money

I want to talk about how awesome it is to be a stay-at-home mom. I love it. There is no other person I want to be around 24/7. I try to acknowledge all the special moments I get with my little artichoke. Like when we are fort building and she looks at me with amazement at our creation. Or when she runs at me, flapping her arms and screaming "MA MA MA!". Or when she fake laughs after hearing me crack up at Holly licking her face. Those moments I got today :) How could I not feel like the luckiest mommy ever?!

Ok, here comes the but. BUT, there are times when I seriously feel like I am not contributing enough to this household. Why do I feel like that when I am a huge part of keeping the roof on this house? Why do I feel like I need to be bringing in cash? Is it because I spend the money so I feel like I should be replenishing it with liquid money? I don't know. But I have been trying to find more consulting work because I feel like we need more money.

Instead of stressing I want to focus on a couple goals:

1. try to save more $$. I am not sure about making this happen since I am a terrible spender. I have tried to keep a budget, but I really, really bad at it. My first step will be to check out a budgeting website, then go from there. Can't have a budget unless you know where all your money is going, right?....

2. remembering everyday that a stay-at-home mom is a full-time job and then some. remembering that my husband works hard so I can take care of Lily. remembering that money can't buy me moments with my daughter.

P.S. Lily is still AWESOME, growing fast and is 18 months old tomorrow!!!