The World According to Leslie

A friend of mine, who lives in Bloggerville--in my computer, gave me an award! I was pretty shocked when I checked my comments and found out that I had been given this award! So check out my friend, Tinika, at her blog . The rules for this blog award are simple: 1. Put the logo on your post or blog. 2. Nominate at least 10 blogs that show great attitude or gratitude. 3. Link your nominees within your post. 4. Let the nominees know they have received the award by leaving a comment on their blog. 5. Share the love by linking back to the person you received the award from. So....without further ado....the nominees for the Lemonade Award are..... C. Beth at C. Beth Blog Mamarazzi at Dandelion Wishes Joann at Joann's Weight Loss Journey Wearing Mascara at Wearing Mascara MckMama at My Charming Kids (Pray for Stellan!!) Lynne at I'm On a Mission Leslie at Certain Uncertainty Mrs. Classic at Weight Watchers Changed My Life Basement Bags Girl at The World from My Basement 3 Ba...

*Deep Breath In* So I have sort of gotten things back in line. I'm caught up on my homework for my UNCC online class. I am almost caught up on my homework for my RCCC online class. I am desperately trying to catch up on my homework for my UNCC face-to-face class. I have to finish the book I started (was supposed to read for last week) and I have to read the book that was assigned for this week. Then next week, I have two books assigned. I haven't looked at those yet, so I'm hoping they are short books! However, today Chasity has baseball practice, so I might get some reading done there....while she's practicing! It's kind of nice to start catching up. I have less than 8 weeks left before I am DONE for the semester! I'm excited! Until next time........

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama . You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. Ok....so let's get this show on the road! As you may (or may not) know, I have been doing Weight Watchers since January. I am loving it. I have lost almost 40 lbs. I have hit my initial "goal weight" that WW set for me! So...it would NOT have been me who went through McDonald's today and got a vanilla milkshake! I would never try to sabotage myself like that! It was not me who went shopping for black pants yesterday. Of course, after finding the black pants, I would NEVER pick out a jacket and skirt to wear for Easter Sunday. I wouldn't find three adorable shirts that I love the colors of....all 3 shirts would not be exactly matching (EXCEPT for the color) either! I wouldn't buy three shirts that are exactly the same...just in different colors! Chasity had her first coach's pitc...

There are a few things I guess I need to update! 1. Yesterday I weighed in. I lost 5 lbs. I guess that's the 5 lbs I gained last week, so I guess I'm just now at my first Weight Watchers "goal weight". Now I'm at 380 again! That's pretty good! 2. We are having a big thing at church on Sunday night. So I have to sing and sign many of the songs! I'm looking forward to it. It should be fun! That's why I had to have black pants from shopping yesterday! 3. I am working on planning a lesson for an English class that I have to teach. I will be teaching the class this Friday. This morning, I worked with the teacher who is going to let me have her class for a day and we planned most of the lesson! So all I have to do is write it up. 4. The teacher I am working with for the lesson plan is the head of the English Department at that High School. She told me today that they are probably going to be looking for English teachers next year. Since I al...

Sometimes I feel like I'm so far behind that I'll never catch up. For example: Monday night I had a 3 page paper due at 11:30pm. I finished it at 11:28pm and tried to post it to the online forum (also know as UNCC's Blackboard system). The system kept giving me an error message and I finally got it posted at 11:31pm. Now "technically" my paper is LATE! On top of that, I had 4 discussion board posts that I was supposed to do. Since I finished my paper and my child was screaming for me, I went downstairs and opted to leave those until yesterday. Yesterday I realized that I had not done all the reading required for the answers. So FIRST I had to read! Then I had to post. So....I got 3 of the 4 posts completed. I still have work to do for the 4th one...but...here's the kicker....It's WEDNESDAY already! I should have finished this a long time ago! Let's see what else I have going on.... oh yeah...my 1/2 semester class starts online with...

