The World According to Leslie

Let's start with the fact that I have never made homemade mashed potatoes!!  Tony always does it. The Princess calls them "Daddy's Famous Mashed Potatoes"!!  Last night, I had a steak in the oven. I had veggies on the stove. I decided to try my hand at homemade mashed potatoes. No problem....right? I washed the potatoes. I peeled the potatoes. I boiled the potatoes. I mashed the potatoes with butter and milk. The potatoes were yummy!  They turned out well. (Even Tony said so!) However, after I peeled the potatoes, I had all the skins in the sink. We have a garbage disposal, so I turned it on. The skins went in fine.... until they didn't. Then I looked under the sink and there is a drippy leak.  There is now a fluffy purple towel under the kitchen sink, but it only leaks when you use the sink on the right side or try to use the garbage disposal.  So..... now we can only use ONE side of the sink.  It's ok.  That just means the dishes have to ...

I guess it would be more accurate to say 9 to 70.  (No! I’m not talking about speeds in a new car!)   During this past week, those have been the temperatures here.  YES! I realize that is a huge gap. YES! I know it sounds crazy! But… YES! I do live in NORTH CAROLINA! You see, in NC, we wear snow boots and shorts in the same week.  We wear sweaters and sunscreen in the same day (sometimes). It’s crazy.   However….  I wouldn’t live anywhere else! I just wish it would level off somewhere in the middle.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE L.O.V.E. LOVE 50-55 degrees.    I guess we shall see what the rest of winter shall hold for us.  I’m hoping we get a REALLY GOOD snow this year.  I’d love to have 4-6”, but I know that everyone will be complaining about when we have to make up the days at school.   For this week, we will stay above freezing (except for a couple of morning lows); we will have lots of rain. We will have a couple...