house

we have been married for 8 years now and have always wanted our own house but, are just now in a position to be able to start putting back money to save for one. i think it's a little ironic that we're at the point in life where most people are too strapped to put anything back for something like that, having 2 young babies and all. that's kind of the way God has always worked things out with us though. he seems to give us the biggest blessings when we least expect them, or when we think it's impossible to make happen. we would like to be trying to get in a house around this time next year or so. i've always wanted a really big extravagant house but, after thinking it over for a while i would much rather have a normal house and have enough put back to be able to retire at age 50 or so. as soon as i go get my securities license this year i'm going to set up a couple of retirement funds for us so that we can be able to do just that. hot springs village sounds like a good little retirement spot don't ya think?