How to Deal With Schedules
Your family is growing up. This one is going to work just as the other one is coming home. That one is going to football practice, one is leaving for a date and the youngest is trying to make it to her extracurricular meeting on time. Suddenly your world has turned upside down and you are in a quandary, not only trying to decide what to make for dinner, but when to make it. It is impossible to please everyone, so take some steps to ease the situation.
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Be realistic. You can't cook 5 meals for supper and you can't make everyone happy.
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Don't expect too much of yourself. You can only do so much and no more. Pushing yourself will only make the situation tenser and create more problems.
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Easy meals are important for your mental health and for the convenience. Get some cookbooks for making quick, easy meals and be thankful you have that option. Imagine what this would have been like 50 years ago!
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If you're feeling energetic one day, cook two meals at the same time. This will give the family a choice and also give you a day off.
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Plan a menu of easy meals for the whole week. This will alleviate some stress and you'll know what's ahead for the day. You'll also have an answer ready for the question, what's for dinner, which you will hear from each and every person in your home at least twice.
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Give yourself a break and order out. Many people say it is too expensive and will not consider this option, but with the cost of groceries sky rocketing eating out is becoming very comparable.
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Some kids will flinch at the mere thought of leftovers. Tell them to get used to it; leftovers it is! Believe it when you hear someone say, they will get hungry enough that anything will look good.
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Tips & Warnings
If possible, invest in a dishwasher and let each family load their dishes after eating.
With everyone on a different schedule there will always be dirty dishes. Make a rule that when you dirty them, you wash them.
