The World According to Leslie

June 8th--Last day of school June 12--Chasity had pneumonia June 28--Chasity had an ear infection July 8--Dad was rushed to ER (overnight in hospital--congestive heart failure) July 11-26--Working at daycare for Mom to take Dad to doctor's appointments July 18--Chasity had double ear infection July 31--Only 27 days until school starts (for kids)--13 for me! This is crazy.  With all of this going on, we haven't had a vacation.  We haven't gone swimming.  She hasn't had a single one of the softball lessons we had lined up.  This is crazy!  We have a paid trip to Hilton Head waiting on us (3 nights/4 days).  We can't leave town long enough to go.  Mom doesn't really have anyone else who will put up with the kids at the daycare so that she can be out to take Dad where he needs to go.  There are other people who help when they can, but I'm the only one that drops everything to go.  So.... I guess we will go to Tweetsie one Saturday soon....befor

For my online class at UNCC, I have to write a personal writing piece.  I have no idea what to write about.  I could write about the Princess's birth. I could write about my wedding day. I could write about the night I almost lost my father. I just don't know what to write about. I have to start now because we have to go through several stages (that we can show the prof) of writing, revising, editing, and final draft.  I just don't know what to write about. I have to get started, but I don't know what to write. Hopefully I will come up with a topic soon. :) 

I want to tell my story.  I want to write it so that others can read it. I don't have a fabulous story... just some funny things along the way. I don't have a rags to riches story.  I'm not rich, and may never be.  I want to write my story. I just don't know how to start (other than the beginning) and what to put into it.  I don't know what I would really do with it if I wrote it. I don't know who would want to read it.  I need to find a way to tell my story so that others want to read it.  I am thinking maybe a multigenre story, but I haven't decided.  I think I am going to need time and help. I want to tell my story.

This morning, I woke up at 4:30am.  WOW!  That was early considering I haven't gotten up before 6am ANY day since school let out.  Most days 8am!  Mom and I took Dad to the hospital for his heart cauterization.  I had my breakdown last night...where only Tony saw it.  Chas was in bed.  We were laying in the bed.  I had my breakdown there.  I cried.  I prayed.  I cried more.  This morning I was fine. I was content that everything would be fine.  Then I got to see Daddy.  He said HE was scared to death.  I lost it.  The man I see as SUPER*MAN and he is telling me he is scared.  I walked out of the room so he wouldn't see me cry.  I calmed down and went back in.  At 8am they took Dad.  In about an hour, they came back out and got us.  Dad was out of the OR and we could see him. He has 4 blockages---1 @ 50% and 3 @ 25%.  There was no need for stents.  He has to be careful for a week or so and then, if he feels like it, he can go back to work after that.  GOD IS GOOD!!!! 

At the end of the school year, Tony, Chasity and I started shopping for a new house.  We currently rent, and we have been here since 2007.  Where we are is great!  We have a wonderful landlord.  However, it's time to move on.  We need something of our own.  We found a house and put in an offer.  We went back and forth.  They didn't accept our final offer.  Then, the day that we found another house we wanted to see, we got the call that the owners wanted to accept the final offer we had made.  However, we went to the another house and decided to make an offer on it.  It was a short sale and we had to get a lot of extra paper work and stuff together.  In the process we learned that the loan we were looking at wouldn't work for the house we wanted.  So it was going to end up costing us too much to purchase the house.  So we gave up on it. :( We have found out that another offer was put in on it, but we can always hope that the offer won't go through and they will lower

Church was great this morning.  Dad actually felt like going and sitting at church!  It was nice. I have been on homework for 3 hours, but it feels like FOREVER!  I have to write my Literacy Autobiography.  I have to tell how I learned to read and write!  OMG!  My momma taught me before I started Kindergarten.  Now.... how is THAT supposed to take 2-3 pages? 

You know, it's really hard to see my father sick.  It doesn't matter if it's his heart or a stomach bug; I hate to see him sick. Now that he is going through all this with his heart, my mom keeps saying, "Daddy's going to be OK."  However, I'm not sure if she is saying it to convince me or to convince herself. 

As everyone who knows me knows, I am a Daddy's Girl!  I love my mom, but I am Daddy's Girl!  :)  On Sunday morning, I received a text from my mom.  It said that I needed to be sure I was on time for church because Dad was having a hard time breathing.  Dad has had a kidney stone for a couple weeks, so we all thought that maybe it had something to do with that, or the heat, or the fact that he had mowed the grass on Saturday morning. When I got to church, Dad was sitting on the back pew and huffing and puffing.  I asked if he was going to sing or if I was going to be in charge.  He told me he was going to do it.  He made it through about a song and a half.  Then he turned to me to tell me to take over, and he walked off the pulpit.  He sat down on the second pew and started holding his chest.  By the end of the next song, the pastor was praying for him.  We believing in laying on hands and praying.  We have seen many people healed in our church, but Dad's breathing was

I keep looking at this page trying to figure out what to write.  I have waited a long time to write anything.  Since the last time I wrote, I have gotten older.  My husband has gotten older.  We have had an anniversary. Have I waited too long? Nope.... you can never stay away from writing too long.  I just hope I can be more consistent, but I always say that. Anyways.... A lot is going on.  We are in the midst of summer vacation.  Tony is working hard.  I am taking one class this summer.  I just completed my first assignment tonight. We have Chasity reading every day.  She has to read an hour just for waking up.  She says, "I think I'll sleep all day tomorrow so I can get out of reading."  Then for every hour she plays on electronics (DS, Xbox, computer) she reads for an hour.  :)  She loves reading, so it's really not that hard to get her to do. The public library here has a thing going this summer that kids get prizes for reading.  They do it every summe