No Visitor

Today is when AF was supposed to come, but so far she hasn't. Yesterday I was pretty grouchy and had some major cramps, which was weird b/c I have had cramps before my period since I was on the pill. It's been cramps the morning and day of. I don't really feel crampy today. It's just sit and wait, oh and make numerous bathroom visits to check now! ha ha

Today is the day we find out if Jennifer got a positive test. I sure hope she did. I'm so excited for them.

Tonight we are going down to my grandparents to bring in the new year. We munch all evening while playing some major euchre, too. Should be a lot of fun.

Holiday Re-cap

I'm back to work today. Thought I would update my blog over the holiday, but that didn't happen, so I'll re-cap. I went home sick from work on Tuesday late morning. (Started feeling sick Monday and it kept getting worse.) On Wednesday, Christmas Eve, I was pretty bad, so Eric ended up taking me to the hospital. Fortunately I didn't have the flu, but did have an upper respiratory infection. They gave me a prescription and sent me on my way. On Christmas morning, I was torn. I wasn't feeling much better, but at the same time didn't want to miss Christmas. We ended up going to Dad & Peg's for lunch and then on down to my grandparent's house (Peg's side). Needlesss to say we left after dinner. I was pretty exhausted and ended up having a horrible night of sleeping. I stayed in bed the whole day on Friday. Saturday I was feeling much better. We went to C'ville that evening and had dinner with my grandparents on my mom's side and my siblings. It was very nice. My sisters, their boyfriends, Eric & I went and played a game of bowling and then we went to my mom's house and visited with her for a little while. We looked through some pics of us when we were younger and had a few laughs. Yesterday, Eric and I went to see Lord of the Rings and just relaxed besides that.

I'm sure that I'm not pregnant this month again. My temp spiked last week, but I think it was a temperature rather than a ovulation spike. Saturday my temp went back down to where it was before I got sick. I read more in the Fertility book and am pretty confused. With my periods so regular it is hard to imagine that I'm not ovulating, but at the same time, it is pretty obvious that I'm not by my temps. I actually wish I was irregular! It would be a lot easier to deal with. Honestly I think I have the problem of my body not producing enough proestrogen for ovulation. Maybe. I also wonder about stress, but if stress was the problem then again, my periods would be messed up. I"m supposed to start my period on the 31st, so hopefully next month will be better!

On another note, I've been working on my relationship with my mom. We are both making some baby steps to become friends again. I'm glad that she is finally making some progress on it and hopefully things will get better. I have heard several things about her from my sisters and various people about her being sick, but she has never told me anything. Saturday she finally broke down and we had a talk. Apparently about 6 months ago she was dianosed with colon cancer and severe endometriosis. I guess she also has polyps, but I don't really understand or know what that means. I'm going to do some research today on it. Right now they are treating her with medication, but she goes back in February for more tests. We were both very upset while talking about it, so I don't know any more specifics, but intend to find out soon! I'll keep you posted.

Day 20 Questionable

My temp spiked to 98.6 today, but I am also very sick, so I imagine it is just fever. Even so, we had planned on trying last night, but I started getting really sick, so we didn't. The last time we tried was Saturday, so I doubt if anything will be fertilized even if it was an ovulation spike...

Day 19

Well, today is Day 19 and still no ovulation. I'm discouraged as I should be. So many things are going through my head. It's hard to describe. I've sorta wondered after the first few months if I was ovulating. Then as this month progressed I just figured I was a late ovulater, now, even though I could still ovulate this month, I am pretty sure I won't unless it happens today!

A part of me thinks I've just had some stress that could be contributing to this anovulation and next month will be better. Another part of me wants to get really down and think I'm just screwed up. I'm trying not to listen to that side, but when you want to get pregnant and so have not had any luck, it's pretty discouraging. I tried not to think about it this weekend, but heck when you start your day off with a pre-o temp, it does start the day off so well.

Gotta think positive. Gotta think positive.

I'm glad I started charting my temp though or I could have just kept going to several more months with no idea. Maybe tomorrow will be better. We are going to try again tonight, but I don't think we will anymore this week after tonight.

Day 16

Well, I thought I would have ovulated by now, but so far nothing. I was a little discouraged this morning, but thanks to a few people, I'm certain I'm just a late ovulater and that is probably why it hasn't happened yet. I guess I just had it in my mind that since I have a clockwork Aunt (Flow), I would be the imfamous ovulater on Day 14. Guess I was wrong. How many people's bodies are really like that? Seriously!

It's going to be a crazy weekend. We are going to finish up our Christmas shopping tonight. Eric's parents are coming over on Saturday for a belated birthday for Eric. That will be a day of shopping and eating, too. Sunday is Christmas with the Paddack side. We have to go to the other side of Indy. I'm not excited about the driving, but it will be nice to see everyone. Christmas day is actually going to be much more peaceful this year. Not so much driving and hustle-bustle. We get to wake up whenever and have christmas at our house. Leave around 12:00 noon to go to my dad's then head down to Peg's side for dinner! This should continue like this, so it will be nice when the kids finally arrive.

Ovulation

I imagine I will be ovulating either today, Wednesday or Thursday. I kinda have an upset stomach today, so I'm hoping that means I will ovulate today. We are trying again tonight and we tried Sunday, so I feel pretty sure we've covered it. I was also feeling sorta crampy last night, but thought maybe it was just b/c of something I ate. Probably too many details, but I feel pretty "wet" today and that is always a pretty good indicator. My temp dipped to a low 96.9 this morning, so I wonder if it dips before it jumps. Hmmm... I'll have to see what my friend Jennifer's did the day before she ovulated...

Update on Lindsay

Lindsay went to the doctor yesterday and she is 5 weeks pregnant. Her due date is September 15, the day before the father's 18th birthday. Isn't that kinda ironic? They gave her a new prenatal vitamin b/c the one she was taking was making her sick. Her next appointment is January 8. We are pretty sure she will be able to take Driver's Ed this summer as she will be 16 in July.

Bad News

I did get a little bad news over the weekend. Remember a few months ago when my 15 yr. old sister thought she was pregnant? Well, it turns out that it apparently didn't scare her enough b/c she is pregnant now. She goes to the doc today to find out how far along she is, so I'll update everyong on that tomorrow. We are really disappointed, but told her we would help in any way we could. I gave her my "What to Expect" book and told her to read it front to back then front to back. She said she borrowed it from the library already and had started reading it. Thankfully I've already read it, but I do plan on getting another one soon. I will reference MANY times throughout my pregnancy I'm sure.

