I love the idea of having a blog and being able to speak to "the people."  However, I am less than excellent at the commitment needed for a blog.  I have not posted anything for over two years.  Surely, I can redeem myself? I will let you be the judge....

In the last two years, we have maintained in our home and raised our boys into a very energetic toddler and preschooler.  We still have the same small living arrangements with dutiful jobs that we are still gainfully employed.  So, same ol on the home front...

On the flip side, we have been diligently attempting to pay off debt and work extra time to pay for said debt.  And we (my husband and I) have yet to figure this all out.  I have turned 30 within the last two years.  Yet, I still feel like a unconfident teenager with money.  Does everybody have hardships?  Is everybody robbing Peter to pay Paul?  We aren't making more debt, but I'm pretty sure we are treading water and not paying tons off either despite our attempts.  Is financial genus a requirement to have a good credit and nice things?  Or is it simply, us "blue collar folk" won't earn enough money that is nessacary to live in a split level in suburbia?  I will admit, I haven't followed our dear president and his policies close enough to critique them, but what has our country come down to?  The all mighty dollar rules the world.  The ideals of raising a family with wholesome values in a nice area is a fleeting concept since we are barely able to keep ourselves out of the ghetto, let alone keep a plush green lawn every Saturday.  The 1950's images of preserved family life feels like a million years ago. So I ask you, how do we transport ourselves back into a time of morals and traditions?  Is it even possible?  Or are we just doomed to ride this hamster wheel till we are flat broke and pushed into the hood and eating our spam?

Where did the middle class go?