tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71047559339808234432024-03-13T18:26:43.452-07:00Letters From LesLetters from me written because I felt like expressing my feelingsLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-899888921595897122012-04-23T22:47:00.000-07:002012-04-23T22:47:00.016-07:00Dear PaintDear Paint,
I don't know how you do it, but you manage to get everywhere. I found you on my steering wheel, I found you on the seat, I found you on my clothes, my lips, my hair, my eyelashes, and even my toes. And I wore shoes when I painted! I know, crazy! My pants got so painty I couldn't get them to stay up.
Thank you for going on the walls of my new house nicely. I will try to be nice to you if you stay on them nicely.
LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-73009498890783510162012-03-11T19:43:00.002-07:002012-03-11T19:49:36.811-07:00Dear Bed,Dear Bed,<br /><br />How I've missed you!!! It wasn't much fun sleeping in the recliner even though it is comfy and I'd totally make out in it. But don't worry Ang, I haven't and I have no plans to really make out in your recliner.<br /><br />But the recliner helped me breathe better so I was traitorous and slept in it instead of you comfy warm bed.<br /><br />I missed the squishy soft mattress, the warm heated blanket, and the fact that it wasn't in the tv room.<br /><br />How thankful I am to have a bed. How blessed I am. One of my sisters was telling me about how one of her kids went to a poor friends house and the kids beds were basically those wood things I burn in bonfires with a squishy pad on top.<br /><br />Funny how I take for granted that I have not only 1 bed, but 3 others for guests and there are people who don't even have 1 bed. <br /><br />I have so much to be grateful for. That I can afford to go to the doctors and get my sinuses fixed. That I have a recliner to make out in, errr I mean sleep in, and a bed and clothes and plenty of food.<br /><br />I need to I take the time more often to remember how blessed I have and how much God has given me. <br /><br />Love,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-78235566326137053312012-03-04T15:06:00.003-08:002012-03-04T15:12:00.402-08:00Dear WalmartDear Walmart,<br /><br />Usually when I go to you, I think to myself, "Self, why are you here, you hate Walmart". Yet, I continue on and go in, get what I need and leave. Yeah the lines suck and it's a little annoying that you have like 2 cashiers for the 50 people in line, but I get over it since you usually have what I need.<br /><br />Well, lets just say that didn't happen last time. I had to make the long trek in from the parking log in the freezing cold. Then I got in and the 2 things I needed weren't even available. And the 1 or 2 employees on the floor had a giant crowd of people waiting for assistance so I didn't even bother since having them look for them would've taken hours.<br /><br />I just went to Target. Same price, on the shelf, and as an added bonus, I also found a musical cow. And they have a pizza hut in their store.<br /><br />So let me just tell you Walmart, you have crappy produce, poor service, lots of out of stock stuff, and a few things cheaper than Target, but Target kicks your butt in terms of service, quality, and the fact that they actually have what I need in stock or employees willing to assist me.<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-5639474331371279112012-02-27T23:13:00.002-08:002012-02-27T23:19:40.155-08:00Dear Fear,Dear Fear,<br /><br />I once had you, sometimes I still do. But I sometimes at night I pray for courage. I pray to stand up for what is right and true. I pray that I will have the courage to say what I feel and to act on those feelings.<br /><br />I trust that God will give me courage to overcome you in my life and to do the things that need doing. To say what needs to be said, and to follow the path that might be harder to go down.<br /><br />Someday, I will stand tall and know I've overcome you. And to know I didn't do it alone. With faith, nothing is impossible.<br /><br />So try if you must, but I will beat you.<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-74248851089235160352011-12-30T21:45:00.000-08:002011-12-30T22:08:38.473-08:00Dear Santa,Dear Santa,<br /><br />I realize it's a little late for this year, but I came up with a late Christmas wish list, maybe it will work for next year, maybe not:<br /><br />1. I would like my sister Christine to give the evil meowing cat that your "elf" left under the Christmas tree to Jake for his birthday. I know it's regifting, but I think it will be given just as much love as it's gotten at her house. <br /><br />2. I would like Becca to get some sort of skimpy shirt or funny item. I usually get her a gag gift of some kind, but it just didn't happen this year. I ran out of energy. <br /><br />3. I would like a baby cow. I don't know where I'd put it, but Ang has a strip of grass. Her neighbors wouldn't mind right?<br /><br />4. A baby lamb would be cute too. They are hard to kill right? They are the size of a small dog, surely one could go in the yard too?