How much money I should make a year

I started to re-read "The Power of a Positive Mom" by Karol Ladd. According to a study done just over 10 years ago, a stay-at-home mom should make just over $507,000 a year. With homeschooling thrown into that mix, I should make about $35,000- $40,000 more than that... give or take depending on the state. Wow! We could be millionaires by now if I actually got paid! We would drive that extra- large SUV, live in a house by the ocean, fly to visit family whenever we wanted, liposuction could be a reality (lol), and a personal trainer... the girls could each have their own high- end surf boards and any gaming system they wanted...
But I don't get paid. We have a nice car (more like a cross-0ver type of thing), take $10 lessons on a borrowed surf board, play on the Wii we were given as a Christmas gift, and I am continuously on a diet and riding my elliptical an hour every day. I pray and God provides. That's all there is to it. Prayer.

Daily Focus- AOP

Starting Over
Monday / August 02, 2010

Jesus is the same wonderful, loving protector and provider through all phases of life, “who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God” (2 Corinthians 1:4).

Lord, thank You for the incredible adventure of homeschooling and the strength to see the end rewards and blessings. Please, encourage those who are homeschooling today to remain faithful, so they too may reap the fruit of their years of sacrifice and love. In Jesus’ name, Amen.