Monster

I am a monster, and I am going to create some little monsters if I'm not careful. I lOVE to eat out. It's funny, because I also love to cook, I actually plan on going to cooking school later when my kids have grown up more. But I still love to eat out. My family ate out a lot when I grew up, (sorry mom!) So, if I don't give it too much thought when it comes to taking a trip through a drive though. Now my kids are starting to adopt the same mentality. That's what I mean by creating a monster. It's not unusul for Sophia to say to me, "let's go to a restaurant!" Sometimes I'll say, "no, we're going home so that we can make dinner", and she'll yell, "no, I want to go to the restaurant!" (my 2 year old.)

I'm determined not to eat out as much. Putting it out here like this will help, I'm hoping. I was about to type, "I'm not going to eat out for the nest 2 weeks," but then I remembered that I'm leaving for New York City for the week on Monday, and I can't promise not to eat out while I'm there. But that's different because I'll be on vacation, (without my kids!). The problem I want to work on is eating out way too much when I'm at home. I'll just have to work on it when I get back. Anyone have any suggestions?