tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48198436839579388782024-03-12T22:13:14.737-06:00Writers BlockLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-66913821905143098492012-05-24T20:32:00.000-06:002012-05-24T21:01:49.620-06:00My MomI have been home from my mission for over five years now, but every now and again I still hear about how hard it was for my mom when I left. It was a difficult time for everyone here. I felt homesick of course, some days more than others, but I was trying new things and meeting new people. It was different for me.<br />
Well, a few weeks ago my mom and dad went to Europe for a week and a half. I know a week and a half is nothing compared to a year and a half, but I started to understand more. They didn't have cellphones so most communication was done through email. We had a few times of face time with the ipads, but very rarely was it a time I could be there. They were going to be as I was going to my nanny job. Plus, I was off track so I had the house to myself, which sounded great and was nice, but still strange. It was a tough week for me. I had a hard time not being able to talk with my mom. It sounds strange as a twenty seven year old that I had a hard time going for a week without my mother, but she is one of my best friends. She plays such an important part of my life and I wanted her to know how much she means to me.<br />
I am so grateful for the parents I was given. My life is so good because of the support system I have been blessed with in my family. I love my mom and I love my dad and I very happy they are home.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-83755386788977340622011-10-25T23:22:00.000-06:002011-10-25T23:22:06.584-06:00Comic Con and New York<center> <script language="JavaScript">
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For those of you that don't know what Comic Con is (which is so many more pople than a I thought considering how huge it is and how long I've wanted to go), its a huge geek fest. Its one of the biggest conventions in the world. Its the place where you hear about all the geeks dress up and go. It was amazing. Christy got me tickets for my brithday and Christmas and went with me. She is so great. I wish I could go back every single year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psych Panel. They were so funny! I love this show. Plus we got some swak out of it:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately this is the best picture I got of Zachary Levi. Love him!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got really good seats for the Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog Sing-a-long. Felicia Day is so awkward and funny. Plus 2000+ people singing Dr. Horrible, some while being dressed as characters was great. We got in trouble with the fire department because we had so much fun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Way over there in the park was were we were four hours earlier waiting and waiting and waiting. it sounds horrible but I even loved the five hour line. We made friends and saw crazy costumes and then we got in just in time for the Eureka panel with is the one I most hoped to see and it was so worth it. I would do it all over again in a heart beat!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The EUREKA panel!! One of my favorite shows. They were all so funny. Christy and I were laughing the entire time. Plus it was Colin Fergusons birthday so everyone sang happy birthday to him. Loved it!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warehouse Thirteen panel. I like the show okay. The panel was boring. Only Eddie, the guy in the hat, was funny. At least he was funny enough to make it worth it.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now New York. We went again and had so much fun. I finally got to do Broadway. So worth it. I can't believe it took me three trips to go there. At least i made up for it with a couple plays. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><img height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRdcgwrgjIohAgO-pmEhGHn-NGLUIwXeZiK_R0jcll5VyIqOTlcfo4Z0Xsoq8qX3gMeDBRVkSX7bCPKUgNtsJSzA1J6bRqGxMTWnDbWsKgB11OXDWsKoNqpqynEl8vFfADvvMP3SmCRQ2/s320/Mine+009.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 154px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 934px;" width="96" />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-53141531488570281132011-05-04T19:27:00.001-06:002011-05-10T18:20:18.051-06:00My Second Folio Story...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReKvLXpzjcwAXh_5J9qg4ErpFS7nwHIEzJ0F3H6d57nKXT2hMLDtIlqq8n35HPkN-pfJ3LvaYUnU0alv3px3ElaBX9XQ852IgPfvYiniAp2fEyQLoGx7zDZzriN8vp8OUdoELloG7SdtA/s1600/folioslccorgheader.