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Hurry, get the roast in the oven by 2:00!!!

Despite my extremely early bedtime due to my wacky morning schedule, I still like to cook and organize family dinners when I can.  Today, that meant racing home right after Fox Chicago News at Noon to get a roast in the oven by 2 o’clock.  While it cooks, there’s just enough time for me to write this blog, prepare the rest of the dinner, serve, eat and then drive my daughter to soccer practice.  Leftovers from the roast should help with my dinner menus for the rest of the week.  It all makes hanging out with Richard Marx seem so long ago!

My daughter is an extremely picky eater so meal planning is practically my other full-time job. She eats NO fruit (I’m a parenting failure).  But at least I can get her to eat broccoli. The kid is growing and getting taller so I’ve given up on bartering and bribing.

Of course, the biggest benefit of family meals is the conversation.  My husband is a former Presidential Scholar with an incredible grasp of history and politics.  He likes to ask the kids about their opinions on current events.  My love for words has me constantly asking them to spell some of the words that pop up during the conversation.

My daughter’s home.  In response to my blogging about our abnormal dinner hour and conversation, she says “It’s annoying.  Can’t we just eat?”