This weekend I made 12 quarts of salsa, a gallon of homemade baked beans, a few plates of homemade tortilla chips, 5 gallons of beer, and 9 quarts of pickles with Joe. Before that we held a feast with fresh bread and homemade venison / lentil stew. It was good.
And for the mouse update... We have mouse traps along every wall. I spotted it twice. I didn't throw our microwave at it this time, but I did make Mike (now living upstairs) honestly think we were having an earthquake. Dave (in response to your recent comment): we have only ONE mouse. Our place is too clean! More would starve. I will keep you posted...