Week 64

Busy with summer session starting up for school, so only little doings this week. More mousing. Pickles has redeemed herself, ferociously chasing a tiny baby mouse out of the treadmill on Friday night: It ran straight into my closet. Pickles was very helpful the next day, as well, while I was trying to figure out whether it was still in there. It wasn't. I think I've figured out how to keep the intruders confined to the kitchen and AJ's office until I have time to start to plug up the holes in the garage, which is how they're getting into the house in the first place. On Saturday, I finally put our clothesline back up: I set it up by putting up two cleats on either side of the yard, so that we can easily take it down when we're not using it. On Sunday, I made some ricotta cheese with some milk that was about to go off: I used too much lemon juice, so it ended up with a very desserty flavor. Which isn't all bad. I also saved the whey for pickling. Lastly, 30 Days...