Rich People's Cheese

there is quite a big age gap between my sister and i.

when i was younger i could never understand why she would slice and grate her own cheese.

there would always be the big block of cheese in her fridge.

i was clearly the younger - last child kinda sister.

i never did shopping or do a budget.

i was so naive back then to think "wow how expensive can cheese be, just get the grated already."

now as i have become a mother and as my children eat more and more,

i totally get why the block of cheese was sitting in the fridge.

it's because sliced and grated is a rich kinda persons cheese.

the months that i have those 3 extra dollars that allow me to purchase either sliced or grated cheese,

oh wow the excitement that fills my heart knowing that i won't have to grate cheese over the lasagne and the 99.9% chance of grating my finger that goes along with it.

or i could never work out why mothers would "choose" to wear the same outfit on a daily basis.

i also now completely get that.

money is tight.

and i would rather spend it on my kids than myself.

i need it to be summer soon because the parents at school are catching on that i have a 3 day roster with my clothes that repeats EVERY WEEK.

no jokes.

why do you have to walk around doing your groceries with a calculator, aren't you like rich when you get married.

yeh, WRONG.

wow in my 5 year plan that i set 5 years ago,

i had built a big house, had a dog, my kids were in every sport, we have travelled to general conference and europe, we had brand new fancy cars, we had money to burn.

then reality hit.

i am pretty much as poor as i was when we first got married.

but when we get the thing that we save up for i think we appreciate just that little bit extra.

when the kids get to go out for a family date they think it's so very special but it's a rarity.

i'm glad for these times because if it wasn't for these hard times i would never really truly value and appreciate the times that i can buy sliced and grated cheese.