4X4 Tag

It's been a loooong while since I've seen a tag game on blogger... this is kind of fun! My niece Melissa tagged me in this "4X4 a little about yourself" game.


1- Four Places I Go
1. Leger's Deli (job)
2. Church/Temple
3. Rod Works
4. To lunch with friends as often as possible


2- Four Favorite Smells
1. The flowers I walk past on Beach Road
2. New houses/cars
3. Roast beef cooking when I get home from church :-)
4. Black licorice


3-Four Favorite TV Shows/Movies
1. Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth, the true Mr. Darcy)
2. Survivor
3. Almost everything on HGTV... my new favorite channel
4. NCIS


4-Four Recommendations
1. Be prepared
2. Pray/read scriptures/good books every day
3. Don't over think things
4. When you stop by someones blog... leave a comment. I dare you to start here!


Four People That I'm Tagging
1. AnJanette
2. Tiffany
3. Morgan
4. Tammy

Tag your it!!

I 'm A Team Player

I saw this on Charity's blog and decided, what the heck...I'll play. Here's how it works. The first five wonderful people who respond to this post (leave a comment) will get something made by me! My choice, for you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make (I hope you will).
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It will be done this year (2009).
4- You have no clue what it's going to be (it will depend on who you are).

The catch is (there's always a catch) that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog. The first 5 people to leave a comment on my blog, and then post these instructions on their blog, and then leave me a comment telling me that they did so (are you confused yet?), will receive a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift from me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!!

Don't be shy now, you know you want to play :-)

Tag! 7 Random And/Or Weird Facts About Yours Truly...

This is a tag from my sister-in-law Marivic. I'm not sure how interesting my random/weird facts are, but they are me; so here goes:

1. When I go grocery shopping I can never take the first item on the shelf, I have to go to the next one which no one has touched (of course someone has touched it, how else did it get on the shelf?). I also check pull dates on everything. I make sure the boxes and packages aren't dented or wrinkled (that is a weird fact). I also have a system in the way I load my shopping cart; once while grocery shopping a total stranger looked in my cart and then at me and remarked that mine was the most organized shopping cart she had ever seen.

2. My favorite books are "The Little House" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I've read them over and over. When Caitlin was in elementary school we read the entire series together. It took about two years. At the end of each book we each signed our name and the date.

3. I love dolls. I have ever since I was a little girl. I have a collection of Madame Alexander dolls (including a Laura Ingalls doll).I also have two American Girl dolls. This one is Samantha.

4. I am an Apollonian (hence, #1 random/weird fact on this post) trying to survive a Dionysian lifestlye (it isn't easy at times).

5. I was once the Primary President and the Relief Society President on the same day.

6. I have an aneurysm in my head. I found out a few months ago and have only told my husband, children, parents, siblings, and a few friends. It's only 2mm. Not a big deal (unless it goes "pop"). But I did learn how to spell a-n-e-u-r-y-s-m.

7. I have always loved creating things. I'm not necessarily creative when it comes to designing things, but I'm very good at following directions when it comes to sewing and handiwork (this is one instance where random/weird fact #4 becomes either a blessing or a curse in my life). Currently I'm into crocheting.When I was a little girl I loved to design houseplans (blueprints). Once in a while I would take cardboard boxes and makes houses out of them. Not your typical "dollhouse", but more like a 3-D dollhouse that you looked down into, like a blueprint. My poor Mother would get frustrated when she discovered that I'd used all of her scotch tape so that I could tape my cardboard walls together. Who knows, maybe one day I'll really design my own dream house.


The 7 people I'm tagging are:
1.Heather 2.Becky 3.Bonnie 4.Adrienne 5.Amy 6.Tiffany 7.Aimee

Photo Tag! From M-e-l-i-s-s-a

What the kiddos are doing right now
Andy and Jeremy are probably either on their way to work or at work, Jeff is on an airplane, and Caitlin is at school.

My dream vacationI've heard it said that a picture is worth a thousand words. This picture sums it up in just three....I love t'ocean.


Something that makes me happyArtist Point really makes me happy. JUST KIDDIN', it's my Mikee of course!!


Something I'm into right nowRehearsing with this choir of 364 women We Also Sing for a performance in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on November 1st. Everyone's invited!!


My favorite pair of shoesMy new running shoes. Hopefully they'll carry me through my first 5K run in two months!!


I am tagging all of my blogging friends in the 10th ward!!

High School Tag

This is a tag from Heather. It was fun to remember High School on the day my daughter started her sophmore year!





