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Andy and I met on a blind date in Dec. 2005. One of my 7th grade students was his neice, and she set us up. Go figure. We saw each other every day after that! We were engaged by June and married in September of 2006. In January, 2008, we welcomed little Ethan into our home, and in August, 2010, little Addison arrived.

Andy is a diesel mechanic at Kennecott. I taught middle school science for ten years, and am now an evidence-based learning specialist for a school district.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

My moment on TV!

A few weeks ago, our PR director Jeff cornered me in my office and basically informed me that I'd be on the news in a few days.  He told me they wanted a segment on how to help your kids with their science fair projects.  I. FREAKED. OUT.  In fact, I was a nervous wreck for days.  WHY??????  I'm not sure, because science fair is something I have participated in for YEARS.  I guess it came down to the fact that I was going to be on the news, and it was LIVE, yes LIVE, so if I screwed it up, everyone would see it.

All I have to say is that it's a good thing they didn't show my hands or feet on the news because I was shaking SOOOOO badly.  It was only like 1 minute, and I'm not sure why I worked myself up so much, but as soon as I was done and they took my microphone off, I didn't breathe a sigh of relief, I got physically sick.  I had worked myself up so much for this that I thought I might throw up.  Luckily that didn't happen, but I was sick for the entire drive home.  I'm hoping that I NEVER have to do that again. 
  If you want to hear about how to help your kiddo with their science fair project, here you go . . . 

7 comments:

BALL said...

Leslie, you did great!

Stephanie Clegg said...

You are famous!!!!

Lindsay said...

Leslie THAT WAS AWESOME! I only wish I could have seen it before we jumped into three science fair projects at my house. (We have never done it before). Your segment would have helped, it was great!!! You look great too Leslie!

Banham Luck! said...

How awesome! There is your next science project, getting nervous makes you ill! Great job!

Kali said...

You rocked that!! And I am with you... I would have been the EXACT same way; an absolute nervous wreck! But I couldn't tell one bit!

Lindsay said...

Leslie, I came back here because I remembered your news segment was great and here I am again, trying to help three kids. But it's not there anymore! If you know where i can watch it again please email me, I really could use your help! Thanks!
Lindsay

Leslie said...

Lindsay,

Sorry, it looks like they deleted the video from the web. Email me and I can help you out with some science fair project ideas! lesallen916@gmail.com!

Les