sur la table.

dinner – 5 jan 2015

While it was not a goal of my current portion of my Happiness Project, it is a lovely side consequence. Though we bought a simple table and chairs to replace my beloved mission table (now living with a friend), we hadn’t eaten at the table much since we moved to Decatur.

I didn’t have the energy. If I managed to cook dinner (or convince one of the girls to do so), I tended to be too tired to get us to sit at the table. Everyone would collapse on the couch with their meal. I knew it wasn’t ideal, but I was barely getting by. It wasn’t a fight I could fight.

But for the past month or two, I’ve found the time (the time!) to plan, prepare and cook. We’ve had better meals, fewer take-out/restaurant meals, and more meals at the table than we’ve ever had since moving.

Not only that, but we’re trying new things. We’ve joined a better-than-CSA program and are eating healthier by the day.

We eat at the table. We talk. We work on crossword puzzles together. It’s so much more than I had hoped it could be. And I have my fingers crossed that I will keep having the energy to continue with our newfound practice.

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