Scripture Sunday

 

Hope you have a lovely day walking in

 His light and His love.

Hugs, Nellie

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Thankful Thursday January 2, 2025, and Happy New Year Pictures

 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV

Hello Sweet Friends.

and

Happy New Year!!

Hope your New Year is off to a good start!!  

So far, so good for us.

Not taking down my Christmas Decor yet,  but just 

putting away Christmas gifts and things like Christmas

 dishes we used, that we keep stored and just enjoying

 some cooler weather the last few days.

Hope you are doing well and basking in the memories

of your Christmas.

Pictures today are of Happy New Years  Photos

compliments of pixabay.

So on with my Thankfuls....

#1

Thankful to have a day just resting and recuperating with

our family the day after Christmas.  Just made a couple

of pork loin roasts to go with all of Chistmas dinner

leftovers..........so it was great!

#2 and 3

Thankful that on Friday we all went out shopping/looking around

at "Home Sense" a store we all really love.  It has everything to

do with the hone.  So we all get a kick out of looking around

in there.  Sometimes we find a treasure and sometimes we

leave empty handed,  but we enjoyed it just the same.

We wound up with a Christmas tree collar we got for half

price.  Never even heard of them until this year,  anyway,

it looks great, especially since we like to leave our tree up'

with just the lights on it,  all Winter......and doesn't look

 strange since there are no gifts under the tree.

#4

Thankful that on the same night we discovered a new Mexican

restaurant that we had never been to,  but our Daughter had.

We all wanted to celebrate our Son-in-loves coming birthday

in January since we won't see him then.  We all loved this new

to us, restaurant,  the food was fabulous,  the service was

great,  it was busy but we got in quickly and the food came

quickly.  We also really liked their salsa and their guacamole,

Cause sometimes you like some things but not everything.

We loved everything!!  So will be visiting there again real

soon  Ahh,  there was one thing we didn't like.....the music

altho nice was way too loud.  I have a feeling they do that

to get people in and out quickly.............cause hard to have

a conversation!!  lol  It worked for us as we had been

having lots of conversations already!!  lol

#5

Thankful my Daugter and Son-in-love  got to go

 to breakfast with our son an lil darling, and go to a game 

type place for a short while.  Always nice to get some one

 on one time with each other.

#6

Thankful for many meaningful conversations, and just

being together,  and some game playing.  My Love

Cup is Full......

#7

Thankful that our Daughter and Son-in-love just happened

to see on her phone just as they were going to bed on Sat. night

 that there was a bad storm coming across the U.S....and headed

 toward the Carolina,s  and it was supposed to hit there area of SC

about 11 a.m. today.  (Sunday)  So they decided to get up at 5am

to head out.  So they left about 5:40 and we just heard from them

and they are home safe and sound.  It started raining there just as 

they were near home.  So we are very thankful the Lord answered 

all our prayers for their trip.

#8

Thankful for the ways the Lord goes ahead of us to protect

and help us,  like having the kids see by accident that a bad

storm was coming, so they could leave early and not get

caught driving in that!  Some people would say that is

a coincidence,  I don't believe anything is a coincidence

in the life of  a believer.

#9

Thankful we all fared well in the storm that came through.

on Sunday afternoon. It was mostly rain.  In the beginning of it,

 I did hear the loudest thunder clap I think I have ever heard.

#10

Thankful to hear this morning that one of our dearest

long time friends is in the hospital again and hopefully 

will have his gall bladder removed next week.  

This has been going on since the end of Sept.

at first, they thought he was having heart issues and

put a stent in, but then he started with bad pain all

over again, but because they had to pulled him off blood 

thinners to do the stent, they could not do the gall bladder

surgery then, so they sent him home with a drain tube

in his side,  which kept clogging up more an more often

so finally, he was able to see a surgeon today who

put him right in the hospital.  His wife and family

are very relieved, as it was getting pretty scary at 

times.......so we all feel like the Lord has answered

our prayers and  he is in good hands now..

#11

Thankful that we came across a series they started several

years ago, but didn't think they were gonna do again.

It's called "Hope Valley" and it's sort of a spin off

of "When Calls the Heart".  Hoping it will come

back too.  They are very heart warming  wholesome

stories of life in the wild west in the olden days.  It is a 

series written by "Jannette  Oke".

