Don't get a job, get 2 and have your spouse get 1 on the side. I have a day job with a 2 hour commute each way. When I get home, I start my other job on the side. I support myself, my wife and e children. My wife is a stay at home mother as we did the math, her working a regular full time job would not cover the day care and someone else is raising our kids. So when the kids go to school, she cleans houses to pay for the gas for my 4 hours of driving each day. She enjoys aerobics so she got her certification to teach. Now she gets paid to stay in shape and bring in additional money.

We go camping for a vacation and the kids love it! alot cheaper than staying in a hotel and the kids actually learn something

There are ways to cut back and save. I have about 1000.00 in brakes, rotors and front end alignment that needed to be done to my minivan with 135k miles on it. I did not have to charge it on visa because we are working our ass off and have the money to do it. I also am not going to run out and buy a new car because this one looks great and it is a honda...which means I can drive it for another 135k miles if I want to.

Think out of the box and work as a team and you can do this.

The next phase is to get even better jobs to work smart...not hard.