Before we had kids, I had a very busy real estate career, working 70+hrs a week. Then the market came to a halt and I went from very good income to no income and ton of expenses. My husband's income has been fairly stable over the years (over the road trucker) and that's what we have been living on the last 5 years. We went from a cheap house to more expensive house while shortly after from good income (not full 6 figures but close) to about 40-50% of it. First we thought I'd only stay home with the boys for the first 3 years or so and then go out and get a "real job" ... to use my 2 business degrees for the first time in my life, but then the boys health issues started popping up and we realized we'd be spending pretty much all my income on just childcare since they would need special care. Plus, I just could not imagine someone else being with my kids while I was at work. So I officially became a stay at home mom ... we don't eat out, we cut our expenses to a minimum, I shop sales, we drive old cars, did a mortgage modification on our home ... did all we could to make it on one income and couple years later I can't even believe how much money of what we used to make went to "waste"
Now, with the boys getting older (DS4.5 and DS2.11), I am really hoping to find ways where I could start making some money while at home and hopefully homeschool as it would make my life a lot easier. My husband still wants me to join the corporate world, but I can't even imagine working a 9-5 job. I never thought I would be the type to stay home with the kids and be perfectly happy with it but at the moment I want nothing more
