May 2012 Weddings
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baby bucket list?
underwne's post in the baby fever thread made me think to start this one!
what are some things you and your hubby would like to do/accomplish before making babies? (if you're planning to have babies, that is)
we will be 28/29 this month so we're hoping to start TTC by our first anniversary. our bucket list would be:
- finally get moved in together (we're hoping work will transfer me down there by the end of this month *fingers crossed*)
- pay off his motorcycle & pay down my student loan
- GO TO VEGAS!!! (it's a big one, i've never been hehe)
Re: baby bucket list?
I am 25 and H is 22. We feel like we have time, but we don't want to keep extending our waiting period
We are working toward paying off our debt and want it to be gone before a baby is in the making.
We would like to NOT be in a tiny apartment.
We want to make a trip to Oregon to see H's family.
We'll be 27/28 by the end of this year, so we're both starting to hear the ticking of the clock!! We're hoping to start TTC in two years.
Our biggest is that we'd like a house.
Other than that, we'd love to travel. We're also working on getting H a better job.
H would say he wants a 2nd dog, but we'll see about that. I'm not sure I could handle two dogs and a baby!
I am 24, H is 23. We totally have time, but I want children so badly.
I need to finish getting my teaching license, and get a job. This is a biggie cuz the teaching market is so bad in Ohio, we've been toying with the idea of moving either out-of-state or out of the country for this! If I get a job locally, I might get my Masters at the same time (I'm only about 6 classes from that). =2-4 years?
If we end up moving to another country for a while, we haven't decided if we would have children there, or wait til we moved back. It would be awesome to have them there, but I want our parents to have access to their first grandchildren
We definitely want to travel. A lot!
START paying off student loans. We've been careful about what to take out so it shouldn't be TOO bad. = 2 years (post graduation), completely paid off in 5 years? (...hopefully)
I actually did this a few years back!!!!
Here it is:
1) Visit Ireland
2) Disney world again - 2-13 trip booked
3) Complete my Masters - Almost check 12-12
4) Buy a house - CHeck 8-31-08
5) Road trip Cross Country
6) Wear a bikni
7) sky dive
8) make appox 10 grand more then currently (which still isn't much)- almost
9) Learn how to cook - almost
10) Be in one more play
geo-jam
Get the Masters--it is so worth it. Teaching jobs are pretty horrible everywhere and now most school districts won't look at you twice without a Masters. Do it while you can
Love,
a fellow teacher
You guys are making me feel old!
I'm 35 and H is turning 40 this month so we're hoping to start sooner than later. Honestly there is nothing we want or need to do besides building up a 6 month + buffer in savings. Our only debt now is the mortgage and it's on a 20 year loan.
I would like to take a trip to Moab and San Francisco just for fun but we can do those either way.
I'm just starting grad school but it's more for future jobs than current job so no hurry on that one.
Oh and H would love to restore the current car project but he has to clean out the storage room and garage first so that'll be awhile ;-)
1. Travel some more
2. Buy a house
3. Get a raise
We are 25/24 and we would like to TTC in a year to 18 months. Our bucket list would be...
Have a full-time job... right now I work 40 hours a week subbing in a teachers' position who left, but it will end at the end of August and I didn't have enough credentials to get hired for the lead teacher position, but I did get hired as a 25 hours a week position with the possibility I would be subbing the other 15 hours, however the 25 hours is guaranteed each week, the additional 15 is not. I want stable income, or rather I know exactly how much I will be making each week.
Complete list of home repairs... we currently rent a 3 bedroom house from my aunt and are in no position to buy a house anytime soon, we hope to live here for the next 8-10 years. I want to paint all of the rooms and the woodwork needs to be painted. I just want the house to be "in order" before we bring a baby into it, because once he or she comes, I doubt any of it will get done.
Finally take our HM... we never went on a HM, unless you count the weekend we went to Boston which was all expenses paid by my parents
but I really want to go somewhere warm for a week, all inclusive and just sit on the beach and relax with DH.
Hmm I guess that's it. I think most of the things that I want to do in life in general will be accomplished after we have a baby, because he or she will be apart of them... like going to Disney World... visiting VT where DH's family lives... baby's first everythings
Here is mine just personally + H's that we have discussed:
- Go on at least 3 nice vacations
- Go to Vegas!
- Own a home
- Have another dog for H (we just have mine currently)
- H makes at least $80k a year on his own so I can stop working for awhile
Wow...I think this is a really important topic to think about/discuss with H before you talk about babies!
Under & Geo-
Depending where you are, I would get your Masters right away.
In my home state, many professors said not to get your Masters right away because schools would have to pay you so much more when you do not have much experience therefore they would hire newbies with bachelors first.
However, in the state I am in now, it is better to get it right away because the pay difference between having a Masters and not having one is not much at all, so either way the school would be fine hiring either.
- Raises/ promotions
-Get to a "stopping point" with house decor (meaning, I'm proud to show it off lol)
- Take at least one more great vacation
- Get a dog
DH mentioned that he wants to work on his Doctorate (wow!) after he finishes his masters. His army benefits will cover most if not all of this, thank goodness, but that's a huge time commitment. This is a good topic to bring up with the hubby...
I have my Masters degree and it was amazing when I was applying for jobs...you have to have that masters degree--completely agreed. I'm on the East Coast.
I am 25, H is 29.
-Pay off debt (prob next summer)
-New car (next spring)
-Be emotionally ready (who the hell knows.)
We are 24/ 26 and want kids sooner rather than later. I lurk on the bump all the time and definitely have babies on the brain
and it doesn't help that about 10 people I know are currently prego! For the most part we are prepared, mentally (we think) and we have stable jobs, a house, very little debt. But it's obviously a very big, life-changing decision! So, as far as my list....
Travel: There are SO many places I want to go, but after a while with kids we could fit that in so I'm not in a rush to get to all of them. My big ones are Hawaii, Italy, & Paris.
Car: a more baby-friendly one, but I LOVE my car so I have really high standards for the next one
Savings: I just want to feel like we have enough to support us while I'm not working even though I'd love to just be a SAHM and fill-in one or two days a week (I'm a dental hygienist) but that's not going to happen.
I am going to be 32 next month and he is going to be 31.
Goal is to be settled in to our home by the end of this year and get it fully furnished with brand new stuff. We currently have a lot of old stuff we want to sell or get rid of.
Trip to St. Lucia in March next year. Or a trip to Europe.
Currently dont have any debt so thats good...aside from our car payment so i would like to get that taken care of before.
Buy an SUV.
We were thinking about trying next year sometime. Once we have been settled in a house which is most important. We are STILL waiting to close on our house. Its been almost 5 months!!!!!!
In my area, budget cuts are so bad that they don't want the Masters because they can't afford to pay them :-(
I thought the same thing--then they decided they were only going to hire those with a Masters and no Bachelor degrees...
hahaha--its like a rollarcoaster!