I'm the Dreamer, your the realist, that's why we work...

In our family, Meagan is the one that is grounded. She is the reason we are able to survive. When we got married, her dream car was a Jetta

This is Mine

A big Beautiful truck to go with my Big beautiful Farm

There is 1000 acres for sale around here...

I only need 40 of my closest friends to each give me $100,000

After we had a couple of kids, her practical car turned to this

Because she knew what we needed, not what we wanted.

We purchased a house,

(I can't find a picture of my house

and the camera is in our practical van at Meagan's job)

A cute 1400 sq ft house in town

The key was it was affordable

When the bank told me how much we were approved for,

we were very excited (upwards of $150,000)

then I asked what kind of payment we were looking at

and the excitement turned to, "there's no way we can afford that"

I guess they plan on you spending ALL your money on your house

and not power

or water

or food

or anything else...

In fact when I told her we were looking for a payment along the range of affordable,

The bank actually laughed at me

But we bought an affordable house and

have managed to keep it through a bad economy

and layoffs

and one income

what a concept.

Meg's dream house is this

4 bed

2 bath

1920 square feet

It's a nice little home, not much bigger than ours,

Out of our price range, but hopefully soon we could afford it

It's beautiful inside and has a nice manageable yard.

Practical.

This is mine

2.2 million dollars

8600 square feet

6 bedroom

8.5 bath

swimming pool

Meagan looks and says, that's that much more to clean

(I can't keep my 14o0 clean.

Good thing I won't be a stay at home dad

by the time I buy this place)

and waterfront

for my boat

But in reality, I would be happy with this truck

To pull this boat

Or even this one

Because even then I'm still a dreamer

Meagan has grounded me

That's why I'm in school

instead of pursuing a movie career

or building giant Lego statues in Orlando

I realize I'll never have the million dollar house

or the yacht but maybe the king ranch truck

I can still dream can't I

Oh, and when I do retire, I will be in Legoland as a master builder

That's one dream I'll never give up!!