Long time ago I overhead someone asking:  ”What is the need to send  girls to college if they end up staying home and taking care of kids?”  I really don’t know how  in the world I could have coped with the demands of modern living if I was not educated.  Given the fact that I didn’t grow up in this country,  I couldn’t imagine life if I have to rely on my husband with everything that needs to be done concerning running a household.  In the past years, I relied so much on the Internet to make life much easier.  Through the magic of the web, I was able to find vital information to successfully achieve things in the most cost effective way such as:

• Sold our town home in two weeks during a recession.
• Facilitate a smooth transition over to  a new home at a Blue Ribbon school district.  I negotiated the price before we set foot in the house for a tour.
• Renovated an entire lawn and cleared up  the jungle in our backyard.  I must have been looking like a pro when my long time resident neighbors were asking if I work for a landscape company.

It sounds very easy when listed this way isn’t it?  Tons of research, decision making,  paper work and sleepless nights went into the list above, not to mention and buckets of elbow grease. But I am happy to say that we found a place where we have a great school district with awesome neighbors and a fantastic community center!

My husband had traded  a 5 minute commute to 35-40 minutes, so to give him some free time I had to take over managing the finances.   I learned to rebalance the 401K over Christmas break.  I have a lot to learn but I find that I am more interested in reading the finance section in Yahoo than reading the who-wore-what section.

Of course, now I am more confident about home maintenance, yard management and landscaping– DIY baby!   I can’t do the plumbing and trouble shoot the heating system but at least I am more aware of the things that need preventive maintenance.

Quite an improvement don’t you think?  I can’t take all the credit,  my husband has been working long hours to pay for the whole operation and helped out when he can, I couldn’t ask for a much better partner in life.  We each have a role inorder to achieve a common goal.