#12

Thankful our church had a New Year Pray Service,

a great way to start the New Year,  then afterwards

hubby and I went out to dinner.

That's it for Cozy Place this week,

This is the After Christmas,  

Happy New Year Edition.

Thanks for making us a part of your day,

and hopefully your year!!

Love,Hugs, and

New Years Blessings,

Nellie

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Late Scripture Sunday and Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Sweet Friends,

Here is a good verse to ponder

as you start your New Year 2025.

The lions may grow weak and hungry,

    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Psalm 34:10 NIV

Love you  Sweet Friends 

and

Hope 2025 is a.........

 Wonderful Year for your and yours,

Hugs, Nellie

Thankful Thursday December 26, 2024, and our Christmas Breakfast Table 2024

"Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."

Matthew 1:23 

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope you have all had a Wonderfully blessed Christmas. Hard to believe Christmas had come and gone so quickly. Course, it always does. We are blessed that our South Carolina kids are still here with us, so we are still celebrating,  which is delightful.  It's been a really great time for all of us.

Pictures today are of our Christmas

Breakfast Table. 

On with my Thankfuls.....

this is out work up to Christmas edition.

#1

Thankful Christmas food shopping is all done accept for those last minute things you have to get.

#2

thankful 2 cakes are baked, glazed, decorated, wrapped in cellophane with a bow and delivered.  Family Christmas cards are all done and printed, Breakfast table planned,  and have started putting away stuff I temporarily stashed in the guest bedroom.

So our list is growing shorter!  Course, I keep adding things I think about!!

but if it makes it to the list it gets done. lol

#3

thankful that in less than 5 days we will be seeing our Daughter, Son-in-love, and furry Grandson dog,  Bentley!!

Very Excited to say the least.....

#4

Thankful the last cake was delivered,

and made 2 more fruit cakes, another

one for hubby (the 1st one is all gone) lol

 and one for our friends Dad who love

 love loves fruit cake.  Our Christmas

 dinner table is now planned. Every

 thing put away in the guest bedroom. 

Beef Stew is made for Christmas

eve dinner and for our dinner tonight.

#5

Thankful for a lovely Sunday.  Our

lead Pastor preached this Sunday and

next Sunday will be his last Sunday to

preach as our lead Pastor, but I am

sure he might be filling in here and

there in the future probably.  It

was good to see everyone and wish 

them Merry Christmas along with

singing Christmas carols.

#6

Thankful we got to go out and celebrate an early Christmas dinner with our friends.  We went to this lovely place that is like a country Inn, although it is buffet style, but the food is great, and  it was decorated so nicely as well. So we had a great time.

#7

Thankful that we got to go by and visit with our Son on Sunday as well, and see all he and lil darlings Christmas decorations and they did a great job, everything was so festive.

#8

thankful to drop off some things

to Good Will, which means a  lil less clutter here at home. lol

#9

Thankful our Daughter and Son-in-love made it to his parents house here in Florida on Sunday as well. 

#10

Thankful for the sweetest and one of the

 best Christmas presents ever.  We got to spend 6 uninterrupted hours with

just us and our Son on Christmas eve, cooking  and eating and talking. 

 It was awesome.

#11

thankful For a wonderful Christmas with our family. It was so special an we were thrilled we could all be together this year.  We have been so blessed to have been able to spend most of our Christmas' together as a family.  It was me and hubbys' 54th Christmas together~

We are thankful that our Daughter

and Son-in-love were able to get off

and we here for a few days longer 

than usual.  So that was awesome too.

#12

thankful last but absolutely not least,

Is for the main reason we celelbrate

Christmas at all,  and that is for 

Jesus,  and that He came into the world

not to condemn it but to save us all,

and give us an abundant life.  

He truly will change your life in every

way that can make it better.....

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

This is the Christmas Edition!!

Glad you could drop by

 and

 hope you and yours

have a Happy New Year~~

Love, Hugs, and

New Years Blessings,

Nellie

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Scripture Sunday -4th week of Advent

 

Happy Birthday Jesus!!

and

Merry Christmas to You and Yours,

Hugs, Nellie

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Thankful Thursday December 19. 2024, and Christmas in the foyer and living room

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:21 NIV

Christmas Greetings

 Sweet Friends,

My guess, if you are like us, that you

are still in preparation mode.  We

are slowly winding down, today I will be

 making some cakes for our neighbors,

haven't done that for years, as I decided

to give that up years ago in order to

have a less stressful Christmas and 

just bought something instead, but

for some reason I decided to make 

cakes again this year.  So will see how

that goes................

