Calm Seas (Part 2)

This is part 2 of the story of our turning point.  If you haven’t read part 1.  You can find it here. So, where did I leave off?  Oh yeah.  Hubby made the suggestion of me staying home and homeschooling our girls.  I built a what-if budget and….. We could make it work, with some adjustments

Tumultuous Seas

Its been almost 4 months since I’ve been laid off.  It’s been almost a year since I got the feeling that it was coming.  After a year of not really living, but rather surviving, I’m proud to say…”I’m still here!” The emotional roller coaster is hard to put into words, but roller coaster is the

How Adventurous Are You?

We’re fairly adventurous folks over here.  How about you? Let’s start with how we met.  We met on an old school chat room through a mutual friend.  I’m talking Unix, not Windows.    ICB, to be specific.  Our mutual friend wanted to set us up and neither of us was interested, so we compromised and exchanged

A Dreamy Future in the Past

Life doesn’t always go as planned, but it is still important to have a plan.