UPDATE: I just figured it out! Before Husband, Before Kids! Man, I feel like a genius right now.
The task was to do something for me. Believe it or not, I'm sitting here thinking as hard as I can, and I can't even remember what I did last night. I know my husband was coaching basketball and I put the kids to bed on my own. After that ... zombie mode. I watched reruns (you saw her description of me - does Allie know me or what?). It was a quiet evening. I am, however, guilty of having spent some of my evening cleaning up the house and prepping lunches for the next day.
Allie gets it though. Our wifehood and motherhood takes over by times and it can be challenging to find "me" time. That's part of the reason we've started this blog - to give us a no-excuses place to stop, think, feel and write. It'll sometimes be amazing and other times it'll be mindless dribble - we admit that upfront. The truth is, we're busy. Some of it is self imposed and some of it unavoidable.
A big part of what we do is feed our families - we deal with much of the shopping, the meal planning and tackling the allergies.
Most importantly though, we do it all on a budget. One of our #challenges for January is to eat all of the stockpiled food in our respective houses. We're both guilty of buying things because of sales or points promotions and the excess gets a little out of hand sometimes. To make it even more cost effective, we swapped a few things we had excess of. For the rest of the month, we've set low budgets for fresh produce and the rest of our meals will be compiled of our staples, frozen and forgotten meals, and creative odds and ends.
My goals:
- Cook more of my own dried beans. I'd like to eventually stop buying cans altogether.
- Waste less. I've nominated Monday night as eat-the-leftovers night.
- Spend wisely. Buy only what we need for a given timeframe instead of falling prey to sales.
What are your plans of action for #operationmealplanning, Allie?
