Thankful Thursday October 20, 2022, and More Fall Decor from 2022

Praise the LORD. Blessed are those who fear the LORD, who find great delight in his commands.

Psalm 112:1  NIV

Greetings Sweet Friends,

How are you today?  Hope you are 

feeling great and are happy and healthy.

I am happy to report that as of yester-

day I am feeling so much better not

completely there yet, but almost!!

Pictures  today are of more Fall decorating for 2022.  These pics Still in the living room area!

# 1 

Thankful for several long conversations

with my lovely Daughter this week.

They had a flood in their office so

she was off work all week.

#2 and 3

Thankful that we decided we liked the mirror

we got last week for our guest bedroom, so we

got her hung, then restyled the dresser top,

 and we both really like how it came out.

So thankful for another few steps on our

guest bedroom, and reasons to have to

stand up doing something as my back is

still giving me trouble, and sitting just

makes it way worse.

#4

Thankful for all I got done today inspite

of my back.  I do okay as long as I am

standing up!  

#5

Thankful that Friday was Dee and Jerry's

11th Anniversary.  They are so good

together and had a nice time.

#6

Thankful for our first pot of Beef Stew

for the season.  Always love it....

and other one pot meals too.

#7 

Thankful that I was feeling well enough

to go to church yesterday, and out to lunch

with our friends, and later to the grocery

store.  Afraid I might have overdone it

tho.....cause today is Monday and not doing

so great with my back again.

#8

Thankful for my hubby and how he takes

care of me.  On Monday we decided that

maybe I just needed to lay down instead

of sitting,  So I did that when I wasn't

standing or walking around.  At least

it did relieve the pain, but got up in

hopes that would be the end of it, but

nope......so just took some Alleve Back

and muscle pills, my Daughter told

me about so, will see how that goes.

It has been a long 8 1/2 days, I have

to say.......

#9

Thankful that our local Publix Super

market has a Seasonal Sub that is

really delicious.  It has Turkey and

Cranberry sauce and bacon and

cheese (not a cheese that taste real

cheesy. We had them last year and

were glad to see they are back again,

just as delicious as last years.

#10

Thankful that my back is somewhat

better, and I am trying to pamper

it and not overdue again, so trying

 to lay down rather than sit down

 and stand as much as possible, 

so decided it was a good time to 

refresh my guest bathroom.

#11

Thankful to not feel like hollering

or hollering every time I get up 

from a sitting position.  lol  

#12

Thankful for the Beautiful view I had

this morning......a large group of beautiful

white Ibis birds having breakfast on our

front lawn. There was probably 30+

of them.  They come at times but it

has been quite awhile since we have

seen that many at once.  Lovely sight!

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Well, that's it for Cozy Place this

week.  This has been the

"Threw my Back Out" 

Edition.   lol

Thanks for coming by.....

and

Have a delightful rest of the week.

Love, Hugs and nearing the end

of October Blessings,

Nellie

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Wise Perspective we all need to hear or be reminded of.....

Good Sunday Morning

Sweet Friends,

This is not  my typical Scripture Sunday post, but think it will be just as inspirational. 

I Don't know about you, but lately we have just seen so many friends and others who are just going thru such really tough situations, that just break our hearts and makes us really wish we could rescue them out of those situations somehow.

So I saw this post on face book and don't know who the person was that wrote this, but she is a very wise and discerning woman, and this is a good word that we all need to hear and be reminded of.....during these crazy times in which we are living.  Hope it brings hope to your heart!!

  It sure did mine.

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It is an excerpt from something.....and just in case you don't know she is talking about real Bible characters and things they went through.......

She was obviously feeling some what like us.....

“I would have pulled Joseph out. Out of that pit. Out of that prison. Out of that pain. And I would have cheated nations out of the one God would use to deliver them from famine.

I would have pulled David out. Out of Saul’s spear-throwing presence. Out of the caves he hid away in. Out of the pain of rejection. And I would have cheated Israel out of a God-hearted king.

I would have pulled Esther out. Out of being snatched from her only family. Out of being placed in a position she never asked for. Out of the path of a vicious, power-hungry foe. And I would have cheated a people out of the woman God would use to save their very lives.

And I would have pulled Jesus off. Off of the cross. Off of the road that led to suffering and pain. Off of the path that would mean nakedness and beatings, nails and thorns. And I would have cheated the entire world out of a Savior. Out of salvation. Out of an eternity filled with no more suffering and no more pain.

And oh friend. I want to pull you out. I want to change your path. I want to stop your pain. But right now I know I would be wrong. I would be out of line. I would be cheating you and cheating the world out of so much good. Because God knows. He knows the good this pain will produce. He knows the beauty this hard will grow. He’s watching over you and keeping you even in the midst of this. And He’s promising you that you can trust Him. Even when it all feels like more than you can bear.

So instead of trying to pull you out, I’m lifting you up. I’m kneeling before the Father and I’m asking Him to give you strength. To give you hope. I’m asking Him to protect you and to move you when the time is right. I'm asking Him to help you stay prayerful and discerning. I'm asking Him how I can best love you and be a help to you. And I’m believing He’s going to use your life in powerful and beautiful ways. Ways that will leave your heart grateful and humbly thankful for this road you’ve been on.”

