Sunny summer days and the two kiddos are finally napping at the same time, this in itself is a feat. So as a re-invented housewife...I am coming along. I have been pre-planning meals a little. I find if I pick 4 or 5 main meals....chicken, pork, tofu, turkey for the week I build around those it takes the stress off " what to make for dinner". I never put meat in the freezer because who has time to thaw! Also, and this is a tip from my mother in law... look at the grocery flyer when it comes out, build your meals of the week around what's on sale. Obvious to some... but not me . Make sense now though! epicurious.com helps too, I simply type in the choice meat and a few thing I have in the ( celery, feta) and voila... I have a dinner plan.
I come from a nutrition background so food it important to me. Kids are eating ( at the table !!!!) breakfast, lunch and dinner. horray!

OK so I am function in the housewife capacity at about...33%, I have been showering almost every other day, for the past 2 weeks so that brought me up about 20% :) An important component of the re-invented housewife is feeling a little sexy ergo...clean.

( I don't even know what "ergo" means...)

The re-invented hw also has obligations outside the house, park dates, music class, library meeting.... and while this may seem life the life of luxury my children are 2 and a half and 11 months old.... so there is a great deal of redirecting ...modelling behavior and seething from the inside while smiling on the outside. I think the main thing is that I am getting there... to the park, music and meeting...I'm there with no snack and a ferocious toddler....but I am there!

So since I last wrote ( functioning at 3% hw) things are better. I was all gung-ho for a week after my last entry (Feb)- then quickly ate myself into a wee (larger) state. Breastfeeding makes you hungry! I stopped breast feeding ( 10 1/2 months)...oh stop booing me ..I was done, and mentally I'm a better mom for it.

Later cats...happy housewife 'ing!