No more cereal for dinner

(Picture of Rachel Ray in her undies with dinner.... most men's dream wife!)

Since becoming a single mother life has certainly changed. One of the biggest changes is what we eat for dinner! Cereal was on the menu a couple of times a week, the other nights were frozen meals, fast food or dinner at Grandma and Grandpas. The change was brought on by sheer exhaustion from raising two kids on my own, as well as less time for stocking the refrigerator with healthy foods selected specifically for the weeks menu. But mainly I think it was kind of "bucking the norm". I no longer had anyone to complain about not having a complete meal, the kids were thrilled to have cereal for dinner, they thought I was the coolest mom! I no longer had anyone to be the "perfect wife" for. I COULD not cook dinner, COULD leave the dishes in the sink overnight every once in a while, COULD budget my money the way I wanted, COULD wear ratty sweats all day on my day off.

I'm over it.

I have decided that I will from now on I am going to take care of the "new" us the way I did for the "old" us. I enjoy cooking (that's why I became a personal chef!), waking up to a sink full of dishes actually annoys me also, I am a little stingy and can loosen the belt a little bit when it comes to the budget, but I won't give up the sweats every once in a while!

I hope to be married again someday, to be the "perfect wife" for a wonderful man, but I'm not going to wait for that to happen to give the best to my kids, and myself. So no more cereal for dinner, in a pinch it will be Pho! (About that in the next post...)