<br /><br />5. I really think I should get another patio pool. I miss my old one. It was super fun. I just hope I don't lose my top in it this time. I realize it is funny, but lets just say I prefer that it stay on my body. <br /><br />6. When I get a new yard, I want a peach and nectarine tree. But you probably shouldn't bring them for me because I will buy them myself. If you could provide a love slave to help plant them, that would be much appreciated.<br /><br />7. Do you think you could give me a fireman's pole? It might be fun, or I might hurt myself...most likely I'll hurt myself. But ya gotta live right?<br /><br />8. I think my sister Ang would love one of those obnoxious screaming witch candy/toys. The one she so beloved somehow got thrown in the trash. Every time someone slammed a door it would scream. I know she loved it. I thought about getting it out of the trash for her and hiding it in her room or under her pillow. If you bring her one, please make sure you put it somewhere like under her bed or behind her dresser in some hard to reach place. She loves to hear it scream.<br /><br />9. My sister Jenny would like something cool too. Maybe you've got a cool game like Operation Zombie or Monopoly Farms? Or you could bring her Just Dance 3? I think she needs to practice so when she comes to visit I won't beat her at it. It is a super fun game.<br /><br />10. My dad would like a new dollhouse toilet. The one that belonged to the toy dollhouse at his house unfortunately got flushed down the toilet during our family christmas party and he had to remove the toilet and run a snake through it to get it out. The dollhouse one is now somewhere like the landfill. <br /><br />Thanks for all the nice gifts you gave me this year. I am grateful for them.<br /><br />Thank you for your consideration of these things in the future,<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-62892867134197367412011-12-01T20:12:00.000-08:002011-12-01T20:19:01.389-08:00Dear Becca,Dear Becca,<br /><br />Happy birthday late! I meant to post this a few days ago but I wasn't feeling very good and my bed and sleep called to me instead. I did call you though.<br /><br />Anyways I'm glad you're my sister. You're kind and giving and you can make my nails super pretty. And you love me even when I burp happy birthday to you. Well, actually I've never done that but I know you'd still love me if I did.<br /><br />I remember some fun times we had together. The hide and seek in the dark which mom and dad forbid us to play anymore because of damage to the house and their christmlas tree. I loved the karaoke and the special Christmas gives we give each other.<br /><br />Anyways, I love you.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-69431224781310869732011-11-17T21:24:00.000-08:002011-11-17T21:32:39.138-08:00Dear Old Neighbors,Dear Old Neighbors, <br /><br />I've been getting emails and things from you since I put my house up for sale and moved, and you know, you really made me feel loved. I really did enjoy living by you all. I know I was a softie when I came to your kids because I think I bought something from every one of them that came over to sell me stuff. And I even bought lemonade and then just dumped it out when they weren't looking cuz it was a little gross. Anyways, I thought I'd share a couple of emails I got from some of you that really made me grateful to know you and really touched me. I didn't realize how much of an impact I had on some of you until you started wishing me goodbye. But it goes both ways, there were so many of you I loved and admired. <br /><br />Love,<br /><br />Leslie<br /><br />Here they are:<br /><br />Hi Leslie,<br /><br />How are you? I am sorry we didn't catch you before you left, but I just wanted to thank you for all you did for us. You were a really great neighbor. Thanks for all the times you mowed our lawn or pulled our weeds or found the fencing company or brought us a treat or let me sit by you in church. I learned a lot from you about looking out for and reaching out to others. Thanks for all the good you did here. I hope things go well for you. We will miss you! <br /><br /><br />Hey there Leslie-<br /><br />Just wanted to know I saw your house pop up on my radar yesterday and when I told the family at dinner time- the whole clan was bummed about it. <br /><br />The older kids have really missed you teaching them. You will be missed by us!<br /><br />Change is always good! It's a rare person who welcomes it :) Good luck, and do- keep in touch with us- our family has really grown to love ya!<br /><br />Dear Leslie,<br /><br />I miss seeing you and your terrific smile. I am sad that I don't see you any more and was even sader to see a foe sale sign on your house, but I understand.<br /><br />Some people come quickly into our lives and quickly leave,<br />Some stay a while and leave footprints on our hearts and we<br />are never ever the same.<br /><br />Thanks for the heart attack on my birthday, the numerous nuts and raisins to lift my blood sugar, and your friendship.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-33539880047374932322011-10-22T19:00:00.000-07:002011-10-22T19:09:28.302-07:00Dear Doug and Margie,Dear Doug and Margie,<br /><br />I haven't thought of you in years, and suddenly I woke up this morning thinking of you. Wondering what happened to you.