Doctor's Appointment

Went to the ob-gyn on Friday, December 12. Everything went pretty well. Basically, he said if I didn't get pregnant in another 4-6 months then we could come back and they would check the "Top 3", which is if I'm ovulating, make sure my tubes are clear and check Eric's sperm count. Charting my temp will confirm if I'm ovulating or not. He actually told me not to put too much into charting my temp, but at the same time don't get rid of it. He said not to even worry about my mucus b/c when we are trying it isn't accurate anyway b/c of the other stuff. I feel pretty confident about this month or at least more in tune with my body and all the happenings, so we'll see. This would be an awesome New Year's surprise!

Nice Evening at home

I'm going to have a nice evening at home this evening. Eric has a promotion and they have to start setting up around 6:00. He said he may come home to watch Survivor and then go back out again. I will probably just snuggle up on the couch and read more of my fertility book. I'm anxious to finish it. I'm only about a little over 1/2 way through it.

Speaking of, I've been taking my temperature every morning so I will be anxious to see when it actually spikes. I go to the doctor on Friday for my yearly exam. For once I'm actually anxious to go there. I'm sure I won't have much to tell him with my chart and I imagine he will think the chart is not necessary anyway, but o'well. It's still fun.

Babies

Just read my friend Jennifer's recent post and started thinking. Why is it so easy for some to get pregnant and difficult for others. Now, I know there are people that are far worse off than me. I'm just thinking publicly here. Take my boss for example. She has 2 sons. Her youngest son and his wife just had their 2nd little boy, cute as a button. They got it on their first time. Her oldest son called her last night and said he and his fiance were expecting unexpectedly. It will be his 2nd, her first. I know both myself and my cousin Danialle were both accidents. And although I'm glad I didn't have any accidents in my younger days, I'd like one now. ha ha I suppose that is just the way it goes. It's never easy when you want it to happen, but always easy when you don't. I guess I just needed to get a little off my chest...

I sure hope that this child isn't going to be this much of a pain when it finally does arrive. ha ha ha

Diet Log

Well, it's Monday and boy does it feel like it. The weekend was okay. Went to a wedding on Saturday. It was quite small as it was for my distant relative who is much older. Didn't stay at the reception very long. Sunday we went out to lunch at Don Pablo's and then to see "The Last Samurai". We thought it was a good movie. Of course, Eric really gets into that kinda of stuff. There were definitely some gorey parts in it as well.

Anyway, as you can see from my title, I've also decided to start a Diet Log. (Good idea Danialle)! I got a little down over the weekend for many different things. I know mostly its the holiday blues. I'm hoping that the diet and stuff will help me feel better. Of course, I had hoped I would be putting on weight at this time, but unfortunately its not for the right reasons. Actually its for no reason other than gorging in food and sitting on the couch watching TV.

So, here goes! Day #1 (Although I did do some lunges and crunches last night!)

Is it 5:00 yet?

I'm super bored at work today as you can tell. Only 35 more minutes, so I thought blogging would waste some time.

I did some updated and playing with my FAM chart today. I'm going to have to figure out how to post the chart. I will try that this weekend. I have a ton of things to do this weekend. We also have to make out our Christmas lists. Haven't even starting shopping yet. Ugh.

I hope I enjoy this charting. I don't have a lot of patience though, so I already want to put me temperatures in for the rest of the month. I suppose that is why I've played with it so much today. I wonder if Jennifer had that problem....

Don't have too many plans for the weekend though. Have a wedding Saturday evening and we plan on stopping by my Dad & Peg's to see their new puppy. They got a Lab/Boxer mix. Kelby is her name and she is black with white chest and tips. Not sure what is tipped white.

Still haven't heard from my sister and her dilemma, although I know she isn't staying at my mom's house. I guess there is only one other place for her. Her dad's.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (20 Days til)

We woke up this morning to a couple of inches of snow on the ground. Yay! I love it when it snows. I started taking my temperature this morning. Honestly I wasn't sure if I was going to this month or not, but decided this morning when I woke up that I would. I guess we'll see how it goes. Plus, I want to use my chart I made. ha ha

Oh, I forgot to mention yesterday that I was supposed to go to the doc yesterday morning for my pap. Unfortunately b/c of my visitor I was unable to so I rescheduled it. Now, I got next Friday, Dec 12. I am actually looking forward to it b/c I have questions and want to know what he thinks about some things.

Everything! 21 Days til Christmas...

Just finished reading everyone's blog this morning. And as you can tell from the title, I have a lot to talk about. I thought I'd start with Tuesday!

Tuesday
As you know we had a VERY IMPORTANT workshop starting with a reception Tuesday night and the workshop on Wednesday. I came in at about 7:30 am and didn't leave this place until around 9:00 pm. Can you say LONG DAY? Ugh. The reception was a huge success. Everyone was so impressed with everything we did and we got complimented continuously! I was exhausted so I pretty much went right to bed when I got home.

Wednesday
At 2:30 in the morning our doorbell was ringing and someone was knocking on the door. It was my younger sister (the older of the two) Ashlee. She had apparently got into a huge fight with her dad (who is a complete asshole anyway). We talked for a little while and then tried to go back to sleep. Didn't get a whole lot more sleep. I was up and back at work by 7:30 am to get ready for the workshop. The workshop was a huge success, too. Eric & I were pretty stressed yesterday and got little sleep the night before. We really don't/didn't know what to do. As much as we wanted to take Ashlee in, we are not her parents. On top of that we only have 1 spare bedroom and and trying to have a child. Needless to say, I'm not sure what is going on. My mom came up last night and we talked to her and laid down some groud rules for both of them if Ashlee goes their. She ended up talking to her dad last night against our wishes and I went to bed. When I got up this morning to get Ashlee up, she just told me she was going to go over to her dad's tonight and talk to him and she'd call and let us know what happens. Eric pretty much laid down the law to her that we weren't playing these games. It is hard on both of us. I'll let you know what we find out.

Thursday-Today
Well, I woke up at about 5:00 this morning with cramps. That's right I started my period this morning. I was 99% sure this was not the month to get pregnant anyway, so I think Mother Nature agreed! I'm dissappointed, but then again, I knew it was going to take a while. I just didn't really believe it would take this long. Then again, it's been 4 months with the first 3 kinda hit and miss. We were trying, but not as actively as we should. Anyway, I supposed nature will take its course and apparently it wasn't meant to happen over the holidays since there was so much stress. OH, I"ve also come to the conclusion that my cycle is 27 days now. It was 27 days the last time, too, but I just kinda thought it was a flux, but it was 27 days this time, too. So with that being said, guess when my estimated ENP is.... New Year's Eve! WONDERFUL!!! Guess we won't be bringing in the new year with a "bang". ha ha ha We'll have to bring it in the night before! wink

Anyway, today is back to normal for the most part. I plan on taking a nap when I get home tonight and then watching Survivor and possibly CSI, but we might tape that and watch it tomorrow.

