The root of all evil...

thats how i feel too ellen. as long as my kids are happy at the end of the day, and i feel rich in a different way,i feel blessed to have my beautiful girls, and a wonderful husband.. they make me happy, and make life LIFE they dont care about clothes or getting flash things (yet) and i hope i can continue to install (that the right word?!) the same values in them that i grew up with.

it is tough though when you struggle to make it week to week and get the stopid bills paid. we struggle a lot and i feel for families that are worse off than me because i find it hard and know there are people with less than me, it doesnt seem fair.

The joys of trying to start our own business aye According to the calculator that Sara posted we're eligble for $224.00 per week accommodation supplement!!!

I figure as long as the kids have food, we have a roof over our head and power etc... then everything else just has to wait. Its just scary when you add up all the debt! We dont qualify for much family support in fact we would be better off financially if i didnt work but mentally i need the break. Maybe I'll win lotto this week, yeah right.

I love money - I just wish it was more attracted to me.
As a former WINZ worker (sshhh), it is sometimes worth making an appointment with one of their non-beneficiary case managers just to pick their brains for half an hour over what is available. They often know about extra assistance through IRD and all sorts of other places.

my2angels wrote: Maybe I'll win lotto this week, yeah right.

ahhh robyn me too! if only i could afford a ticket
i just wish DH and I had a mortage instead of paying someone elses   oh well, i'm sure we'll get one before i'm 50

jacks mum wrote: i just wish DH and I had a mortage instead of paying someone elses

They're not *that* appealing surely I consider that the 'M' word !!

Gosh, you people and your "wanting to live" AND have a roof over your head! fussy!!

I hate living week to week. I wish we cvould win big wednesday....funny after that $10million went, they were advertising $2 million. Lewis and i were both, "huh, poxy $2 million, thats not enough"...then later realised what we had said! Hey, $20 would be pretty good. Course, people don't tend to win things unless they buy tickets..

ALTHOUGH, according to my email, i have won $20,million euros in a Nigerian Lottery I didn't buy tickets for. i must keep it a secret however, and send them $100 to pay for the taxes. sounds reasonable....

It's a tough one, we always want more! But when I think about it, we just lived off Student Allowance and FS for 3 years with only a little part-time income on the side, and it was really tough. But we learned how to budget and now, even though DH gets not much more than minimum wage AND is on-call (so if there's no work one day he doesn't get paid) we are actually doing pretty well. But it sure takes guts to decide to live within that and stay home and give myself to my kids instead of going out to work all for a bit more cash.