all costs are estimated in US$

Home: Large, 4 bedrooms, single family house with a yard.
Monthly electric bill: $50
Monthly phone and internet, including long distance and business calls: $80
Monthly water and city taxes: $25
Groceries: Hard to say, about
Childcare: $125/ month for preschooler in government funded preschool
and $300/month for toddler's private home daycare
Fuel for truck: we pay about 1$/liter for bio-diesel
Cost of used truck: about $9000
Bus ticket into city from suburb: $5 roundtrip
Loaf of nutritious, whole grain bread: $4-5
Dozen eggs: $4
1 Liter of milk: $1