Friday, February 5, 2016

Thankful Thursday February 4, 2016, Completed Winter Family room































Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope your first week of February

has been a good one.........

Mine has been mostly good with
a few disappointments, but such
 is life..............right???

I am sharing a few more family
room table tops, and a few areas
that I hadn't completely finished
the last time you saw it.  The fire-
place mantle got different candles,
they went from 3 clear glass with
white candles to 5  gold mercury
glass candles, (wish I had taken a
 pic with the 5 candles lit, looks so
 pretty) and I finished the hearth
 off with candles as well.


So on to Thankful Thursday.


I am thankful


#1
for a fun time with our lil darling on
Friday night.  She was full of energy
and excitement even tho she had a 
bit of a cold........you would have
never know it..........if only you
could bottle and sell that energy
that kids have...........lol






later I moved the snowflake candle
 on the hearth up to the mantle and
 put it in the middle with 2 of the
 gold candle cups, then put a crock
 with pine cones on the hearth.
 looked more balanced
 that way!



#2
that our surprise house guest who
left this morning (Monday), seemed
to enjoy her stay her with us, and was
comfortable and feeling fairly well
 most of the time, as she has struggled
for years with what they call an en-
vironmental illness, which makes
her allergic to so many things! But
she is doing way better now than
 she has for years.  Bless her heart!  
We were blessed to have her here,
and we had some great spiritual
 conversations.  She has authored
a number of books due to her
illness as well.  which I think is
just awesome........and she is only
36 years old.





#3
for shrimp......I have been craving
some for a week, and we finally got 
some on Sat. evening from our local
Publix grocery store.  I have said it
before, but in case you missed it....
if you buy shrimp there they will
steam it for you so you don't have
to stink up your house!  lol
I love that...........they have a lemon
herb seasoning, and that is my 
favorite one.........then I mix up
some ranch dressing with a lil
lemon juice and cilantro to dip
it in.........Delicious!!
We had some leftover so gonna
make some shrimp salad out of
it today...........that is some good
eating too................






























Did you notice my lil snow covered 
tree ornaments, hanging on the fireplace
 doors. Got them from the dollar store
a few years ago,  perfect for  Winter
 decorating I think!
I enjoy using christmas ornaments that
 don't necessarily look like Christmas
 ornaments all year long.  I hang them
from window latches, and cabinet doors,
and some times just add them to a table
top, as you will see a few pics down, the
lil white sled ornament.





#4
for a beautiful video I rec'd thru
email from a friend about a man
who is planting flags all over
America in honor of our fallen
soldiers.......Beautiful.....
I have never heard of it before
but certainly should have on
the news.................
Be sure to watch the video......
it is very touching, and amazing
to see how it unites people!


One Life, One Flag, One Mile

































This is a shot of our new rug we got last month.
We think it is perfect for our room. Our other 
one was oval and the colors similiar but it had
a few roses around the border.



#5
that Ted Cruz won in Iowa........I was
disappointed it wasn't Ben Carson but
very thankful it was a man who loves
God, this Country and the Constitution
of the United States and stands for a lot
of the same things Ben does. 





























With Colored Pencil Affect


#6
for Shrimp salad, waldorf salad and 
peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip 
cookies I made on Tuesday.  It was
all yummy................had the shrimp
salad for lunch with cheese and 
crackers, the waldorf salad w/ Pork 
Chops and beets for dinner, and the
 cookies for dessert of course! 
 Made my Day!!  lol































#7
for "Honey Crisp" apples.
If you have never had one you
definitely need to try them.
I am not a fan of apples unless
they are in a fruit salad, but I
can eat these,  they have such
a wonderful flavor and sweet-
ness.  They made our Waldorf
Salad taste even better than 
usual.......






























#8
for a new series we found on
netflix called "When calls the
heart".  We have only watched
2 episodes and I already love
it.  We just finished up one
called "Cedar Cove",  think
it has season #4, but don't
know when we will get to see
 that or not but hope so............
These are such wholesome shows, 
so much like TV used to be years
 and years ago. Wonderful to see
 that they still have things like this.
Think many of them come from
are made in Canada and by 
Hallmark.