<br /><br />I remember meeting you both at the cute little house next to the fire station where Doug worked in Brockport, NY. You had the cutest kids. You made us the nicest dinners. You wanted the best for your kids and did everything in your power to teach them good values and to make right choices. You didn't have a ton of money, but you were so down to earth and so kind. Such a giving sweet family. We had great discussions about religion.<br /><br />Margie, I remember you telling me how you really wanted to get a house with a nice yard for the kids. I hoped you would find that. I hope you got your house with a yard that you could call your own. And I now understand why you felt that way. It's nice to have something and to belong somewhere. To see the fruits of your labors. You really did deserve to get a nice house. You were such a kind, Christlike person.<br /><br />I wrote you when I left. I loved your family so. I wish you had written back so I could know what happened. <br /><br />I hope that you found a nice house to move to with a cute yard that you could call your own. I hope it brought you joy. It's been a long time since I saw you both. You're probably grandparents by now. <br /><br />But I thought of you today. We crossed paths for such a short time, and yet, it was a lifetime of memories and thoughts of you from years ago that crossed my mind today. Wherever life has taken you, I hope you know that God loves you. Just like you had such hopes for your children, he has such great hopes and desires for you. He sees potential in all of us, he knows what we are capable up. <br /><br />Love,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-14988174547886007492011-10-01T19:14:00.000-07:002011-10-01T19:20:49.958-07:00Dear BridgetDear Bridget,<br /><br />Happy Birthday! Well I know there's like 2 days still, but I'm thinking of you at this very moment and so I am writing to you now.<br /><br />I am glad you're my sister. I remember some fun times with you.<br /><br />Do you remember all the special gifts you and I and Becca would wrap up for each other at Christmas? Well and I still do it. And the hide and seek in the dark at moms house and we kept knocking over the christmas tree and breaking things. <br /><br />And when you got married you and Glenn gave me 2 cookie sheets. It made me happy. Those 2 cookie sheets are the only ones I have and it's so nice to have them. <br /><br />And I love how we can sit around and laugh about things when you come and visit mom. And when you came down to visit and stayed at my house last year, it was great. I loved having you here. <br /><br />You are such a hard worker. I'm proud of how hard you've worked to get through school and to take care of your kids.<br /><br />I am so impressed by how much you love your students and how badly you want them to succeed. You have such a great heart. <br /><br />I hope your birthday goes well and you know that your family loves you so much.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-84303152011752276812011-09-26T21:19:00.000-07:002011-09-26T21:34:49.687-07:00Dear r1, r2, j, and a few othersDear r1, r2, j, and a few others I won't even bother initializing,<br /><br />Have you ever been misunderstood? Well, apparently it happens. You see, some of you seem to have misunderstood me. How you ask, well since it seems I've put my house up for sale. Yes, I know shocking.<br /><br />So what do you all do? You assume. Remember what that does. And it did. Why would I sell my house to follow a guy? Much less when I admit I've not got anyone, thats right, NO GUY, that I'm interested in dating? And yet, you still ask, or state that is why I am selling. Annoying and dumb. <br /><br />No, I'm not following any of you anywhere. NO, I'm not following some guy from the internet, there is NO guy. How well you know me it seems to even make such an assumption. I feel so flattered to think that you think so highly of me that I'd just randomly drop my house and walk away from it for some random guy. Like I have no depth or life beyond that of following a guy. Apparently thats all I live for? <br /><br />Why can't I just live life to the fullest and should some guy come along that added to it, he can be an accessory in the house, not the one I drop the house for? Or better yet, we're both in a happy place and the house doesn't even matter. It's just a thing. I can't take it with me when I die anyways. People around me, life, service to God, there's so much more than a house in the perspective of things.