HELP!!!!!

Yes, as Heidi said I am staying at home with the kids. Consequently I am seeing my therapist twice as much as I used too. ☺ If I had any hair, then I would have pulled it all out anyway. My props to moms everywhere. Okay, I am actually glad to be spending time with the kids and I enjoy getting to take them and go do fun things like going to the park or feeding the ducks or going to Denny's and making mommy be our waitress and then complain about everything ☺.
I do agree with Heidi that Wyoming is not my first choice of place to go and live, but I'll go where there is money, even if it is -20° F there during the winter. Besides, it is a good excuse for me to sell my camp trailer and buy that new 30' weekend warrior camp trailer that I have wanted (most likely that is what I will be living in while I am there). Another good thing is that this is a chance for Heidi and I to fly over and see Wyoming for a couple of days when I go for my second interview, and Heidi gets to fly for her very first time!!! (she's scared!) Well anyway, I just though I would put in my two cents on this whole blogging thing now that I have some spare time. Ciao!

Update

Okay I haven't updated in quite a while. So here it goes... as most of you know my hubby got laid off from his job. His entire department was laid off along with 1500 other people at the mine. So luckily, I had taken a job at Denny's as a server beforehand because we pretty much knew that the inevitable was coming. Of course I don't make near as much as my husband did, but at least it is something to pay part of our bills. It isn't the job that I would have chosen, but any job is better than none. Gary is still searching for jobs, but unfortunately there isn't a lot around. He has an interview in Wyoming in a couple of weeks (YUCK!) but if it is the only job that he can get for the time being then we will be grateful & take it probably. I REALLY don't want to move that far away & somewhere where it is so cold, but at this point we can't be too picky. He has had a phone interview for a job in Carlsbad, New Mexico which wouldn't be too horrible & they said they would be calling him for a second interview, but we haven't heard anything back from them yet. Both of those jobs are for vibration analysts job, the same thing that he was doing for Freeport. He also has a test with the state prison next week for an officer position & then 2 weeks after that he has a test with the Border Patrol for an officer position. We are somewhat confident that the companies in Wyoming & New Mexico will offer him jobs & if so then he will take one of those positions temporarily & then if at a later time the prison or border patrol offer him a job then he will most likely take one of those. We have learned now that working for mines is just too risky (especially in today's economy) & would prefer not to have to go through any lay-offs again.
For the time being Gary is just playing Mr. Mom at home with the kids & trying to finish up some projects on the house, at least the ones that don't require too much in supplies. It has been really nice for the kids to be able to stay at home and spend time with Gary. I have never seen Bryant respond to Gary as much as he has in the last couple of weeks. The two of them have really grown a lot closer. So at least there is a silver lining, despite the stress & other hardships that we are currently facing.
The kids are doing well & we just continue to take everything a day at a time. We are just keeping our fingers crossed and keep hoping for some good news to come our way.

Finally I Can Post Pictures

These are the pictures I was trying to post from my last blog.

Well the holidays are over & everything has somewhat gotten back to normal around here. Gary has finally gone back to work after being on vacation for the last two weeks. The holidays are always so hectic around here and even more so when Gary is home & we are trying to get some projects done around the house. Unfortunately his vacation is never much of a vacation, instead just a chance to finish up household chores. At last we are finally done replacing every single old, ugly window in our house with new dual paned windows. We also replaced our back door & built a new storage unit during his vacation. Hopefully this storage unit will provide better protection for our stuff than the old one did in case we get flooded again.
Christmas was as usual a lot of fun. We really enjoy getting to spend time with the family. I don't think we saw our house more than a couple hours a day for the whole week of Christmas. It actually is kinda nice that way because if we aren't home to make any messes then that's just less housework I have to do. The kids got a power wheels truck from Santa & they have had a lot of fun with it. We've loaded it up & taken it with us to grandparents' houses & to the fairgrounds one day and let them ride it. It has prepared us for what a crazy driver Alyssa is & will be when she gets older. Bryant likes to get in it & play with the radio. Probably sooner than we like he'll figure out how to operate the rest of it. Well anyways, I was going to post some pictures from Christmas, but for some reason it won't let me upload them so I will have to try to do that part later. Hope everyone had a good Christmas & Happy New Year.