Maggie's Farm

My husband and I both work 12 hours per day three days each week (healthcare). I love to cook and my husband is great with the grill. I didn't get married until I was 42 and I knew in my heart that it is important to cook for your husband. So for the past six years I have collected recipes we like, many of which can be frozen. I rarely make the same meal more than twice a year (unless it is grilled chicken, burgers, a little steak, etc.). I always pack his lunches and we have been shocked at the number of coworkers who comment on our lunches. They then complain at how they can't save much money but when you spend $7-9 for just one lunch each day, it adds up.

One thing that I suspect I can get away with saying easier than a man: When women started working outside the home, things began to fall apart. I'm not totally blaming women for the chaos we see in so many homes now days but it takes time and devotion and work to plan good meals and have them ready for dinner or have lunches ready to go and that is virtually impossible when you are gone from home 9-10 hours per day five days a week. The hectic, almost frantic evenings with thrown together dinners are contributing to sloppy homes, unsettled minds, anxiety, and frankly obesity. I am not sure at all that most women have come to grips with the cost of their "liberty."

I almost always have a glass of wine or a margarita or beer ready for my husband when he comes home. That and a shower and suddenly the day at the hospital seems 100 miles away.