The World According to Leslie

  I am an NFL fan. I grew up pulling for the Washington Redskins, and I still do. Except, they are now the Washington Football Team .  However, when I was a high school senior, the Carolina Panthers arrived in town. They were an expansion team and played about an hour from my home.  I am now a fan of both, but I pull more for Washington than Carolina! #httr #httwft A couple of weeks ago, Carolina invited Cam Newton back as quarterback. He's a great athlete and an intelligent player. However, if the plays given to him do not work, why do we blame him?  The play callers are sitting in boxes above the field (or on the sidelines) and telling him what to do. Is it his fault if a play doesn't go like it is supposed to?  It got me to thinking.  Teaching and Football are very similar.     I have been in the education field for more than a decade. I am not currently teaching, but I haven't been out so long that I have forgotten what it's like.  ...

I know I've talked about my love of CSI (all branches of it), Criminal Minds, and, newly founded,  NCIS! However, those are not the ONLY things we watch in our family. We have a very specific DVR schedule. Mondays: Supergirl WWE Monday Night RAW Scorpion Tuesdays: WWE SmackDown! Chrisley Knows Best The Flash Wednesdays: Arrow Thursdays: Project Runway Fridays: Last Man Standing Bunk'd Saturdays: Hallmark Movie of the Week (especially this time of year--Fall/Thanksgiving and Christmas Movies) Sundays: The Walking Dead Obviously, some of those are not mine, but we are a very diverse TV watching family. On Sundays, we watch NFL football--Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys, and Carolina Panthers. Two Sundays a month, we meet as a family at my parents' house to watch the pay-per-view for WWE.  (It's a family thing.  I grew up watching wrestling with my Great Grandfather.) Of course, we love watching things, like Reba, that aren't on o...

WOW!  That was an amazing game.  For a minute there, I thought that the San Francisco 49ers were going to come back and beat the Baltimore Ravens .  Here's the deal!  I am a Washington Redskins fan!  I have always been.  I will always be.  Obviously I'm a fan if I still say it...even after some of the really bad years they have had. :)  This year, the Redskins beat the Dallas Cowboys (my husband's favorite team) TWICE!  Once, to knock the Cowboys out of the playoffs.  It was AWESOME! Needless to say, I didn't have a team in the Superbowl.  But, I had to pick one to pull for...right? :) How did you pick the team you pulled for in the Superbowl?  My husband stood by the NFC!  I, on the other hand, chose my Superbowl team by a couple of players.  First, during the playoffs, I discovered a player I had never heard about-- Ray Lewis.   He's a pretty fabulous guy.  (I did some reading up and check...