23 Days til Christmas...

Don't have time to blog, but wanted to get that in. I'll do a life update on Thursday.

Holidays.... 24 Days til Christmas

This is my 3rd time trying to post this morning. Apparently I'm having some brain failures or something. Ugh. My holiday festivities were good. Although we do so much driving that I'm always glad when they are done. Let's see. Wednesday we did some grocery shopping, which I was a little nervous about b/c of waiting until the last minute. Fortunately, they had everything we needed. Thursday, I hosted my dad's side and Eric's parents at my house. Everything went perfect with no major dilemmas. I was exhausted Thursday night though. Friday we got up early for some Christmas shopping, but after the 1 hour wait at Best Buy and the 5 mile (almost) walk back to the truck, we decided it wasn't worth it. Friday afternoon we went to my mom's side get together, which crazily enough was nice. Everyone got along and it was very calm. The weather on the way home was bad, but we made it home safe. Saturday we made our final trip south to Peg's side get together, which is always nice. We are burnt out on Turkey though. ha ha

Put up the outside decorations yesterday morning, ran out of a few strands, so Eric is getting them today. We also did our traditional cut a tree down yourself. That was so much fun. As usual, those trees look so much smaller out in a field then they do in your house. We got a giant! Our house smells so awesome though! Oh and with some of the branches we cut off the bottom I made a not so Martha Stewart wreath. Needless to say, that will probably be history this afternoon, too. If not I will take a pic of it and I will try to post some pics later in the week once the outside is finished!

Started the diet today. So far so good. Had bacon and a piece of bread for breakfast. Pears and cottage cheese for snack. Piece of bread, turkey, green beans for lunch. Piece of bread, bacon, and cottage cheese for my afternoon snack. Hmmm... I guess it won't hurt! Not sure on dinner. It's going to be a struggle this week for me, too. I know I'm working over tonight at least a little. Tuesday, I probably won't be home until after 8 pm and I hope I can eat good at our reception that night. Wednesday is our conference and I know I will be involved in that, so even if I do eat healthy, I won't be able to eat on a schedule every couple of hours. I WILL TRY THOUGH.

I have a small dilemma in aunt flow & pregnancy testing. Here goes.... I'm supposed to be visited by aunt flow on Friday. However, I have a yearly appointment with my OB/GYN on Thursday morning. I imagine I will test Thursday morning so I can tell the doc for sure. I guess unless I start on Thursday morning, which could also be a possibility. I guess I should probably tell you (Danialle knows a little), I had some problems over the holiday. I was having major pains in my left side. Eric was ready to take me to the hospital. They have stopped now (today). Not sure what the deal was (or is). Anyone have any thoughts/suggestions?? I do NOT think it has anything to do with periods or babies. Anyway, back to the pregnancy thing. I'm not having any symptoms thus far. And honestly I'm pretty certain I'm not pregnant. I guess we'll see later this week, but don't get your hopes up...

In-laws

While we were seeing Jamie this weekend the in-laws come over and dog/house sit for us. Now I love them to death and I know they mean well, but sometimes they make me feel very inadequate. Since they were coming over, we cleaned the house on Friday and washed the sheets on Saturday before they got there. (Especially since it was ovulation week). Well, apparently she thought our house needed cleaned, b/c not only did she sweep the entire house, but she also cleaned our bathtubs. (They weren't bad). And I'm not sure what wood they cleaned, but there was a bottle of old english wood stuff under my sink. Oh, she also cleaned my sink, but I will admit it needs it, but it always needs it. Unfortunately the people who lived there before trashed it and its all scratched up and looks bad. I have to clean it a LOT!

Not sure if you remember, but at one time were going to change all of our outlets in the house to white ones b/c they look better than the almond ones in our house. Well we decided to just change the ones in the kitchen b/c our kitchen is bright white (for now) including cabinets. The rest of the house was fine with the almond ones. Well, apparently they got bored over the weekend. They changed EVERY OUTLET COVER. Yes, I said cover, ONLY the cover. They look ridiculous b/c they have a white cover and almond switch part. Now we have to go through and chang everyone of them back. Ugh. That was definitely not in my schedule this week.

Well, readers! Had to get that off my chest! Thanks for listening!!

It's snowing!

Yay! We got up this morning and it was snowing! Unfortunately I don't think it will stick. Good thing I bought some new snow boots over the weekend!

Jamie....

Well, we visited Jamie over the weekend. She is very happy and looks very well. It was very weird listening to her talk about god so much and how she's been delivered from heroin, smoking, cussing, etc. We took some pics and instead of saying "Cheese" she said "Jesus". We all just kinda laughed. It seems like a very nice place. The live in a house 10 girls total right now and 3 staff. Then down the street is their school and a dorm like area where the men stay. Unfortunately it is in a very bad area. Jamie said their have been several drive-bys and the director was almost shot, but it hit his car door instead of him. She also said its pretty common to hear gunshots. Can you imagine.

Eric & I are realists, so we can't help but wonder what will happen when her year is up. She was talking about becoming an intern for the actual teenage part of it. I think she would be good at it. Honestly, I think she can never come back to this area (Indiana) and stay clean. I guess we'll just hope and pray (litteraly) that this sticks!

It's Friday....

The weekend is almost here. Yay!

First let me say, I'm saddened by the fact that Rupert got voted off Survivor last night. He was my favorite player, so I'm not sure who my favorite is now. I will have to do some research on it...

We are going to see Jamie this weekend and Danialle & Chadd will be joining us, so we are anxious about that. Apparently she is doing very good, so we'll see. It will be a nice weekend getaway since we are going on Saturday to do some outlet shopping before visitation

Lower-Abdominal Discomfort

Good morning readers. You are probably wondering about the title of my blog today. No, Aunt Flow didn't visit me. I am just having some crampy, upset stomach feelings. According to some of the articles I've read, this is common during ovulation. Maybe I'm releasing my egg. I'm not worried if I am, b/c we've been together every other day, so I know it will be fertilized if that's the case. I'm drinking a sprite right now (no Siera Mist available), but it doesn't seem to be helping too much. I do have some tylenol, but I don't think it's that bad. Just noticable. ha ha

Keep your fingers crossed and I'll keep you posted! I really hope this is the month for us (and Jennifer & Eric, too). PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! If the Fertility God is listening! Let this be the month for us!

