Cost of Local Eating

So today I received an email from South Mountain Creamery. They are raising their prices by 7%. So about $.25 per bottle. This is the second price increase this year. This past August they raised their prices $.25 per delivery. The baby will be 2 years old this summer. Then we can switch to only having two types of milk in the house. And in the fall she will be in school a few mornings a week. So for the next few weeks, I'll be looking into other milk options. Do I go back to the grocery store organics. How much have those prices gone up this year? What are other local dairy options? I don't know what it is about spring, but local food is back on my mind!

zen habits

So I've been reading zen habits and mnmlist lately. And I haven't taken much action. We've been renovating our home, which in some ways is sort of the opposite, and some ways moving us towards. B/c there were things our house did not have, that I'm hoping that now that we have, I can compensate less. We know have a guest room. And a second bathroom, and a laundry room, b/c it's unecessary for clean laundry to hit a dirty floor before it even makes it to the dryer. (This evening I used the laundry with a clean floor for the first time in this house, almost three years after bought it. yay!) But I'm hoping, that now that I think we really do have enough space, I can learn how to use it well, and get rid of what we don't need.

Related to food. I'm in some ways a horrible shopper, I got to three or more different stores every week, and there is no order to it, and while the mnmlist is sort of against eating meat, I really would just like to simplify my acquisition and consumption of meat this year. Related to storage and using a freezer. Which I'm excited to say that I've broken the habit of using the second fridge since we've started renovation for everyday use, I hope I can keep it up. Just plugging it in for when I'm hosting. (which will happen more b/c it's easier to host when you can use your house).

I have some new sources for meat I haven't explored much yet. Even though I cook all the time, and bake often, you'd be surprised at how rarely I cook meat. Maybe another topic to work on. More different kinds of recipes. I use ground beef often, but it's probably not ideal for everyday.

Talk soon!