- Kimberly D. Henderson

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Thank You, Kimberly Henderson

for your encouraging outlook! and Prayers!!

It was so helpful for this lady(me),

to be reminded of those truths from scripture.

Hope it was helpful for you as well.

Hugs, Nellie

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Thankful Thursday October 13, 2022, Fall decor for 2022

 

Now, our God, we give you thanks,

 and praise your glorious name.

Chronicles 29:13 NIV

A Fall Hello 

Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you doing well and

enjoying Fall and it's festivities.

Our week has been slow and uneventful

because I threw my back out on Monday,

 and was hoping to report today that I

 was totally back to normal, but NADA.

I have to say at times it is better but

if you have back issues you know when

it is normal and when it is not quite

there yet!!  lol  Well, it is not quite

there yet, for sure!!  Maybe tomorrow!!

If I just didn't have to sit down it

would be great!!  lol

Pictures today are from our 2022 

Foyer and living room;

Imagine that!!   lol

Finally had some time to take pictures!

So on with my Thankfuls.............

#1

Thankful to have found a few Christmas 

presents while out shopping and then,

 enjoyed having din din at Olive Garden.  

#2

Thankful for a great day with lil darling once she

 got a nap,  she was very tired as she has had a lot

 of activity in the last few weeks, and guess it finally

caught up with her.  Got a lot of school work

done and did some painting for fun, and then

she even got to have her lil friend over too.

#3

Thankful for lil darlings great attitude 

and Sweet and Wonderful heart. 

#4

Thankful for the opportunity to help out with

someone down South who had lots of hurricane

damage by purchasing needed items for some

one else to take there.

#5

Thankful that we got to go to the birthday party

 of the lil gal hubby tutors once in awhile, and

we had a really nice time talking with the

adults, as she was busy with all her friends,

which is what we expected!!  lol  but we

did get a few hugs!!  lol

#6

Thankful that someone asked us to text them

and let them know we made it home okay.

I ask that of my family/ friends a lot, 

mostly at night or if they have a long trip,

 but have never had anyone ask me that but 

my Daughter.  I feel it is a good thing to

 ask , just in case!!  Not every one sees it

 that way..... I think it is a way of showing

love and caring. Anyway, I loved that 

He asked.  Maybe it is because we are

getting up there in age, but whatever

the reason.....it said love to me!!

#7

Thankful that it has been a quiet and uneventful

 week, with nothing much on our plate that we had

 to do, since I somehow threw my back out and the last 2 weeks have been pretty busy.  

So it's been a good thing!!

#8

Thankful to hear that Tulsi Gabbard left the

 Democratic party.....don't know how she ever

 got there to be honest. She is a pretty astute lady,

 hope those she invited to leave with her.......

do just that!

#9

Thankful that we finally got several

pcs. of furniture from the guest bedroom

and a lot of others things donated to

a charity and out of our house.  Yea!!

So happy to have that off our To Do list.

#10

Thankful for a few cards we got finished

 up and into our shop.

#11

Thankful for something really neat that I read on facebook this week.  I am gonna share it with you on Sunday (for Scripture Sunday) and hope you will come check it out on Sunday and that it blesses your perspective on life the way it did mine.

#12

Thankful we got to pick lil darling up from

school today and see her for a few hour.

The time just flys by, but better than not

seeing her for sure.  Thankful we went

to our pitiful mall (so many stores have

closed) to walk some, thought it might

help my back, but didn't.  Thankful

we found a mirror that might work

for our guest bedroom, will see how

we like it tomorrow, and then din

din at Outback steakhouse.  It was

very good, and we had the same

server last time we were there, she

is just adorable and just a bright

spot in the day. So cute!

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Well folks,  that's it for this week

at Cozy Place.

Glad you came by 

and 

Hope you have an extra special rest of the week.

Love, Hugs and Mid October Blessings,

Nellie

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                        That is certainly what I see.........

                       and hope you do too!

                  Have a Beautiful Sunday!

                                                                    Nellie

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Thankful Thursday September 29 and October 6 2022, more Fall pics from the Past.

 

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Colossians 2:6-7 NIV

Greetings From Messy Florida 

Sweet Friends,

Wow.....Since we live in Florida.....

a lot has happened since I posted last, 

 so since I couldn't post last Thursday,

cause our power went out on Wed. evening

before the storm even came anywhere

near us, so just decided to combine 2 weeks

 worth of Thankful Thursdays. So hope

you don't mind......

Pictures today are from Falls in the

past............

So on with my Thankfuls......

Before the Hurricane

#1

Thankful for a great day with lil darling,

doing school work and visiting and having

fun when we could and she also was able

to have her lil friend next door over again.

So while they were playing we got to visit

with her Daddy a lil bit.

#2

Thankful that as a believer in Jesus, that

 he sent his holy spirit to take up residence

 in my life, and the life of every believer.

 So when God says He is with you always, 

 He truly is......

