The Age-Old Delimma

Mom!  What's for dinner?  The kids come from all sides of the house and yard famished from a day of play or school.  There you are, standing in front of the freezer wondering why in the world you didn't take something out to defrost this morning.  You give up and order a pizza or run to the local fast food joint.  Dinner Fail, again.  I've been there, you've been there....more times than we can count.  Our family's expanding waistlines concern us, but we still repeat the same old cycle.  OR we make the same thing every week, week after week.  The family is getting bored and refusing to eat beans and cornbread again. 
I met a lady about a year ago at the North Texas State Fair who worked for Homemade Gourmet.  I had seen their mixes and tried a few, but knew little about the company.  Kim was faithful to call me every few months to see if I wanted to come to one of her shows or have one of my own.  I was really kind of busy with 3 kids and work of my own, so I would politely decline every time.  I wanted to go, but it seemed that there was something every time she called.  Such is life.  Kim caught back up with me a couple of months ago when we started our Farmer's Market in Pilot Point.  She had signed up to be there and I was excited to finally get to talk to her.  The first month, something came up for her and she couldn't be there.  The next month a lady from her team came, but she couldn't make it that month either.  I did buy some mixes and some tea that I was very happy with.  I finally met Kim in person again at the market in August.  It was hot and my kids were running around like crazy monkeys, but I did get to talk to her for a little bit.  It was there that she introduced me to the meals in minutes.  I am so excited about these products.  You mix their seasonings with the called for liquid and put in some meat and you have a meal.  They have a box that comes with enough seasonings to make 19 meals....WHAT?!!  You mean I can easily make meals ahead to throw in the crockpot or have already prepared when I get home?  This rocked my world!!!  I bought a pasta salad mix and said I'd get back to her on the box.  I was really excited about it. 
Later that day, James and I headed out on a 6 hour car ride to his Grandmother's 90th birthday party.  I pulled out the catalog and started going over what Kim had shared with me.  See, I may be going back to school in January and I thought this would be the perfect thing to not only have HEALTHY meals ready for my family, but cut my food bill down as well.  James got excited about it to and said, "Why don't you just sell it?"  We're going to need to supplement my income when I go back to school and I had thought about it, but didn't know how he would feel about it.  I had some questions about the company and how everything worked, so we agreed that I would talk to Kim some more. 
I emailed Kim on Monday and that night we were talking Homemade Gourmet.  She was so kind to answer all of my questions and even invited me to a show.  I plan on going to the show.  James and I talked about it and have pretty much decided that this would be a good fit for us.  So, here I am, blogging my journey to food freedom!  I hope to loose weight and share with as many women like me as possible how to make the kitchen a whole lot less scary and boring.  
I hope you will join me on my journey and when I become a consultant, I hope you will take the opportunity to find out what it's all about! 
Away we go...