that's a very good way to look at it. man 44 and all done empty nest sign me up!! that sounds way too awesome. i'll keep talking to Mike about it. he thinks in the next two years we'll be pregnant. it's just waiting the time out for him to get promoted (fingers crossed next summer) and then to get me stable in my job and hopefully figure out a better schedule. i don't want to be working 2-10 pm and not find a good babysitter. but when it happens we'll go from there. until then save money and i'm working on the fit and healthy eating right now shhh...don't tell DH it's all for the baby and not all about me or him