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama . You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. Although it is now Tuesday, I'm sure everyone knows that I forgot my Not Me Monday! on Monday! So, I can't even deny that! Unfortunately.... However...I have a few things that I would like to get off my chest! First, it was not me who threatened, yes...THREATENED, to go to the assisted living center where my mom's mother is living to break some people. I would never say that I would jerk a knot in their tails if they don't straighten up. I never said I'd make them cry if they don't start taking care of my Grandma! I promise I never once told my mom that I would start getting people fired if they didn't watch out up there. Of course, I will take credit for being totally aggrivated that they aren't taking really good care of Gma! Second, it was not me who smiled when I was informed that a l...

So.... Last week, I busted! I was stressed out... and I really got to a place where I didn't care about what I ate. I just wanted food! So I gained 5 lbs last week. Yes, I know that's a lot to gain in a week, but...I did it! It's ok though. I can lose it this week...if not...maybe in a couple of weeks, but I'll lose it again. I probably would have paid more attention if I had not been so stressed out about other stuff. I mean...seriously....I "lost" 34 boxes of girl scout cookies only to find out that I don't know my 6's from my 9's! YES! I found them, but I was a little stressed out for most of the week. When I get stressed, I eat and I cry. Shoot! Sometimes I cry WHILE I eat, but either way, I cry and eat and eat and cry! Chasity and I are peeling. Now that we are over the burning part of the sunburn, we are peeling. When she got burnt, her hair was braided in two braids and parted down the middle (thanks to my sister)!! So she had...

Here's a little something I picked up from my bloggy friend over at Musings from Mommyland . I hope you enjoy it. (If you are married, take it and fill it out so we can learn a little about your big day!) 1. When was your wedding day? May 19, 2001 2. What day of the week was it? Saturday 3. Did you get married in a church? Yes, South Concord Church of God 4. How many in your wedding party? 4 girls, 4 guys, 2 ringbearers, 1 flowergirl 5. Where was your reception? in the church fellowship hall 6. How many guests were invited to your wedding? close to 300 invited....only about 150 showed up....BUT...some were stuck in traffic because my wedding and the NASCAR All Star race at Lowe's Motorspeedway started at the exact same time. Some people just didn't listen when I told them to come up EARLY for the wedding because traffic would be really bad! 7. How long did you wait to Tie The Knot after your proposal? a little over a year...he proposed on Feb 14, 2000 8. Who did you hi...

I have been taking classes at UNCC since August. Last semester, I don't know if it was the adreneline or what, but I kept up with my assignments really well. I don't know if maybe I just liked those classes more or what. However...this semester, I'm having issues keeping up. I have two classes (right now) instead of the 4 last semester. Also, I have an 8 week class that starts March 18th! It's an English class, so I shouldn't have a problem with it. Acutally, my English class that I have right now, I'm not having problems in. It's my Education class. I guess I just don't see how serving in a soup kitchen or shopping in an Ethnic store is going to make me a better teacher..... Unfortunately, I have to do that Cultural Plunge (that I haven't planned for yet) and write a 3 page paper about it before Monday! For that same class, I also have to work on getting some observations set up in a high school. I have to interview some of the people who ...

I weighed in (in my bathroom of course) on Sunday. I'm now at 380. That's another 5 lbs that I have lost. Now... since I'm braindead at the moment, I don't know how many pounds that is total. So when I can figure that out, I'll post about it. I think it's 31 or 32. I have to keep going back to look. I guess I'm trying to block out painful memories of the weight that I was! Anyways... Until next time........

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama . You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. This week I have not been a little lazy and even mischievious. Nope! Not me! Last Monday when it snowed here, it wasn't me who convinced the family to walk the quarter-mile to my mom's house in the snow! Nope! I didn't do it! Then...at mom's house, I didn't convince my parents to load us into their Dodge truck and drive us back home because I was tired and didn't really want to chance that there were dogs out that had been sleeping during the first trip! NOT ME!!! Tuesday, when school was cancelled, it was not me who moved the laptop from upstairs to downstairs just so I could watch TV while I surfed the net! NOT ME! That same day, when Girl Scouts were supposed to meet, it wasn't me that sent out an email to all the parents to let them know that the meeting was cancelled. NOPE! NOT ME! It al...

