I don't think I've mentioned this but I finally got my lazy ass to a Lifelab to get my PCOS bloodwork done. What a pain! After finding out I had to sit at the lab for 2 hours I downloaded"Made of Honor" from itunes to watch on my iPod. Watching the movie took up most of the time so the wait wasn't that bad. I also called to get my requisition for a second Sonohystogram which I'll do at the beginning of December. I'm being so productive!!
Also...We've found a new sofa that we both agree on. We didn't even fight in the store! It's simple, not expensive and in a colour that is similar to the couch we have now. It's perfect for us because it has a chaise but it's removable. The chaise has been a big issue because I do not like them. This way we can put the sofa in different positions rather than committing to a left or right chaise and if I don't want it on at all it can be removed and replaced by a square cushion. yay!
JDZ: Two Moms, One Toddler
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Cleaning
I'm taking a break from cleaning. I've completely torn the Kitchen apart. D is freaking out because whenever I clean it looks like a tornado has struck before it gets better. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing but I think I like getting rid of things more than acquiring them. I'm throwing out so much stuff (including cough syrup with an expiry of 2005- yuck!??!).
I've also attacked our closet and we're donating half of what was in there. We have way too much clothing. Most stay folded by the washer/dryer and never get put away because there is no room where they belong. There's room in the closet now but that's only half the battle. I still have our large dresser which is busting out it's so full of summer clothes. I'm sure we can donate most of it. Again, I'm sure the summer clothes we wore this year are on the 3rd floor in a pile waiting to be put away.
Back to work... before I get in trouble.
I've also attacked our closet and we're donating half of what was in there. We have way too much clothing. Most stay folded by the washer/dryer and never get put away because there is no room where they belong. There's room in the closet now but that's only half the battle. I still have our large dresser which is busting out it's so full of summer clothes. I'm sure we can donate most of it. Again, I'm sure the summer clothes we wore this year are on the 3rd floor in a pile waiting to be put away.
Back to work... before I get in trouble.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
NYC...!!
I'm not sure if it was the scent of Wanda's Belgian Waffles pouring onto Yonge Street or going to see Idina Menzel at The Music Hall but D and I had NYC on our minds Friday. Not a good thing! We started talking about going in December and then all of a sudden we had a hotel and car booked. We're going to NYC for Christmas!!!!. I'm thrilled! I've always wanted to see the lights and decorations but for some reason we've never been in late November or December. I'm also hoping we'll get to see Fuerzabruta. I can't wait! Oh, and we're staying in the City. D would never have agreed if it meant commuting from NJ again. That sucked (the commuting part - not NJ).
As for the Idina Menzel show. Idina Menzel was in both RENT and Wicked so she has a following of some really insane fan girls. The BEST part of the show was when the audience started to "MOOOOO" and she responded with "Fuck YOOOUUUUUUU". Mooing is a RENT reference and I'm certain she is so sick of RENT and people mooing at her! The only reason I agreed to go was because D wanted to. She has a goal of seeing all of the Original Broadway Cast of RENT. That may sound obsessive but she isn't all fan girl about it. She only has one cast member left to see, Taye Diggs - Idina Menzel's husband who is currently on Private Practice. Hopefully he'll be on Broadway again soon so we can get this over with.
As for the Idina Menzel show. Idina Menzel was in both RENT and Wicked so she has a following of some really insane fan girls. The BEST part of the show was when the audience started to "MOOOOO" and she responded with "Fuck YOOOUUUUUUU". Mooing is a RENT reference and I'm certain she is so sick of RENT and people mooing at her! The only reason I agreed to go was because D wanted to. She has a goal of seeing all of the Original Broadway Cast of RENT. That may sound obsessive but she isn't all fan girl about it. She only has one cast member left to see, Taye Diggs - Idina Menzel's husband who is currently on Private Practice. Hopefully he'll be on Broadway again soon so we can get this over with.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Catching Up
This weekend has been amazing. We've been doing what we want to do on our schedule! It's great that we've made plans to do so many things lately but it's exhausting. We have 1 more concert to go to and then we've used up the stack of event tickets we've been holding onto. Last weekend was insane. We drove to Auburn Hills (Detroit) to see New Kids on the Block on Saturday night and then came back first thing Sunday morning so we could see SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE in Toronto. Both shows were fun but it left me exhausted for Monday morning! On top of all of that running around this week was not kind to me. I had to work late Tuesday and Wednesday night and then we had tickets to A Chorus Line on Thursday. Needless to say I was so happy by the time Friday came around!
