Also it helps if you like homemade things vs. storebought things. I have a brother in law who thinks that storebought is always best. He would rather have a frozen waffle popped into the toaster than fresh hot waffles off the iron. Baffles the shiit outta me. He truly thinks things are of a higher quality if you buy them. Me, I think the quality is MUCH lower because that company is trying to make a profit, not make you happy.
So I make a lot of things instead of buying them. This keeps costs down, I feel like I'm giving my family the best I can and I feel good because I know what they are eating, etc. Some of the things I make are: baby food, baby wipes (the storebought kind are hard on baby's skin), some clothes for the kids, bath and body products, all meals that we eat..I make and freeze things like calzones for H's lunches, Christmas and birthday presents, things for the kids like playdough, silly putty, bubbles, etc. ETC ETC
This bb is my only leisure; all of my other time is spent doing junk for the family. I like it!
GGB, he and I have read books on starting your own business and the pitfalls of it and remember stories like yours from the books. I know it would be hard (on all of us) but he is just not cut out to work in the corporate world. He's not good at it because he is not ruthlessly ambitious and yet he wants to make a good living for us. It will take a lot of thought and planning and 4 weeks isn't enough time to do squat. I told him to take whatever job he has to, in order to pay the bills, and we will slowly but surely work our way towards owning our own business, if that lifestyle is still calling him.
