After going to college and spending much money on getting a degree, I worked for five years and then now have been home with my children for the last almost 8 years. While I was just starting to think about delving back into the working world, we were very surprised to find out we were pregnant. If we can still manage to pull it off in these financially difficult times, I will continue to stay home and do all the "mom" things I've been doing. I feel blessed to have been able to stay home with them all of these years, though Randy would have liked to have traded me places on many occasions.