She had her mother living with her, they had a PRIVATE CHEF, probably a house-cleaner, a gardener, and who knows what else, when they lived in Chicago. And part of that time, Wee Barry was NOT even living at home, because he was in the State Senate and then, in D.C. and a senator. So Michelle was home ALONE with her mother and the girls.
And they got that sweetheart Chicago real estate deal from Syrian-born Tony Rezko, who later did Federal time for fraud and public corruption.
She ordered part of the White House lawn to be torn up for her garden. All for show.