Adventure #1

Little did I know when I posted my last article, that we'd be faced with our first major adventure of the year, just a few days later. On the evening of January 7th, my husband came home from work and told me that his boss had given him two options that day: take a $5 an hour pay cut or be laid off! Now, one might say that any pay check and health insurance is better than no pay check and no insurance. But, along with that pay cut comes a change in position within the company - namely, giving up his desk job for a physically laborious position out in the shipping department. On top of that it's ten hour days! For a 60 year old man who's had back problems and open heart surgery, it's not all that appealing. However, Jim didn't really feel like he had a choice in the matter, because who else is going to hire an older guy in this economy?



Those of you who know my husband well might already have guessed what kinds of things he would have said to me that evening. Things like: "God is not surprised by this. He just might know what He's doing :) I'm just thankful that I still have a job when so many are unemployed."



So begins, our first great (scary) adventure of 2009. What a way to start the year!