Momma Drama

Whew!!

Last Thursday Trent "Poked a kid in the butt." And according to the principal, "They have never had to deal with anything like this before..." He was suspended from school, and I had to go pick him up. So I rode the rollercoaster of emotion, (otherwise known as the burning feeling of sheer terror) starting with the "Oh dear God, I have taken him somewhere, over and over again, where he has been molested. Now he is acting out...." That day and Friday were spent questioning him, calling the ped's office, talking with the principal, and discussing it with Dave. I'm confident that he has not been molested, he is just a normal, somewhat immature little boy who did a dorky thing. I did not want to lose sight of the fact that some other child had been touched inappropriately, but for the school to say that they have never had to deal with anything like it seems a stretch in my opinion. Then I started simmering, and checking the sexual harrassment policy (which does not call for an out of house suspension until the third offense...) A follow up call to the principal was placed, and she assured me that it was not going into his file. I will be popping in at the school, unannounced about 3 months from now and requesting his records on the spot. We spent this last Saturday having a nice chat with all the kiddies about good and bad touches, no touching between the neck and the knees, not allowing or giving touches, etc. Hopefully it will sink in!

Saturday was trick or treating night here. Trent was a pirate again, Devin was a superhero (what she calls Batman), and baby M was a duck. Poor duckie though.....I never tried her costume on until it was time to get ready. It was too short (what did I expect with an 18 month size?) from the head to the seat. I couldn't pull the hood up over her head without splitting her in two. I had to make some cuts in the butt of it to give her some room. I'll pick the pictures up tomorrow.

Poppycock brand pecan delight popcorn is just the devil in a can really....

Okay, on to the virtual (sort of) house tour.....

Guest room:
Paint, boder and new light.
Bear. Lovely huh? I combed this damn thing!
Again. With MY damn comb!

Kitchen:
Look what a difference a little sanding makes!
Corner shelves that Dave put up, I love them. The border in no way, shape or form *goes* with the style of the house, but I love it too. And it's my house. ;)
Cabinets, these open from both the kitchen and dining room sides.
Upper hoosier cabinet. See the canning jar on the bottom, right shelf? It's filled with unwrapped Smarties. It keeps me from picking up the smoking habit again...;) Thanks Cherie!

Bedroom ceiling/wallpaper:
It's hard to see the wallpaper pattern, but I love it. I patched all the loose pieces back on, in an effort to save it (it's the old, old real paper, not vinyl stuff) I took off all the loose sections of the ceiling paper in order to put up the textured ceiling paint. Then everything went to hell.....I snagged yellow paint chips the other day at HD. I think I may cut out a nice big section of this wallpaper and frame it, then hang it when the bedroom is finished.

Living room window:
It is not easy to try to find a border, to go with this window! Can you see the border that was up? The 1" one? To the right in the picture? On 10' ceilings? Me either, hence the new border.

Stairway:
Top.
Bottom.
Scary!!!

Before.That patched job at the bottom had exposed lath thanks to time and Maiya.
After.

Wish me luck tomorrow. I'm working from 6:30am to probably 10-11pm at the polls.