Happy Winter! Well I haven't updated the blog in a bit and quite a lot has changed! Indeed I have become a housewife. A few weeks ago I went to work and was informed by my manager that our headquarters in Chicago were shutting down our west coast channel. This includes the offices in the pacific northwest, the bay area in California and our whole building here in Layton. What a surprise! Obviously a layoff is never good news and Brad and I were scrambling to try and plan out the future without my job, insurance, and being 32 weeks pregnant. I planned on working until the baby comes and then taking maternity leave and using my PTO time, but that all changed pretty quickly. Although Maternity leave and PTO time are both hard to let go, our biggest concern is definitely the insurance factor. As of my last working day, the 13th of November, (Friday the 13th, how ironic!) we were without insurance. Thank goodness for Cobra! We are still in the process of getting Cobra set up and hopefully we will qualify for the government's subsidy program but it is still a scary time with a baby coming so soon. Even though times are uncertain, we feel really blessed to have all that we do and for all the opportunities that are out there so that we will be OK. My sudden dismissal from work has been kind of a tough transition as I am so used to being overly busy. Now I am finding that I have a LOT of time on my hands, but I feel like this is also a blessing as it is helping me prepare for when the baby comes. Brad has two part time jobs and is still looking feverishly for something he enjoys a little more and that offers insurance. He is such a huge support and I am so thankful for his work ethic and positive attitude.
He makes me feel like a good housewife as he is always very appreciative of my recently acquired cooking skills, and squeaky clean house. Like I said, lots of time on my hands... I am doing hair more and I continue to advertise and spread the word about my salon so that I can help things out by doing hair. I truly love doing hair and am excited to continue building my clientele. I have finally decided on a name for my salon... and it is SalonKae.
Kae stands for the names of my sisters, Kirsten, Amber, & Erin. My website is currently being worked on and I'm really excited for it to be finished as I think that it will bring in more clients.
We are looking forward to Thanksgiving this weekend. We are having my family at our house this year, so that should be tons of fun! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that life is treating you well. Thank you all for your love and examples. We find so much strength from our amazing family and friends.
He makes me feel like a good housewife as he is always very appreciative of my recently acquired cooking skills, and squeaky clean house. Like I said, lots of time on my hands... I am doing hair more and I continue to advertise and spread the word about my salon so that I can help things out by doing hair. I truly love doing hair and am excited to continue building my clientele. I have finally decided on a name for my salon... and it is SalonKae.
Kae stands for the names of my sisters, Kirsten, Amber, & Erin. My website is currently being worked on and I'm really excited for it to be finished as I think that it will bring in more clients.
We are looking forward to Thanksgiving this weekend. We are having my family at our house this year, so that should be tons of fun! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that life is treating you well. Thank you all for your love and examples. We find so much strength from our amazing family and friends.
