Wishing It Was Spring Already with Magic Friends

[nibblesandbits]

Hi Nibblies! :wave: Sorry about the snow - I think we lucked out this time, although it is cooold. :dazzle:

I need to work on supper - be back in a bit. :kiss:

trust me...I'm sorry about the snow too.

 

[nibblesandbits]

Yay!





Don't tell Dot.... :lookaroun

afraid she'll get jealous huh? :lookaroun

 

[Nemo14]

Got to go get supper going - hopefully I'll be on later!

 

[k.hunter30]

I didn't see that much negativity there.... :shrug:

I just think the difference when it comes to poking fun of the two groups is blatant. I wouldn't say it's been overly negative. Just different standards.
:shrug:

 

[nibblesandbits]

Got to go get supper going - hopefully I'll be on later!

bye Betty!

 

[k.hunter30]

Yay for a new van!!!

Nibbs, I liked your blog today.

 

[nibblesandbits]

Nibbs, I liked your blog today.

Thanks...you totally inspired it...even though it's been something I've been feeling for the past few months. I figured I'd just get it out there. Glad to know we're thinking along the same lines though. What do we do? What DO we do? :lol:

 

[Dukeblue1016]

i'm off for the day in a few...


goodbye everyone!!!

Hope everyone has a nice night!

I'll talk to ya in the AM

 

[nibblesandbits]

i'm off for the day in a few...


goodbye everyone!!!

Hope everyone has a nice night!

I'll talk to ya in the AM

see ya later Joe!

 

[k.hunter30]

Thanks...you totally inspired it...even though it's been something I've been feeling for the past few months. I figured I'd just get it out there. Glad to know we're thinking along the same lines though. What do we do? What DO we do? :lol:

I'm with you nibbs. I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking about this type of stuff... DH has been great and says that we can make it work if I want to do it. It would just be a big change in living. Not that we live crazy as it is. We stick to a strick budget every month. I just like to be able to put aside a good amount of money each month for retirement and emergencies...

i'm off for the day in a few...


goodbye everyone!!!

Hope everyone has a nice night!

I'll talk to ya in the AM

Bye joe.

 

[nibblesandbits]

I'm with you nibbs. I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking about this type of stuff... DH has been great and says that we can make it work if I want to do it. It would just be a big change in living. Not that we live crazy as it is. We stick to a strick budget every month. I just like to be able to put aside a good amount of money each month for retirement and emergencies...

Sad thing is...I know we have some stuff put aside for retirement and emergencies...but I don't think it's near enough...although, I don't see how we can take out anymore in our day to day lives either.

And then add a kid on top of that...and it's just like...what do I do? How do I handle it all. B/c right now, as it stands, it makes way more sense for me to be a stay at home mom, weather I originally wanted to be or not. Financially wise...it just make more sense. However, on the other end of the spectrum, I don't know if we can survive if I don't get a paycheck. It's a catch-22 almost.

 

[k.hunter30]

Sad thing is...I know we have some stuff put aside for retirement and emergencies...but I don't think it's near enough...although, I don't see how we can take out anymore in our day to day lives either.

And then add a kid on top of that...and it's just like...what do I do? How do I handle it all. B/c right now, as it stands, it makes way more sense for me to be a stay at home mom, weather I originally wanted to be or not. Financially wise...it just make more sense. However, on the other end of the spectrum, I don't know if we can survive if I don't get a paycheck. It's a catch-22 almost.

I totally understand. We have a good amount (for a couple in their mid-20s) put aside for retirement. And my expectation of having about $10k as an emergency fund may sound foolish, but that's what I'm comfortable with.

The pay thing for us... well, I make more than DH, so if I was a stay-at-home-mom, well, it would be a huge change. I know everything would be okay and our former youth pastor and his family did it on pretty much the same salary as DH, but... I don't know. I know we will NOT go into debt, no matter what. All we have left is our house and ideally we'd like it paid off before we're 40. But if I quit for even a few years, I'm not sure we could do that.

And quitting for a few years is another thing... in my career (and one I know you've always been interested in) it's hard to just take a few years off. If you're out of the job market for a while, you get behind in the latest trentds, etc... Jenny had a good point in that I may be able to use my talents in a different way. I really like that thought! I need to look into it.

