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

Have a Say "YES" Day ~ Cozy Slow Moments

Hello Beautiful friends!  If you haven't noticed yet, I am all about cozy. It is my language. I love slow and calm moments, even in the midst of busy must live life moments. Join me as I share about a much needed restful day simply saying yes to things that make me feel refreshed, slow me down and enjoy some COZY!

When our children were little, I read a parenting book and there was a suggestion to have a say yes day (within reason) with your kids. If they want to paint, then paint. If they want to cook with you, let them. If they want to build a fort, let them. As a very routine person and super type A I needed this balance in my life. It was a wonderful tip and it was foundational to me as a young mom. 

Well, every now and then we need to say yes to ourselves too!!! I am an empty nester now and so it is a little easier BUT even when our children were at home, I was very good about balancing a day of slowness and coziness to recharge myself during our busy lives.

So, I had one of those days this past Saturday! I slept in. Enjoyed a cozy bath, cup of coffee, read my devotions and then ordered take out! YES! Yes! I did. I never ever do this but I did. I enjoyed my early lunch while reading and catching up on blogs and watching my favorite YouTube creators. 

I picked up this delicious fall scented bath wash from Bath & Body! It is so perfect for this time of year.

I enjoyed a body scrub, face scrub, a face mask, and pampering my eyes and nails. LONG OVERDUE!!

While I was doing this I curled up in my cozy bed to finish reading my book on my Kindle. It was pretty good. I began reading it on vacation and finished it up on Saturday.

Then I continued curled up and watched an older Fall Hallmark Movie called, Falling for Vermont, that Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Blog suggested. I loved it. It was fitting for MY COZY day!

I decided I needed to move my body and work my mind a little besides staying in bed ALL DAY! So, I worked on my Book Nook and took an evening walk.

It was a perfect ending to a lovely SLOW COZY SAY YES DAY!!!

I hope this will encourage you to take a day, a morning, an afternoon or evening. Or even take an hour to slow down and get cozy. Say yes to something you keep putting off that will refresh you!!!

With Love, 

Chrissy T