I've been mindlessly blogging for the last little while because I felt too overwhelmed with things that were not going right for us. I was so sick of donor issues and also sick of the problems with my BIL. We have updates on all of the above including a half-ass attempt at trying this cycle. Basically BIL is still not talking to us. It's been over a month and a half since we've heard from him our seen the children. It's breaking my heart but there's nothing we can do and I feel that my MIL is being heartless about it. She'll call and tell us how she's seen the kids or that she took my nephew to a football game. Clearly she doesn't get how much it hurts us that we've been cut out. D has also finally admit that she is upset with her brother and "is not talking to him". We're making no attempt at contact - through Facebook, e-mail or calling.
As for trying this month - we called the clinic and set up our Day 3 monitoring but ended up canceling it after we found out our donor is no longer available. This was the donor we used our last attempt which was a chemical pregnancy so I really felt like "he was the one" and the next time we tried we'd get pregnant. I've been on break for 3 months and in that time I've done nothing to improve my odds. I could have gone on Metformin and I could have lost weight but I didn't. I kept thinking that we were going to use a KD and the "fresh stuff" would be the ticket to getting pregnant. Since our KD (both of them) fell through I at least thought if we tried using the same protocol as our last anonymous donor attempt we'd have a shot. Now without him as well I felt like we'd just be wasting more money and energy on something that wouldn't work.
The good news is that we've selected our next donor and we both really like him. We ended up switching to Xytex because we couldn't agree on another Fairfax donor. Apparently we used the only 3 donors at Fairfax we'd even consider. D likes this new guy a lot because he's left handed like her.
I hate this process so much. The fact that during our time TTC 2 of the donors we've used are now sold out brings up the issue of buying for the future and not just the present. We've already been down this path and I hate that we're on it again. When we first started TTC we bought 8 vials of donor #1. We ended up using 5 and selling back 3. At that point we were using 2 vials per try and try #5 would have used up 2 of our final 3 leaving 1 vial for a future pregnancy. We felt we had no other choice but to sell back and start over with a new donor. At that point we decided to buy "one attempt at a time" and then once pregnant we'd buy several and put them in storage. In retrospect I'm glad we did this because had I bought another grouping of vials only to find out 3 months later our donor would be sold out I'd feel like we were right back to the situation with donor #1.
I guess our issue is that we need to become more disconnected with the anonymous donor we choose. Unfortunately we've already become attached to the donor we hope to use next and I'm not even certain he is available. After 30 minutes and just by reading his essay I was able to identify him "in real life". I always wondered how people were able to find their donors. Clearly Xytex provides more information than Fairfax because it was pretty easy.
Anyway... we're trying to fit a try in December. Our clinic is closed for 2 weeks but my cycle will start in November so I think we'll be able to fit an attempt in. FX.
As for what I'm doing to improve my odds? Well, I'm going on Metformin and I'm cutting carbs. I'm going to be a cranky bitch!!
I've been mindlessly blogging for the last little while because I felt too overwhelmed with things that were not going right for us. I was so sick of donor issues and also sick of the problems with my BIL. We have updates on all of the above including a half-ass attempt at trying this cycle. Basically BIL is still not talking to us. It's been over a month and a half since we've heard from him our seen the children. It's breaking my heart but there's nothing we can do and I feel that my MIL is being heartless about it. She'll call and tell us how she's seen the kids or that she took my nephew to a football game. Clearly she doesn't get how much it hurts us that we've been cut out. D has also finally admit that she is upset with her brother and "is not talking to him". We're making no attempt at contact - through Facebook, e-mail or calling.
As for trying this month - we called the clinic and set up our Day 3 monitoring but ended up canceling it after we found out our donor is no longer available. This was the donor we used our last attempt which was a chemical pregnancy so I really felt like "he was the one" and the next time we tried we'd get pregnant. I've been on break for 3 months and in that time I've done nothing to improve my odds. I could have gone on Metformin and I could have lost weight but I didn't. I kept thinking that we were going to use a KD and the "fresh stuff" would be the ticket to getting pregnant. Since our KD (both of them) fell through I at least thought if we tried using the same protocol as our last anonymous donor attempt we'd have a shot. Now without him as well I felt like we'd just be wasting more money and energy on something that wouldn't work.
The good news is that we've selected our next donor and we both really like him. We ended up switching to Xytex because we couldn't agree on another Fairfax donor. Apparently we used the only 3 donors at Fairfax we'd even consider. D likes this new guy a lot because he's left handed like her.
