finally.......I'm back

Hello all....well the play went great and we had a great turnout. When I last wrote, I was languishing about JEB being sick and John being grumpy....well, that wasn't the end of our play production issues. Friday was going well....then the bad weather came in. Tornadoes and strong thunderstorms were coming our way....only to be in the middle of getting makeup on and getting them dressed for the afternoon matinee performance and then the city and county schools decided to dismiss by 1:30 pm, which meant we would also follow suit. So, that meant all activities would be cancelled including the play. What a GOD thing though.....the place doing dinner let us change it to Monday, the tux place said we could return them on Tuesday, even the curtain rental place changed return to Tuesday, oh, and the chairs/tables we borrowed from the church across the street from us said we could bring them back on Tuesday!! Definitely a GOD thing!!

Saturday evening's dinner and performance went great, the kids had a great time and the audience enjoyed it, too! Several lines were dropped but they covered for each other quite well. Then Monday's matinee and evening performance went well. I was so proud of them! Thanks for all of your prayers and support. Oh, and John's back to normal.....yay!

I promise to keep up with blogging. Thanks for listening!

deb

what a week!

Well my friends, its been a Satan Week....that should describe it perfectly! Monday and Tuesday weren't too bad, but its play production week and that alone makes it hectic! Then I had a sub for Wed-Fri. to get ready for production! First, John has not been himself lately which stresses me out totally, and on Wednesday morning JEB woke complaining of a tummy ache and being very whiny, which meant he was not going to school but coming with us. This would've normally been ok, but I had scheduled a day of running last minute play errands with one of the other directors and we had our day pretty well laid out. JEB could have come with us, but it definitely would be easier to leave him with John. We did that, but he wasn't exactly happy about the prospect....and since he was in a rotten mood to start with, that pushed the button that said "EXPLODE"!!! He got his classes covered and headed home, calling me to tell me that he was leaving the tickets in his top desk drawer. Ok, I said....what about the $$ I left with you? He said, "What money? I didn't see any money." As he was saying this to me I was quickly beginning to hyperventilate in D's car as we were going to pick up some things......since this was serious money.....several hundred dollars worth of ticket sales that I couldn't replace.....well, he called back and said that it was there and gave it to the other play director who was still in his classroom! WHEW! I was panicked!!

All went great with rehearsal and we were set for a Thursday matinee performance. Got to school on Thursday, got rehearsal going and I took one of the make-up people to WalMart for a last minute make=up pick up for the play......only to get back to school and see one of my actors in the office crying....a guy, no less which did not spell a good situation. Got to the rehearsal to find that he decided it would be hilariously funny to take one of the play guns that is a prop and go in the hall and jump out at whoever happened by.....which happened to be two third grade girls and he consequently scared them half to death, made them cry and scream and things quickly went down hill from there. Now, in a public school that would automatically get the cops called....ironic, that his character was a cop........and he would be hauled off to the pokey, but it got him suspended for two days, which meant we had to come up with a back-up plan. Got the acting all rearranged only to have our Friday matinee and evening dinner theater cancelled and reschedule for Monday because of threatening tornadic weather!!

So, we are on for our Saturday performance with every thing still on for Monday! I'll post some pics when I get them from my photographers. It's really going well and very funny!

Pray that all goes well. Oh, and then JEB wakes at midnight last night throwing up everything he ate yesterday!! Yeah, way fun! All is better, he's keeping food/drink down and all the laundry is done. Ok, maybe we'll get thru today after all!

later,
deb

scarlet fever....oh my!

Well, what a difference a day can make! My little angel did not get better on Wednesday, and in fact, started breaking out with little pimple-like bumps on his face/mouth area. He did sleep somewhat better on Wednesday night, but woke up feeling as bad or worse than the previous day and with several more bumps. Listening to him breathe very rapidly and soundly quite grovely.....I called the dr. and got him in by 2 pm. Got there and waited for her to enter, all the while JEB was being an angel sitting on the exam table waiting. She came in and listened to me describe what had been going on and looked in his ears/throat and said that it looked to her like scarlet fever! AAAAHHHHH! She said actually all scarlet fever is .... is strep with a rash. Ok, that sounded a little better! Of course, then we continued to discuss how in Little Women one of the girls gets scarlet fever then rheumatic fever and dies from complications to it and that Mary on Little House on the Prairie gets scarlet fever and goes blind eventually because of it. Yeah, that made me feel better!

