Monday...ugh...

[186momx]

mommyatty, Happy Birthday!!!

[sdlaura]

Add me to the list of WPs in a neighborhood with mostly SAHMs with more beautiful houses who also all vacation together Sounds like it's a common comparison for most of us. I try to remind myself that we chose our situation for a reason. If it was more important to me to have a more perfect house and be home for playdates and available for group vacations, we could make it happen. But I definitely see a lot of downsides with that lifestyle too. DH and I regularly question how our neighbors live in million dollar houses and only stay at the Four Seasons or the Ritz Carlton on one income and still manage to save any money. But maybe they don't save, or maybe it's family money. Who knows. I try to remind myself that one of the reasons we chose our neighborhood was for the schools, which are definitely better because of all the parents who stay home and volunteer.

Speaking of vacations - DH and I got back yesterday from our Fiji trip. It seems like a really really distant memory already. I have two day trips for work tomorrow and Friday that require flights. And I now have a cold, I think from the contrast in humidity between planes and the trip and here.SO much to do between now and when we fly cross-country for Christmas on the 23rd.

Happy Birthday, mommyatty!

[mustardseed2007]

DH has an uncle who had a "big house" and "lavish life" and turns out he was embezzling money.

Exactly what the real story is on this I don't know. H's family blamed his wife for wanting a life that was better that exceeded his income (thus apparently "causing" the crime) and also for not being willing to sell their house to...keep him out of jail or something. I don't know. I'm not about blaming someone's wife for the dude breaking the law. Also, his house isn't that big and it's absolutely an average home price in our state. That's DH's mom's family and they seem to lie to each other a lot.

I've also been really down on just the small amount of time I get to spend with my children lately. A friend of mine is a SAHM and I'm really jealous of the way she's able to spend her time. On the other hand both her kids are in private school and that makes her very anxious given they have only one income. Also they live far far out in the suburbs and I don't really want to do that either. I also don't like my neighbors in my closer in town neighborhood though so....