Monday, Dec 01, 2003 at 15:10
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ANDREW AND JEN all the best for you and your plans for the future. We know what it is like to rear a family and give them a good education and do the right thing to keep them on the straight and narrow, it is hard and expensive. We had private
home education for our 4 ( as we live in the sticks) and copped a lot of opposition while doing it by many people, but I am glad we stuck to what we believed was right for us, at the time. We have strong kids with good
well paid jobs yet not into the grotty peers of the earth. I think that is one thing that has left us financially drained, but we have not got other worries with the kids. We have found this "simply budgets" have made us focus and think when we are about to spend, as it is all graphed and balanced out. As we have our own business we have calculated our budgeting on a minimum monthly wage, so any extra is saving. It is amazing how much grocery product you can get for $50 per week, although in
Melbourne things may be more expensive, and another thing is we have only one 19 year boy left at
home. If you and Jen want to ever get in touch with Geoff or myself, instead of using the
forum concerning your budgeting etc. feel free to contact us at gocruise@bigpond.com Jen
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