Anyway, she said nothing to worry about....that's what we have antibiotics for!! So off to WalMart we went and did our bi-weekly grocery shopping and spent too much money. It seems we have this issue when Daddy goes shopping with us.....I try to stick to what I have on my list and Daddy doesn't shop with a list......enough said. He's feeling a little better today....had two doses of meds already, but I think the Easter morning pics are out! He has quite the blotchy, spotty face! Maybe we'll do Easter next wkend! At least the egg hunting part and pictures!

I'm on a cleaning gig today.....tried to get John out of the house and out with one of his coaching buddies, but to no avail. Such is life.......

Back to cleaning.....

not too bad....

Well, JEB wasn't too bad last night, which translates to the fact that I actually did get some sleep! He's taken two naps today, and been sort of whiny which is actually very unusual when he's sick. I'm afraid that he's got some version of the flu. He's been warm to the touch off and on, but not burning up. So, he's getting a regular dose of Tylenol/Motrin which ever I have at the time, and tonight some strong cough meds to help him breathe easier and sleep better.

Only 7 days left of break.....how many hours??? While my paper grading stack is dwindling slowly, I'm beginning to be bored and tired of being in the house. Oh well, such is life!

Talk to everyone later,
deb

8 more days....

well, day three of vacation hasn't been too bad, but JEB is sick. Yucky nose, yucky poops, coughing, breathing fast and heavy......sinus, I think, but its not gross green yet. Time will tell. So I must prepare myself for not much sleep tonight.....which is what the past two nights have become....not getting much sleep. Don't know what that's all about, but I'm quite tired of it already! Hopefully, we won't have to do the dr., but I may have too. Sometimes, he just needs a good 10-14 days of drugs to clean out his system.

I am getting those papers graded, slowly but surely and have been catching up on all of my DVR'd shows. I actually washed the rugs today! I was quite proud of myself.

Well, the sick child calls......
deb

SPRING BREAK!!

Well, we're out for 11 days.....JEB for only 9 of those, since he has school on Monday/Tuesday after Easter and John and I don't. Monday was a regular day off...I guess since we usually get Good Friday off and this year its part of our break, they gave us an extra day off. Can't say that's a bad idea. Then both John's homeroom and the 5th grade won an extra day off because we brought in the most money in our division for the annual penny drop at school to help with the cost of the Athletic banquets at the end of the year. The 5th grade class has never lost, since they were in 1st grade. Not a bad streak if you ask me....especially since this was my year to win.

All in all, it will be a good break....I think. If JEB would get potty trained....I'm so over changing him. He'll go in the potty whenever I take him, and occaisionally tell me ahead of time that he must pee.....but poop?? Not on your life! So next week, I'm going to work on that diligently! I'm trying to muster up the will to really do a big cleaning, but that one I'm really struggling with. Cleaning is not my thing....I only do it because I get tired of looking at the dust bunnies!

I have a LOAD of papers to grade and catch up on, so that will be my primary focus. Plus maybe blogging some more.

later,
deb

I'm back.....

Hey everyone.....sorry I've been away from the blog for awhile....things have been busy. Actually, I've been reading others but not taking the time to write in mine. Sorry to Mackenzie and Ginger and Robbie who actually keep up with me, just haven't felt like taking the time until today.

Not much going on really....well, that's not entirely true. We are job hunting again. We've been where we are for three years and actually I was hoping for one more, but God has other plans. So, I've been preparing my resume and sending some out to other local Christian schools, knowing that most probably haven't even handed out contracts yet, but I thought and hoped that maybe if I get a jump on everyone else and maybe have my stuff be one of the first resumes that they see maybe I'll get a call sooner. John has a couple that he will be sending....although we are praying for a different solution to his job situation.....that OUR school would get up and running. We have been praying about starting our own school in the area, out where there isn't anything, but its the up and coming area. Everyone is moving out that way now, so its showing lots of potential!

JEB is doing great. Only two more weeks until Spring Break!! I'm also in full swing with this year's drama production and loving it! So hopefully I'll have more time after all of that!

Later to everyone,
deb