I did it!!!

I put in my resignation today March 29th will be my last day at Fidelity Bank!!! I am so excited! It is going to be so nice to stay at home and hang out with my two very cool little guys! We are going to have a blast. It is amazing how quickly word gets around the bank. I had so many phone calls today, and the first thing they would ask is, "Are you sure you want to do this?" I am thinking well, I am quitting my job that I have held for 5.5 years......yes I am sure! Its like they think that It was a last minute decision and I am making a huge mistake. I would do anything to stay at home with my kids! I have been inspired so much by so many of my friends that stay home and live off of one income. It is doable, and they are proof of that! I am so lucky to have such great friends to support me in this time of transition. I can only hope that I am just as helpful to them.

Changes and more changes

So I sat down Monday morning and ran some figures and it turns out that it would be cheaper to keep our house with me staying home than it would be to buy a new one, soooooo we took our house off the market. I cannot tell you how nice it is to leave a dish in the sink or my sox on the floor and no one will see it. Some other numbers I ran were my salary compared to how much daycare I am going to be paying during the summer and what that left me with and how much we actually needed to cover bills. It turned out to be $200. So Jesse asked me when I was going to quit and he told me it would be nice if I could stay at home with the boys for the summer. So after much planning, finding health insurance and running the budget over and over I have decided that May 29th will be my last day at Fidelity Bank after 5.5 long years. I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to it and so is Jesse and the kids. It really scared me at first b/c I have worked ever since I was 15 and the only year I stayed home was when I was pregnant with Ben. It will be nice to get out of that environment though. You have a hard time keeping the spirit with you in a place like that. I think it will be awesome for the kids, we are going to join the summer reading club at the local library, go to the zoo, get Ben prepared for 1rst grade, and do fun projects around the house. All thanks to my wonderful hardworking husband whom none of this would be possible without. His support and encouragment through the years has meant so very much to me, and on top of that he is not a bad father! Go figure! I am very lucky and I thank heavenly father every day for the many blessings he has brought into my life.

A very busy week and weekend

Monday, I decided that I am getting way behind on a lot of things at my house so I stayed home and took care of it. I mowed the lawn, weeded the garden, steam cleaned the carpets, and organized my file cabinet. (Yes, once I start I am unstoppable) It was really nice, until the next day I realized that I had hurt my shoulder. Wednesday night I picked up my friend Kimberly from the airport and brought her to our house to stay for a few days. It was nice having her here. Thursday night Ben throws up everywhere, and I immediatly get worried b/c my kids do not throw up often and when they do that means stomach virus. So Friday afternoon my shoulder is hurting even more and my stomach is hurting and Jesse's is hurting too. Saturday morning, stomach ache and all Kimberly and I set out for New Orleans to find her an apartment for when her and her husband move here in June. It is pouring outside, and the 18 wheelers do not make it much better so we end up skipping New Orleans all together and going straight over to Slidell where we find this beautiful apartment complex right on Lake Ponchitrain. It is perfect so we sign an app and head over to her parents house in P-ville for a little crawfish boil and afterwards head to the movies to meet up with a few friends to see Made of Honor which was actually pretty cute. And this morning I drove my friend back to the airport luckily I will be seeing her soon because I miss her. I also feel a lot better today. Looking forward to the week ahead! Now that my friend is out of town I can get back to my healthy eating and exercising that I neglected last week.