I have a few updates:

1) We had hamburgers last night and tried the ketchup and it was wonderful! It tasted like ketchup, but so much more fresh! I'm pretty proud of myself.

2) The kitties have made it known that they like it in the basement (even though they are often times cornered by the dogs. Buddy, particularly, wants to make friends and doesn't really understand why they don't like him.) I'm barely putting up with it for the time being and the day they start using it as a toilet, that's the day they will be gone.

3) My grandma has moved to a skilled nursing/rehab facility and is getting stronger every day. Her neck still hurts some from the fall but that's feeling better every day, too.