<br /><br />And while I'm at it. Just because I'm nice to you doesn't mean I want you, that I am totally in to you, that I am in love with you, or that I want to date you. Can I just not be nice with no ulterior motives? Can I just be kind for no other reason than to do so? <br /><br />And one date six months ago doesn't mean a thing. It was a date. Yes I got me some food and you got the pleasure of my company. Can I just be your friend with no expectations? Can we just not flirt for the sheer enjoyment of it without anything coming of it? Just because I flirt doesn't mean I'm in love with you. It just means I am honing my skills and sharpening my knives. You're my practice till the right guy comes along. And I'm letting you practice on me for the right girl. <br /><br />Not selling my house for you, not wanting to date you, not dreaming of you tonight, not even wanting to cuddle with you tonight,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-22202802521925346872011-09-11T19:01:00.000-07:002011-09-11T19:06:36.933-07:00Dear WaspsDear Wasps,<br /><br />Why don't you die? I see you at my parent's house. I see you at my neighbors house, I see you at my house. I kill all your nests, and yet, you still survive.<br /><br />And worst of all, when I was picking apricots, you stung me in my armpit. Of all the places to pick, you stung me there!<br /><br />I would just like you to know, it's war. If I see you, I spray you, and you die.<br /><br />Bring it on you icky little beasties!<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-18460408966377277322011-09-09T23:08:00.000-07:002011-09-09T23:17:21.924-07:00Dear R,Dear R,<br /><br />I recall the moment I really saw you. It's like the light was turned on and there you were. Standing where you'd been all along, only I finally took notice of the amazing you I should've seen in all along. I felt bad. I wish I had been kinder, I wish I had been friendlier. I should've been better. I'm sorry. Forgive me. One day it looked like you were having a bad day and I felt like I should say something, only I didn't. I regret that. You deserve to know you are thought of especially when the days aren't going well.<br /><br />I read <a href="http://lost-in-learning.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">a blog</a> today that kinda goes along with what I was thinking. I really need to see the world through the eyes I've been blessed with:<br /><br /><blockquote>The Way we See the World<br /><br />Sometime today, take a few moments out of your busy life and make an attempt at really seeing.<br /><br />Find something intriguing to focus on and put in the effort to notice the details: shapes, textures, negative spaces, light and shadow, contours, shades of color etc.<br /><br />Contemplate for a minute, why that detail caught your attention and how it moved you once you took note if it.<br /><br />Learning to really see the world is a labor common to the inventor, the writer, the leader, the musician, the teacher, the entrepreneur and anyone else who might bear the title of artist.<br /><br />It's one of the reasons I get irked when people learn I'm a photographer and the first question out of their mouths is "which kind of camera do you use?"<br /><br />I just point to my eyes.<br /><br />The magic isn't in the black box, it's in the way we see the world.<br /><br />Our vision begets creation.<br /><br />The lenses through which we look determine the world we live in.</blockquote>R, thank you for giving me a deeper perspective, a clearer lens to view the world. I'm sorry it took me so long to see you for who you really were. I will do my best to see my brothers and sisters around me in a positive and good light. I am surrounded by the most incredible people and I only need to really look at them to see that. Thanks for teaching me that.<br /><br />Your friend,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-35748795165418671662011-08-22T21:25:00.000-07:002011-08-22T21:31:58.610-07:00Dear Christine,Dear Christine,
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<br />I was just thinking about how nice it is to have you as a sister. One reason I wanted to learn to play the piano is because I have great memories of you playing while we would sing along. We've had some fun times.
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<br />And it's great that you live nearby. I love to come by and see you or the kids on the way home from work, or to take them to get snow cones. And it's nice to talk to you on my drive to or from work. And we can laugh about the funniest things.
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<br />I don't have many friends who are girls, but it's ok because my sisters are my best friends. I know I can call you and we can go to a movie, or I can drag you out on a walk, or to the store, or I can play my piano songs and you'll encourage me to keep on learning.
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<br />I know sometimes life gets hard and it sucks when kids do things like marker the couch or other things, but thanks for staying positive. Sure you go have a good cry, but then you wake up just fine the next day.
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<br />Love,
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<br />Les
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<br />PS. Someday when you have baby #6, feel free to name her after me. :D
<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-80630922303462635752011-08-11T04:29:00.001-07:002011-08-11T04:32:54.412-07:00Dear MorningDear Morning,
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<br />You are dark at 5am. And tiring. Leaving me questioning why in the world I signed up to be on call. Right, the money....I suppose there was a reason.
