I have a confession I am going to share with all of you.
I am kinda embarrassed because it is a HUGE Mommy fail....and there is a stigma from the people who kinda know me who think I can do anything and everything like I'm freaking super human and have a magic suit under my cloths. Because I can do EVERYTHING, just not without a price and without other things having to take a back seat. So here is the skeleton in my closet, the thing that will prove I am NOT perfect,
We (as in my children and I) eat out for pretty much EVERY meal, EVERY day....and most of the time it is a drive thru fast food place....
I know what your thinking OMG!!! What a horrible mother!
Yes I know...but at least I fed them! And they have clean clothes! You have to give me some credit!
It all started a little over a year ago when my volunteer services took over my life and home and car and time and friendships. Although don't get me wrong, I LOVED what I do and I still believe in the reason behind WHY I am willing to work so hard for nothing and the few true friends I have made, have made it all worth it! YES, I know I sound crazy, YES, I know I need Valium ( I was told, twice in the same day, by two different people) YES, I know I need to learn how to say NO! and mean it...
I just became to busy to plan meals and be able to cook let alone go shopping. And when I did find time to shop by the time I got to the store, got my kiddos out of the car, and walked in chances are I forgot everything I needed to get or forgot my list, so I would get the basics ( milk, soy milk, toilet paper, diet Dr. Pepper and occasionally laundry soap and dog food) needless to say I would never make it back to the store, at least not for what I needed to get for my house and with no other alternative we would eat out.
Now here I am a year and a half ish later and finally everything is winding down enough for me to be able to put me, my kids and my house first.
My first step was to plan meals and write my grocery list, then I realized I have NO freaking clue what I am doing. It's been to long, what was it we used to eat for dinner? How did I make that? What was in that again? I think I mite have a can of...? And the SCARY one what is in my freezer in the garage?!?
Enter Pintrest, have you been on their? It is AMAZING!!! Almost better than my first love Google, aka The Army Wife's first line of defense! I get on my FOOD board and look through and see all I have are a few desert recipes, so I do a search for easy dinners (it's been a while, I need to start small until I can get into a routine again) and I found SO MANY kid friendly meals that I have enough for at least a months worth of dinners!!! YA! GO ME!!! And tutorials on how to make a recipe binder with removable/move able pages and links to printable recipe pages!!!
Now if it was only as easy as it was to pin all of them. But I am determined! I WILL COOK DINNER AGAIN!!!
So there you have it. Thais, who can move mountains or more like Captains and First Sargent's, plan events and functions for hundreds of people, make things happen on a whim, and looks like she can do it all, turns out she can't do everything.
And NO I am not going to post pictures of my fridge and pantry... that's personal! I am sure your imagination will work just fine.
Now your thinking what is this Pintrest, and how do I get a invite? I need HELP to! Just go on over to that fallow button and then leave me a comment with your email and I will be happy to send you a invitation!
Also if we can now focus on how much Pintrest rocks and not on how much I suck at life you would be doing me a huge favor. I don't do well with failing at anything.
Next up my AWESOME tutorial on how to make a cute kids tote that converts to a car caddy!
Thais
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