I haven't been able to blog all week because work has been consuming almost all of my time. I don't think that I have gotten home until way past dark all 5 days this week. It really messes with your internal clock when you go to work and it is dark and when you come home and it is dark.
The inevitable happened this week, Jim was layed off. We knew it was coming. He works in an industry that requires people to want to spend money on things like new windows for their homes, so with the economy the way it is, people don't really want to spend their money on things like that now. I think we will be ok. My job is stable, even if the steel industry keeps going down the toilet my job is secure as long as they don't close our plant. Even then I believe I would be offered a transfer so I think we would just make some changes in our lifestyles.
But, we will have to really buckle down now and make sure all of our bills still get paid and then try and stash anything that is left over for a rainy day! Right now we are talking about what we can do to conserve. We already keep our thermostat down to freezing. I already do most of our cooking from scratch. I think it will be at the max 3 months before Jim goes back to work full time, I think he will work off and on between then and now... so hopefully things will go well. One thing I have learned is not to rely on our credit cards during times like this. Just pay cash and muddle through. 
Sorry to hear about the lay-off.
ReplyDeleteTimes are tough, but us country people are tougher!
Good luck with the stashing away!
The word layoff has become all to familiar. You are in my thoughts!
ReplyDeleteStick together...and muddling is not near as bad as we envision :)
Just letting you know you are welcome anytime over at The Divas Hammer:) And our family is still thinking of you!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry about your husband's layoff. It sounds like you have a plan, although we can never plan well enough for this type of thing. I'll be thinking about you.
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