It seems like anytime I make a plan to better myself, something happens that throws a wrench into the whole thing and it takes me forever to get back on track.
In an attempt to get some organization into my meal planning and grocery shopping, I purchased this wonderful software called Living Cookbook. I can keep track of my recipes, adjust recipes to make them healthier, and best of all, I can create a meal plan for the week and a grocery list! So for the past month and a half, I have been updating my cookbook with recipes, creating meal plans and grocery lists, and printing off my grocery lists to take to the store with me. This way I buy what's on my list to make sure I have everything I need to cook delicious and healthy dinners and lunches for the week. The only downfall of this plan, is that nothing can predict what is really going to happen in life when there is a 4 year old involved.
It's a Sunday and the three of us are at the grocery store, trying to run through the store and get the shopping done as quickly as possible. I have a very detailed list so this should be easy right? All of a sudden, AJ needs to go to the restroom, and of course, she never has to go when we are at the front of the store, where the restrooms are. So Busy Dad takes her up to the front of the store and I continue shopping off of my wonderful grocery list. I look up from my list to see him rushing back down the aisle with AJ in tow. He says that I am going to have to take her because there is a problem with the men's bathroom. So I leave him to the shopping, (the list should make it easy, right?) and I rush to the bathroom, dragging AJ behind me. We get to the bathroom and before she can get up on the potty, AJ has an accident. So, we clean up as much as we can, she finishes going potty and we run back down the aisles of the store to try to find Busy Dad, who of course is not where we left him and is wandering around looking for something that is not on the list! I hand AJ off to Dad so he can take her out to the car to change her clothes and I finish shopping as fast as I can. Feeling pretty confident that I got everything we needed, we checkout and head home. Where I find that I have forgotten one of the main ingredients for the Taco Soup I was going to pre-make so I would have something healthy to eat for lunch for the week.
Will try again next week...
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