[sand_man]

Before kids, mine was an elementary school teacher. Now with two kids, she works her ass off running the house. With our youngest starting kindergarten, she is going back to teaching part-time in our kids school. It has been an enormous financial sacrifice in that with our kids in private school and me with expensive hobbies, we haven't added very much to our savings. But in all honesty, I think everything in our house just ran smoother having her home, compared to other couples we know who both work. I should also point out, that she often took in a kid or two, part time, for extra spending money.