Colour Me Green...

...for I am guilty of a great deal of jealousy. In addition to serious baby envy (see below), I also have serious house envy. I'm so sick of renting crappy apartments! I want to put down roots and make a home my own. (I also believe in the importance of home equity as an investment in our future.)

Why don't we have one? We simply can't afford one. Not here in the big city. We really can't even afford a decent condo. How sad is that? We both work full-time with great credit and okay salaries, but we can't afford a home. There are still a few areas within commuting distance that we could afford, but then factor in the cost of transportation, especially with the high cost of gas these days, and it starts to slip out of our reach again. Not to mention I really don't want to spend three plus hours a day travelling to and from the office.

The good side of this, I guess, is that we're able to save money. We live relatively cheaply, with our rent and our bus passes, and I think maybe if we owned a home we'd have a much harder time affording fertility treatments.