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Do you work a little on the side? Does your husband pull in loads of $ (totally personal and you dont have to answer that if you dont want to)?
Like I've said before my grandma watches my 13 mo old. And we do butt heads sometimes but she does take good care of her. Well I was talking to my mom this morning and she was saying that gma is getting too old and this is probably the last baby she will be watching. I know I want to have at least one more kid. Right now we live with my in laws and plan to move out and rent in a few months. WE can no way survive on one income. So IDK how we would ever have another baby. I dont think I could have a stranger watch my kids especially when they are newborns. I would love to stay home but we just cant afford that
awww Ashley. thats not nice. Just so you know my grandparents are well off and have giving my daughter loads of money so she will have some by the time college comes. Also, If i was able to stay at home or ideally work at home, I would only do it until my kids are old enough to go to school. I love working but I would like more kids and if no one in my fam can watch them, then fam comes first and I would like to do it myslef
LA, mystic_eye~ you guys rock! and give me hope. My husband brings in about $2400-2600 a month. He has been working at this job for a few months now. before that his old compant was cutting hours, he ended up bringing home about $1400-1600 a month. so we have been doing ALOT better recently . we did have to pay for our daughter's first bday party which was expensive (first bdays are a BIG deal in hawaii). we are slowly saving more now.
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People have a misperception that two income families with kids have more money than those that have only one income.
Unless the person that would stay home makes twice the cost of childcare per hour chances are that you are not coming out ahead after you take into account commuting, convenience foods (for home), coffee/snacks at work, dry cleaning, sick time, blah, blah, blah.
I live in Toronto, one of the most expensive cities in North America, I believe we are still in the top 20 on in the world. My husband makes maybe $34,000 in a good year. And we own a house.
Our weekly expenses (mortgage, electric, gas, insurance, internet, tv, phone, etc) are $440 per week. That's not including gas for the car or food. My husband makes between 350-700 per week. Most weeks its only around $500-550. I get about $300 a month in tax benefits.
We have two kids, but we manage. Its tough, I won't lie. Those unexpected expenses (vet bills, car repair, dental) can be a real kick in the crotch and it seems like its always something. And honestly I'm just not that good at sticking to a budget, I hate to deny my kids or husband anything they want. Especially "little" things that are like $1-10 but a few a week can really add up.
If its important to you you will find a way. Honestly we could cut back more, I could get a free internet provider, we could use VOIP or cut back on features on the phone. I could actually stick to a budget *lol*.
People have a misperception that two income families with kids have more money than those that have only one income.
Unless the person that would stay home makes twice the cost of childcare per hour chances are that you are not coming out ahead after you take into account commuting, convenience foods (for home), coffee/snacks at work, dry cleaning, sick time, blah, blah, blah.
I live in Toronto, one of the most expensive cities in North America, I believe we are still in the top 20 on in the world. My husband makes maybe $34,000 in a good year. And we own a house.
Our weekly expenses (mortgage, electric, gas, insurance, internet, tv, phone, etc) are $440 per week. That's not including gas for the car or food. My husband makes between 350-700 per week. Most weeks its only around $500-550. I get about $300 a month in tax benefits.
We have two kids, but we manage. Its tough, I won't lie. Those unexpected expenses (vet bills, car repair, dental) can be a real kick in the crotch and it seems like its always something. And honestly I'm just not that good at sticking to a budget, I hate to deny my kids or husband anything they want. Especially "little" things that are like $1-10 but a few a week can really add up.
If its important to you you will find a way. Honestly we could cut back more, I could get a free internet provider, we could use VOIP or cut back on features on the phone. I could actually stick to a budget *lol*.
Is Canada great? Or is it?
I payed attention to history in school, and learned about Canadian stuff. It was really boring. Not much to know. I read invention books, and all the finest invention and things all come from Europe and the US and elsewhere. But the thinnest stuff you barely hear about came from Canada, and only after an American invented something first. Like a johnny come lately invention from Canada. I looked up Canadian "culture", where is it? It seems dominated by American culture and ideas.
When people talk about movie stars, I hear all US and Europian ones.
From what I see, Canada has invented very little "firsts" in technology, done little, talked big but produced marginal things and people.
It hurts because I was born here, but I want to face the truth, even if some Canadians are content to sit and watch TV and say "eh!".
Radio, AC transmission, TV, Intel Pentium CPU, light bulb are all US stuff, never mind the staggering list of other things from them and Europe! I looked up a list of Canadian JUNK and that's what I found boring copycat JUNK. Welcome to Canada Eh!
Don't get me started on how you can't defend your family and home if a crackhead bugler busts your door down at 2 am and robs you.
