Happy Fall! Summer 2025 Favorite Moments

Hello, Beautiful friends. I am so excited to share some of my favorite moments from the summer season as I close the door to one season and open the door to another season. 

Family Star Wars Day! We ate Star Wars-themed food and watched one of the movies. All of our young adults made it and their partners. We kicked off summer this way!

I visited Natural Bridge State Park in Alabama for some hiking and exploring. All I can say is I felt mighty small!!!! Look at me in the bottom picture!!!! It was an amazing place. 

Special moments at church with my hubby!!! We occasionally get a good photo. :) This day was such a wonderful day!!!!

Waterfall chasing and hiking are a big part of my EARLY SUMMER adventures due to the heat. I have to do this type of thing in early summer. This is Kinlock Falls in Bankhead National Forest aka...Sipsey Wilderness. It was absolutely beautiful. It was a bucket list moment to cross off.

My mom and I do a once-a-year outdoor trip. We used her RV and had a wonderful time exploring the area we were in. Waterfall chasing, visiting several state parks to collect stamps, and hiking. Lots of campfires, talking, and enjoying the outdoors. 

Showing my husband a favorite Cypress Swamp Boardwalk that I go to at times. He really enjoyed the serene beauty of it all.

Visiting a local farm to cut fresh and wildflowers was a wonderful experience. I made so many lovely bouquets for the home and friends.

Finishing my first 5k of the year. It was super hot but I loved it.

Celebrating my birthday. I was actually thrown a surprise party and my daughter made this cake! All things nature. It was perfect for me!!!!!!!!

Just fun birthday moments!!!!!

We celebrated our youngest son, Kyle's 18th birthday with family. Our birthdays are two days apart. It was nice to have him home and to celebrate him. He has been moved out for a while. 

 One of my friends and I did an impromptu, not planned at all, trip to a beach about 4 in a half hours away. She is a schoolteacher. I called her and said, "Before you start school, do you want to go to the beach?" She has been having a rough year, and the beach is her jam. She was so excited. We had a free hotel room due to my husband having free room points. We split food, sat at a free beach, and brought snacks. It was frugal and fun!!! I called her the day before 😂 and we left the next morning and hit the road for a one-night trip. It was worth it. 

I host a seasonal tea party for little girls in our church. This was such a wonderful day!!!! We made bouquets of flowers and talked about tea etiquette and being a little lady. 

I hosted a Christian Book Club for ladies and we had such an enriching summer with the book we read. 

A few special date nights sprinkled throughout the summer with the hubby was nice too.

I will spare you any more of my memories. But I love sharing on this little space and coming back and reminding myself of this blessed life I have. Especially when life hits you hard at times. I share all these pictures, and it may seem like life is amazing and perfect for me. I will tell you I have had to truly fight for every single one of these moments this year. I choose not to be deeply personal on my blog for now. But I will say, I have had many hard days with dark depression, anxiety, and lots of ups and downs because of dealing with many other personal things. I also have an autoimmune issue that can put me in bed for days or weeks after doing certain things. So, I love having my memories recorded. It reminds me that there is always light at the end of the tunnel. There is always joy in the midst of pain and confusion. There is always hope and a fight in me to keep going when it is hard and I don't want to. 

Goodbye summer. It has been a good season. A very up and down season. I am thankful for those moments that carried me through the rough spots. 

What are you looking forward to most about FALL?

With Love,

Chrissy T

Goodbye Summer

 Hello Beautiful Friends! Tomorrow is FALL. Officially! As the name of my blog (cozy spot on the web) says, we are entering ONE SEASON TO THE NEXT.....

While it is still super hot in my area, I know there is hope on the horizon for breezy and cooler days ahead. EVENTUALLY! :) 

You know the song; I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas? Well, I am dreaming of golden and orange leaves and cooler breezes. :) 

I hope to share some of my favorite summer highlights tomorrow and start focusing on this New Season.

Did you have a good summer? What was a favorite moment of summer that you want had?

With Love,

Chrissy T

Wonder Filled Saturday ~ Local Book Shop Love, Gourmet Caramel Apples, Supporting Local Small Shops

 Hello, Beautiful Friends! Today was a fun day with our oldest son. I actually started early this morning with a friend, hitting up a FREE CHURCH "Yard Sale" followed by hitting the road with our oldest to explore some local shops and get our fall books. 

Our oldest is a reader like his mom! We went to lunch first at an old local restaurant called Roosters. We enjoyed grilled chicken clubs and homemade banana pudding. The pudding is made from scratch and it is AMAZING!!!!