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<br />And I'm supposed to run with my mom in an hour. I tried to call and tell her to wait, but she didn't answer which means when I go back to bed she'll notice the call and call and wake me up. Or not notice at all and call and wake me up in an hour.
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<br />Oh well, it could be worse. Sleep is overrated right?
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<br />Les
<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-11609779445493121962011-08-09T19:12:00.000-07:002011-08-09T19:34:10.449-07:00Dear R,Dear R,
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<br />Can I just tell you how grateful I am to you for fixing my air conditioner. I didn't even know they had those fuse things in them. And you probably wanted to roll over and laugh when I called it a spark plug. I am totally fine if you do.
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<br />And now I can sleep in an air conditioned room. I guess I'll start wearing pajamas again. Ok, so probably not, but I might use a blanket tonight. Pajamas are so overrated anyways.
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<br />Anyways, you probably don't know this and you'll probably never get around to reading this, but you are a great example to me. In fact, you make me want to be a better person.
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<br />You are so willing to help people. You are kind to people. You work hard, and even when you have the suckiest of days, you still stay calm. Like when the switch kept going out and we kept losing connections nonstop, I could tell you were having a rough day, and you know, I probably would've curled up in a corner and cried at some point, but you didn't. You just kept on going.
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<br />I am not so gutsy when it comes to telling people how great they are, so in case you didn't know, you're quality. Thanks for being so awesome.
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<br />Someday I hope I marry someone as great as you.
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-56290584051609979492011-07-14T20:05:00.000-07:002011-07-14T20:20:13.019-07:00Dear PoleDear Pole,<br /><br />Do you remember me? Do you remember my old nissan? You probably still have paint on it where I hit you. And you probably recall, I hit my friend Rebecca's car about the same time I hit you. And after that I decided no more underground parking structure for me. It was a tad difficult to get in and out of there anyways.<br /><br />The other day some friends and I were eating popsicles and they had jokes on the stick. Mine said, "Where do snowmen like to dance." The answer on the stick said at a snowball, but we came up with a better answer: The north pole.<br /><br />And no, I do not have a pole in my bedroom, or the kitchen. Nor do I dance around the poles outside holding up the covered patio.<br /><br />But yes, I could. It might be memorable for the neighbors, like when I had the pool in the backyard, or when I attempted to use a turkey fryer thing that took like 5 gallons of oil.<br /><br />Anyways pole, you really should stay out of my way.<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-45614351285110730142011-07-05T21:41:00.000-07:002011-07-05T21:57:00.568-07:00Dear Book,Dear Book,<br /><br />You had something profound in you that I liked. I am sharing it:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><br />"I knew an old Illianer woman, once," she said slowly. "When she was young, her mother arranged a marriage for her with a man she had never even met. They do that down in Illian, sometimes. She said she spent the first five years raging against him, and the next five scheming to make his life miserable without his knowing who was to blame. It was only years later, she said, when he died, that she realized he really had been the love of her life."<br /><br />"I don't see what that has to do with this."<br /><br />Her look said he obviously was not trying to understand and her voice became overly patient. "Just because fate has chosen something for you instead of you choosing it for yourself doesn't mean it has to be bad. Even if it's something you are sure you would never have chosen in a hundred years. 'Better ten days of love than years of regretting," she quoted.<br /></blockquote>Now book, I'm not saying that an arraged marriage is what I'm talking about here, it isn't. I just think sometimes in life we have the attitude that we didn't choose for ourselves and it is bad. It isn't. It's good to look around and see what amazing things God has blessed me with.<br /><br />And now I'm sure some of you eyeballing my blog are wondering if the book is a smut novel. No it is not. You can buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Reborn-Book-Three-Wheel/dp/0765305119/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309927724&sr=8-1" target="_blank">here</a> on amazon. But you really should start with book 1.