encouraging

for sure................

#6

I am thankful

that we were able to start back to exercising

this week,  and it seems to be going well so

far, course, I am taking it slow and easy!!  lol

#7

I am thankful

that I am down to only 1 Ibuprophen a day now.

That's real progress folks............lol

#8

I am thankful

for a new chicken salad sub we learned about 

this week.  You can get a chicken salad sub or 

just get the chicken salad and it is delicious. 

 You can get it at Publix Supermarket and it

 is called " Savory tarragon Chicken breast

salad."  It is really really good!!

and

#9

I am thankful

for the lovely lady (Publix employee) who

recommended it to us,  and was so sweet

to send us a sample so we could try it.

Really love when I see people really doing 

there jobs well and going above and

 beyond..........that is so refreshing!!

#10

I am thankful

that we were sent one more Christmas 

movie from Netflix,  and we watched it last

night .........."The Christmas Card",  if you

haven't seen it... get it anyway,  it is a lovely

story.........and especially if you are a

 hopeless Romantic,  you will love it!!

Winter look for last year.

#11

I am thankful

that our previous Pastor and his wife who

have stayed with us the last 2 years, was able

to stay with another family this year,  so we

will still get to see them.  Unfortunately, we

were not able to host them this year, as that

will be right when our New Granddaughter

 should be making her entrance into our lives!!

#12

I am thankful

for my Mom's simple yet wonderful fruit salad

recipe that she used to make when we were kids.

  I made some today and it was sooo good.  Some

times I forget how great it is till I make it again.

The recipe is very simple.

Mom's simple fruit salad recipe

Cut up an apple in a bowl, I used a Honey Crisp apple 

(Have you ever had those?  Oh my gosh they are 

so delicious, and I am not an apple eater unless they

are in fruit salad, but I love these.) Typically, I 

would use a red delicious or gala apple.

Cut up a navel orange (they are seedless) and add to

the bowl.

 (if it isn't about the same amount as the apple

you might want to add another one.

slice up a banana and add to the cut up apple and

 orange (again balance with the other fruit)

add 1/2 cup of orange juice to the bowl of fruit

Throw some flaked coconut in the bowl and mix

it all up. (this was my addition to it)

Then add some chopped pecans on top.

 EAT and ENJOY!

Usually 1 of each fruit is enough, and would be

enough for 2 people.

It's Friday...............but just had to come 
back and add a 
                  #13.......... because
I am so thankful
for the gorgeous sunshiney day we have 
out there today, it is a gloriously beautiful
day......azure blue skies with just a few
wispy white clouds, with a gentle breeze
blowing............I was able to sit outside
for a lil bit, and it has been some time ago,
as we have had nothing but cloudy skies
for quite awhile now, so it was incredibly
wonderful, and transported me to spring,
as it felt just like a spring day.
A delightful and exquiste gift from my
Heavenly Father!  Loved it DAD!
So guess I have to take back what I said 
earlier,  lol  

Well, that's a wrap...........

Hope you have lots of things to be 

thankful for this week too, and if you

 feel so inclined would love to hear a

few of them!

Thanks for your visit, always great

hearing from you.

Love, Hugs,  and

Happy Simple Blessings,

Nellie

Blissful White Wednesday - playing with dishes.....

 Hello Sweet Friends,

What cha been up today??

 Hope you have 

been having a good day!

Mine has been good,  I have just been downloading pics,

and doing household chores and talking to people on the

 phone....no not fun people, like friends, people that I have

 to get things straightened out with, like cancelling the 

newspaper, and a bill we were charged by the Drs. office, 

that was already paid by Insurance, and fun stuff like

 that.....yuk!  amazing how much time that stuff takes

with those wonderful inventions like automated phones

 systems...........just  gotta love them!!  

(as sarcasm drips all over my keyboard)

Last week I was swapping out my old dishes (in header

picture) for my new ones I got from Scott and Megan for

 Christmas.  Am loving them!

So was in the mood to play a bit,  so these pics are

the result of that.  Thought they would make a nice

Blissful White Wednesday post that Miss Becky 

over at time washed hosts every Wednesday now.

There will be a link to go there at the end.

This combined every white plate I have in the house. 

Well, actually there is another lined with silver

that didn't make it in,  and my white green flowered

china plates!!  lol

Done in colored pencil

Took the scalloped plate out and added the solid plate.

Table Top Tuesday - Guest Bathroom refresh, from Christmas to a bit of a french look

Happy Tuesday Sweet Friends,

So...........How are you doing???  

Hope you had a nice weekend and have 

gotten all your Christmas things neatly

and nicely put away for the year!

