Freezer cooking...

So today I was literally slavin' away in the kitchen! I got up at 7 a.m. and started cooking meals for the freezer. I was able to get a bunch of meat on sale this week, and since I haven't cooked dinner in awhile--(meaning since last Feb. when Jack was born)--I thought I'd get on the ball and make a bunch of dinners to head off the softball/baseball season which is coming up way too fast! Sometimes I make myself laugh though because I get excited about starting a big project, and then halfway through it today I am thinking..."Why the heck did I think I could do this???" Seriously, it is one thing when you spend a day cooking with a 2 or 3 year old, and you just have to stop once in awhile to put on a new movie, or feed them a meal. It's not the same with a 1 yr. old, who was in trouble the whole day, not to mention he's not feeling well, so he just wanted to be held. So I was carting around a toddler on my hip all day while I was cooking, and I realize that I am 12 hours into this thing, and only about halfway through cooking.

I seriously have these delusions of grandeur sometimes! Why do I do that to myself? Not only did I set out to cook freezer meals, but I picked 20 recipes with the intention of cooking 2 of each meal. HELLO??? I am like a crazy nut job! Actually, I finished 28 of the meals, then Jack went to bed and I was able to do the last ones. Next time I think I will be more realistic and only do 20 at a time. I AM glad that I have some dinners though. I like cooking them all at once, then just having to take them out the night before and thaw them. It saves me from the age old 6:00 question, "What's for dinner???" (Most of you probably ask that question before 6:00--welcome to my life!) I hate that! I also hate going to make something, and then you're missing like 1 or 2 things, so I have to go to the store. People who find out that I do freezer meals are like--oh you're so organized. Yeah right--it's because I'm NOT organized that I try to do it this way. I hate planning out a menu, and trying to decide what to make every day for dinner. It's a few days of drudgery that pay off with several days when I don't have to decide what's for dinner at the last minute--or even worse show up at Taco Bell!

So yay me, and yay for a months worth of yummy dinners, and yay for whoever thought this whole freezer meal idea up--I'm lovin' it! (now that I'm through...). The only thing that sucks is that now I have to clean the kitchen--uuugh! That will have to wait until tomorrow...I've done enough work for the day! Check this out--and this is only the inside freezer--the one in my garage has 12 more! Hooray!