<br /><br />Book, I really am glad you aren't a smut novel. I really don't care for them and I don't think they are healthy for the mind or body. And now that I'm partway through the series, I'd be mad if I had to give up and throw all of your series buddies in the trash along with you. And yes, I would do that.<br /><br />There are plenty of books in the landfill compliments of me. Although, maybe I should get a firepit and burn them. They would be nice fuel and I do want a firepit.<br /><br />And book, please do not keep me up late tonight. I am trying to go to bed earlier this week. Well, at least I was until I wrote your quote down and now it's getting late and I'm still awake.<br /><br />Book, the least you could do is find me a nice attractive man to go with you.<br /><br />Goodnight book,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-61593203505908384412011-06-26T19:04:00.000-07:002011-06-26T19:11:07.150-07:00Dear BrowniesDear Brownies,<br /><br />I have to say, you made quite the lunch. Who knew that you could be so tasty and filling as a lunch? Apparently, I did since I ate you for my lunch.<br /><br />Please take all those fat calories and put them in my chest and not my butt or my waist. I did use low-fat ingredients when I made you, so perhaps there are no fat calories and it's all in my imagination.<br /><br />And while you're at it, can you please make my sister Christine's baby healthy and strong. I know she liked eating you after dinner. And since she has that diabetes test on Wednesday (that someone I know didn't take), she really needs the extra sugar overload and the healthy thing.<br /><br />From what I hear that stuff they make you drink for the test is yucky. Perhaps I could crush you up and dump in her bottle of the sugar stuff for her test. All it can do is help right? And I'm sure Christine would be so appreciative of my support and flavoring of her diabetes test mix.<br /><br />And if all else fails, at least it will give her drink special floaties.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-83695159357154316102011-06-11T20:45:00.000-07:002011-06-11T20:50:16.495-07:00Dear BeccaDear Becca,<br /><br />Thanks for making my nails look all pretty. You made my night. I've been wanting pretty nails for a while and now I have them.<br /><br />I know I'm clumsy and I might ruin them in a few days, but it's nice to have pretty fingers even if it's only a day or two. Maybe now a dreamy guy will come along and see the hot girl with pretty nails (yes, thats me) and totally ask me out and it will be your doing because it's all due to the nails.<br /><br />Let's hope it's two days the nails stay intact. I promise not to garden, use a saw, use a shovel, or a hammer, or a nail gun, or an ax until at least Tuesday. That way maybe they will be pretty till then. And I probably won't use an ax at all. I don't own one and if I miss it will hurt a lot.<br /><br />Anyways, it was fun to see you. I miss you when you aren't around. And I'm glad you are my sister.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-14225698037322627382011-05-29T11:25:00.000-07:002011-05-29T11:31:59.507-07:00Dear SweetTarts,Dear SweetTarts,<br /><br />Today I discovered a package of you in the back of the cupboard that I had forgotten about. Since I love the purple flavor and I wanted a little sugar, I began to eat you. It started off with a blue, and then a green, then a red, then two more greens. And I began to wonder, where was the elusive purple, instead of opening as I ate, I decided to open all and find my purple. Then I got a red, then two more greens. Then a blue, and two more greens.<br /><br />By the time I opened up your pack, I had a few reds and blues and lots and lots of greens. This has left me wondering, how exactly do you determine the process of putting the flavors in the package? Is it actually random, or did some employee accidentally cook up a giant batch of greens you had to get rid off?<br /><br />Now I like green, don't get me wrong, but I don't want to eat so many greens that my pee turns green, or my tongue looks like I've eaten a snow cone.<br /><br />And I really wanted a purple!!!!!!! Please fix your packaging process so I get some purples next time.<br /><br />That being said, could you also make your chewy sweet tarts more readily available. They are so incredibly yummy and incredibly addicting, but hard to find. I think I've had to look at a dozen different stores in search of them.<br /><br />Is that a hint that I should be on a diet? First you don't give me any purples and then you hide your chewy sweet tarts?<br /><br />If you're suggesting that, it really is none of your business. Just give me the candy already!!! Purples and chewy ones.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Les<br /><br />PS. I have a big bag of green ones I'll trade you some purples forLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-90443550114019148542011-05-23T19:53:00.000-07:002011-05-23T20:07:03.172-07:00Dear SinnersDear Sinners,<br /><br />In case you didn't hear, there was a "rapture" that was supposed to take place last Saturday. If you're reading this, you didn't get taken up to heaven. Thus, you are all sitting pretty with me and we're all going to hell in a bobsled.