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReKvLXpzjcwAXh_5J9qg4ErpFS7nwHIEzJ0F3H6d57nKXT2hMLDtIlqq8n35HPkN-pfJ3LvaYUnU0alv3px3ElaBX9XQ852IgPfvYiniAp2fEyQLoGx7zDZzriN8vp8OUdoELloG7SdtA/s320/folioslccorgheader.jpg" width="320" /></a>So the spring edition of Folio has come out and I again wrote something for it. This time, however, I am part of the web exclusive content. To read it click <a href="http://folioslcc.org/">here</a>. Once there click on literature and find my name. Click and done. Now I want to add a disclaimer to this. It is not my best work. I struggle with short stories as it is, but this edition they cut it from three thousand words to two thousand words so it ends a little abrupt. I did what I could with it and I think it still has some good points. I hope people like it. </div><img height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReKvLXpzjcwAXh_5J9qg4ErpFS7nwHIEzJ0F3H6d57nKXT2hMLDtIlqq8n35HPkN-pfJ3LvaYUnU0alv3px3ElaBX9XQ852IgPfvYiniAp2fEyQLoGx7zDZzriN8vp8OUdoELloG7SdtA/s320/folioslccorgheader.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 529px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 81px; visibility: hidden;" width="96" />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-31538791330926390102011-02-20T17:25:00.000-07:002011-02-20T17:25:14.476-07:00DISNEYLAND<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholAeV8vTM2Eq83e6S8xXfSprRKo9A1g5a0k3NzB86VjAoL13nv7Ate7s0hzrbQy9myb1fajIBEjMLmcCpkshYqDXrnmWSwYRetjWg0kave_fYrKSkq9tRvHM9KERBTWaVCn9Pu0wXGJs5/s1600/100_0776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholAeV8vTM2Eq83e6S8xXfSprRKo9A1g5a0k3NzB86VjAoL13nv7Ate7s0hzrbQy9myb1fajIBEjMLmcCpkshYqDXrnmWSwYRetjWg0kave_fYrKSkq9tRvHM9KERBTWaVCn9Pu0wXGJs5/s200/100_0776.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br />
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First, I am now a published author. My short story, "Down" was chosen to to be published in Folio, Salt Lake Community College's magazine. It came out on December 2nd and I'm very excited. I know it's just a community college magazine, but it is a stepping stone on the path to where I want to be and an actual writing experience for my resume when I send my next book to a publisher.<br />
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</div><div align="left">Next, I was lucky to have the opportunity to go to New York for a weekend in December. The airfare was too great to pass up and my uncle Michael let us visit him. My uncle Michael and aunt Tracy were great on the trip. They would take us to and from the Stanton Island Ferry so we could go into the city and they and our cousins Jenna and Tashina would come hang out with us. It was so much fun. We got to see Santa Claus at Macy's and the Rockefeller Tree that is huge. It was so great. Thank you Uncle Michael and aunt Tracy for everything and Hilary for getting the tickets and Ashley's mom for letting us know about them. It was the best!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">It was great. This is just some of the things that we squeezed into our four day trip. I love New York.</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-65770111381733096162010-11-27T23:29:00.000-07:002010-11-27T23:29:24.034-07:00A Sad Ending...After a season of ups and downs we were exciting going into the BYU - U of U game. A month ago we thought we didn't stand a chance in this game. This morning we were optimistic that we could at least give them a good game. We were right. Both the defenses were out in force. The offense had a had time getting first downs and yards. At the half it was BYU 6 Utah 0. We were feeling pretty good but knew we still had another half to go.<br />
At the very end of the third quarter Utah made it on the board for the first time. BYU was at 13. Quickly in the four quarter Utah scored a touchdown. We were only up by three. Then a field goal by us. We were stressing. It seems they always are in the rivalery game. About four minutes left in the game and some blown plays and blown calls Utah makes another touchdown and takes the lead for the first time in the game. BYU gets down field and there are four seconds left. Mitch Payne, the great senior kicker, gets ready and .. a Utah defensiveman got through and jumped on the ball. We lost in in the end by one point after having the lead. It was very very sad. We were so close just a few missed plays here and there kept them from victory. Next year they well meet again September, now that they aren't in the same conference. We will be ready then to find the win once again. Be prepared.... :)Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-37445719856517263362010-11-27T23:10:00.003-07:002010-11-27T23:28:07.633-07:00Black Friday!...Black Friday is huge at our house. My sisters both buy newspapers on Thanksgiving so we can all have ads and we start the search. We make list of what we want on each store and compare. That night after dinner is over we make plans with relatives. Find out if someone is going somewhere else and see if they could get your list. Then we make a plan for breakfast. We