1. Did you date someone from your school? Yes. I was a senior when I met a really cute boy named Mike Leger.

2. What kind of car did you drive? The family station wagon (but it had wood on the side which was really cool back then!)

3. Were you a party animal? No.

4. Were you considered a flirt? I was actually really shy around boys; but there was a time when Mike and I were on a group date (we were not each others dates) at the skating rink. I winked at him as I skated past him and the rest is history.

5. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? I was in choir my sophmore year.

6. Were you a nerd? No.

7. Were you on any varsity teams? No.

8. Did you get suspended/expelled? Never.

9. Can you still sing the fight song... For years I could remember the school song, and I can't even think of it at all now, but our school colors were red and gold! (I can remember my Jr. High song)

10. Who were your favorite teachers? I had a seminary teacher that was really fun. He was young and handsome and about to get married and he played the guitar and sang to us, I remember thinking...I'd love to have a husband who can play the guitar:-)

11. Where did you sit during lunch? Usually in the lunchroom. In my Senior year I used to love to go to Dees on the corner of 2nd west and 5th south. I could get a hamburger, fries and a drink for $1.00.

12. What was your school's full name? Viewmont High School.

13. School mascot? A Viking.

14. If you could go back and do it again, would you? No.

15. What do you remember most about graduation? Mike and I were dating and we had to cross the stage alphabetically. He was an "L" and I was an "M" so we were able to sit by each other and then cross one behind the other.

16. Where did you go senior skip day? Pineview Resevoir.

17. Were you in any clubs? I was an officer in the pep club. I still have my school sweater.

18. Have you gained some weight since then? Oh yeah.

19. Who was your prom date? Mike Leger.

20. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? I didn't go. I did go to my 20 year reunion (12 years ago).

I tag all of the women who are related to me who are bloggers or bloggers by association...Mom, Lilian, Margie, Marivic, Alana, Kara, Melissa L., Emily, Melissa T., Jessica. this is a fun one!!

Third time's The Charm

I just saw that I got tagged so I'm going to do it right now!!

2 Names you go by:
1. Babycakes
2. Mom

2 Things you are wearing right now:
1. Happy trails t-shirt
2. Pink plaid pajama pants

2 Things you want badly at the moment:
1. My house to magically clean itself (we've been remodeling for 3 weeks)
2. Chocolate (I'm going without sugar treats for 28 days; I'm on day 9)

2 Things you did last night:
1. Moved new furniture into the house
2. Had a B-B-Q

2 Things you ate today:
1. Cheese & crackers
2. Veggie lasagna (it's so good!)

2 People you last spoke to:
1. Caitlin
2. Angela Sandorf

2 Things you are doing today:
1. Going to work at the Doctor's office
2. Organize and file my paperwork

2 Longest car rides:
1. Washington DC; Virginia (once)
2. California (countless times)

2 Favorite beverages:
1. Water
2. Black Cherry Shasta (in lieu of Dr. Pepper which I haven't touched in 16 years; 7 months; and 5 days. But who's counting)

Please pass this to 2! Don't spoil the fun and keep it going!
1. Marivic
2. Bob

Tagged Twice

TAG#1 FROM MARIVIC (AKA: GRUMPY ANGEL)
The 5 people I’m tagging are: Adrienne, Becky, Bonnie, Heather and Tiffany. Ladies please tag 5 other people.

WRITE 6 WORDS THAT DESCRIBE YOUR LIFE.
Here are my 6 words:

1. blessed
2. busy
3. gratitude
4. happy
5. love
6. learning


TAG#2 FROM Lilian (AKA: SISTA RIRIAN)
scattegories...
{it's harder than it looks}

use the first letter of your name to answer the following. they have to be real places, things, names...nothing made up! try to use different answers if the person who tagged you had the same first initial. you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

what is your name? LESLEY
4 letter word: LASS
vehicle: LINCOLN
tv show: LOST
city: LAS VEGAS
boy name: LESTER
girl name: LILIAN
occupation: LIBRARIAN
something you wear: LEGGINGS
food: LIMA BEANS
something found in a bathroom: LOTION
reason for being late: LAZINESS
something you shout: "LAST ONE HOME IS A ROTTEN EGG!"
*I'm tagging Melissa L., Emily, and Melissa T. on this one!

Tag I'm It!!!

