It was sooo nice out today. We went on a 4 mile jog/walk/run! Ruth liked wearing her pink sunglasses. She was saying cheese when I took this pic!
Money saving tip of the day for stay at home moms: never use your dryer when its 70 degrees outside. Come on, why waste the electric when the sun is burning anyway?
I am convined that almost every family can afford to have the mom stay home if they stopped working to pay for convenience. Think about it, you work a full-time job, so you have to pay a babysitter to watch the kids, buy convenience food because your too busy to cook from scratch, use disposable diapers because the day care won't take cloth, buy baby food because there's no time to make it yourself, spend money on gas to drive to and from the office, the baby sitter and home, buy new clothes so you look nice at work and you have no time to read ads and find out the best grocery deals.....the list goes on and on and soon you have spent more money having a job than simply staying home with the little ones.
Of course the exception is single parents. You have to have at least one income. I truly believe, however, that almost all married couples could afford to have mama stay at home with just a few lifestyle changes.
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