When Martha’s your idol, those are some big stilettoes

Women who work outside the home do a not-so-delicate balancing act maintaining their home and preparing meals for their family. We are burdened by time constraints and our conscience playing full-color videos of the USDA healthy food pyramid; nowhere on there is KFC or McDonald’s.
Most of the time I rely on the old tried-and-true meals that I could prepare in my sleep. But sometimes … when there are no more episodes of CSI to watch, I aimlessly pick up the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living that’s on the coffee table. Yes, I know it is a mistake. My counselor, Harriet, at GMAA, Glossy Magazine Addicts Anonymous, warned me that was the tipping point.

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