Looking at the cloth diaper option - though with the kid and baby clothes, it seems like she is doing a wash every day. Plus, she helps with cooking and taking care of the baby in addition to all the normal cleaning every day. For the cost, the service lady has been very helpful, especially since I have to travel back to the US most of each month for work.
The car has been needed - but the maintenance costs on a used car are high here, they bumpy roads really waer down a car in many ways.
We have cooked a number of things with a pressure cooker, but also many things on the stove - very little in the oven.
I have thought about getting a freezer unit so we can buy more things in bulk and store it to be used when needed.
I also started a thread asking about Insurance - I will check that now to see what kind of responses have been coming in - because I agree, that will help with costs.