Yesterday wasn't so great! First, Chasity had school. Stupid! I thought they were going to take Spring Break. Why didn't they? The TEACHERS complained! So...they forced parents to rearrange their schedules to bring kids to school....3 days after the missed day. If they are going to do Saturday school, do it a week later so that schedules can be fixed. Don't call on Wednesday to say that school is on Saturday.... YES...that's what they did this time! Anyways... that was fine. She went. She had fun! She did "Dr. Suess" all day because they missed it on Monday because of snow! Then...after that, I had to count cookies for Girl Scouts. I had to see how many cookies we had left. Finished! That's great! TOO MANY STUPID COOKIES LEFT! THEN...went to get Chasity's dance pics done. When we arrived, we were told that they were running about 20 minutes behind schedule. OK....20 minutes....tight for me, but fine....we'll deal with it. By the ti...

Well...last night Chasity had dance. The schedule is off this week because of dance pictures at the studio. Today Chasity has dance pictures. However, that does NOT begin our day! lol First Chasity has to go to school. Mom and I are taking her because we are heading to a big Consignment Sale. We might even hit a yard sale or two. We love doing that! :) Then after I get Chasity from school, I have to count Girl Scout Cookies. We have our final weekend of selling cookies at booths...today and tomorrow. There are 3 booths in the mix! We are going to run out of some flavors... I know that, but we are going to have SOME left over! We will figure out what to do with them...I hope! As soon as I'm finished counting GS Cookies, Chasity has dance pictures. She has these two cute little outfits to wear. I'll post pics, but only after my mom sees them. They are a surprise to her! She also gets to wear make-up for the pics. I'll make her look natural though...I hate make...

Yesterday and today have been Snow Days (#3 and #4) for Cabarrus County Schools. Chasity has been out of school for 4 days now....Saturday-Today! She's not hating the snow at all! HOWEVER.... I just found out that CCS is planning to do the make-up day for yesterday on Saturday. As if I don't have enough to do, Chasity is now going to have school on Saturday...probably just in the morning, but that's bad enough. She's had perfect attendance so far this year, so I have no plans of keeping her out of school. Chasity also has dance pictures on Saturday morning. So I am going to have to call the studio to find out what they are going to do about the pictures. I am hoping they are going to rearrange the schedule because she's not the only one that will have school that day. Until next time........

So it's been a WHILE since I updated my poetry blog, but I did it. I just put the last poem that I wrote for 1993 on there. It's called "Why Me?". I am almost to my 16th birthday in my poetry. In case you have never read any of my work, go check it out here !! Until next time........

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama . You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. This week, I have been a REAL slacker. There are MANY things that happened that were NOT me! First, it was NOT ME that cried as my 5 year old left the house with my little (21 year old) sister to go spend the night on Friday evening. Of course, it was also not me that was kind of excited that I had to go pick the same child up a few hours later. (Unfortunately it was because my sister got sick!) Then, it was NOT ME that the following day took the same 5 year old to Lowes Home Improvement to stand behind a table to sell Girl Scout cookies. Of course, she and her Girl Scout friend that was there wouldn't look so cute that some people just donated money to them. In fact, they wouldn't look SO cute that one man (who had already bought cookies from his daughter) would just give them a $20 bill as a donation! A...

So... this week I didn't lose anything! Guess I'm going to have to get my butt in gear and start exercising! I have been trying to see what I could do without it first...just for fun. I always knew I'd have to start exercising, but I just wanted to see how long I could actually lose weight without doing it! I guess this was the end! lol However... it just means that it's a new beginning! The beginning of being sore... The beginning of walking... The beginning of being healthier... So I'm still at 385 now, but next week....well...that's a different story! Until next time........