4 Places I visit frequently
1. The grocery store (Dicks or Target)
2. Homes of my family members
3. Church
4. The Doctor's office

4 People who call/Text/Email me regularly
1. Michael
2. Caitlin
3. Jeff
4. Mother

4 favorite Foods
1. Asian salads (at restaurants)
2. Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding (best when my mom makes it)
3. Chocolate
4. El Matador chips and salsa (to go)

4 Places I'd rather be
1. The beach house
2. Britain
3. Disneyland
4. East or west; home is best

4 Movies I'd watch over and over
1. Pride and Prejudice (BBC version, twice a year)
2. Watcher in the Woods (once a year)
3. Jurassic Park lll (rrruuunnnn!!! once a year)
4. Houseboat (every couple of years, but I just bought it so it'll move up to once a year)

4 Bands/Groups I like to listen to...
1. Endless Summer (Mike and Andy)
2. The Osmonds (I'm going to see them on 7-26-08)
3. The Carpenters
4. The Partridge Family (laugh away, but that's my favorite music to listen to on my ipod while I'm walking)

The 4 People I am tagging are....
1. Mother
2. Lilian
3. Marivic
4. Margie

Tagged By Tiffany

How to play this game of tag. Post these rules on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 JOYS
1. My family
2. The gospel
3. The ocean
3 FEARS
1. Dead birds
2. Live birds
3. Dogs on the loose when I'm on my walk
3 GOALS
1. A college degree
2. A completely organized home
3. A healthier lifestyle
3 CURRENT OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS
1. I collect thimbles. I've been collecting them since 1992 and I have 103 of them. They are the perfect souvenir to buy when you go on a trip because they are small and inexpensive. Some of my favorites include: a Wedgewood thimble, a thimble from each of my three sons missions, a thimble with my name spelt correctly, a Salt Lake Temple thimble, and a thimble made from a gold foil candy wrapper by my nephew Michael, because as he told his Mom, "Aunt Lesley likes these finger covers."
2. I have a beautiful San Francisco style dollhouse that is built on a scale of
1/12. I have collected miniature furnishings, china, silverware, diapers, a baby pram, silver tea service, etc. I even have this really neat miniature secretary I bought in England with 32 tiny books in it that I've had family members sign their names in, but the wallpaper is still in the package and I finally packed it all away (house and everything) for another season in my life so that I wouldn't have to look at the bare walls and feel guilty that I haven't finished it yet.
3. I have a collection of nativities.
3 RANDOM SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT MYSELF
1. When I attended SLCC a few years back I got 4.0 two semesters (this is a surprising fact).
2. I do not like public restrooms (this is so random). After I wash my hands I turn off the tap with a paper towel or with my arm (if it's a tap you don't have to turn). Then I use a paper towel to open the door to exit the restroom.
3. I am a safety freak (seriously). I've always checked on my kids at night to make sure they're breathing, I don't allow plastic bags in the bedrooms (because when they're asleep and the heater turns on it could blow the bag over to their faces, or in the summer and the window is open the breeze.....same thing), I check the carbon monoxide moniter every night before I go to bed, and when my kids were old enough to stay home without a babysitter I wouldn't let them eat anything but ice-cream while I was gone because of the choking factor. Get the picture? There's more but enough already.

I'm going to tag Lilian, Melissa L., Emily, Melissa T., Stephanie

I've Been Tagged!!

A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friend: Michael
C- Cake or Pie: Marie Callender's pie
D- Day of Choice: Currently it's Wednesday
E- Essential Item (s): Glasses (sunglasses), sunscreen, cozy clothes
F- Favorite Ice-Cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
G- Gummy Bears or Worms: Anyone that knows me really well knows that I have some interesting food fetishes. One of them is that I don't like eating anything that looks like something that is living (like a worm or a bear)
H- Hometown: West Bountiful, UT
I- Indulgence(s): Mrs. Cavenaugh's Mindy Mints; getting my nails done
J- January or July: July,it's my B-day month
K- Kids: 3 sons and 2 daughters (in that order)
L- Last Movie I Went To: "Vantage Point"
M- Marriage Date: April 15, 1977 (I didn't know anything about tax day when I chose that date)
N- Number of Siblings: 4 brothers and 1 favorite sister.
O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges
P- Phobias or Fears: I'm afraid of birds, especially dead ones. And I don't like to fly (in airplanes)
Q- Quote(s): "It's just a pleasure being nominated." Hence....the title of my blog
R- Reason To Smile: Adam, Zachary, William and Mason
S- Season: Fall
T- Tag Two: Lilian and Melissa T.
U- Unknown Fact About Me: In the 80's I was a singer in a band; I was also a contestant on "The Price Is Right"
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I love salads but I also love steak, so I guess I'm both
W- Worst Habit: Procrastination (I'm going to start working on that tomorrow)
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds....I work for an OB/GYN
Y- Your Favorite Food: Mexican food, Chinese salads and chocolate
Z- Zodiac: Cancer (the crab)