We're not quite dead yet

We know, we know - it's been a little bit since we last updated on our progress. But don't worry, we're still alive (I feel happy! I think we'll go for a walk now). Last week was a rough one - we had company in this past weekend, and when we realized we had about 5 days until they arrived, we realized something very important: while spending all of March diligently going through and throwing things out, halving a bunch of things that were taking up way too much room, and organizing piles of God-knows-what, we failed to do one thing - clean. We had been steadily falling behind on laundry, we had not been keeping our tables clear of newly acquired junk, and it had been at least a month since we last dusted (yes... at least a month...). So, last week, that's what we did. We cleaned at least one room each day from Monday through Friday - fighting through dust, trash, a cold for each of us, and a general desire to not be cleaning. But, clean the house got, in a vicious battle that at this point we will call a draw:

And now, the house still remains relatively clean! So, we come upon a new goal - stay clean. This one has commonly and continually eluded us - but we really want to make it stick, as it will help with all of our other goals and make us happier over all.

On top of that, we're really starting to take a look at what we are eating. So far, we're only taking a look at it as we put it into our mouths - but we are growing less and less happy with what we are seeing. We've been talking for a while about buying and eating less processed foods, and we do great for about two days before we are like "what are we gonna have for dinner", decide cooking sounds like too much work, and one of us grabs some fast food on the way home. And really, I should give credit where it is due - Lauren's been the one leading this charge, I've pretty much let her do any planning we have done and then done my best to sabotage (not in a mean way, but in an apathetic way) what planning she has done. So, I'm challenging myself - this weekend, I'm going to plan the meals, and I'm gonna make sure they get cooked. We haven't quite figured out how we're going to quantify this - whether we choose to halve what we spend on processed food, attempt to guess how many "real" meals vs. processed meals we have been eating and halve the number of processed meals, or what - but we plan on making this a long-term goal as well. And you can be right there with us. Got a great (and easy, please!) recipe? Leave us a comment with it - we're open to suggestions. We'll eat just about anything, as long as it doesn't have mushrooms. Or onions. Or fish (other than salmon)...

Yep, we're easy to please ;)