Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Most Viewed Blog Posts from July through December of 2021.




Hello Sweet Friends,


Hope this finds you well and enjoying the New Year!

Can't say that is true for us yet!!  lol  We are still trying

to get over whatever this is.......still very tired and now

I have developed a loose cough, and hubbies dry cough 

has turned into a loose cough a few days ago and

he is coughing way less now, so hoping since I am 2

days behind him on when mine started, we are hoping

 this means we are on the way out of this virus soon..........lol


Trying to get the rest of our Christmas decorations down

today, I was gonna leave part of them up cause we were

 supposed to leave for my Daughters in SC yesterday, 

for a week, but the Lord was not willing!! lol  

but we know that Father knows best, and we also were 

encouraged to know that our Daughter is going to come 

in February to see one of her best friends for her 

birthday and of course, plans to spend a few days

 with us as well,  so that made us feel a lot better, and

 we can hopefully plan another trip in the next few months.


Well, Here is the 2nd half of the yearly 

Most Viewed Posts.  Hope you enjoy!






July 2021

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 August 2021

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September 2021

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October 202l

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November 2021

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December 2021

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Well, there you have it.

Hope you have a delightful day!


Thanks for stopping by,


Love, Hugs,  and

Healthy Blessings to you all,

Nellie


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Sunday, January 16, 2022

Scripture Sunday

 





Happy Sunday Morning

Sweet Friends,


Here is the verse for today!



So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10 NIV


Lets remember to ask God for

His strength and His courage.


Hugs,

Nellie


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Thursday, January 13, 2022

Thankful Thursday January 13, 2022, and Winter Decor from the past........


He put a new song in my mouth, 
a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see
 and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.
 Psalms 40:3 NIV



Greetings Sweet Friends

Welcome to Thankful Thursday,


I am gonna be short in my opening today

as you will see why on # 10..........

Pics to are of Winter Decor from the past.

Sorry some of these are so blurry but had

 a dickens of a time pulling them out

 of my google pic storage, and just

 didn't have the energy to find others.








#1

Thankful for dinner out with hubby

to Outback Steak house,  we were fianlly

able to get in this week,  no wait.

Dinner was lovely.....


#2

Thankful hubby found a Ree Drummond

Cookbook at Sams.  In case you don't know

who she is....She is " Pioneer Woman" and

I used to love watching her show,  but 

guess they took it off the air,  but she

was a judge on the Christmas cookie

Challenge show we watched, and she is

a very kind lady which made us want

to buy her book,  lots of family photos

were included, so can't wait to spend

some time looking at it.  We did look 

at the first chapter on breakfast, and

 it was good, made us decide to make

some sweet potato pancakes, my recipe,

but inspiring none the less. We loved

 all the pics she has of her family

 throughout the book,  charming!





#3

Thankful for a really lovely day with

lil darling.  Got to hear about her

version of the camping trip, and also

about a field trip this week to Legoland.

Also, we had her fav breakfast, played

Sorry and a new game hubby found

at Marshalls called Tree-opoly.  It is like

Monopoly in some ways,  but she was

bored with it ( and was trying to put my

hair up with clips) in less than 20 mins.

 and honestly so was I....lol   She painted

some sun catchers for her parents so

we are gonna put them up as a gift

for Valentines Day,  then we watched

a couple of holiday dessert challenges,

took some wagon rides, while singing

Christmas songs, and then played

restaurant.  We are the customers

and she is gonna make one great

server when she grows up.  lol

Every time we play that she adds

some new thing she learned.  This

week it was "I will text you when 

your table is ready".. lol  She is

such a hoot, and it was so great

to see her as it had been almost 

two weeks.  




#4

Thankful that I finally got the bug to start

taking my Christmas Decorations down.

I am not taking it all down just the stuff

that looks really Cristmasy, am leaving

anything that might look like Winter.


#5

Thankful that my hubby now makes us

breakfast a few times a week.  Love it.