Susie Homemaker

Last night Eric had a kick-off party in Indy, so I decided to be susie homemaker. I made some chocolate chip cookies. Now, mind you it's been a long time since I made homemade cookies. My first batch didn't turn out too well. I made my cookie dough drops too big and I ended up with a cookie sheet sided cookie. Oops. After that I made smaller scoops. Oh, I just thought of something, Jennifer got me a cookie scoop for my bridal shower that I could have used. OK, mental note to use that next time. Duh!

Ovulation, "Toys", Weekend, Calendar?, etc. etc. etc.

Eric & I officially starting trying this past Friday for month 4 of trying (as you can see at the side). According to the ovulation calculator we shouldn't start until Tuesday, but another couple of days on either end of the timeline can't hurt. Especially when you don't know when exactly you ovulate. I'm definitely keeping my fingers crossed and I'm sure my friends are too. And we are also hoping for Jennifer!

Same subject... Different Chapter... Another present I got on Friday was "The Ladybug". I liked it, but it wasn't what we were hoping for. It was a little larger than I anticipated and therefore covered a larger area, which inturn inhibited us from intercourse at the same time. I think we are going to end up going back to the bullet and sticking with that. However, if any of you have something that can do what I'm talking about, please share the name.

I got my hair highlighted and trimmed on Saturday and then we went to Home Depot and spent almost our entire gift certificate. It was a lot of fun though! Yesterday Eric did a little Plumbing 101 and installed our new faucet and the guard on our garbage disposal. So far no leaks! Other than that yesterday was pretty boring, I didn't even come out of my pajamas. It was nice though since the next few weeks are going to be crazy! Let's see....
- This weekend Nov 22-23 - Detroit to see Jamie (and Danialle & Chadd)
- Thanksgiving Nov 27-30
- A wedding the first weekend in December (6)
- Dec 13 - We are taking my sisters to Chicago to see Danialle & Chadd and just simply Chicago
- Dec 19-21 - I think Eric's parents are doing Christmas at our house
- Finally Christmas
- Then New Year's!
Wow! I guess you all didn't need my schedule through the end of the year, huh? ha ha

I'm sitting here waiting on Eric to get ready and thought I'd blog a bit. We are getting ready to head back to C'ville to get my hair highlighted and trimmed. Yay! It needs it. Then on to Home Depot to spend some gift cards!

Eric bought me some presents yesterday. First he got me some new glasses from Pier 1 Blue Drop Stemware and Cobalt Branded Glasses. We got these canisters earlier this week, too. I'm really excited about all of those since we are doing some more blue accents in our kitchen. He also got me this floral stem set from Bed, Bath and Beyond. You've probably seen them before, too. If you hadn't noticed we are doing somewhat of a wine theme in our kitchen now. ha ha

Well, we had a boring evening last night. Eric has Bacardi Red Hot Road Trip Thurs-Sat night, so he left last night right after Survivor. Speaking of Survivor, did you notice? First, they didn't even ask Rupert if he wanted to give immunity to someone else. Also, Eric thinks Rupert is going to be voted off next week. His reasoning is because on the previews for next week they said something about imutiny, which I guess means the ship over-throws the captain. Hmmm... I guess we'll have to wait until next week to see if Eric is right. ha ha

The weekend should be good. Tonight we probably won't be doing much since Eric has to go out again. Tomorrow I'm supposed to go to my parents house to see them and get my hair trimmed and highlighted. I'm kinda excited about that. I need something exciting for winter. Then we are going to head up to Home Depot in Indy and use our gift cards we got from Lendingtree.com. In case you didn't know, with using the real estate agent that lendingtree.com gave us $600 worth of Home Depot gift cards. No catch! We got them this week.

Re-organization

I decided to work and re-organize my blog since my boss is out for today and tomorrow. I added a new sidebar as you can see with some abbreviations. They are as follows: (although most of you already know)

LMP - Last Menstral Period
EDO - Estimated Day of Ovulation
ENP - Estimated Next Period
DOC - Days of cycle

I mostly did it for myself and the GWO girls since both Jennifer and I are trying and b/c the other 2 like to keep up with the happenings, too.

Speaking of happenings, nothing much is going on. We are going to starting trying this weekend and continue for about a week and a half to two weeks. So we'll see what happens. I'm a quater of the way through my year of trying before the doc looks into other measures... I try not to think about those though. Ugh. I guess when it's my time it will happen, but sometimes I wonder why we can't determine that. I mean it's our lives and we should know if we are ready or not. Kinda weird to think for so many years you TRY NOT to get pregnant, then it's so difficult when you actually TRY. Wonder if it's b/c of those people who don't try. The ones like so many I know that it happens accidentally. I know I was an accident. I was in my mother's womb during my mom and dad's wedding. Kinda makes me mad b/c Eric & I have tried to do everything right (besides the premarital sex) and then it seems to be sorta difficult. I guess I shouldn't complain too much though. We are only on our 4th month of trying (see to the right) and I'm sure there are many people that have tried many more months or maybe years and still haven't conceived. I guess there is always a positive to everything. Hmmm... I need to start remembering that... :)

Update

As you probably already know Aunt Flow visited me on Friday and it was horrible. For one thing she of course meant no baby this month and unfortunately she brought along some horrible cramps. I decided staying home was a good option for Friday. Mostly just b/c my cramps were so bad, but to be honest I was also a little disappointed. My body/mind played some tricks on me as you know. It turned out to be a really good thing to stay home. I got caught up on some much needed rest and just got to relax.

The weekend wasn't too bad otherwise. Saturday I went to see my grandparents while Eric was working at breakfast club. My cousin and parents ended up coming over, too, so it was a nice visit. Eric was dissappointed he wasn't able to come, then! Yesterday we went to the movies and saw "Elf". It was hilarious. I can't wait til it comes out on DVD and we buy it and watch it again! Definitely a must see in my opinion!!! After the movie I made some cinnamon raisin bread, then we went rollerblading and I did TaeBo. I didn't fall. I'm still not very good at it, but it's fun. At least since it's cold out I have to get all bundled up, so if I did fall, I'd have some padding. After that we did some work in the garage. Put all the halloween stuff back up in the attic, brought some of the x-mas stuff down. Now we aren't putting it up until after Thanksgiving, but since we were up there it was nice to get them down now.

I feel much better today after the long weekend. Refreshed and ready to get some stuff accomplished! After yesterday's exercising, Eric & I have decided to get back into doing some exercising. We hope to either walk or rollerblade until the snow comes. I am going to try to do TaeBo 3-4 times a week. And hopefully my stepper 3 times a week. I'm pretty dissappointed at the weight I've put on and we both need to get some motivation and do something besides sit on the couch.

