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[quote=Anonymous]Here are the things you listed and my thoughts on each:

[b]cooking healthy meals for my kids, meal planning[/b] - As people suggested, make a rotating list of things that everyone likes and the ingredients you need for them so that you're not constantly reinventing the wheel every week. It really is ok to have a handful of meals and to rotate through them. Also, we make certain items every week that can be made into a ton of different things. For example, we make rice, black beans, ground beef, grilled chicken and steak, grilled peppers and onions, and guacamole. With that plus cheese, sour cream, salsa, and tortillas or chips we can make burritos, burrito bowls, tacos, nachos, and fajitas. (Obviously we love Mexican food). Another good one is rice, noodles, chicken, scrambled egg and tons of veggies that can be turned into fried rice, stir fry, pad Thai, dumplings, etc. We have several sauces (soy sauce, stir fry sauce, Gochujang, Szechuan sauce, Sriracha, and teriyaki sauce) and can mix and match those with protein and carb and vegetables for a ton of different Asian dishes.

[b]grocery ordering and shopping[/b] - Why are you both ordering and shopping? Just order and have it delivered, or have your nanny pick it up (she should be able to do that with the kids in the car because they bring it right out to you and load it in the car). You could also have your nanny do the ordering during the day because it's something that could be done while kids are napping. If you end up doing it, do the talk to text. Seriously, once I realized I could do that and stop typing in the foods it saved me time.

[b]cleaning up after cooking for everyone[/b] - Here you need to either decide how clean everything needs to be (yes dishes are in the dishwasher and others are hand washed and put away, but do you really need to clean every inch of the countertops off after every single meal?). I am a total Type A, OCD clean freak, but eventually I decided that I was just going to really wipe the counters down (as opposed to swiping them generally dry) a few times a week, instead of after every meal. Also, don't use plates that don't go in the dishwasher. (I also have a lot of friends who use paper plates and such, although I don't but we run the dishwasher every day, so that's another option). And think about how you can batch cook things like pasta sauces so that you're just cleaning up after that stuff once a week instead of multiple times.

[b]clothes shopping and returning[/b] - Pick four times a year to do this and do it then and only then. Have your nanny handle the returns. Seriously, little kids are fine to go the post office these days. You could also let her go early one day to give her time to do the returns on her way home (and I'd pay her for the mileage or offer to fill up her tank or something).

[b]holiday planning[/b] - Maybe you're just feeling this now because the holiday season is coming up, but this isn't something that should be happening year round, right? So if your husband isn't going to help with this then decide what YOU want to do and plan that. Let the other things go. Also, simplify. Your kids are young, so if you took this whole year off you'd still be fine. [/quote]

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