LOL yeah I hear that! I read a post on another site that this lady has been looking for 8 months and pretty much had someone tell her they wouldn't even consider her since she's been out of the work force for so long.... I though oh great.
Doll up the resume and don't let them know you've been out of work this long. I'm not encouraging you to lie or anything like that, but you were doing all kind of sub-contracting work while you were at home.
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." -Mark Twain