On a side note, I organized all my scrapbooks. I also finished my GWO one this weekend, so I'm pretty excited about that, too! I might add a few small details later, but so far I feel pretty finished. How is everyone else doing on theirs?

Yesterday we went to see Matrix Revolutions. It was pretty good. Still not sure about the whole thought process behind it. Maybe it is b/c I have only seen parts of the first one. I may just watch that this weekend, so I can figure out the other two! ha ha

I've decided that Sierra Mist helps sickly stomachs. Yesterday after lunch (chick salad sand & broc cheese soup) my stomach was very upset and I was very gaseous! I drank a little sprite to no avail. However during I drank a Sierra Mist a little while later and my stomach felt much better. Hmmm.... And I can drink it while I'm pregnant!

Can't wait for the weekend. I finally get to do some relaxing, which I am very excited about. As of now, we have absolutely nothing planned. Yay! There is a home football game on Saturday, so the alarm will go off at 6:30 for Eric to go to breakfast club, but I can stay in bed!

So far no new symptoms today, but I'll keep you posted if anything new happens. Actually I feel pretty good today.

Fear Factor Symptoms...

Well, as you may or may not know I watch Fear Factor pretty regularly. There are usually 3 "stunts", first and last and usually just physical and the second one is usually the "gross" one. Last night's wasn't even that gross. Here's what it consisted of: Find 5 hissing roaches in this table full of dirty dishes and put them in this box, then drink a glass of lard and animal parts blended together, and then drink a glass of fear factor (aka rotten) milk. Well the first person who did it made me a little nauseous. As the second person did it, I decided I better go to the bathroom. I didn't end up puking, but I did have the #2s and was dry heaving (kinda), too... Eric's suspisions were confirmed last night. He's pretty sure I'm pregnant now. Isn't that weird though???

Too Early

Well, I broke down and took the test this morning against by usually better judgement. Of course it was negative, but it is still very early! And I was thinking I didn't start having these supposed "symptoms" until late last week, so if implantation occurred, it probably happened late last week... I'm not going to test again until Sunday for sure unless Aunt Flow visits on Saturday, which I really hope doesn't happen. Then I will totally freaked about these "symptoms"....

It's Monday. Had a horrible night of sleeping. In fact the whole weekend wasn't good for sleeping. Not sure why... Hmmm... Went to my grandparents house on Saturday and played some cards. I hadn't seen them in a while, so that is always nice. Yesterday we did a little shopping, boy that 50% off Halloween candy really got us! And it's not like we had a ton left over from Halloween. Just what we need, more candy! We did get a few things for Halloween next year so that was a plus! Speaking of... Did you all have very many ghosts & ghoblins? We had around 30. I was a little disappointed, but we had 3 times more than last year, so I was excited!

I still don't really have any pregnancy symptoms yet, but I have noticed a TRAUMATIC increase in my body temperature. I hope that means something. I haven't had much of an appetite either. We went to our usual Mexican yesterday and it just wasn't as good as I remembered it being a few weeks ago. Let me just say I am really anxious to test, but Eric is making me wait until probably next Sunday (when I would be late) before I test. I hope I get some more symptoms this week. :) I'll keep you posted on any other possible symptoms this week. Keep your fingers crossed!

I got some more pics for the scrapbook printed yesterday so I can work on finishing my scrapbook. Yay!

Finished Month 3 of Trying

Well, we just finished up our 3rd month of trying. I guess we will now in about 2 weeks (Nov 8) if it worked or not. We sure hope it did. We were very active in trying and tried then entire time just like we were supposed to. I have stopped drinking caffeine now again since over the weekend and I'm not going to go back. (I do have to through out the "temptation" iced tea at home yet). BUT I WILL tonight.

Worked on the scrapbook the last couple of nights and had a blast doing it. I need to print some pics from the honeymoon for Eric & My scrapbook, too and for the last 2 GWOs, so I might just take them to Payless again. It's almost cheaper to let someone elses do it rather than going through another ink cartridge.

Boy those printer people really getcha there don't they? Why didn't I think of that? ;)

Thought you might get a little chuckle out of this, too... Do your men ask you that many questions when you get back from GWO? Eric was asking me all types of questions over the weekend. I thought it was pretty funny, b/c I kept telling him it wouldn't be a GWO if I told him EVERYTHING that went on... He was getting a little frustrated. tee hee

Trying....

So far, we've done 2 days of trying this week. (1 day was for fun, but we still consider it trying). ha ha Still haven't replaced the bullet, probably won't for this week of trying. Today has been really weird, so I'm going to get a little personal. Today, I've had this major discharge. Occassionally I get it anyway, but it seems like a lot today. Thankfully we tried last night! We might even try tonight, too. We are definitely trying longer this time (thru next Tuesday). I think that was our problem the last 2 months. We tried the first few times, then got busy and didn't try through the end of the possible ovulation. Jennifer has this feeling like it will be this month for us. We hope so. I hope it is easy for her again, too. It would be so fun for us to be pregnant together.

Another thing I was thinking about... During our move to the new house, I starting drinking caffeinated drinks again (especially coke). Not a ton, but just not as much water as I should. I've been working on changing that this week. It's just so much easier to order a "coke" than look through the menu to find something decaffeinated. ha ha I always feel guilty about getting a coke afterwards and it bothers my stomach anyway, but it tastes soooo good.... I better do it now b/c I never know when implantation can occur...

Cravings

Isn't it weird what a person craves on certain days? I crave Mexican almost daily. Now it doesn't always sit well on my stomach, but it sure tastes good going down! I was thinking though. I have really weird cravings now, what will it be like when I get pregnant? Will I crave anything at all? Will Mexican make me sick? Hopefully I get to find out soon! I eat mexican several times a week. I'd say 2 times for lunch and usually 2 times for dinner. Sometimes I eat it for both lunch and dinner in one day.

Hmmmmmmm...........

Phases of the Moon

I did some researching on our moon phase charms on the internet also and found this Moon Phase Calendar. I think it is very accurate. Something that truely fascinated me is that I was born 4 days after a half moon and was married 3 days after a half moon. Isn't that kinda weird? I wonder if my kids will be born 3-4 days after a half moon.... Ms. Ava Chu has really got me interested in the moons now. I've always been fascinated with astrology. To this day I can't really find anything in the sky, but still fascinated by it. Speaking of connecting the stars, you can see the big dipper from our front porch. Eric found it the other night and showed it to me.

Wednesday(tomorrow) starts our 3rd month of trying to conceive. Of course we practiced on Sunday and may try tonight, too for the fun of it. I really hope it happens this month. We want to get pregnant and are very anxious about it. We are trying to be patient though, too. Don't want to get myself stressed out over it.

