Dinner

Can be such a simple thing, yet have such a huge impact on the flow of the evening! I go on kicks when I make dinner every night, I'm on track with my meal planning and grocery shopping every week. Then a bump in the road comes along and sends me into a tailspin. I find all the sudden we are picking up something for dinner every night or having cereal night or mac-n-cheese. Then I've had enough and I'm back on track again. I actually enjoy cooking and really love to make dinner for my family. I like to feed them food that they like and that I know is good for them. I also know how much they appreciate and love it when I cook, because they tell me constantly (that's about the time I realize I'm off track LOL). The evening also goes so much smoother when I already know what's for dinner or better yet have it in the crock pot ready to eat. In all actuality dinner doesn't take long at all to prepare, it's just thinking about it earlier in the day so I know what I plan to make, that's half the battle. It seems backwards, but so many times picking up dinner really doesn't help you out as much as you think it's going to. Don't get me wrong it's nice every now and then, but the trade off to me really isn't worth it.
Now date night dinners, that's a whole different story ;) Most definitely I want to enjoy eating in a restaurant environment where someone else is cooking and serving me delicious food, but that's a whole other topic...