Dear Folks, The battle still continues between me, my mice and my ants. But for the last three days I've noticed a decrease in mouse droppings and especially ants who tend to just saunter across my counter top. A few days ago I had it up to here with cleaning up after the mice and squashing the ants. The realization that my counter top was probably far from sterile even after I had taken a hot soapy dish rag to it, made me do something more drastic. I got out one of the clean rags from my rag bag, soaked it with Lysol disinfectant and cleaning solution and cleaned off every surface of my counter top. I must admit that by the time I had finished, the rag was dirty. I really didn't expect that. The second day I did the same and the rag still came up dirty. And the same thing happened this evening--a dirty rag. However, since I began my Lysol attack, I've barely seen an ant and there has been a definite decrease in mouse droppings on my counter top. Whether the Lysol turned them both off, I haven't come to a definite conclusion but I do know one thing. My counter top is still probably dirty to some extent and until my rag comes up clean, I won't be satisfied. Even after that, I'll go back and tackle it again with Lysol. And to think that I was one who preached sanitation in the kitchen! vee