Dinner

So in order to put dinner on the table and to make sure her husband has all the things he loves for breakfast, she sometimes has to go to the grocery store twice a day. Not every day, mind you, just on the days she has decided that the groceries need replenishing. Oh, and about dinner? She only has about four recipes, all of which require frozen food. So you'd think keeping the freezer stocked would be quite easy. Well, for her...not so much. The thing is, she doesn't think about feeding her family much. It's just not in her jukebox of greatest hits. This might be why her husband stopped expecting dinner some time ago. Her children have to start howling before the thought of an evening meal materializes. Awful, isn't it?

Ok you're right, it's more deplorable than awful. And she can't even blame her mother for this one. She grew up in a loving home where a home cooked meals hit the dinner table by 7:00 every night. Take out or delivered foods? Frozen foods? Never. She was in high school before she tasted her first pizza. No lie. So why the extreme divergence from her wholesome childhood?

If she had to guess, she'd say it's because she's more of a 'hands on Mom.' She plays computer games with her kids. She watches TV with them. Although, now that they are nearing their teens, they are starting to spend too much time on the computers by themselves. Hmmmm, this is starting to make her look really bad.

Apparently, this is how she does it: badly.