He makes scrambled eggs and bacon

when we have lil darling cause she loves

his scrambled eggs, and he makes break

fast sandwiches for us, on cheesy bagels,

It's all yummy and especially yummy

 since I don't have to do it.........lol  




#6

Thankful for the "Jesus Calling" devotional

book by Sarah Young.  I have read it a

number of times, and it always speaks to

me....so we decided to do it together for

the year!  


#7

Thankful for Chicken Salad.....I made

some today and it has been since Summer

since I have made it, and was delish

as always, one of my favorite sandwiches.

I put it on toasted Ciabatti bread. Um Um!

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#8

Thankful I am feeling much better the

last few days. On Sunday hubby and I

both started to feel like we were getting

colds again.  He is still  feeling about

the same but not coughing as much, so

far today.





#9 and 10

Thankful that I am feeling way better

than the last few days since I wrote

#8,  I started running a fever on Tues.

and Wed. and had a bad headache and

body aches, but my fever finally broke

during the night, so am feeling way better 

today,  just still weak and tired but that

is way better than with the fever and all

that goes with it, So much for thinking

 I had escaped it.  On the Plus side

I lost 2 pds...........lol  Hubby has lost

about 6pds, just hasn't had a lot of

appetite since he was sick, but he has

been feeling better since about Tuesday.

Thankful that we weren't both sick at

 the same time so we could take care

 of each other.........


#11

Thankful for My Daughter, Neighbor

and young lady from church who

offered to help us if we needed any

thing. My Daughter text us and said

Mom if you need anything from Publix

cough drops, cough syrup or soup

or anything I will send it to you. She

lives in SC and has insta-cart and we 

do too,  but thought her offer was so

 sweet and thoughtful. She's a gem!


#12

Thankful for all those who are praying

for us, and some who are checking on us 

daily thru texting to see how we are 

coming along. That means so much.


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


Have a Wonderful rest of the week.


Love, Hugs and 

Healthy  Blessings to You!!

Nellie


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Sunday, January 9, 2022

Scripture Sunday


 



Good Sunday Morning to You

Sweet Friends,

and Happy New Year, as well.....


Here are the verses for today!


"But the Lord is the one who is marching before you!

 He is the one who will be with you! He won’t let you down.

 He won’t abandon you. So don’t be afraid or scared!" 

Deuteronomy 31:8



Shalom.......Peace Be with YOU!


Hugs,

Nellie


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Thursday, January 6, 2022

Thankful Thursday January 6, 2022, and Winter Decor Past

But let all who take refuge in you be glad;

 let them ever sing for joy. 

Spread your protection over them, 

that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

Psalm 5:11  NIV

 


Greetings Sweet Friends,


Hope this is finding your New Year off to 

a great start.....ours has been quiet so far,

which to us is great!  lol  Haven't taken

 any decorations down yet, just not 

ready to yet.  I like Christmas to linger

a little longer.........lol


Pictures today are from our Winter Decor

of the past.........since we don't get snowy

Winters here,  I like to enjoy them from

afar.........lol






#1

Thankful for running into our sweet neighbors

at the grocery store, that has never happened

before and it was truly a simple pleasure,

cause we had such a fun time chatting,

 and because we haven't seen them lately,

as she has been sick, but now feeling better!



#2

Thankful for dinner out on Thursday evening

 just the 2 of us to Carrabbas. We were gonna

go to Outback for a change,  but they had a 

super long wait, and I wasn't too thrilled

about going to Carabbas at first even tho

I really like them, cause we just had Italian

food on Sunday,  but it turned out to be a

great choice, and we really enjoyed it.

and it got us out of the house.  lol





#3

Thankful for a quiet and relaxing New

Years eve with my honey.



#4

Thankful for the gift of contentment

in our lives.



#5

Thankful for a good day at church 

and a delicious lunch with our friends

  to Texas Roadhouse.  It was great

to hear about their Christmas and 

to catch up.




