Vijethpraveen you should use your words carefully. Apology accepted :-). I too quit my job 4 years ago when my In Laws had to go back to India and I was having my second child. I dont think I will ever work again (in an office). I do miss the independence and would love to help my husband financially but I think my kids need me more and by God's grace we are managing our finances well enough to have a third child now and still have the money for charity and our church. The maid is simply to give us a healthy well deserved break every now and then and to take care of all the household chores (for me its except the cooking part which is personal to me). Like I said earlier, the maid is helping us and we are helping her by giving her a job so she can have a better life too. Soniya, I replied about our visa approval issue. Hope you read that and I do hope and pray you get the house help you need.