#3

Thankful for hearing about a miracle that

we and others diligently prayer for.  Some-

one's hubby had an intestinal blockage and 

it was looking like they were gonna have to

 have surgery, but God.....they did a CT scan

with contrast to see where they would need

to do the surgery and the contrast removed

the blockage, so NO surgery necessary!!

Truly a miracle!!  God is so good!!

and He is out of the hospital and doing

well.

#4

 Thankful to have finished up the cards that were in process 3 more down.  I am working on Pastor appreciation cards, and we have a lot of Pastors............lol

#5

Thankful for a new series we found called "Raising Bates". It is about a Christian family who has 19 children, and we love it.  It's an amazing series so far, we have watched about 4 episodes now.  We love watching these series with so many episodes cause we are always excited to see what is going to happen with their families next. They are also uplifting, clean and have good story lines.

#6

Thankful to finally have our house back

in order. Finally got all the Spring/Summer

things and leftover Fall things put away,

and the house all cleaned up.

Yea!!!

#7

Thankful that we have most of our hurricane

preparations done. Think it will now come

over us as a Tropical storm as the path

has changed a bit.  Will see, as it seems to

keep changing.

After the Storm

#8

Thankful that we took our Hurricane

preparations seriously when our power

went out Wed. nite about 9:15pm, before

 the storm was barely headed our way.

#9

Thankful for reg. candles and candle holders,

 LED candles, kerosene lanterns and flashlights.

They were all pressed into service.  We found

that LED battery candles make great nite

 lights. They were such a blessing the 4

nights we were without power.

#10

Thankful for a early Thurs. morning text from 

our Son, saying the hurricane had taken another

track going across Florida and was going out

 to sea by 2 pm. on Thursday. We thought we

would be facing another whole day of rain

and winds.  Even tho, we did get some it

was not nearly as bad as it would have 

been had the hurricane come over us even

as a tropical storm.  That thing was massive,

and the reason we had so much rain even

tho we were so far away from it.

#11

Thankful that we slept well every night 

and we were not hot at all.  Which is

Amazing in and of itself.

#12

Thankful that most days were not that 

hot either cause we had so much breeze.

I have to say I was dreading our power

going out because I remember all too 

well what it was like in Hurricane Charley

years ago.  It  it was unbelieveable hot,

 muggy and miserable. But this experience

 was so much better and we PTL for that!

#13

Thankful that our whole family fared well

during the storm.  Our son and we all

lost power on Wed. nite and didn't get

it back until Sunday.  Scott go his back

sometime during Sat. nite, our wasn't

back till 7:30 Sunday evening. My Sister-

in-law Susan never lost power, and our

Daughter and Hubby only lost it for 

about 5 hrs. or less.

#14

Thankful that none of us had any damage

to ourselves or our homes.  Only some

trees down back in our woods, and 

broken limbs and yard debri for all

of us.

#15

So Thankful to have our power back

mostly because we were having to

use a cooler, once we were finally

 able to get ice, cause the first few

days there was none, and we are

def. thanful for the ice & cooler too.

#16

Thankful for so many friends that 

called to check on us, which made

us feel very loved, and we were

grateful to be able to give them

 good news about our whole family.

#17

Thankful that we were able to go

to church on Sunday, then out to

lunch with our Son and lil darling

then spend the afternoon with them

at his house since they had power.

#18

Thankful to have been able to save most things

 out of the freezer since we could put them

 in my SIL  Susan's freezer.

Thanks Susan!

#19

Thankful to have emptied out our

fridge before the power came back

on, so all we had to do was wipe it

out a lil so we can start putting 

things back in.

#20

Thankful for our grill which we were

able to make some dinners and some

breakfast on.............

#21

Thankful that hubby thought to pull

our window shades in the living room

to help keep the sun out, so the house

stayed cooler............I liked the light

coming in so we could see, but it

was better to not have the Sun bring

in the heat tho.

#22

Thankful for all the people who work

for our Power Company that work so

hard to help us all get our lights back

on....they are truly unsung heroes.

#23

Thankful that the Lord spared my nephew 

today from what could have been a fatal

car crash. He and a friend were on their

way to work and were in the turn lane

at an intersection when the light turned

green, but for some reason the driver

hesitated and all of a sudden a big log

truck full of logs flew through the inter-

section and would have T-boned them.

 

#24

And Last but definitely not least,

I am thankful to the Lord for His

protection and watch care over our

entire family.

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Well, that is finally it for Cozy Place

the last 2 weeks,  This was the 

Hurricane Edition!!  lol

Thanks for checking in

and

Hope you have a lovely rest of the week.

Love that we feeling like Fall in 

the mornings, and hoping and praying 

it sticks around for awhile....lol

Blessings,

Nellie

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Scripture Sunday

 

If you want to live your best life ever,

make sure You know Jesus, and then

 read your Bible and  follow what it says.

  That doesn't mean your life will be easy or

 perfect but it sure makes it a whole lot better,

Cause God knows the beginning and the end 

of your life,  He has the helicopter view, we

 only have the one day at a time view. 

 So He knows what is ahead but we don't.......

So you can trust HIM to lead you...........

and best of all, you will also know your

eternal destination

Hugs, Nellie

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