A New Addition

Many of you know my husband Jeff and know that he is stubborn, organized, persistent, and a manager of everything. Most of the time I admire these traits (well most of them) and take advantage of the way that he is. However, there are times that I just want to slap him...literally. A couple of weeks ago he started in about how he feels so disorganized and hates coming home from work to find that there isn't anything to eat and just sits on the couch and watches t.v. until bedtime and sometimes later than bedtime only to go to bed, wake up the next day, and do it all over again. He was going on and on about how he wants to exercise, have a clean house, an organized meal plan for each day, and many other things. As a woman and his wife I couldn't help but think he was trying to backhandedly tell me to get it together. He always says he's not, but if you are a woman then you know exactly what I am talking about. When our men tell us that they feel disorganized, unhappy, like they're just floating along...we feel like it is our responsibility to get them on track, help them out in any way we can, and change things about ourselves to make it better for them. So this was my contribution to his plan...I have made a calendar for meals for the month. This way he cannot come home and say "What's for dinner?" because he will already know! Since he was the one to complain about never having an idea about what dinner is...we decided together that he should be responsible to make dinner once a week. The first week he was slotted in for Wednesday and lo and behold he didn't do it until Saturday...the last day of the week. I told him he is worse than a home teacher..waiting until the last minute! At least now he knows how hard it is to plan a dinner, do the prep work, and make the dinner so that everything is hot all at once. He made breakfast for his dinner last week and we ate in 'waves' as he called them because he doesn't have the 'get everything out at the same time thing' down yet. Anyhow...I'm telling you all of this to announce my new addition to this website! On the right hand side of this homepage you will find our Monthly Menu. Everything is subject to change and it already has been tinkered with but if you see something on the menu that you would like the recipe for...just let me know and I will post it. Happy Cooking to all of you this month...I know I'm in for some fun!