I will am currently trying my hand at photoshop trying to cut and paste pics from GWO, so when I get that finished, I will post it and e-mail it to the girls, too. We'll see how good I am at it!

Traumatic Experience...

I had a very traumatic even last night. Remember when I said our batteries were dead? Well..... The whole thing is literally SHOT! Unfortunately, we found out in the "heat of the moment"... Needless to say after the experience, we did some shopping "on-line" w/ fast service...

On another note, I am wearing one of my new outfits today. I couldn't wear my new dress pants to work b/c they needed to be hemmed and I didn't quite get around to that yesterday. I thought my cords and my red sweater was pretty good for today though. I'm probably not as dressed up as I should be BUT the department head is not here, so it's not a huge deal!

Spaghetti Factory Train... I did find a pic on the internet of the train at the spaghetti factory, so I can't wait to insert our pics onto it. As soon as I do it I will send it to all of you!

I'm becoming more of a housewife these days. I'm actually cooking supper on a regular basis. Planning it out on Sunday really helps. I definitely feel more motivated when I already have everything and know what I'm going to fix. I'm actually doing other things, too (cleaning, laundry, etc) if Eric doesn't beat me to it, which he does usually. Aren't you proud of me?

GWO is coming up this weekend. It starts early for Danialle and I b/c she is coming to my house on Thursday evening and we are going to eat Japanese and then make pumpkin rolls. Friday is the infamous Bridge Festival. Gotta get some fried veggies!! Yesterday, the weather said scattered showers for Friday, this morning it said sprinkles, and now it shows no rain! Yay! Gotta love that Indiana weather. With our luck it will snow! I am so ready for some girl time!! I know Eric is ready for some time to himself, too. Plus, I just love seeing my girls!

Did you know that October is National Orgasm Month according to Erotic University? Interesting!

Had an awesome weeking at Starved Rock for Amanda's wedding. Everything was very nice. They really needed a rehearsal, but as it was a Friday wedding already, it would have been even more difficult. I did post some pics for you all to check out when you get a chance.

Didn't conceive for the 2nd month of trying. I'm sure moving had something to do with that. We weren't too disappointed as at least now we can get a little more settled and moving was very stressful in itself. We'll see how next month goes. I should be ovulating somewhere between October 22-27. This month we will try "actively". ha ha

This week is going to be a crazy week. Tonight, Monday we are getting groceries and top soil (for around the pond). Tuesday we are going to get flat rock for around the pond. Wednesday, finish the pond. Thursday evening Danialle is coming over and we are going to eat Japanese and make pumpkin rolls. Then Friday starts the awesome GWO. Pics to come next Monday of that fun weekend.

Call my crazy, but I love my pond!!! We came home last night with 2 additions to my pond (at least my new pond). When Eric was cleaning the old pond out he found another baby fish that had been living in the top pond, which was neglected and fully of algae. I'm not sure how he made it, I guess it's a miracle. He was about 2 inches long and spotted. Not sure the mother and father, but hey! Another addition is a frog. We think it is from one of the tadpoles we got at the beginning of the Spring, so I'm kinda excited about that as well. I just hope he doesn't get scared and take off, but our new pond is just as nice if not nicer! I'm also excited b/c I think Eric has agreed to get some flatrock to put around it so it looks more "pond-like". I can't wait for everyone to see it. Although it's not finished yet, so really I can't wait until I get to see the finished product! ha ha I know you all think I'm crazy or maybe just a fish addict. I guess I could be addicted to worse things! No more fishies for me though. Having these 4 new additions has really made it crowded and the fact that they are growing so rapidly. I have 3 that are about a foot long or maybe a little longer. You'd think I was catching a whale when I caught them in the old pond to move them!

My favorite cousin-in-law is making this awesome DVD from our wedding video, which I am very excited about! No Pressure Chadd!

Eric's sister Amanda is getting married this weekend to her Erik. Should be a fun wedding. It is on a Friday, which I question, but whatever floats her boat! :) They are getting married at Starved Rock Lodge. Never been there, but it looks pretty nice. I'll post some pics next week. I guess the good thing about the Friday wedding is I get Friday off work. We are going up Thursday evening. What a month. I was off 3 days last week moving, 1 day this week for the wedding and 1 day next week for GWO. Speaking of... I'm VERY EXCITED about getting together with the girls and doing some shopping, eating, chatting, etc. I know we all need it!

BTW - as a side note my 15 year old sister is NOT, I repeat NOT pregnant!! Thank goodness! That really takes some weight off my shoulders. I think it opened her eyes up about responsibility and stuff, too. At least I hope!

Well, I got a few minutes from the busy-ness at work and thought I'd blog a little.

Tonight is our last official tie to 913 S 18th Street. Yay! I will be glad to be done with that house. I did enjoy it, don't get me wrong. Eric did propose to me in that house! I guess we came a long way in that house and have some very fond memories. Oh, and the work of putting the pond in last summer and now the work of transferring it to the new house. What a chore. So far though, no fish fatalities. I'll keep you posted of those though. tee hee

Work has been busy these days. Definitely makes the day go by faster though. I don't mind it.

Living in a subdivision has already been quite the experience...
1) Both of our neighbors have come over to meet us and all that, which was very nice. The neighbors on the right side keep coming over though. They just knock on the door and when we answer we invite them in and it's like they just come over to be nosey b/c they don't even have anything important to say or whatever. Hmmm...

2) As you may know we got our pond dug last Saturday. We notified the neighbor on the left and she said it was fine if they got in her yard, etc. We let her know if there was any tearing up that we would get it fixed (grass, dirt). She was fine with it. It rained Friday night so the guy made a dirty mess in our yard and what we later found out was more hers than ours. Needless to say, we HAVE to get a whatever it is that shows all our property lines and stuff. Anyway, early afternoon she, of course, came over to visit and said several people in the neighborhood had called her to tell her we were messing up her yard. Needless to say she brought us a large bag of birdseed... We didn't and still don't know how to take that...

3) Our neighbors on the right came over again last night and saw our fish and visited for what seemed like forever since we had so much to do. I suppose it was only like 30-40 minutes. Don't get me wrong. I think both neighbors are nice and probably just trying to befriend us and get to know us as we are neighbors. Sometimes it's a little annoying though. Gotta get used to many neighbors.

4) Since we have SOOOOO MUCH trash we put it out on Sunday evening even though our trash doesn't come until Tuesday. We had to get it out of the garage. Anyway, this morning we got up and noticed that it had been gone through. Nothing major, but it had definitely been gone through. It gets better though. When Eric was getting ready this morning, he noticed this guy loading a few things in his truck and take off. When Eric went out there, several bags had been opened and gone through. He hadn't made a mess, just gone through it. People amaze me. We never had that in town, which would seem more prevalant than out in a neighborhood. Who knows?! I guess people think we are getting rid of good stuff or something. Makes me wonder if they are scoping our place out though or just dumpster divers... I guess the moral is "If your trash doesn't come til Tuesday, don't put it out until Tuesday morning!"

