Hopefully when your GF sees that things are improving, she'll join in the cleaning party. Sometimes that happens with my bf - and we both seem to 'notice' different kinds of messes, so it's great when we are both involved in keeping stuff up. Like I'll ignore food on the stove, but he's careful to wipe it clean, that sort of thing.

I cleaned the dining room and ran some errands. Too bad my favorite seat in the dining room (which is sort of like my office- it's the nicest room in the house by far, and usually the least cluttered) faces the totally disastrous living room, where we have empty totes from the basement, camping gear, and who knows what else piled in there. Boxes of books I've read and want to give away. Seeds and gardening stuff. Birthday presents. Too much!

I think dishes will be next. I've gotten into fermentation this year -- I like the food, but it doesn't make the kitchen smell very good.

I also broke down and bought that home routines app someone mentioned in another thread. Setting it up and listing all the tasks I want to get done on a regular basis is too overwhelming for me right now

Hankster, are you eating plain beans alongside each meal or switching to bean based entrees?