GladiTuesday!

I got this idea from Sarah, from In the Midst of It.  She focused on a list of things she liked.  So...w/o further ado, I give you things that make me glad:

10. 

I kid you not:  this is the breakfast of champions.  I have enjoyed Go Lean Crunch over the years, but this is so nummy, I've even had it for dinner. 

9.  My DVR.  Sigh.  Everyone must be good at something.  I happen to be good at watching TV with my husband when the kids go down.  Right now, we are so rich with possibilities (recorded shows of Chuck, CSI,  and Law and Order, SVU), that we're just giddy with TV watching excitement.  Oh, how I'm glad that we forced ourselves to work out last night.  So we could enjoy with impunity.  I also might be good at watching General Hospital, since 1976, but who's counting.

8.  Books!  I'm currently reading The Sugar Queen, by Sarah Addison Allen , and am just about to start "Mom, I Feel Fat!" , by Sharon Hersh.  I'll be posting reviews of both here when I finish them. 

7.  This store makes me all kinds of happy.  Today, I used a gift card and purchased some paper organizers for scrapbooking paper.  One day, I hope to get back to it.  Might be easier if it weren't in a pile of piles.
6.  This toilet bowl cleaner.  Yeah, I actually pause a moment from blog reading and writing, and all my other hobbies to do things like scour toilets.

5.  THESE JEANS.  Sorry to the one or two poor souls of the male persuasion, who may be lurking...But girls, can we talk?  Good. Because I have a tummy. In fact, other than my "top rack", I'm very much made like a man.  Broad shoulders, narrower hips, no butt (or we could call it an "aspirin" butt--round, flat, and with a line in the middle--too much?), and I carry my weight in my gut.  I have FINALLY found jeans that fit, and that have a long enough inseam, because my other issue is that my waist (well, the area which would be my waist if I had one) is directly beneath my breasts.  Sigh.  This means that most of my pants look like high waters, when I'm only 5'6".  Barely 5'6".  So, if you happen to be one of the few "apples" buying women's clothing, these jeans just might be your ticket.  They also have jeans which are touted as "no gap", if this is your problem.  Anyhoo...check these out. 

4.  This Christmas gift.  Oh, how I've coveted thee.  I have even burned out a lesser wannabe until she sparked in anger.  But you, my darling.  You are my hair's soulmate.  I am too cheap to buy your affections for myself, so I'm so gladdy mcglad that my in-laws wanted a list. ;)

3. My church.  I feel like my church has been in a valley for a long time--about 5 years.  Recently, however, it feels like spring in our body.  New folks are coming through the door.  Relationships are forming and thriving.  We still have our problems, like any other church, because we are h.u.m.a.n., but I feel a focus and general sense of growth.  Thank You, Jesus.  What an encouragement.  As I looked around the other day, too, I thought..."Wow.  There are so many people in this room that I not only know, but love and admire."  Cool stuff.

2.  My marriage.  How blessed am I that after almost 20 years of marriage, and nearly 26 years of being together, my husband is still the person I want to cuddle up with at the end of a long day.  His is the first and last voice I want to hear each day.  He gets me and supports me, and provides so well for our family.  None of which is a picnic for him, I'm sure.  I am honored that our children get to witness a working marriage in their lives, and even more honored that it's ours.

1.  Facebook.  Okay...I know...I'm a freak.  But get this. One minute I can be talking to a high school friend, and the next, I can be connecting with a neighbor whom I haven't seen in 9 years because we moved away from the 'hood.  I don't do the games.  Lordy!  I hate the games.  Well, except for some quizzes.  ;)  But I don't judge them, either.  However, I do check in about twice a day, and have had the best time, just feeling connected to those with whom I've lost touch, as well as my current friends.

Okay...your turn...what item or product or person or place makes you glad?