Gladitude Monday

Hey, Ho, and Howdy Do,







No time for formalities, as I'm gonna be biiiiizzzy today. All week, actually. Drama Girl and I have tech rehearsals tomorrow and Wed, and opening night on Fri! Ack! Plus, all that stuff like running kids to school, cooking, cleaning, and preparing for Christmas...I'm getting sweaty, just thinking of it all. And Lord knows I do.not.like.the.sweatage!




10. Glad for a lovely time in CO, visiting my husband's parentals and his sister, BIL, and our nephew. Our very loud and boisterous adorable nephew. He's nearly 4. Because of my sensitive hearing, I realize that my poor kids were raised from the cradle with my finger to my lips in a "shhhh!" position. No such child-rearing for little J., I'm afraid. Alas, he's allowed to be a child. :) We also managed to squeak in a visit with some folks from my side of the fam. Didn't stay too long, but it was nice to connect.




9. Glad for the absence of static electricity. Let me explain: CO has no relative humidity whatsoever. It's D-R-Y! I stopped counting the times I shocked someone, or was on the receiving end of such a shock. WA is a bit more...damp. While I miss the sunshine, it's sure nice to not have to ground myself before giving affection.



8. I hope I can be glad for an understanding teacher this morning...sigh. I forgot I had volunteering for Drama Girl's class (the ominous "auction project"--I'm making a quilt with the kids) and David's ortho appt at the same time. Ooops. Thankfully, I can totally be glad that the project has not even been started, so I can make up for lost time next Monday. Yeah, that's the ticket!



7. Glad about Advent.



6. Glad that we still have one working computer. Alas, it's not in the coveted, private, away from kids office, but rather in our family room. Did I ever mention that I'm distractible? Sensitive to noise? Where was I? Oh, yes...I'm glad this one works. Glad for the bit of inconvenience, too. Perhaps I'll manage my time better? Perhaps.



5. I'm so glad our play is f.i.n.a.l.l.y. here. We've been thinking about it since July. Rehearsing since September. I'm not convinced we're ready to perform, but I am tired of it. Getting to rehearse with costumes did breathe a little bit of new energy into my attitude, though. Make no mistake--I love theater and performing, and combine that with church which I also lurve, and it's a win! But...all of us get tired, right?



4. Glad about God's mulligans. How I need grace and mercy every day. Every minute. Mostly, I need forgiveness for pride. My god, why does it always come down to pride?



3. Grateful I was down a couple of pounds so that I didn't feel to gawdawful about having a bacon egg and cheese biscuit from you know where. Sometimes, you just gotta--and another excuse: I don't have any Thanksgiving left-overs. *said with righteous indignation*



2. Glad for Christmas lights. To be honest, I wanted to get our tree yesterday, since there was a modicum of space and time which would've accommodated said activity. However, Big wanted to string the lights. He didn't tell me this, of course. Not till I saw him putting up the blow up Charlie Brown/Snoopy house and Blow up Santa did I realize that tree plans were off. "Well, the weather was good. Thought we should get these up." I pouted for about 20 minutes, and then started detangling and decorating. Couldn't bah humbug for long. The Christmas tree will dry out if we get it too soon anyway.



1. Absolutely glad for my son's red and green bands on his braces. For what shouteth the celebration of the Good News more than red and green on silver?



And...because it's the season: a bonus! I'm glad about Monty Python Fluxx. Ahem, I may be tired of playing it, but it still rates a glad.





SDG!!!