Failing at my job

I have been a stay at home housewife/mom for about 90% if my marriage. I've never been good at it.
I'm not good at keeping up with the laundry. More often than not we are digging through a laundry basket (vs. neatly organized dresser drawers) to find something to wear. I'm not good at cooking regular meals. We eat out WAY too much. I'm not good at keeping the kitchen clean. I hate unloading the dishwasher. I'm not a big fan of loading it either. Bathrooms YUCK. I clean the bathrooms because I hate to sit on a dirty toilet or because people are coming over. Scrubbing the baseboards or the grout? No thank you! I love that we have our beautiful home, but I don't feel like I take pride in it as much I should. I can't believe I'm admitting all of this. But it's true. Of course I don't like to live in filth or mess but I absolutely despise housework!
I'm not a good cook. So I don't enjoy it. My family (myself included) is SO picky that it makes it even more of a miserable experience.
Ok enough with the excuses. Bottom line, I'm failing at my job. Whether I enjoy certain aspects of it or not.
I wanted nothing more in life than to be a wife and mother. Not everyone feels this way. I get that. But that's me. I also know that not everyone is lucky enough to have their dreams come true. I was. And I'm not being a good steward of that blessing. I mean, not EVERYONE loves their job right? I just can't imagine being anywhere else.I can't imagine my kids being at their school or a babysitter all day while I do something else. So if cleaning & cooking are the negatives to that wonderful life than I'll deal. And I have. But I have been slacking sooooo badly lately!
So from here on out I am going to renewing my commitment to my family.
I am going to be a good example of a house keeper for my children so that when they are grown they will know how to keep a house. My mom was such a good example of this for me. I just rebelled when I got out of her house LOL I could really use those chore lists, and someone checking up on me now!
I am going to cook dinner as many nights out of the week as possible. Even if my husband isn't home to eat it - he'll have a good lunch the next day! And even if my kids end up poopooing their meal and eating a pb sandwich instead!
I am going to be better at my job. Because I do NOT want to get fired!!!

If any of you have any tips or suggestions on how to make this job any easier/enjoyable? I'm all ears!

Homemade Pizzas

As mentioned before, my kids are uber picky. So I thought that maybe if I involved them in the cooking process, they might be more interested in eating the food.
A few weeks ago I busted out the ingredients necessary for making our very own lil pizzas. My kids were SO excited and we had alot of fun. In the end they both poopooed the sauce though

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Maybe we'll try again another day cause it sure was fun making em!!

Hey Good Lookin' Whatcha Got Cookin'?

My family is in a serious menu rut and as resident Suzy Homemaker I take FULL responsibility! First of all I rarely cook these days, we either eat out or eat whatevers - i.e. whatever you can grab. Second of all, what I DO cook is the samo samo every week - one night it's spaghetti, then tacos, then chicken lalas, then bbq chicken. SAME THINGS ALL THE TIME! And finally whatever I do cook, my kids don't eat. Well a few things they do. But MOSTLY they get whatevers and David and I scarf the meal we "slaved" over. I take fully responsibility for them not eating properly too - I'm pretty picky myself but who DOESN'T like spaghetti & tacos? Seriously! Which brings me to the point of this post.
I am totally overhauling and revamping our family menu to hopefully solve all 3 of the above problems. I pulled down alllllll my cookbooks and recipe magazines that I've accumulated over the past 8 years and I've been flipping through them and marking recipes that I think my family (or at least my husband and I) may enjoy. I've found quite a few so far that I'm really looking forward to testing out! I'll try and remember to post them here if they past the Gago Taste Test.
Now, all you faithful readers out there, would you be interested in helping a sista out with this lil project? What recipes do you love to cook/eat/share with your family? I'm not just talking about dinner recipes either. My kids will be home all summer and their lunch menu is in as much of a rut as our dinner menu! So breakfast, lunch, dinner recipes - lemme have em!!!
PLEASE :)