Hope you are having a Merry time

with your preparations and are not

feeling overwhelmed or stressed.

Pictures today are of our Christmas

Foyer and living room decorations.

Now on with my Thankfuls...............

#1

Thankful for a fun evening out with our

 Son and lil darling.  We went to her School Christmas program, which was really nice,

and her class did a skit that was really cute and she had quite a few lines, and did a great job.  Then we all went out to dinner

together where she chose......Texas Roadhouse!!  It was cold and it was nice to get dressed up a lil Christmasy.!  lol

#2

Thankful that hubby caught a charge on

 our bank statement that was on my debit card, and we never use our debit card,

as we don't feel they are safe.  So hubby

called the bank and they have refunded

our money (fortunately it was only for

$48) while they are investigating, and

are sending me a new card. We have

no idea how they could have gotten it

as that card has not been out of my

wallet in I don't even remember when,

but thanking the Lord it is taken care

of and so far, no other charges.

Lil darling made us this JOY sign in art class,  so had to find a perfect place

to display it.  So the wreath was it!!

this window is also in the foyer

#3

Thankful that all our gift 

wrapping is done and under the

tree now.  So now we can move

on to cleaning, which shouldn't

too bad.

#4

Thankful for a fun time being entertained

 at lil darlings dance recital today. (Sat.)

they did the "Nutcracker" and it was quite

 good.  She was a nutcracker soldier, and

 did a great job, and I really enjoyed a lot of the costumes, they were so pretty, and of

course there were beautiful ballerinas.

#5

Thankful for a good time after we left there, as we went to a shopping center we have only been to twice.  We looked around a lil bit, but it was just so crowded and we were hungry as well,  so cut it short and went to an olive garden near there. It was a nice time tho, Something a lil different.

#6

thankful for a wonderful Christmas presentation that was put

 on by our church on Sunday.  It was 

really so wonderful.....it was like a

 musical and a play.  Very Good and very enjoyable.

We have so many talented people in

our church it's amazing.

#7

Thankful for another productive 

day, mapping out Christmas meals,

 and creating grocery lists, and

 working on Christmas cards for 

the family.  

Hubby did the vaccuuming, so the

most of the house looks great,

need to dust in bedroom and office,

 then he can vaccuum in there too,

and it will all be done.  He also

helps me with a variety of other

tasks as well.  Very thankful

for all his help.

#8

Thankful that I finally got around

to making my own rendition of a 

fruit cake.  Been gonna do that for

a number of years now. I just used 

a yellow cake mix and put all the fruit

 and nuts in there, in a bundt pan. 

It tastes and smells wonderful but 

parts of the cake are a bit crumbly,

it did get more stable after  settling

 in over night.

Hubby thinks it's so good I should make

 them for our neighbors.

I am gonna make some cakes but they

won't be fruit cakes tho.  lol

#9

Thankful I got more cards made today, 

and the ones printed that I made yesterday, 

 also printed a scavenger hunt sheet for

 Christmas day game playing,  washed a load

of clothes, got my grocery list done   for Christmas eve and Christmas

 breakfast and dinner.  Refrigerator

 cleaned out, so we can now go grocery shopping in the next day or so.

been a good and productive day!!

#10

Thankful to talk with my Daughter

for awhile today,  and to get the

majoritey of our Christmas breakfast

and dinner shopping done, so all we

need to do is just get those last min.

items which should be quick. Also took

a blouse back that came in the wrong

size and it turned out to be flannel

as well, and even if it fit, it would be

too hot for our Christmas day here in

 Florida.  lol  Thankfully I had ordered

another top which came today and 

 I am keeping to wear. So that was nice.

#11

Thankful that all things that were

ordered have arrived, and most are

wrapped and under the tree,  just

a few loose ends.

#12

 thankful that lil darling is able

to go with my Son to his Christmas

Party at his new job, since his boss

has 2  girls near her age that are

going.  It's in Miami ..... So it will

be a lil adventure for them too!

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Well, that's it for Cozy Place today!

Thanks for making us a part of your day.

Love,  Hugs and 

Merry Christmas Blessings,

Nellie

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