How to Survive a Layoff

If you have been following my live layoff update page or Facebook fan page, you know my husband took an oilfield job. Here is the scoop about the job: For now it is part-time. He will keep the roofing job part-time also. It has potential to be full-time. He will be traveling a lot. It [...]

If you read here regularly, you know that my husband just began work as a roofing contractor. Since this is a job that is completely based on commission, that means if no sales are made, no money comes in. I won’t lie. I would have felt much better about a salaried job that had insurance [...]

My husband being laid off has made me aware of so many things that had honestly never crossed my mind before. For one thing, it is not as easy as I had previously thought to “just go get a job”. Yes, Walmart may have “Now hiring” sign, but that doesn’t mean they will hire a 47 [...]

Even though it has only been a little over 7 weeks since my husband has been laid off, we have learned a few lessons. I admit I would rather have learned these lessons by reading about them on someone else’s blog instead of living them out myself, but live them out we have. Lessons Learned [...]