can you believe its almost MARCH???

Well, here we are on the 18th of Feb.....this month has gone so fast. We were out of school today and we went to PaPa's house in Cullman. Not a bad trip....went out to eat and then back to the house. Hung out for a little while then came home. I spent most of Saturday and yesterday doing grades since report cards are supposed to go out on Wednesday.

John and I determined today that we were going to make every concerted effort to lose weight over the next few weeks and stick to a menu for dinnertime....yeah, we'll see how long that lasts. I do super great during the week, but the wkends are the hardest for me. I don't really go overboard, but I get off my weekday schedule, plus I do think it helps for me to have something to do all day. Keeps my mind off of food....sometimes I don't even really think about eating until its dinner. Anyway, we'll see what happens. I really want to exercise and walk.....just can't seem to get motivated about it at night though....I need one more hour in my mornings.....maybe I should join a gym. Then maybe I'd feel bad about spending the $$ and I'd go simply for that reason!!

Oh well....everyone have a good week!
deb

here I am again....

Wow.....two days in a row.....I think I must be ill. Actually, its because I am all caught up with grading my papers which in and of itself is a miracle and we were going to Cullman but decided not too because John had a really bad sinus headache. So, I actually have time on my hands! WOW!

Plus I'm super excited about our vacation this summer....we are really going on one! We were planning to go to Disney, which is probably one of my favorite places in the whole world! Mickey/Minney/Tigger/Country Bear Jamboree.....you just can't beat them! And Space Mountain is phenomenal!! And then there's Cinderella's Castle and Pirates of the Carribbean! You'd think I was 10! But Walt really outdid himself! Anyway, we decided to wait until Christmas Break because it would be cooler and we would enjoy it more. So we then started talking about Gatlinburg, which we used to go visit all the time before we started our galavanting all over the country back in '94. As we started planning and looking at places to stay and things to see.....well I just got so excited!! It'll be great! The first week of June will be nice and cool still in the evening there in the mountains! I'm totally psyched!!

Ok, enough for now....just wanted to talk about how cool it is to plan a fun vacation! Have a great day everyone!

deb

John's birthday....

Well, he's arrived! 45 and counting.....although he continues to tease me mercilessly about the fact that I'm still two yrs. older than he is!! Oh well.....life goes on! Yesterday was John's official birthday and we both took the day off to celebrate. We actually just went out for breakfast, did our regular Wal-Mart shopping run....while his car was being serviced....you know, oil change and new front tires. Then we came home and spent the afternoon doing some little things around the house that we just can't seem to get done with JEB home. Of course, he was at school like all good little 7 yr. olds should be on a Friday afternoon.

Not much really going on here in Alabama....although it was a gorgeous day yesterday. Somewhere in the upper 50's/lower 60's and not a cloud in the sky!! God really knows how to put on a show, huh?? And the moon last night was neat....just the tiniest sliver showing, and with all the stars.....oooooooooweeeee!!

I hope all of you are gearing up for being sweet and civil to your sweeties for Valentine's Day. Although trying to convince your hubby that you'd just rather have more STARBUCK's dollars on your STARBUCK's card instead of candy and flowers isn't proving to be that easy!

Oh well.....life goes on......till next time,
deb

another week past....

hey all.....not much happening around here....well, that's not quite true. It's supposed to be pretty nice for the next few days here in Alabama! And we are starting our spring play auditions at school next week and I'm psyched!! I love doing the drama stuff!! We are doing a comedy based on the old Cary Grant movie...."Arsenic and Old Lace". In it, Cary Grant is the nephew of these two old spinster aunts and crazy uncle, who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt. Anyway, they are killing off old men who rent a room in their home because they are feeling sorry for them since they are so lonely! Cary Grant finds out and tries to have the uncle committed because he's killing men off! Our play will be about the two old spinster ladies who rob casinos and hide the loot in the basement, where it is buried by crazy Uncle Charlie, who is certain he's Jack Sparrow's missing sibling!! ARRGH! Mateys! It's going to be a blast and I'm so excited about getting started on it!!

Have a great GroundHog day!!

deb

SNOW IN ALABAMA!!

Can you believe it??? It actually snowed in central Alabama!! Yeah, I know.....it was only a dusting and its already melted and gone.....but we got to watch it snow for a couple of hours!! It was so fun....it reminded me of when we lived in Colorado and Idaho......and waking up to inches of snow on the ground!!

Sorry that it's been a while since I've posted....getting back into the swing of the routine of school. Plus our internet has been acting weird lately.....whenever we use the regular phone, our internet goes down for a while.

All is going well.....we are doing a play to celebrate Black History month, so we will start rehearsals this week. Mostly during our last hour classes of Drama and my Speech class, but there will be some additional rehearsal times right before performance in late February. It should be very poignant, if the kids really get into it and perform well.....which they should.

Not much else going on....just scrapping today.

later,

deb

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Welcome 2008!! I hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve.....and now comes the hard part....remembering to write 2008 on all of your cks!!

We are still SICK!! YUCK! I'm soooooo over all the upset tummys and diarhea!! I just hope both guys are better by the wkend so they can go to school next week!

The picture is one that I took in attempting a pic to send with Christmas cards. JEB isn't always very cooperative. He actually does great for school pics.....simply because all of the other kids are doing it!

We still haven't ventured out of the house much because of it. Actually, we went out to eat last night and I went to the restroom three times to change JEB's pull-ups! Oh yeah, joy....joy!! No parties for us!!



Anyway, we hope that you all have a wonderful start to this new year!! Expect God to do great things for you!! He will!!





Love to you all,
deb, john and JEB

Another week of break....

WOW! We still have another whole week off!! Oh what joy......I'm bored stiff!! Plus, John and JEB keep re-getting whatever this stomach virus is that is going around and around and around!! I'm quite tired of it! John will be feeling YUCK!, then the next day better and the next day JEB will have it! We still haven't had Christmas with PaPa and Grandma Sue and Auntie Debra yet!!

Hopefully, we'll feel better this week. I want to finally make it to see Grandpa and go visit my sister and her kids. I've read two books this week and started my third one today....only one more to go! Plus, I really want to scrap.....maybe this week.

JEB is driving us nuts......he's so ready for school to start back. He loves school.....all the kids around and the structure of it all. We probably should have bitten the bullet and just paid for him to be in daycare all week. Oh well......the lonliness of being an only child!

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday time, even if you have to work thru some of it. Can't believe how fast this year has gone......its almost over. Hopefully this new year will bring new and exciting things to your life! I'm expecting God to do great things for us this year.........

Love to everyone and Happy New Year!
deb