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[quote=Anonymous]We have two kids (5 and 8). We are happy enough, combined salary btw $150-$200k so not a TON of money to throw around but enough.

- Cleaning people come once/month

- Lawn service every week (in season). They also do leaf pickup and spring/fall cleaning. We also have an in-ground sprinkler so we dont have to even mess w/watering the grass if we dont want to. When we moved in, we took out all high-maintenance landscaping and replaced it with easy stuff.

- DH WAH 100%, I WAH 50ish% of the time

- I gave up my dreams of career greatness and found a nice job thats challenging enough and pays enough and is very flexible and my boss is awesome

- Our kids have 1 or 2 activities each, and thats it. At their ages, no need to schlep them around to a bunch of stuff that isnt necessary. And the activities they do have are all close to our house. Neither are going to be an Olympic swimmer for instance, so no need to drive through rush hour to get to Machine when we have a goldfish swim school that doesn't involve getting on 66

- Along those lines, we see no need to schedule a bunch of random playdates--our kids have friends they see all day at school. If they are invited somewhere, they go or if they really really really want a playdate with someone we will arrange it. Otherwise, no need to invent more work for DH and I.

- Both kids are in school from 830/9 to about 3/330. That is SUCH a gamechanger. If you have a kid in preschool, find one that has an after-care option. This 9-12 crap is for the birds.

- We know exactly which parent is responsible for what--who does drop off, pick up, bedtime, shuttling around to what activity, etc.

- We use paper plates for pretty much every meal.

- We order takeout at least 1-2 times/week, if not more.

- We have no qualms with giving our kids easy convenience food like microwave mac and cheese cups, apple slices and baby carrots for dinner.

- We purchase as much online as we can and have it delivered/do pick up at the store. It saves so much time. Even our groceries are delivered unless it is something we absolutely need right away.

- DH and I each have a good social support network (independent of each other) and each of us prioritizes seeing our friends regularly.[/quote]

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