 

[PotteryGal]

Interesting...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080305/ap_on_he_me/autism_vaccines
:shrug:

 

[PotteryGal]

Sad thing is...I know we have some stuff put aside for retirement and emergencies...but I don't think it's near enough...although, I don't see how we can take out anymore in our day to day lives either.

And then add a kid on top of that...and it's just like...what do I do? How do I handle it all. B/c right now, as it stands, it makes way more sense for me to be a stay at home mom, weather I originally wanted to be or not. Financially wise...it just make more sense. However, on the other end of the spectrum, I don't know if we can survive if I don't get a paycheck. It's a catch-22 almost.

I totally understand. We have a good amount (for a couple in their mid-20s) put aside for retirement. And my expectation of having about $10k as an emergency fund may sound foolish, but that's what I'm comfortable with.

The pay thing for us... well, I make more than DH, so if I was a stay-at-home-mom, well, it would be a huge change. I know everything would be okay and our former youth pastor and his family did it on pretty much the same salary as DH, but... I don't know. I know we will NOT go into debt, no matter what. All we have left is our house and ideally we'd like it paid off before we're 40. But if I quit for even a few years, I'm not sure we could do that.

And quitting for a few years is another thing... in my career (and one I know you've always been interested in) it's hard to just take a few years off. If you're out of the job market for a while, you get behind in the latest trentds, etc... Jenny had a good point in that I may be able to use my talents in a different way. I really like that thought! I need to look into it.

((HUGS)) for you both. It's not a simple decision. Still, if we all waited till we could afford kids, the human race would've died out by now. :lol::lol:

 

[nibblesandbits]

I totally understand. We have a good amount (for a couple in their mid-20s) put aside for retirement. And my expectation of having about $10k as an emergency fund may sound foolish, but that's what I'm comfortable with.

The pay thing for us... well, I make more than DH, so if I was a stay-at-home-mom, well, it would be a huge change. I know everything would be okay and our former youth pastor and his family did it on pretty much the same salary as DH, but... I don't know. I know we will NOT go into debt, no matter what. All we have left is our house and ideally we'd like it paid off before we're 40. But if I quit for even a few years, I'm not sure we could do that.

And quitting for a few years is another thing... in my career (and one I know you've always been interested in) it's hard to just take a few years off. If you're out of the job market for a while, you get behind in the latest trentds, etc... Jenny had a good point in that I may be able to use my talents in a different way. I really like that thought! I need to look into it.

I thought the same thing about what Jenny had to say...working, but in a different way. For the school or something is a good option.

And you're right...in the field you're in...if you're out for any length of time...you get so lost in how to get back in.

Luckily, I can always go back to work for my parents in a few years...but who's to say they'll still have their business when I want to go back too? Then I'll have to find something else to do anyway.

I hate all the stupid "punishment" that basically happens b/c you decide you want to have kids. It really isn't fair, in a way.

 

[nibblesandbits]

((HUGS)) for you both. It's not a simple decision. Still, if we all waited till we could afford kids, the human race would've died out by now. :lol::lol:

Very valid point. :ROFLOL:

edit: oh and Jenny, I just read, congrats on the levy!

 

[k.hunter30]

Interesting...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080305/ap_on_he_me/autism_vaccines
:shrug:

...very interesting...

 

[PotteryGal]

Very valid point. :ROFLOL:

edit: oh and Jenny, I just read, congrats on the levy!

Thanks! It lasts for five years, so by the time we have to deal with all this again, Joel will be moving on to junior high and Abby will be a sophomore.

....

oh. my. goodness.

 

[PotteryGal]

...very interesting...

The very fact the gov't is willing to concede anything is what strikes me. They're usually too busy kissing the pharmaceutical industry's posterior.

 

[k.hunter30]

((HUGS)) for you both. It's not a simple decision. Still, if we all waited till we could afford kids, the human race would've died out by now. :lol::lol:

How true! :lol:

I thought the same thing about what Jenny had to say...working, but in a different way. For the school or something is a good option.

And you're right...in the field you're in...if you're out for any length of time...you get so lost in how to get back in.

Luckily, I can always go back to work for my parents in a few years...but who's to say they'll still have their business when I want to go back too? Then I'll have to find something else to do anyway.

I hate all the stupid "punishment" that basically happens b/c you decide you want to have kids. It really isn't fair, in a way.

I agree... it's frustrating.