The World According to Leslie

As you can probably figure, my brain is cluttered with stuff.... lots and lots of STUFF! So, in order to clear my mind, I'm writing out some of the weird things from our house. Have you ever had ants in your bathroom? I can understand them in the kitchen if you leave out food overnight or something, but we have them in our MASTER BATH! Hello???  That's the farthest room from the kitchen.  And, as far as I know, no one is eating in the bathroom!  :)  Sometimes, it's one or two ants (the little bitty ones). Other times, it's like a whole army!  It's been that way since we moved in about 3 1/2 years ago, but it's just weird.... or so I think!! Do you know how I can tell who did the dishes last in our house? It's by the silverware in the dishwasher! If I do them, all the silverware is turned down (like the pointy part of the forks, the spoony part of the spoons, and the knifey part of the knives) toward the bottom of the silverware basket thingy! On...

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 ...