I'm back....and life is different

I had been doing my blog over on myspace for awhile, but I like this format better.

So, am I still the Modern Traditional Wife?

Yes, I think I still am, despite currently being the only wage earner in our family.

I think one can be traditional and still work-because my beliefs haven't changed. I still believe women should stay home, and I never said anything was wrong with moms who HAVE to work. I believe it's wrong to work to support a lifestyle of convenience or excess, but if you have to work to pay the bills, well then so be it. I struggled a lot with that, including my own need to work but finally came to terms with it.

So I'm back to writing here. This way. I love it more and I hope I keep up with it.

So what's going on in our lives now?

Larry has been laid off, with job attached, since mid December. He's looking for a new job, but about 1200 people got laid off in Las Animas County when the laws regarding gas mining changed (more about that later). So you can imagine how the job search is going. He got denied unemployment because he quit working for the post office to go to school. The post office was a temp job, and would have ended just a few weeks later anyway, and they sat him down and told him they were going to have to cut his hours to almost nothing during those few weeks, and school started soon, so he quit. Everything was amicable and he has glowing references, but...Unemployment doesn't care that you quit a job to go to school, all they see is that you quit a viable job.

I'm working 25 hours a week as the Administrative Assistant for the Fire Department, 3 days a week at the station and the rest of the hours as needed. I'm also trying to write more for Associated Content.

Aimee will be 17 and Aria will be 2 next month. Aimee has grown up a lot in the last several months. A friend of hers, Holly Ringo, died in a traffic accident in October, and it affected everyone in our tiny town deeply.

Saren is growing like crazy.

Nikki is still freckle faced, and becoming less shy.

Roan is full of piss and vinegar.

Aria is still sweet.

So, that's what you missed in the several months I was blogging at myspace. Not a whole lot, as you can see!