<br /><br />Why a bobsled? Have you ever ridden in one? It takes you up to something like 3 or 5 G's in mere seconds. If you get motion sick like me, you'll be puking all over the driver guy by the end. Or you'll somehow manage to hold it in. Then you can lay on the ground wishing for sudden death for the next few hours as the world spins in circles around you.<br /><br />Now, since this rapture thing didn't take me, or you, look on the bright side:<br /><br />1. If fire and brimstone are really going to rain down on us, maybe we'll get some cool photos we can post on our blogs or on facebook. I mean how many people have ever taken photos of fire and brimstone?<br /><br />2. If the power goes out, the fire and brimstone will probably keep a nice light going on so we won't need flashlights<br /><br />3. Those jehovah's witnesses that keep leaving crap on my door might get their church burned up and realize that their lives filled with no fun and lack of celebration did them no good cuz their in the same boat as us funner ones<br /><br />4. Can I just say BBQ? Mmm, think of all the steak and ribs slow roasing on a hot pile o brimstone for the eating.<br /><br />5. Smores. Can there be a fire without smores? The marshmallows are so fun to burn.<br /><br />6. If you're in the bobsled and the world is spinning, some things might look better than the did previously.<br /><br />Love you all sinner people, glad you could join me,<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-36503735098750516612011-05-10T20:29:00.000-07:002011-05-10T20:36:18.509-07:00Dear SunshineDear Sunshine,<br /><br />I know you've only been gone for like 2 days, but I miss you. I have my fire roaring and I am cold. I want you to heat up my house to like 80 degrees so that when I get home from work you are nice and toasty.<br /><br />And I really want you to make my painted daisies grow up nice and big. And soon would be nice. Once it gets roaring hot they tend to die off.<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-44818931925868935852011-04-28T20:21:00.000-07:002011-04-28T20:25:54.572-07:00Dear White PoisonDear White Poison (aka Milk),<br /><br />You are so great. You give me healthy teeth and healthy bones. Thanks to you, nothing has broken despite my numerous clumsy mishaps.<br /><br />You taste good with cookies. You make a tasty rice pudding. You fill my sister kids tummies up so they aren't hungry and sad. You make me greatful for cereal. And cookies. And more cookies. And did I mention how great you are with cookies?<br /><br />Yes, you do come from a cow, but I milked a cow one year at my parents house. We treated her well and gave her plenty of good food. She returned the favor by giving us plenty of milk and cream.<br /><br />I am grateful to you nice cows who give us milk. Who have cute little baby cows that have soft fur and are fun to pet.<br /><br />Thank you cows for your white poison. I will drink it so long as my body is able.<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-49520649208779110012011-03-30T19:48:00.000-07:002011-03-30T19:53:15.369-07:00Dear Cell PhonesDear Cell Phones,<br /><br />First, pretty red one. You've been faithful for nearly two years. For the past two months, not so much. You only had to hold out a little longer, but no, instead you decided to die. And you had to wait till all the cell phone stores were closed and I couldn't replace you.<br /><br />And then there's you, crappy cheap replacement phone. I admit, I didn't like you. But I got you out of the classifieds, so what could I really expect? I didn't expect much of anything. Still, I did expect you to work for more than 5 hours!!! Now the car charger and the wall charger do nothing for you.<br /><br />I'm on call tonight and there's nothing I can do if I get a support call since you won't turn on!!! That was a waste of money. Glad I didn't spend any more on you than I did.<br /><br />And you, shiny black one now being fed-exed to my parents house in 1-2 day shipping. You best be working when you get there or else I'm gonna feed you to the nearly broken blender I have in my house. And that might be where pretty red dead cell goes and junky gray antique broken one go.<br /><br />Why must I use a cell phone?<br /><br />LesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104755933980823443.post-57945716015749681872011-03-26T19:19:00.000-07:002011-03-26T19:26:57.980-07:00Dear SpringDear Spring,<br /><br />I am so happy you are hear. I love that my flowers are coming up. I am happy to see the flowers that are blooming. I'm happy to see the grass turning green. I am happy that it is growing warmer. I am happy to run outside and feel my toes at the end of it.<br /><br />I love to see the plants coming alive again. I love the painted daisies in the spring. They are so pretty.<br /><br />Loving you,<br /><br />LeslieLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14436748214980063895noreply@blogger.com0