always meet together for breakfast after the doorbusters are over. Around ten or eleven. The last two years we have gone to Britton's. It is a great small restaurant in Union Square by my house. It's very good and the people are friendly. Last year we also started a tradition of getting pedicures. Perfect after a long morning of walking and waiting. We had been out since almost midnight when Walmart opened and the line at Target for over an hour. We were well ready for some relaxing. The pedicures were amazing! We went to Pella on 94th, my favorite place to go. It was perfect. After that we were ready to go some more. A few more stores and home again. With little sleep and sore feet we went home happy. I got a bunch of new DVD's, a weakness of mine. Band Hero, a soft pillow, and many other small things. So much fun. We love Black Friday!!!!!!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-56731003045687046732010-11-03T10:03:00.002-06:002010-11-04T10:18:05.410-06:00Tori...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6YSL3WFx7KDrTC79XLkTDFAB1zz5Bq9yFudCPxXM9Gmj5UKkET5msrB6efqwQXJK0CFfaOqgsDiZ9r1vsFDy6FoQ-d_Zt7aXSXFfrjAJyYgXRwSIYt-WT9fo1LlnXxv0kQRuwESocxs/s1600/dsc_0072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6YSL3WFx7KDrTC79XLkTDFAB1zz5Bq9yFudCPxXM9Gmj5UKkET5msrB6efqwQXJK0CFfaOqgsDiZ9r1vsFDy6FoQ-d_Zt7aXSXFfrjAJyYgXRwSIYt-WT9fo1LlnXxv0kQRuwESocxs/s320/dsc_0072.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I needed to post something for an english class so though this story is from February I thought I would share this one. <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> It was a long weekend so my sister Hilary and I decided to take a trip to Disneyland. We decided to make it special by taking Tori with us. Tori is Hilary’s best friend. Hilary met her when Tori was only six and Hilary was working in her classroom. She is now sixteen, hence taking Tori with us to Disneyland. What better way to spend your sweet sixteen. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Something else special about Tori is that she has Rett Syndrome. Because of this she is in a wheelchair and doesn’t communicate the same way we do. Still, when she wants you know how she feels she’ll tell you.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> We went to meet the princesses that first day. First came Snow White, she smiled and was happy to see her, but not overly. Not was Sleeping Beauty. Tori reacted the same. Last was Cinderella. That girl’s eyes lit up. She was smiling so big her face had to be hurting and she was ‘talking’ and giggling. One of the symptoms of Rett Syndrome has to do with losing control of your hands and they will often clap or move their hands to their mouths or such. Tori was so excited her hands clapped together again and again. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was the same with Mickey. Tori charmed him with her smile just like every guy she meets. She had this way of looking at boys and giggling. When she laughs you just want to laugh with her. The boys were wrapped around her fingers, from Mickey to waiters, they never stood a chance. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Disneyland is one of my places. It is so much fun. With Tori it made it all the more magical.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-10848372843292299912010-10-09T10:16:00.000-06:002010-10-09T10:16:24.439-06:00The Witches...Every week we do play dates. My two nephews, Layne and Logan, and my cute little Annie. Every year we make sure to visit the witches at Gardner Village. The kids love it. It is one of Annie's favorite activities. Every October Gardner Village puts up witch statues around and we go around to look at them and do some shopping. We like to look for old favorites and try to find some new ones. The baseball witches are one of my favorites so I decided I would try to put a picture on my blog with the kids in front of it. Let's see if this works.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1QpOw70xmIuToKAN04H0eWwHSu7Q8dIPU3Unu7t21pXKxBIKcZaBqjm2E7_mtoz1VR5Pu2skmj3WN-WM_sn0wEboPnh64TjSmHN6Ip_prz1CLy00IEvlM3tP_xsV9GKW4AiNncIzFWM/s1600/110_0354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1QpOw70xmIuToKAN04H0eWwHSu7Q8dIPU3Unu7t21pXKxBIKcZaBqjm2E7_mtoz1VR5Pu2skmj3WN-WM_sn0wEboPnh64TjSmHN6Ip_prz1CLy00IEvlM3tP_xsV9GKW4AiNncIzFWM/s320/110_0354.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is the best I could. Do how hard it is to get one of these kids to look at the camera, let alone all three. They make me laugh. Anyway, the witches are a favorite so I wanted to share.