One day down, 3 to go!

Well yesterday was a crazy day!  We got our schooling done, and then we had to run into town, to pick up some of my meds, and switch our cell phone plan around.  I also decided to get our grocery shopping done, so we could just stay home today.  We got home at 3:30, put groceries away.  Then, I started to think. . .

Hmm.  Maybe I should make 1 more "dirty" costume for Josh.  Normally, he would wear the really nice white one, but in case some of the fake blood dripped down, we didn't want to ruin his nice costume.  I called him up, and he liked the idea.  I said I thought it could get done.  It was now 4 o'clock.

I got out another sheet, cut it out, sewed it up, and proceeded to put fake dirt and fake blood on it.  It was now 4:45, and time to make supper!  Thankfully, it was an easy one, and we had Thai tacos.  Made it to the church by 6, and had so much to do.

The plays went really well.  Only had 1 or 2 glitches.  Not sure why, but one of the back up CD's didn't play, but Jeremy saved the day, and sang it a Capella. 

One of you will betray Me.

My Dad speaking (James the Less)

Josiah speaking (Judas breaking the Salt

Covenant)

 Lead Me to your heart. (John & Jesus)

 If I knew who the scoundrel was, I would pierce

his heart. (Peter)

And "Watch the Lamb"

Father telling sons to watch the lamb (Matthew

on the left)

 Townspeople and disciples.

 Mercy person with guard.  (Dan and Andrew)

 Jesus falling to the ground (Josh)

 "Father, forgive them."

 And then He died.

 Father with sons weeping (Matthew on the right)

Matthew saying, "What do we see here?"

 

Counting Down

Well, the play starts tomorrow night.  I've been filling my days with last minute preparations.  Yesterday, I did some more work on most of the costumes--just made the seams more secure, and pinked the edges.  I did not do it on the "dirty" costumes.

I also ripped out a pair of Sam's pants that I started a few months ago.  I was having problems, and needed to rip it all out.  So, now I got them all done. I. hate. ripping. out.   And I had to do it over and over, trying to get the pant leg hemmed properly.  I guess it would have been better, if I had a pattern.  :)

I also typed in the whole programme for the Living Last Supper.  I had it done, in a card program, but I ended up doing it in Word.  Then, I also typed in a flyer for an Ezra/Nehemiah conference we are hosting in May.  I did that in Word, also!!  My skills are improving!  LOL

Today, I ran both the flyers, and cut them (about 150), and I printed off one copy of the bulletin.  Rick took that up to church and ran and folded them.  So, that is done.

Also, today, I used Dan as a guinea pig.  I needed someone to practice on, with the fake blood.  To have it running down the cheek, and smears on the face.  I think we finally got it, and he was such a dear to let me practice on him.  Then, we needed to see if we could get it all off, so we could take pictures later.

I think it is a go!

So many things I need to remember to bring--all the costumes, fake blood, script, camera.  Whew!

Today, I was also working on doing up a menu, for longer than 1 week.  Maybe tomorrow I can work some more on it.  I've been battling a headache.

Tonight, my hubby goes in for his sleep test.  I think he's a bit nervous, sleeping with someone watching.  :)

We had a huge turkey in our back yard today.  (I guess the family has seen up to four turkeys over the last week.)

We also got our motel rooms reserved for District Summit, which is coming up soon.  I looked online, and it said that there were not any rooms available, but when hubby called, they had lots of rooms.  We need 3 this time--2 for us, and one for Josh & Brittany.

Blessings!

Book Review: A Matter of Trust by Lis Wiehl and April Henry

"A Matter of Trust" by Lis Wiehl and April Henry is the first book in the Mia Quinn series.  I read this as an e book.  I have read all of Lis Wiehl's books, and this one did not disappoint.

Mia Quinn is a recently widowed mom to a teenager and a 4 year old.  Trying to juggle being a new single mom, with a job, can be very trying.  She had left the work force, and then after her husband's death, she needed to pay the bills, so she goes back to work as a prosecutor.  While she is on the phone with the County's DA, who is also a friend of hers, she hears gun shots, and gasping for breath.  She tells her son to listen on the phone, to see if her friend tells who shot her, while she goes to the house.

This is an edge of your seat, can't put the book down, mystery thriller, that will leave you guessing who done it, until the very end!!!!  It was very well written, and the characters were all very well developed.  You could understand the trials Mia was going through, with her daughter waking up screaming in the night, trying to pay bills, finding out that her husband had another mailing address, that was piled up with more bills.  I can't wait until the next book comes out!!!

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More sicknesses and 8 days to go!

Matthew just finished his antibiotics, so we are waiting to see if he breaks out with it again.  My hubby got the influenza.  We got him in to see the doctor, and they were able to prescribe Tamiflu, as well as a strong cough medicine.  He is doing better, much better!  But, because of the sicknesses, it prevented Ben from coming home for a visit.

