Am I the only mom on earth who doesn’t spend time meal planning?

Yes, I do make a shopping list – but to be honest – a lot of my grocery store purchases are impulse based.  I’m influenced by product specials, store coupons and however hungry I am when I’m shopping.

So here’s my top five reasons to avoid meal planning…

• Meal planning robs you of spontaneity and being spontaneous keeps you young.
• That last minute trip to the grocery gives you some alone time.
• Your 12 year old likes to show of his pancake flipping skills.
• Kids like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner.
• How else will you get hubby to take the family out?

Of course, there are good reasons to create a meal plan, so check out these great links for help:

• Family Benefits of Planning Meals
• Meal Planning 101

What about you?  Do you meal plan?

I’m Tishia Lee. Some of you may know me from around the work at home mom community or as Kelly’s Virtual Assistant. With the New Year here I decided to try my hand at something new – cooking. So here I am! Let me share a little about the Tishia you probably don’t know:

I’m not a cooker.

I’m not a baker.

In fact, I couldn’t tell you the color of my kitchen. Maybe that’s a little melodramatic to say I don’t know the color of the kitchen. But seriously, I’m a 30 something women that doesn’t have a clue about finding her way around the kitchen.

Sure, I dabble here and there but that’s usually out of pure necessity. I mean we all have to eat to stay alive, right? But, sometimes even that necessity can’t make me step foot in the kitchen.

I’ve had some adventures when it comes to burning cooking and baking that’s for sure. It’s no fun keeping these stories to myself so why not share them with you?