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[quote=Anonymous]First - two full-time parents sucks!  I think the true answer is hiring help, but I'm like you and our goals are on money right now (for us it is saving enough to get a cushion).

But making it work, without spending tons of money  - is all in the planning.

1.  Plan your weeks worth of meals.  Yes, this does invovle prepping the night before for some meals, but it can be very, very minimual (pull out frozen chicken). 
2.  Find a handful of really easy meals and make sure you have 1 or 2 a week in your plan.  Use these the days you need it most (late meeting, early morning).
3.  Print out a schedule with a column for each day.  Have a row for dinner, night prep, cleaning, and other.  And fill it in.  When I was at my best, even my cleaning was planned.  yes its hard to get the energy to do it, but easier if you know what you need to do and can do it without thinking about it.

Just a word of warning, while older kids are more independent, in some ways it gets harder.  They go to bed later, have more activiities, homework, playdates (which can help and hurt), and start having opinions about what you make for dinner.  THey also can trash the house in about 10 minutes.

If you can drop a day at work easily, I would seriously consider it.  I was part-time for years, and while still tired, it was a much better life-work balance.  Dropping just one day, I was able to do just as much work as a full-timer (I wasn't as burned out at work).  And had more at home time.   The downside is that it is depressing to realize you are getting paid less and often doing just as much if not more than you fellow employees.[/quote]

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