#9
that Mimi over at a Tray of Bliss
is gonna continue on blogging,
as I saw a post earlier in the week
where it didn't sound like that was
the case, but before I could let her
know of my disappointment, she
said nothing was gonna change.
So was very happy about that,
as she is a very lovely lady and
friend, and has a lot of great content
 on her blog, so she would surely be
missed............. 







#10
that our kids are all meeting
together in Savannah for a lil
get away weeked.  Our kids are
7 yrs, apart and there were times
we wondered if they would ever
be close, so it makes us happy to
 see them having a good time
 together with them and their
 spouses.  








#11
that we could help our neighbor out
tonight by letting her use our computer
to take a test that she had to get done
by 10 pm. tonight for her online
schooling.  She got it done and was
quite happy about that, and we were
happy to be able to help her.  She
is the neighbor that brings us the
fruitcake.........and other goodies
at times too...........so nice to be
able to do something for her!






#12
for a lovely walk outside this 
morning in the 50 degree temp.
Felt amazing & Invigorating!


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Happy you could come by to hear about 
Another week at Cozy Place................
and to see some more Winter Decorating.

Thanks for stopping by,


Hope Your Friday is Fun........

Your Saturday and Sunday....


 Sunshiny and Sweet!!






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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Winter Coffee Table



Happy Tuesday Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds your week going well, 
so far!  

I am doing well in most ways, but....
still having some back issues, but as long 
as I don't sit a lot I am fine...........lol
I was hoping to spend quite a bit of time
on the computer this week doing cards and 
preparing some posts, since the house is in 
good shape, and all I need to do is some
 laundry, but so much for that.  lol

Our house guest left yesterday morning so
we have the house all back to ourselves. It
is lil strange having people in the house
 when it has just been the 2 of you for
so long................unless it is your kids,
of course..................
but not necessarily a bad thing either!
We are such creatures of habit we need
a lil shake up every now and again.  lol

Thought I would show you our family
room coffee table today............

Gonna just get on with that... so I can
 get up and move around.  Guess I will 
be doing some cooking today since
 standing up seems to be the better
 thing to do !!  lol





Remember you can click on any pic to en-
large them all, for better viewing pleasure.



Have been enjoying the burlap table
 runner since the Fall, so decided to
keep it in place.........then decided to
use my pretty white Rooster
"Beaureguard" 
as I think he makes a nice
presence on the coffee table.






Always like to use lots of candles
 especially in the Fall and Winter when
 we can burn them the most, as Spring
and Summer it is usually way too hot,
here in Florida.  This is one of my
favorite candleholders as well.  






























Just stuck a gold painted pine 
cone in this lil terra cotta pot,
since pine cones seem Wintery.




























 With paint daubs affect










Books are always good for giving 
a little height when needed and also
 added a lil color here...........since I
 guess you have noticed by now if 
you have seen my other recent posts
 that I am using a neutral palette in 
my family room this time.  









I ran across this key so added it to
 the book for a lil extra bling I guess
you would say..............



With posterized affect







From the opposite end of the room.

See the brown garden stool over by
 the big chair......well, I am Still 
trying to decide if I want to paint 
it a cream color or not!
That was the plan when I bought it.

So what do you think???

Lil darling loves to take the stuff
off the top and use it as a drum...
Her Daddy showed her that when
 we first got it....and I hadn't put
 anything on top of it yet.......lol
But she very carefully removes
everything and then is really
good about putting it all back
where it goes afterwards, and
she does a lil flower arranging
in the process...........lol




Don't remember if I showed you 
this pretty throw I got when I was 
up in Asheville in the Fall.  The
other side of the throw is the same 
color as the pillow you see here.

Hubby and I Love it, and so does
lil darling.....she likes to cover
up with it when we are reading
in this chair.

Have to say we are really enjoying
 this new neutral colored room
 very much.

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So happy you could come by
 today and hope you enjoyed
yourself.........and that you
come again soon.


Keep your light shining
brightly.............





Love, Hugs and
2nd Day of February Blessings,
Nellie


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