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-4148442075196787112010-09-26T14:49:00.002-06:002010-09-26T14:52:33.279-06:00Can only go up from here...Okay, so I was very excited about the up coming BYU season after the first game. Now we are a month in and are 1-3. It's been tough to watch the last couple games. Yesterday was hard. I was up at three after watching Arthur overnight. As anyone in my family will tell you I am not a pleasant person when I am tired. I get very grouchy. The game was going bad, the guys behind me were annoying, one of them kept yelling and would spit when he yelled and I was directly in its path. By half time I was kind of done. Luckily Emily was with me. We ended up sharing a dippin dots, yum! and going to the cougar den and buying some new things. Unfortunately, retail therapy works really well for me. The second half went better than the first, but they were too far behind. We lost. Still, I'm grateful for Emily and Lindsay (through texts) help me out of my mood and BYU can only go up from here. I am still going to be optimistic about the games to come.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-78997261121231547482010-09-13T11:24:00.001-06:002010-09-14T14:34:03.979-06:00What is our happiness...Lately I have been hearing a lot of sadness. I am a venting post for some of my friends so when they can't stand it anymore and they just need someone to release to I am there. I don't mind. I completely understand the need for a good venting. Believe me, I have been in the same position. But at times it can weigh you down as well. Everything piling on everything and you need to be strong and give words of encouragement and you wonder how you can get out of there. Some times it is something as simple as cheese fries or ice cream. Not bad helpers. Other times its going to your own personal ventee. Thanks Mom! And sometimes it is a matter of self-revelation. Always the best really but usually the hardest to do. When I was in Seminary I had a teacher that told us all to put our shoe in a pile. Then he told us that shoe was all our troubles. He said that when looking at others troubles most people would hurry and pick up their own trials and happily leave. I have had trials lately. Things that would seem small to others but really hurt me. But then I look at others and its true. I would choose my own trials. I have an amazing family that will help me through anything. Great friends to help me destress. And a wonderful life full of possibilities. What an amazing world to live in.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-3057958871023205602010-09-05T00:10:00.000-06:002010-09-05T00:10:55.647-06:00Looks Like a Good Season Ahead...Today was the first BYU game of the new season. I love going to the games. Over half my family counts down to the first game. We were not disappointed. There was some worries going in. Our quarterback along with many other critical members of the team graduated last year and the new team is young. They have two quarterbacks switching off and three different tight ends, it was going to be interesting to see where these changes led. The first quarter started off rocky and I will admit I had my doubts. Washington scored first putting us behind less than five minutes into the game. Then BYU's first score come from a safety,which was kind of cool because I had never seen one scored before, but disappointing that the other team had to score for us. In the second quarter things started picking up and I saw a glimmer of hope. Still, at the half we were down 13 to 17. Then the second half started and I don't know what Coach Bronco said but they got their rhythm. Washington wasn't able to score again and it ended with a cougar win of 23 to 17. Next week is an away game so I am predicting another shaky start but in the end I am envisioning good things happening for BYU this season. GO COUGARS!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819843683957938878.post-10138145440028871032010-09-02T15:08:00.000-06:002010-09-02T15:16:08.786-06:00Let's see how this works....Okay, so I've been saying if I get published I want to start a blog and so I hadn't yet. What would I have to write about? I still am kind of in that place but I am bored right now and was reading other blogs and decided to go for it. It has been a full week. My little nanny girl, Annie started kindergarten which leaves me more time for other things, at least that is what I tell myself. Really it breaks my heart. It's only a couple hours but I miss her like crazy and the end of this job, that I have had pretty much since they found out they were even pregnant Annie, is in sight. One more year. I also found out today that that my sister is having a girl. She already has one little boy, Logan. We all love him a ton and are excited for our new addition. Beyond that it's just trying to get the house ready so my sister and her family can move in in the next couple weeks. Man, I don't know if this helped. Sure I was less bored typing it, but did everyone else get bored reading it. Hey, first post. Give me a chance. Maybe something more interesting will come along tomorrow :).Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625025245877860780noreply@blogger.com0