Years ago when the girls were small, I spent a day at a craft show selling some of my handmade stuff. Mom watched the girls at the house. When I got home, she had the house picked up, the refrigerator cleaned out, the girls fed, and dinner in the crockpot.

So with that in mind and inspired by this Martha Stewart article on freezer meals, I was at Julie and Travis' home today cooking and watching Natalie while they worked. Now they have three containers of vegetable chowder, one of meatball stew, and four dozen meatballs ready for when they are. There are also two pans of macaroni and cheese in my freezer that will be dropped off sometimes this week.