We finally started on ours on Saturday and I finished the

rest yesterday,  now just have to get the tubs and boxes

from the bedroom to the garage, and it will be a done deal

till next year!!  So my house is bare and empty and looks

so pitiful,  but did get this one lil room done,  so figured

I would show you the before and after since I never got

to show you the before's....before Christmas!  lol

My header pic is a sign I made for our bathroom door

it matches what's inside.................

 This is the wallpaper,  this is on 3 walls

This is on just one wall.  Notice the writing on the wall paper.

 It was my inspiration.  I decided I wanted to do something 

that was a lil more subdued since I am liking all the white

 out in the blogosphere,  but it just seemed to need an added 

touch of something,  and then it hit me how about some sort

 of tag on things, I have seen numbers and the names of 

whatever......so thought I will put tags of whatever...........

but then I thought I would put the whatever it is tags

in the language that is one the wallpaper,  so I went to the

 online translator,  and found that some words were spanish,

 romanian and french,  and decided to just go with the french, 

sans the door sign.....which says in french "Bathroom"

Bet you guessed that already!!  lol

This is the Christmas before shot 

Showing the left side of the vanity.

 This is after..........you can't see it very well,.

but there is a tag hanging on the topiary too!  lol

Decided to throw in a few old souveneir eifel towers I had
 from 40+ years ago when we lived in Germany and traveled
 to Paris.

Decided to change her out for an Arc de triumphe instead,

just did that this morning, so no picture.

Another after......................lol
Decided to retweak it again,  change out the pots, this one
 makes the topiary sit a lil higher, so liked it better.
 and add more statues.
and put the soap on the opposite side from where it was
before.

This is a before.... of the wall over potty.

I love these lil snowmen they were a gift from a friend

years ago, who moved away and is now a blog friend 

as well,  thanks Jessica (from over at Jewel's for the
journey),  as you can see I am still putting them to
good use................lol

After.....just trying to take out a lot of the lavender

 and just high light the green.

                                                                                 Before

 After...................

See my lil tags,  just straight pinned it on.............Can you

 guess what that means???  

Made the signs and labels on printmaster, got the words

 from the online translator, then cut them out with

scalloped scrapbooking scissors............

Shelf before............

Shelf after....

Reflection shots of the most of the wall.

The right hand side of the vanity.
Before............notice the jars in the corner!

oh yea, this is my new lil  Christmas wall flower
from Dee,  she and I got each other a Christmas
decoration and gave it early so we could enjoy
it for the season!  Boy, do these babies put off
such an lovely aroma.
We got them at the Bath and Body Shop!

After.......

This is my everyday wallflower,
perfect match with the wallpaper
don't you think!!

Made signs for all of these jars as well.

Wish I had remembered to light the candle too!!  

oh well............lol

I just stuck the labels on with double sided scotch tape.

Added my other eifel tower here afterwards

I was considering getting a new shower curtain,

but couldn't find anything I liked so decided to 

leave just a touch of lavender.

 Another after......

Tweaked this area,  swapped the

spray splashes and the soap.  Think it

looks better this weay.

I have these lovely lil white poinsettias that are from

Martha Stewart, so I hang them on the mirror 

and on the shower curtain most years.

Here is the before with beads and the poinsettias,

didn't show up as much as I had hoped, cause it really

looks so festive, I was tempted to leave it!!

Decided to enlarge the pic so maybe you can see it

better!

Here is the after...........decided to just give an entirely

 different look by leaving it open. Love the border.....

it goes all the way around the whole room.

Well..............that's it ..............finally!!  lol

Know it was long,  but I always enjoy before and 

afters myself,  so thought you might too.

Am linking up to Marty for Table Top Tuesday

Just Click Here to visit her.

Thanks for coming by, looking forward to

 hearing from you!

Hugs and Great redecorating ideas to you.

Blessings, Nellie

Welcome to Thankful Thursday - January 3, 2013

Do not remember where I got this, but think it was from another
blogging buddy...........if it was you let me know, cause I like to
give credit where credit is due

Because your love is better than life, 
my lips will glorify you!
Psalm 63:3

Greetings Sweet Folks,

How have you been??  Have you had 

a good week?? I hope so..........

Have you taken your Christmas

decorations down yet??

My week has been good so far, and I have not taken my 

decorations down yet!!  lol   Actually thought I would 

start yesterday,  but for some reason I just wasn't ready 

yet.............think we have had such a good and restful

 time I am just trying to make it last a bit longer.....

 I guess!  lol     Have been looking for some ideas

tho, for when I do take them down and redecorate.

Will give you a glimpse into my week,  thru my thankfuls.