It's Monday... The weekend ended up being really long as well. The pond didn't go as expected. We exchanged two pond liners and ended up with a preformed pond (which I don't mind). I had a minor miscalculation, well, okay I guess it was a little major. I wasn't really thinking as straight as usual. Yesterday alone after we finally got the pond in, we put about 55 (40 lb) bags of topsoil in and we still need at least that much more, but at least it is at a point where we can move the fish. All we have to do is wait until Eric gets paid and get a ton more dirt to fill in around it. That to me was the most major project of them all. I'm sure Eric might disagree, but then again, he might not...

Fortunately my husband is very anal and obsessed, so the house is basically finished! It definately doesn't look like we've only lived there a week. Unfortunately we've had some MAJOR situations that neither of us were very fond of. I stressed to him that we NEVER move again or at least next time I think I will leave for 2 weeks and then come home. Anyway, I think the worst is over. Now we can enjoy our new house (and pond).

Work has been a little more busy, too. Thank goodness. It actually was nice coming back to work after my moving vacation. I think we both needed a break from the house. We hope to be out of the old house completely Tuesday night and turn the keys in on Wednesday.

After a VERY long week, I am finally able to blog a little. We are pretty much moved in now. All we have left at the other house is mostly outside stuff (ie. plants, pond, mower, gardening supplies) and a few other things from the garage. We are also pretty much unpacked from our house. The only major mess we have at the moment is the living room and that is just b/c our entertainment center hasn't come, but it is going to be here today, so that will be cleaned up today, too. As you may or may not have noticed it's only like 8:00 am. I've been up since 6:30 this morning. I had to move a punch of landscape pavers from an area where our pond is going. The guy is supposed to come shortly to dig our pond for me. Unfortunately it rained yesterday evening, so I'm hoping its not too wet. Just my luck. My grandparents are coming over today to help Eric hang blinds and Peg is coming later to help me move rocks from the old pond and eventually the fish. Then tomorrow Eric's parents and sister, Amanda are coming over to see the house. I'll be glad when November gets here so I can just relax or at least kick back and enjoy our new house. Next weekend (10th) is Amanda's wedding, so we will be traveling to Illinois. Then the 17th, is GWO, which I might add I'm looking VERY forward to. I suppose that will be pretty relaxing. Then a week off, then Halloween, then a few weeks then Thanksgiving, etc. etc. etc. What a busy next couple of months!

About trying to conceive.... We did try a little this week at least before we moved. Once we hit the moving process, we were too exhausted to even think, let alone do the other... :) We are going to try a little this weekend, just in case I ovulated REALLY late and well, just do it in our new house. Sorry for the graphic details. I will say this... If I am pregnant, I feel awfully darn good. Besides being exhausted, but I blame that on the actual moving. Something is telling me that this month is not a keeper either.... I guess we'll see next week as I'm supposed to have Aunt Flow over on Saturday the 11th. :)

Also, I wanted to say that Jennifer & Eric are in our thoughts every day. I hope everything went well yesterday!

That's all for now. I have to figure out if the pond man is coming or not. Oh, a quick note.... Isn't it funny how you talk to people on the phone you get this "impression" or "picture" of what they might look like in person and then when you meet them, it's total opposite. How deceiving! Our pond guy has this really deep, husky voice and I was expecting him to be a big burly man, well, it turns out he's this little scranny guy. Anyway, kinda funny!

Well, today is the big day for the closing on our house. We are so excited. We close today at 2:00, but we are doing a final walk-thru at 1:00. I will be so glad when we can just start moving and unpacking. No more worm tunnels.

F-1 race yesterday was okay. Not as fun as the first year. This time it rained, hailed, then rained some more. Yuck. Thankfully, Eric though it was necessary to buy this expensive Mercedes umbrella when we first got there, that I sorta fought him over. I mean, we had plenty of umbrellas, but it ended up I was glad we bought it! And of course he let me know how great he was b/c he bought it! Well, I suppose he is anyway! ha ha

Have thought of Jennifer & Eric numerous times this weekend. My heart breaks for them. I know it must be hard. They have a ton of support and I'm sure that helps, too. You are in our thoughts!

Well, we will be leaving shortly. I probably won't blog again until Thursday when I get back to work, so enjoy the week!!

I've been at work for a while now. Faculty members aka Professors never cease to amaze me. Some of them are the greatest people. Then you have those who think they are better than everyone and have the "World owes me" type mentallity... Sometimes I just want to tell them to "Kiss it", but I don't. I'm too nice and I just suck it up and smile. Inside I'm telling them though.

Eric & I are now going to the F-1 race. Don't get me wrong. It is special between us. It was our first date 2 years ago, but call me whiny! It's going to be like 50 degrees on Sunday and on top of that we have a TON of packing still left to do. Oh well. I'm sure we need a break away from the house.

Survivor Fans.... What about this Osten guy? What a whiny butt! I mean talk about everyone feeling sorry for him. Skinny Ryan may not have looked like he had the strength, but I think he had a better game attitude. And can I just say, give it up for Blackbeard, from my home state Indiana! GO RUPERT! Drake would not be as far if it weren't for him! Survivor is one of the few reality shows I watch. If I get time I watch Fear Factor, but ONLY for the middle stunt where they have to usually eat something or do something really disgusting. I don't get into the physical stunts.

Well, I'm going to play around with my site again. Hope I don't mess anything up again. Maybe more after lunch!

Well, I'm sitting here playing with my blog (doesn't that sound funny) this morning. I'm working on changing it. Still learning though! Been up for a while as Eric had a meeting, so he had to get up early and of course once the alarm has sound, there is no returning to sleep for me. I don't mind though. I've been feeling kinda yucky all week. I suppose its nerves. I hope I'm not getting sick. We have to do some major packing this weekend to get everything ready for Monday. I can't believe we are finally getting our own home. We are both so excited. Unfortunately neither one of us has been overly motivated to pack more stuff up, but at least know we don't have a choice. As I look back, we probably should have done some this week. Eric has breakfast club tomorrow morning and I have Ashlee's soccer game to go to. We were going to go to the F-1 race on Sunday (our first date 2 years ago), but decided we better stay home and pack instead.

More later. I have to go to work now....

