June 8, 2010: Oreo

I love Sarah's guinea pig, Oreo!

June 7, 2010: Accordion

I bought this accordion at a garage sale for $40--complete with case, music stand, and a lot of vintage accordion music. After Justin tested it, I listed it on ebay with a starting price of $299.99. It is vintage and made in Italy.

June 6, 2010: Carpet Cleaning

Over the last few days, we have kept our basement door open. Justin has a fit if I turn on the air conditioning (or heat during the winter). Instead, he has this idea that we will blow cold air up from the basement with a fan at the bottom of the stairs (does this actually work for anyone else?). I guess this helps cool you down if....you stand on the stairs? Well, evidently Tessa, who is not allowed in the basement, has decided to sneak down there multiple times since the door has been open and PEE all over the place. I had not been down to the basement in a few days, so when I went down last night and my sock got wet, I discovered the squishy mess. Needless to say, we had to rent a heavy duty carpet cleaner from Home Depot. Since we had it for 24 hours, Justin decided to clean his truck floorboards. Which gave me the idea that he should clean mine too. And then, since we had it, we should obviously clean the bedroom carpet as well as the three area rugs! Here is Justin cleaning an area rug (with closeup of rug pattern her as well--I like it).

June 5, 2010: More Curds

I am behind in taking pictures, so here is a close-up of the curds taken during the cheesemaking workshop. Gross! (But the warm finished cheese was DELICIOUS!) We immediately bought a cheesemaking kit and book on ebay after this workshop!

June 4, 2010: Homemade Cheese

Today Justin and I attended a Jaycees event on how to make your own cheese. Justin kindly helped demonstrate the lesson. Here he is bringing the water to a certain temperature (along with Jaycees member Bob) as well as holding curds after they have been (partially) separated from the whey. We did not really know what curds and whey were before today. Why would Miss Muffet want to eat this stuff?

June 3, 2010: More Photos by Sarah

And here are some more photos by Sarah taken during our walk.

June 2, 2010: Sarah's Photos

I think I'm cheating by posting photos others have taken such as Justin and, today, Sarah. I've reached a lull in my desire to take daily photos, and it's nice that others are taking them for me occasionally. Today's post, as well as tomorrow's, are photos Sarah took with my camera while we went on a walk. Sarah is quite a photographer! She catches on with technology so fast!!! I especially like her close-up flower photos. Great job, Sarah!