The World According to Leslie

Obviously, I wish I had a picture of this. If I had not been driving the car, I WOULD have a picture of it. After leaving my parents' house on August 19, I went my new usual way home. (The easy way is detoured. They are taking out 2 bridges at the same time; therefore, I get to drive the scenic route to get everywhere!) Anyways, there is one really busy, very big intersection between my house and my parents' (a few smaller ones too!). I got stopped at the light. There were 2-3 cars in front of me, all going straight. I noticed that everyone was going slowly through the light, but I couldn't see anything. I saw the white SUV 2 cars in front of me go up on the curb to get through. It looked like he had tried to turn into on-coming traffic and then changed his mind. Then the car in front of me changed lanes, and I saw it. A TOILET!! It was busted. The bowl was almost in-tact, but the rest was in chunks. So I, too, had to drive almost up on the curb to pass it. I...

I'm getting a little (sometimes a lot) slower with age. I didn't forget that my child had a birthday. I just didn't post anything here about it. On Friday, August 18, The Princess turned 14. She stayed up until midnight on Thursday just to be able to say "It's my birthday!" NO! I can't believe she's 14! What did we do for her Birthday?  EVERYTHING she wanted to do!! After getting up later than normal (she wanted to sleep in), we ate pancakes for breakfast. We went bowling. She's in a bowling league now and wanted to practice before the first games on Saturday morning! We met my parents at Sweet Frog for fro-yo. (YES! She got Birthday Cake flavored fro-yo!) Then we picked up her best friend to spend the night (after she got out of school). We picked up my parents. We went to Remedy Church for Kidz Krusade.  At the end of the night, they silly stringed her as everyone sang Happy Birthday to her!  (It was AWESOME!) Then we all (my...

I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I promise.  We have had a couple of really busy weeks/weekends back to back. The Princess got older (last Friday)!! Just from last weekend (8/18-8/21) I have written down about 6 things I need to write about. I'm getting those "on paper" to share with you guys. Plus, with school starting for us, you know I'm busy.  What do you have going on now?  What's keeping you busier than normal?

Over the past few weeks, we have been doing Gluten-free and Lactose-free for the Princess. She has been having stomach pain when she eats certain foods. Doctor tested for Celiac.  It's not that.  (Good news) Doctor sent her for allergy tests. We did those yesterday. Good news..... NO food allergies. Bad news... NO answer for what's causing pain!  Good news.... found out what else she's allergic to. Bad news.... Unfortunately, she's like me.... allergic to most everything else.  Just to name a few (cats, dogs, tree pollen, grasses--except 2, pollen, dust) Now.... we have to figure out the best option for working with (or treating) her allergies. We also have to wait to see what the doctor says is the next move for figuring out the food/stomach thing.  I'm NOT the world's most patient person.  So..... the waiting game is NO fun for me. Why is that when you go to the doctor (or just about anywhere) there is always good news and bad news....