8 days till the Living Last Supper!  I am feverishly working on costumes!!!  I did up two costumes for the other guys to get crucified in.  I got those all "dirtied up"--by taking make-up and brushing it on, around a neckline, on the edges of sleeves, and hem of tunic, as well as on shoulders, elbows and knees.  I'm pleased with them.  I also made a costume for Andrew, and 2 for women.  Now, I am working on making a Jewish priest outfit.  That is taking a bit more work, as I need to make a prayer shawl, tassels, and stripes to try to get straight.  Hopefully, tomorrow, I will be done!!  Someone blessed me, and ordered mugs to be sold for the drama presentation.  I took the picture, but someone made the mugs.

This week in school, we have been studying the French Revolution.  For some projects, we made a French flag (which is pretty easy, as it is just strips of blue, white and red).  Then, for a bigger project, we made Banana Crepes, with a caramel sauce.  Oh, yum!!!!  They were a huge hit!!  We didn't make a whole French meal, as I didn't have that much time, so it was a bacon cheeseburger meatloaf, baked potatoes, and Brussel Sprouts.  Everyone agreed they would like Crepes again. 

Blessings!

Dishcloths

This is one of the patterns of dishcloths that I have made.  This is the Lacy V Interrupted stitch.  I really like this stitch, it goes really quickly, and I think I would like to make this into a baby blanket.  I wanted a hole-y dishcloth, but I think it is a bit too much.  Love the stitch, though

This is another of the dishcloths.  It is a ribbed dishcloth, and works very nice.  For some reason, this was a difficult one to do.  Not sure why, but my hands would just ache.  All the other dishcloths, I could get one done in about an hour, and my hands wouldn't hurt.  This pattern, for some reason, just made my hands ache.  This one I gave to my mom, and then I wanted to make one for myself--I had nothing but problems!!!  I ripped it out 5 times!!  Finally, I said I was going to do it.  I did finish it off, only to find out, upon closer inspection, that I dropped a stitch.  :-(

Here is another pattern, and it was VERY easy to do.  I could get 1 of these done in an hour.  I forgot the name of this pattern.  But, I think I have it bookmarked.  :)

So, there you have it.  So far, I have made 15 dishcloths.

Blessings!

Yucky sicknesses

Well, things have been going slow around here.  Lots of sickness.  First, Matthew had what looked like an infected rash on his arm.  It ended up being eczema, and it had a secondary infection.  He got over that, and then got strep throat with an ear infection.  Sam had strep throat and a double ear infection at the same time.  Then, while he was still on the antibiotics, he got very sick--which was so strange because it hit really fast!  It was last Saturday, and he got up and was so excited to go to the "grand opening" of the village ice rink.  They were going to have a cook out!!  By noon, he was complaining of a terrible headache, and he had a very high fever.  By late afternoon, he was vomiting, and didn't look like he was going to stop.  We called the nurse hotline, and they told us to get him into ER.  So, we were there for over 4 hours.  First, they gave him some Zophran to stop the vomiting.  We had to wait a while for that to take effect.  Then, they gave him Tylenol, hoping to bring down the fever.  That wasn't working for quite some time, and they wanted to wait to make sure he was all right.  They finally let us go home after midnight.  Poor hubby had to preach the next morning!!  He finished up his antibiotics (still from the strep throat) on Monday.  By Saturday, he had strep throat again (and he was cleared by the doctor one week before).   Now, today, Rachel took Gracelyn into the doctor--Rachel thought Gracie had an ear infection.  I told her to have them check for strep, and sure enough, it was positive.

Aside from that, we have been busy with the Last Supper production.  I bought some guard costumes.  I am looking for something to firm up the helmets, as one came cracked.  Also, I needed to make some capes for the breastplates.  I bought a LOT of sheets at a 2nd hand store.  The lady said that we must have a lot of beds, which we do, but I told her I was going to cut them up for costumes, and that it is cheaper to buy sheets, than to buy fabric at a fabric store.  She thought it was a great idea.  I have only made one other costume.  I found a you tube video on how to make Bible costumes in 5 minutes without sewing.  I am not using the glue, I am sewing them, to make them a bit sturdier.  I also want to rough up, and dirty up, two of the costumes of the guys who will be crucified.

I am using my c pap machine.  It is hard to get used to sleeping with a mask on my face.

 We survived having Elise for a couple days, while her parents went to the Dells.  She did great the first day, and night, but the 2nd night was a bit much for her.  She is such a sweetheart!  Gracie, on the other hand, had a bit of a problem sharing her turf with another!  She did finally get used to having her there, but the first day, she kept bringing her hat to Elise, as if to say, ok, time to go.

                                                               Gracelyn and Elise

Blessings!