My pet peeves...

Yes, I am a woman. There are a few of us out there not playing with a full deck, seriously. Two examples:
There is a leader out there that is OUT there. She yells at her girls and dips into the troop fund. She alllegedly had a miscarriage but has had many in the past. Is it true? Not likely. This is from what I have heard from another mom that I steered into her direction. She is oviously overwhelmed and is asking for MORE GIRLS! What sad is that the reason she needs more is she is losing girls because of her crappy leadership skills.

I know another mom who just recently moved, spends all this money they don't have on dumb stuff, yet their kids don't have enough beds. On top of it, she complains about not getting to go out. I am sure she could find stuff to do at home. Clean, workout and lose the weight she complains about all the time, Oh, here is one....play with the kids that are still at home! Go for a walk if it is that bad! The little ones will love it and you get exercize in it too!

Here is another complaint I have. We have been guilty of this one!!! If you are having a problem with money, don't go out and buy stuff and go out to eat! For one meal out, that can go for almost a week of groceries. We have done this ourselves in the past. We have stopped of course. That is how we can afford our $200,000 home, a brand new car, and different programs ie, ice skating lessons, horse backriding lessons, dance, etc. If only I knew how to budget they way I know now. You have to figure, both of our parents were pay check to pay check kind of people. They never had a savings plan set up. Neither of us had an example to learn from. Yes, the 'hard' way sucks bad but we learned and it has paid off.

Ooh, another peeve I have is people that hardly can support themselves yet have more children. There is a couple on base that have a 17 yr old with a baby, a 12 year old, an 18 month old and are pregnant again. They JUST got a car a few months ago! Of course, we have been guilty of this one too. Mind you it was when we were 19 and 20. These people are in their mid 30s. Shoot, I would LOVE to have one more but we can't afford it. Clothes, toys, COLLEGE......We will be pushing it with our four for college but we can afford it. We have a great TSP in place for them.

Ok, here is another peeve. People that OVERindulge their kids. I recently read that kids that get everything and have no dissappointments don't learn how to deal with it when they are older. Shoot, you can only buy them so much! It won't buy their love and affection.

The trouble is finding a middle ground. Ok, I am climbing off of my soap box. Sorry, I was just irritated with some of the things that I have been seeing the past month. Too many dumb events just got to me. I mean people can do what they wish but when they drag their kids down with them, it angers me. Worse, when they drag other peoples' kids down too!