Saturday, January 1, 2011

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!