Inside this place are all kinds of little small businesses inside the plaza.  We visited a new little shop that has opened up recently called Sweet Tastn'. They sell gourmet caramel apples and a variety of chocolate-covered goodies. We got some treats! I got the apple was fantastic. 

We took a little walk and it was so nice. We really enjoyed visiting this little area. It is all vintage and feels like stepping back in time. 

After this, we took a trip to a local book shop! I have been there one time and but this was our son's first time, and HE LOVED IT. It is very vintage and speaks all things COZY!!!!!

We got our books to cozy up with a read this fall. I rarely buy a book. I mainly use library pretty much 90% but to make a special day with our son, I made an exception! I am so excited to share the book I purchased. I will once I read it a little to make sure it is appropriate, clean, and cozy!

 As a puzzle LOVER...... I want this Jane Austen puzzle!!! They also had an Agatha Christie one!!!!!!!!!!

I love puzzles. I was blessed with 5 puzzles today at the Free "yard sale" today. 

We truly enjoyed our day! I love supporting local small businesses when we can. I hope you all had a wonderful day filled with seeing wonder!!!

How was your Saturday?? Did you have some WONDER??

With Love,

Chrissy T

Reminiscing Special Moments ~ A Lighthouse & Magnificent Sunset, Shell Paths & Special Walks along the Beach

Hello, beautiful friends. I hope you all have had a good end of the week. I wanted to share more of our vacation from a few weeks ago. After our exploration of Wakulla Springs, Florida, we headed right after dinner to St. Mark's National Wildlife Refuge and Historic Lighthouse in St. Marks, Florida. 

I LOVE visiting Lighthouses. This one DID NOT DISAPPOINT. 

We took a lovely walk and explored the area!!! The sunsets were absolutely breathtaking! We also saw a little (not so little) creature. :) 

My husband and I are being silly for our children. We always take a goofy picture and send it to them. It is just our thing!! :) 

After we explored the lighthouse, we took a lovely walk along the Apalachee Bay and enjoyed the beauty of it all. 

These are nothing but shells!!! Thousands and thousands of shells. This whole path was crushed and whole shells! It was so weird and neat. 

On our walk, we looked over and saw this alligator. It was swimming right towards us. I will be honest, I speedily walked to the car :) 

We headed to our hotel after this. We were super tired. Our hotel was nice and cozy. I went to the pool and read and enjoyed the pool and hot tub for a bit. 

I'd like to share one last sunset photo. It is just breathtaking. I sure thought it was. 

I hope you enjoyed visiting me and letting me reminisce about our vacation with you.

Happy Weekend & Love,

Chrissy T

Downton Abbey Night at the Movies ~ Chili and Cookie Night ~ This Week's Happenings

Hello, beautiful friends. I thought I would share a few fun things that happened this week so far. From Chili and Cookie Night and Downton Abbey Movie Girls Night Out! Thanks for visiting my little cozy space!!! 🍂🍂

My daughter and I are huge Downton Abbey fans! We have never watched any of the movies in the theater. It was a real treat to go to the movie theater and get treats. It is usually so expensive. We chose the half off night and we had a nice time. I enjoyed spending time with our daughter Hannah! I don't see her but a few times a month now that she has her own place.

I truly enjoyed the movie. I will not share much because I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it. But I sure did miss Maggie Smith. She was the queen of the show. 

I so enjoyed the movie, though. It was bittersweet for the movie and series to end! 

I truly will miss it, but can't wait to watch it over again in a few years. 

Monday, I decided to change our menu from seasoned chicken to chili. I had the ingredients on hand and it sounded good to me. I invited all our children to stop by if they wanted to and grab some cookies and chili. It was so nice to see them all. They all popped in at random times, but at one point they were all here together at one point. It felt like old times. 

Tuesday, I had a nice morning with some coffee and Bible time. I had a lunch planned with our Ladies Ministry organizer (I am the Pastor's Wife but work alongside our organizer) at Jason's Deli and it was such a nice time of fellowship. We planned our next few Ladies' Events and I am so excited about them.

I popped by Kirkland's to look at some home fall decor. It was a fun day and then I went home and enjoyed a nice walk and worked on blogging. I am seeing some signs of fall!!!

The leaves are slowly turning and falling, but it is probably because of no rain and everything is dry!!!!

I have taken a few evening walks this week, too. I truly enjoy an evening walk. It is always peaceful. 

Thank you for popping by this little space and for all your previous comments on my past posts. It means a lot to me. I am so thankful I have started blogging again. I love coming and visiting a lot of your blogs as well. It brings me such joy. 

With Love,

Chrissy T