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excitedtobemrs

Yay - glad you got the car seat too!

Ours wont get here until Jan either, but I think we're good with what we have until then.  I'm so excited about the great deal.

Sounds like you had a good weekend...what'd you decide about babymaking?  You starting now?

r9stedt

Still waiting. Long story short (BC of being on BB) we might move back to e town to take advantage of the housing market there. Wait a little while longer to ttc. Get the cars paid down substantially, and then stay at home. We will see if that actually happens, but it is nice to dream, right? Hard to think about waiting to ttc for another 4 years or so, but it might be for the best financially.

excitedtobemrs

Yeah, but L would be a big help by then...think of it that way....

It *does* sound like a good plan & in this economy, a very practical one too.  Is that near your IL's? 

r9stedt

Yea. Same town. Right now we are about 45 minutes away. I just don't want to move there and then not be able to stay home. You know? I know that it would be a wise thing to do but I don't know if I will be able to contain the baby fever that long, kwim? I am so ready to have a planned pregnancy so I can be excited from the get go. I just want to get those stupid cars paid off. Grr. I'm still angry about that damn truck.

excitedtobemrs

I know, I hear ya.

Maybe if you make substantial progress on the cars you can start trying?  Remember you have 9 months til the baby is born...so factor that in.

Well, at least you'll have family nearby to help, is your plan to stay home as soon as you move there?

r9stedt

This is never going to work out. Lol. Wes and I will *never* agree on a house. Who am I kidding? Honestly. He gets his heart set on something and will never budge. He already is in love with this one house. I like it, but I secretly would be happier if we lived in town for a while. Don't get Me wrong, the country is a good place to raise kids, but I want to be able to go to the park and take walks. Ut is so frustrating. Now I know why people get married, buy houses, and then have kids. No, if we were to move back I would only get to stay home contingent upon paying off both vehicles. 5 years. Grr. Hind sight is 20/20. If I knew then what I knew now, I wouldn't have bought a brand new car. Oh well.

excitedtobemrs

Aww...R, I'm sorry.  I know what you mean.  We bought a ski boat (J's dream, used but still costly) 10 days before I bought a new car...which was 14 days before my BFP with L.  Talk about *serious* buyer's remorse.  It happens to the best of us.

I hope you guys talk more & agree on something together.  Maybe he'll budge a little, this one time?  I don't know...I don't offer much support here, I'm sorry

r9stedt

I would rather just go with a house with a mortgage that can be handled on one salary. We would be stupid to do it otherwise if we are planning on Me staying home. I want a first home. He wants a forever home. I understand that, but there are some decent houses for under 60k right now (some under 50- crazy, but the housing market got hit hard BC the largest employer there closed down and everyone moved away). I love Wes, don't get Me wrong, but the guy can drive Me absolutely crazy! He has so many ideas and gets stuck on them. It is just something we need to get figured out, and really start saving. We are saving but we should take this opportunity to really pad our savings while we are living with dirt cheap rent. Oh and Wes just said that the more he thinks about it the more he isn't sure about. SAHMing. Ug thank god we won't even start seriously house shopping until spring. Yuck. TMI alert. He just told me he would inseminate Me next summer. Lol. I'm pooped. I had to load up an entire truck load of firewood, and then unload it in the barn today. That totally counts as exercise. Men. Sometimes you have to lead them in the right direction and let them take credit for the idea.

excitedtobemrs

Yay for next summer!

And the house thing will work itself out.  I know about the driving you crazy thing, J is the BEST at pushing my buttons.  BIG TIME.  Luckily, he's the best at other things too...which is why I married him.

We're trying next summer...awe, we could be PG together!!

r9stedt

I may divorce this man before next summer. Now he says that he doesn't want to move to E-town, but to M-town where he works. E-town is 45 min south of where we live, m-town is 45 minutes north or where we live. That man needs to make up his damn mind. He seems concerned over my job right now. I told him to figure his shit out and then clue me in. Whew. Now he just informed Me he was just joking about m-town. Jerk.