What a morning.... It's raining and has been all morning since before I got out of bed this morning. I guess I shouldn't have even got out of bed.... I just got some news that there is a good possibility that my youngest sister is pregnant. I don't know anymore of the details, but can I just say STUPID! Ever seen that show on lifetime "Fifteen & Pregnant"? Well, she is right on! Now, I haven't heard the words directly from her mouth, but I'm sure she is ashamed to tell me. I'm buying her prenatal pills and giving them to her, b/c I'm sure no one is guiding her in the right direction through this ordeal.

Anyway, why is it that I only have motivation to exercise when I'm at work? Is it b/c I really can't? For some reason have this motivation to NEVER use elevators during the times of 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Needless to say, today I climbed 5 flights of stairs and it is just lunch time. What will this afternoon bring? Hopefully no more stairs. And on my way across campus numerous elderly men were standing around passing out new testaments. Of course I picked myself up one. But many people were not. It amazes me that people are so rude. I mean seriously, just take it and if you don't want it, throw it away. I'm not doing that with mine, but well..... Nevermind...

Still packing everything up. Nothing new in that area. Eric, however, has agreed to let me hire someone to dig a hole for my pond, so I am EXSTATIC about that. Now all we have to do is put a liner in and move all the rocks, which isn't as bad as the manual labor of digging. Ugh.

Worms.... My life/house has become very similar to that of a worm. As we pack more of our belongings up, more of these tunnels form throughout our house leading us from room to room. I will be so glad when all this is behind us and we can enjoy our new home.

The weekend was good. My parents came up on Friday and helped us move a load from our current house to Eric's promotion storage. Then we took them to peek in the windows of our new house and finally got some Penn Station before parting ways. Saturday, we did some packing in the morning and then had a wedding to go to. I actually went to both IBC & Northwood with Lindsey. We don't really know Nathan very well. Very nice wedding though. Yesterday was major packing. We almost cleared the entire basement. All we have left is the liquor and some glasses to finish wrapping in paper. Unfortunately we ran out of boxes though, so we had to stop.

can see that this week is going to be quite hectic already. Tuesday and Friday I have receptions for school. Tonight we have errrands to run. Thursday is Survivor. Fortunately it doesn't start until 8. Besides the home football game this weekend (promotion Friday night, Saturday morning and night), we should get it knocked out pretty easily. On top of that, I'm ovulating late this week into the weekend, so in between loading boxes, we have to try making a baby. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.....

Well, the week is almost over.... My cousin Jamie leaves today to go to a place in Michigan to hopefully straighten herself out. I have some mixed feelings about it. I'm really glad she is going and I hope it knocks some sense into her. I guess it really hasn't set in with me or something. I mean I haven't really even talked to her many years anyway, so I guess it won't really affect my seeing or talking to her. I know Danialle and several people on "that side" are pretty upset about it. Don't get me wrong I understand. I mean they see her more than I do and they really won't get to see her for a year. They can visit her, but Michigan is quite a long haul to visit someone for an hour or so. I actually really enjoyed being around Jamie when we got together for Danialle's birthday. She seemed better. I think. I just hope she isn't pulling the wool over everyone's eyes again. I guess I've become pretty hard towards her. She has hurt me quite a bit. I mean we used to be best friends and it's upsetting to see what she has turned herself into. I hope she is going to Michigan for personal reasons and not just b/c she HAS TO. Jamie and I used to be best friends. Drugs ruined that. I hope when she gets back/better, we can be friends again. Although I am pretty sure they can NEVER be like we used to be. Sad to say.

Ok. Enough about sad stuff. It's happy days. I just keep saying that Jamie is going there for the right reasons and they will help her get better and more she wants to get better. Let's just hope I'm not lying to myself. ha ha

House---The packing is progressing. Decided to get a storage unit, which Eric got today, for all of his promo stuff. That will save us some room in the garage AND its a tax write-off, so we aren't really spending much. It's also close to our new house. We got our home insurance taken care of today, too. So far everything is running VERY smoothly. I have actually been very calm during this ordeal. I was REALLY stressed at first and Eric & I fought some, so I relaxed and now it's going smoothly. It's amazing how stressfull house hunting can be. Ugh. I'm so calm now Eric is almost worried... Hmmm.....

We found out today that we officially close on our house September 29 at 3:00 pm. Yay! I just hope everything goes smoothly.

Check out the pictures link (on the right) periodically. I think I figured out how to get some pics on here. We'll see if it works... I copied the idea from Jennifer. (Thanks!) Good idea though. Why not take advantage of EVERYTHING that is free!

Well, it's short today. I gotta finish up stuff from work. More later!

WE FINALLY GOT APPROVED FROM THE LOCAL BANK!!! (Huntington Mortgage)

The weekend...
All in all it was good. I think we both finally got a little sleep. We found out on Friday that the sellers made a counter offer, but it was still an awesome deal, so we accepted it. Now is the fun part.... The closing. And better yet, the moving... We are pre-approved with one place, but we were talking to a local bank that has better everything. We are already pre-qualified with the local one and should have been pre-approved on Friday. Now, here it is Tuesday morning and we still don't know anything. The guy says there won't be any problems, but what the heck is taking so long? We are supposed to close on September 29, so keep your fingers crossed. I hope its not as messy as the first part... Ugh... Last night we went to HH Gregg and ordered all of our appliances for our new house and of course the much needed 57" big screen projection TV and then of course the new entertainment center... Boys and their toys?!?! Although secretly I will enjoy it, too.

In-Laws....
Eric's parents came over this weekend and purchased several things for us for our new house. Much thanks to them!! We very much appreciate it!!

On the baby subject....
Well, you may or may not know, I did start my period this month as I suspected I would. So, here's the good and the bad of trying this month. We are going to try by all means. The bad part is that I should be ovulating somewhere between the 24th-29th, right in the begining of the moving process. So during breaks, we have to attempt to conceive. The good part is that besides building a pond, I won't be doing a whole lot of moving (ie, lifting heavy things, etc.) I should and I do mean should know the results by GWO October 17-19. Unless my body is like Jennifer's and won't tell me until several weeks later.

Nothing more to report... More later!

Well, Danialle has talked me into starting this. Hopefully I will be able to keep it up....

Things going on in my life.....

House----We made an offer on a house Wednesday, Sept 10. We were supposed to hear something last night, Thurs, Sept 11, but didn't. We hope to hear something today. Ugh. I hate waiting. I'll let you know what we find out though.

Babies----Well, this is our first month trying. I was supposed to start this week (Sept 11), but haven't. I don't think I'm pregnant as I'm not having any symptoms. I figure two things....
1) My cycle isn't on track yet.
2) It has been a stressful week with the house hunting stuff.

I'll keep you posted on that, too. More later