#6

Thankful for our Son-in-love. He is 

such a great guy and he fits into our

 family so well, and we love him too pieces.

Today is his birthday!


#7

Thankful for a long telephone conversation

with my Daughter and Son this week.

Heaven for Mom!!  lol






#8

Thankful for the gift of being retired,

and what a blessing it is to us, and 

hopefully to others.  We have lots

more time to pray for and encourage

 others, and more time for family and

others as well.  Also time for making

and sending more cards


#9

Thankful for a new book we are

 reading called "The Case for Heaven" 

by Lee Stroebel.





#10

Thankful that facebook notifies us each

day of when someone has a birthday.

It always makes me feel like a celebrity

every year, and love that I can help make

others feel the same way. For a long time

 I couldn't figure out how people knew

 it was my birthday, cause didn't and still

can't necessarily figure out Face book, 

but finally I asked my Daughter, and

she told me, so love that I can now

makes others feel loved on their 

birthday too.



#11

Thankful for these Baking Challenge Contests

they have on Discovery Plus,  we started 

watching with the Christmas cookie Challenge

bake off,  and now others ones they have.

I dont know why but hubby and I both

really get a kick out of them,  and I have

learned some things about baking too.

They are just a fun competition!!







#12

Thankful for Spinach balls, they are delish

and a good way to get a veggie into our

diet.  My SIL Susan makes them, so I knew

they were good.  So made my first batch

and they are great and handy when you

 want a lil snack, and they are quick and

 easy to make as well.

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Well, that's it for Cozy Place this week.


Hope you are have a lovely rest of the

week,  and thanks for coming by.




Keep you light shining Brightly!



Love, Hugs and

New Years Blessings,

Nellie


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Friday, December 31, 2021

Funny Story.......Don't try this at home!!

 

Picture compliments of https://unsplash.com/s/photos/red-velvet-cake



Happy New Years Eve 

Sweet Friends,


I woke up laughing this morning thinking again

about a story I told my neighbor last night when

we ran into them at the grocery store.  Hadn't 

thought of this in years and years.  Anyway,

thought it might give someone out there a good

 laugh, so thought I would share it.

When our first Christmas together rolled around

we had only been married not quite 2 months,

and being new to the Suzie homemaker thing,

I decided to make my new hubbies favorite

cake, "A Red Velvet Cake", and I found these

aluminum pans that were Christmas tree shaped,

 so decided to make it "A Green Velvet Cake", 

so since Red Velvet cake uses 2 bottles of 

Red food coloring, I used 2 bottles of green 

food coloring for my tree shaped extravaganza.

  I was so pleased that it turned out so well

after I frosted it with cream cheese frosting 

with black walnuts.  Since we were going

 to my Dad and Step-moms for Christmas

 dinner, as well as my other step siblings,

we were of course, taking the cake with us.

After dinner, it was time for dessert and 

I just knew my Dad would be so proud of

my cake (Being a chef and restaruant

owner).  Anyway, we were all sitting at

the table eating my cake and everyone

said how good it was, and I was feeling so

great that it came so well, then as we sat

talking and eating our cake, we all began

to notice each others lips..... they were

 turning green, and it got worse with each

 bite, now our lips, teeth and tongue were all

 green.......and we were all dying laughing

 and running to find a mirror to see what

we looked like, it was too funny......

and as it turned out it actually affected 

everyone's whole entire digestive system

 in a very green way and everything was 

coming out green, for a few days, if you

 get my drift.

So needless to say, Green Velvet Cake was

 never ever on my menu again!  lol

But it sure made for a good story and I

sure got a lot of laughs and ribbing about

it for sure..........


Very thankful we didn't have cell phone 

cameras and face book back then, cause

my family would have made sure

 to post it.  lol


Anyway, that's my story and I am 

sticking to it........


Hugs and New Years Eve Blessings,

Nellie


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