So now I'm a week and a half into my layoff. It's been good to get the house cleaner, with the long commute, sharing a car, and  Atraties working two jobs it had gotten a little out of control. I'm still fairly mobile so with the help of a friend we got several rooms in much better condition. I expect after this week which has me pretty busy I'll be posting pretty frequently.

Financially I still have one more check since it was offset, so we haven't been hit yet with the real stress. I've been lucky and here has been a market for my artwork lately too, which has helped. Given the time to sort out my things...I feel more like myself than I have in years. I think the bustle of the commute, job, homestead and holding things together was too much, especially with the added tiredness from pregnancy. I hope that I can get a few more personal projects in before the Big Event. The little Critter is healthy and doing well. *knock on wood*

If you are curious about the nitty gritty of the farm part of my life, my husband  atraties has been keeping up the Hillside Homestead blog again after our couple month hiatus earlier this year:
http://hillsidehomestead.blogspot.com/