Tacos, Anyone?

We had a near-disaster yesterday. Last night before going to bed, I checked the garage to make sure the overhead door was closed. I noticed a light was on and was mortified to discover the source: the garage freezer door was wide open! I calculated that it must have been that way for several hours and sure enough, the contents were mostly thawed-out from the 100-degree weather. I rallied the troops to unload the freezer while Matt and I figured out what we could cook immediately and what had to be tossed.
Throw away: An unopened package of Rhodes frozen mushy bread dough. That's all!
Here's what we did with the rest: cooked 2 turkeys (the electric roaster Matt bought a few years ago was worth every penny!); turned 15 pounds of ground beef into hamburger patties and taco meat; marinaded 1 large pkg of boneless chicken breasts; re-froze 10 loaves of Sara Lee bread and a 5-lb. bag of corn. Oh, we also re-arranged our refrigerator to make room for everything and soaked 2 lbs. of pinto beans so we have something with which to eat it all, and we gave the kids formerly-frozen limeade with their breakfast this morning.
Now for the good part: right now Matt is having a grilla-palooza with brats, chicken and burgers. Our meals for the week are going to be a breeze! We have turkey sandwiches-galore, chicken for 2 dinners, hamburgers and brats tonight and more ground beef and pinto beans than you can imagine.
I'm thankful for God's providence in not losing all of our meat and that Matt had decided to hold-off on his planned trip to Sam's until Monday. Even moreso, I'm overjoyed that the child responsible for accidently leaving the freezer open confessed immmediately and took full responsibility, and even helped us with the food prep late into the night. Disaster averted, and thankfulness abounds!