The World According to Leslie

While Tony and I were in town, just chilling out (aka making a list of things Chasity needed before we left Asheville), last week, we rode over to Black Mountain.  I can't wait to go to the Black Mountain Arts Center and some of the shops there. It really is a great little place. We came upon a BBQ place called Phil's Bar-B-Que Pit .  We both like BBQ, so we thought we'd try it. We got a plate of pulled pork, pulled chicken, chips, mac and cheese, and hushpuppies to share.  We both preferred the pork, but it was all delicious. So much so that this past Thursday, when Mom, Dad, and I were in town to pick Chasity up to come home for the weekend, we went there to eat! My parents liked it too!  One really unique thing about this restaurant is that there are stickers on the metal bar where you order your food. There are license plates from just about everywhere on the walls. And...there are hats! There are hats hung on the ceiling.  This isn't remotely close to all o...

  It's move-in day! I can now say that (well, write that) without tears.  Over the past couple of weeks, I have cried a lot because my baby was leaving for college. Today, we officially moved her in.  Her room is beautiful. Her roommate seems nice; we only got to talk to her for a little while as we moved Chasity in and set her stuff up.  She has already started EmBark Orientation to get used to campus and get ready for the semester!  We drove up to Asheville last night. Our van was a little  packed when we left home.  It took us two hotel carts to get all her stuff up to her room. She's on the 7th floor and has an amazing view of the mountains!  Naturally, we had to make a trip to Wal-Mart for things we forgot. We still forgot masks, even though they have been on the lists the past 3 weeks. Who would have guessed that we'd forget that!  She has her room all set up. She has 4 pillows and 3 blankets (not counting her comforter). One of the bla...

Back in September, I think, we went to visit the University of North Carolina at Asheville.  Chasity has decided, for now at least, that this is her first choice school. We will not know until February if she has been accepted or not. The only way to find out sooner was to apply with a binding Early Decision application, and she did not want to do that. This is the view from the library. Chasity and I love the library, of course. This is the view from the front steps. I'd never get any work done with that view, and Chasity probably won't either!  But, she WILL be able to send me thousands of pics of this view (and others from campus and around town).   This is the Bulldog mascot. The legend is that if you touch this statue while you are a student there, you will fail!  We told Chasity not to touch it that day.... just in case! :)  The other legend is that the student who built it wore the same outfit every time he worked on it. Then he put those clothes ins...