On another note

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-women-should-embrace-a-good-enough-life/2013/04/18/4b2b086c-a5db-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html

This article is floating around Facebook land today.

This isn't strictly a matter of Realistic Food, but more like realistic living!
This has been a "tirade" of mine for a while now.  Each of us trying to be the best, most organized, healthiest, most Lululemon wearing mom in the PTA, while holding down a full time job associated with an advanced degree...WE CAN'T DO IT ALL!  YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL. 
You absolutely CAN'T be the best mom, wife, in my case - doctor, in the world.  You can do each thing really well on any given day, usually at the cost of the other(s).

Once youb accept that you CAN'T do it all, you will be able to do each thing better, or at least with less guilt associated with each thing getting done at about 80% (or less).

Take a breath, have a glass (or three) of wine and just do your best!  These high powered multi-millionaire CEO women who think they can preach to regular people about how we should all strive to be at the top of a corporation...well, I could tell you what I think they should do, but it isn't appropriate!  Their advice doesn't apply to 99.9% of us.  I won't even feed into the nonsense by buying/downloading their books.  They are just there to further make the rest of us feel badly about waht we do well!

Every day, strive to be your best. In the spirit of this blog, be realistic - in food, in life, in relationships.  Accept what you can't do and do everything else as best you can.

Goodnight :)
p.s. excuse the many grammatical errors in this post.  Tirades just have to roll, no editing!