#1

I am thankful

again for being able to have hubby home all this time,

but for a different reason this week.  I really think it has

been a tremendous help in the healing of this tendinitis.

Because there are certain things I do that really irritate

it,  like bending over to get things out of the dryer for

instance.  So hubby has done all those type of things

the last 2 weeks,  and when he has been home the

rest of the time before even,  but the days he wasn't

 home, sometimes as careful as I tried to be I have had

 to do some things and I think that would inflame

it all over again....................

#2

I am thankful

to be able to sit down for an extended period of

time once again, even tho it is with a pillow still.

It is much much better and I can tell it is healing,

just ever so slowly.  Hubby is going back to work

today so if you think of me,  pray that I will be very

careful in what I do........it is so hard to remember

not to do certain things once you are feeling better

and not in pain,  but takes nothing to set you back.

raspberry tart - with posterized affect

#3

I am thankful

for this time of rest we have had,  we have pretty

much done no exercise, other than the normal

walking around the house, but have done a lot

of reading and movie watching,  and that has

been fun.  I am so hoping that when we start

exercising again maybe it will causes a boost

in our metabolism and some weight loss,  

as I have put on about 6 pds. during this time.

#4

I am so thankful

that I had lost 3 pds. prior to this tho or my

weight would be much higher.

#5

I am thankful

that I have been able to take less and less

ibuprophen.  I am down to like 1 tablet

twice a day...........started to just quit since

I really don't need it pain wise,  but decided

I had best keep taking some to make

sure it doesn't get inflamed again.

#6

I am thankful

that a friend of mine was not injured in a

fender bender she was in on New Years eve.

Minor damage to her car only, thankfully!!

#7

I am so thankful

that the Lord spared the same friend and I

and her children from an accident later that

same evening, Some guy turned right in front 

of us at a traffic light, and thankfully, she was 

able to stop just in the nick of time. 

Otherwise we might  all be in a hospital bed 

right now...........scary to think about.

#8

I am thankful

that I am gonna get to have lunch with my

girl today.  It will be a short lunch,  but worth

every minute....................We did meet, just
ran to chick-fil-a,  she only has 40 mins.,
but  most importantly we enjoyed it.....

#9

I am thankful

for my son-in-love Jerry,  he is a wonderful

guy and makes our Dee very happy, and

 tommorrow is his birthday.  Happy

Birthday Jerry!!  not that he ever reads this, 

 at least not that I know of anyway.......lol

Chocolate covered strawberries w/ posterized affect.



Have been gone all day so will try to get
this finished up now.................

#10

I am thankful

that I did get the christmas stuff in the guest
 bathroom taken down today, and started to
 redecorate it,  but then had to leave to go 
meet my sweet girl.  so at least I will  know
 where to start tomorrow......................lol


#11
I am thankful
for a fun day out by myself.  I made a day
of it............Home Goods, Ross, Marshalls,
Target, Sears, JoAnn's,  Michaels and the
 Dollar tree.  Tried to go to Tuesday morn.
but they were closed for inventory.  Was
looking for an el cheapo inspiration piece
 or two, sort of gets me excited about putting
 the house back together.  I did find one, I
think it is an artichoke on a pedestal,
and it is all gloss white ceramic.
  My fav finish.  Also happened on some
chair cushions for my kitchen chairs.
I have looked off and on, but never really
saw any I liked well enough to pay what
they wanted for them.  These were only
$5.99 each and a nice blueberry color
that will look great in my kitchen,  and my
 tendinitis already likes them, they feel
soooooooooo good!!  Now I want have
to keep getting a pillow everytime we
eat or sit at the table.  Refreshing!!  lol


#12
I am thankful

and excited that our friend Becky from over
 at Time Washed is coming for a visit in the
 morning,
Now I am glad I didn't take everything down
yet or the house would be a wreck!!  Not
that she cares, but it will just be nicer for
her visit is all.  It has been quite a while
since we have been able to get together,
so think we are both thrilled..........and it
will probably be awhile again as she has
two grand daughters arriving in the month
of January,  so Grammy is gonna be a
bit busy..................lol

Well, that's it for today!

Thanks for coming by..........

Would love to hear from you!

Love, Hugs, and
First of the year blessings to you,
Nellie

Happy New Year - 2013

Happy New Year

Sweet Friends...

As Christmas starts to

fade into the New Year.....

Let us all remember to take

the Spirit of Christmas into

the New Year with us.

May we have His Love, Joy 

and Peace to carry us thru

yet another year,

and

May this be our Most

Blessed and Grateful

Year Ever!

Love, Hugs and

New Years Blessings,

Nellie