Canada has no big military, no space program like the US has,
no large submarine fleet, and a flag that looks like a cookie cutter.
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Wow, you have a really poor history teacher. Considering that Canada is one tenth the size of the United States, our influence on both the US and the World is incredibly out of proportion. It's like an ant being able to lift one hundred times its weight.
Canadian scientific disoveries and engineering inventions include (as a partial list): the AC radio tube, Acetylene, the G-suit worn by fighter pilots, automated mail sorting, basketball, the Creed telegraph system, the electric cooking range, the electron microscope, electric street cars, the gramophone, the heart pacemaker, the hydrofoil boat, IMAX movie system, the insulin process for managing diabetes, JAVA programming, the jetliner, plexiglas, quartz clock, electric prosthetic hands, the television camera (and the CCD), voice radio, the telephone, the telephone handset, variable pitch aircraft propeller, the walkie-talkie, wireless radio, the zipper and the Canadarm (which is the primary workplatform and manipulator mounted on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station). All of these things are original Canadian inventions and backed by patent, you're confused about who is copying who.
There are quite a number of Canadians in the entertainment industry, in fact most movies are filmed in Vancouver, Alberta or Toronto these days and much of popular American culture like Saturday Night Live is produced by Canadians like Lorne Michaels, or their music produced by David Foster. Harold Ramis and Paul Haggis write their most popular moives starring Canadian actors like Michael Cera or Seth Rogan. So really, Canadians have been running American "culture" for years. Another partial list of Canadians in movies: Elisha Cuthbert (The Girl Next Door), Pamela Anderson (Barb Wire, Stripperella), Meg Tilly (The Big Chill, Agnes of God), Jill Hennesey (Crossing Jordan, Nuremberg), Carrie Anne-Moss (The Matrix Trilogy), Mike Myers (Austin Powers), Christopher Plummer (The Insider, Barrymore), Donald Sutherland (The Eagle Has Landed, MASH), Dan Ackroyd (The Blues Brother), Rick Moranis (Little Shop of Horrors), Tommy Chong (Chech and Chong's Up In Smoke), Rae Dawn Chong (Commando), Michael J. FOx (Back To The Futuree Trilogy), Bruce McCulloch (Kids in The Hall), Leslie Nielsen (Police Squard), Tom Green (Freddy Got Fingered), Eugene Levy (American Pie, Best in Show, The Man), Catherine O'Hara (Best In Show, A M
Wow, you have a really poor history teacher. Considering that Canada is one tenth the size of the United States, our influence on both the US and the World is incredibly out of proportion. It's like an ant being able to lift one hundred times its weight.
Canadian scientific disoveries and engineering inventions include (as a partial list): the AC radio tube, Acetylene, the G-suit worn by fighter pilots, automated mail sorting, basketball, the Creed telegraph system, the electric cooking range, the electron microscope, electric street cars, the gramophone, the heart pacemaker, the hydrofoil boat, IMAX movie system, the insulin process for managing diabetes, JAVA programming, the jetliner, plexiglas, quartz clock, electric prosthetic hands, the television camera (and the CCD), voice radio, the telephone, the telephone handset, variable pitch aircraft propeller, the walkie-talkie, wireless radio, the zipper and the Canadarm (which is the primary workplatform and manipulator mounted on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station). All of these things are original Canadian inventions and backed by patent, you're confused about who is copying who.
There are quite a number of Canadians in the entertainment industry, in fact most movies are filmed in Vancouver, Alberta or Toronto these days and much of popular American culture like Saturday Night Live is produced by Canadians like Lorne Michaels, or their music produced by David Foster. Harold Ramis and Paul Haggis write their most popular moives starring Canadian actors like Michael Cera or Seth Rogan. So really, Canadians have been running American "culture" for years. Another partial list of Canadians in movies: Elisha Cuthbert (The Girl Next Door), Pamela Anderson (Barb Wire, Stripperella), Meg Tilly (The Big Chill, Agnes of God), Jill Hennesey (Crossing Jordan, Nuremberg), Carrie Anne-Moss (The Matrix Trilogy), Mike Myers (Austin Powers), Christopher Plummer (The Insider, Barrymore), Donald Sutherland (The Eagle Has Landed, MASH), Dan Ackroyd (The Blues Brother), Rick Moranis (Little Shop of Horrors), Tommy Chong (Chech and Chong's Up In Smoke), Rae Dawn Chong (Commando), Michael J. FOx (Back To The Futuree Trilogy), Bruce McCulloch (Kids in The Hall), Leslie Nielsen (Police Squard), Tom Green (Freddy Got Fingered), Eugene Levy (American Pie, Best in Show, The Man), Catherine O'Hara (Best In Show, A M
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