I hate this process so much. The fact that during our time TTC 2 of the donors we've used are now sold out brings up the issue of buying for the future and not just the present. We've already been down this path and I hate that we're on it again. When we first started TTC we bought 8 vials of donor #1. We ended up using 5 and selling back 3. At that point we were using 2 vials per try and try #5 would have used up 2 of our final 3 leaving 1 vial for a future pregnancy. We felt we had no other choice but to sell back and start over with a new donor. At that point we decided to buy "one attempt at a time" and then once pregnant we'd buy several and put them in storage. In retrospect I'm glad we did this because had I bought another grouping of vials only to find out 3 months later our donor would be sold out I'd feel like we were right back to the situation with donor #1.
I guess our issue is that we need to become more disconnected with the anonymous donor we choose. Unfortunately we've already become attached to the donor we hope to use next and I'm not even certain he is available. After 30 minutes and just by reading his essay I was able to identify him "in real life". I always wondered how people were able to find their donors. Clearly Xytex provides more information than Fairfax because it was pretty easy.
Anyway... we're trying to fit a try in December. Our clinic is closed for 2 weeks but my cycle will start in November so I think we'll be able to fit an attempt in. FX.
As for what I'm doing to improve my odds? Well, I'm going on Metformin and I'm cutting carbs. I'm going to be a cranky bitch!!
Friday, October 24, 2008
The Weekend
I would normally say "TGIF" but I had so much work to do this week it would be nice if it was still Wednesday. A Pro and Con of my job is that I work pretty much on my own schedule. I do not have a shift or any set time to be at work as long as I make my meetings and meet my deadlines. I can also work from home whenever I need to. Sometimes this works out well but other times (like now) when a number of deadlines collide it's exhausting. So, it's Friday night and I'll probably be up past midnight and we have a really busy weekend!
Anyway, we have a car this weekend - a Dodge Caliber. After driving the Yaris it feels like a TANK. I wasn't very happy getting this car. I was hoping for a Ford Focus. Oh well. I won't complain yet. That will be after I fill up the tank!
Also, I'm feeling a lot like AF is on its way. I was hoping I had until next week because I haven't made it for my Bloodwork. First it was avoidance and then it was being too busy at work. September and October have been crazy. I'll call on Monday to get myself set-up and I'll do my first round of bloodwork Tuesday and the second Wednesday. I may be back in the game!!
Anyway, we have a car this weekend - a Dodge Caliber. After driving the Yaris it feels like a TANK. I wasn't very happy getting this car. I was hoping for a Ford Focus. Oh well. I won't complain yet. That will be after I fill up the tank!
Also, I'm feeling a lot like AF is on its way. I was hoping I had until next week because I haven't made it for my Bloodwork. First it was avoidance and then it was being too busy at work. September and October have been crazy. I'll call on Monday to get myself set-up and I'll do my first round of bloodwork Tuesday and the second Wednesday. I may be back in the game!!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening is closing on Broadway and it's not alone. The following shows are all closing/have closed:
RENT
Title of Show
Spamalot
Xanadu
Hairspray
Legally Blonde
A curious note was posted with the article on Playbill.com:
And while our Broadway run will come to an end this January, Spring Awakening will continue to touch audiences across the country, through our national tour, and around the world, with productions soon to open in London, Vienna, Toronto, Helsinki and Seoul."
Are we getting our own sit down production? I had assumed that Mirvish was bringing it as a part of a National Tour and it would only be here for a couple of months. Interesting if true but another failure for an attempt at a long running show. I doubt it will last. It's too bad we didn't get Wicked like Chicago. That would have lasted for a few years.
Spring Awakening Original Broadway Cast - GAP Ad
RENT
Title of Show
Spamalot
Xanadu
Hairspray
Legally Blonde
A curious note was posted with the article on Playbill.com:
And while our Broadway run will come to an end this January, Spring Awakening will continue to touch audiences across the country, through our national tour, and around the world, with productions soon to open in London, Vienna, Toronto, Helsinki and Seoul."
Are we getting our own sit down production? I had assumed that Mirvish was bringing it as a part of a National Tour and it would only be here for a couple of months. Interesting if true but another failure for an attempt at a long running show. I doubt it will last. It's too bad we didn't get Wicked like Chicago. That would have lasted for a few years.
Spring Awakening Original Broadway Cast - GAP Ad
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Winter Solstice
I'm starting to plan my lantern for this years Festival of Lights. I really wanted to go all out and make a very detailed lantern. I've decided on making a fantail goldfish like the ones below. I think I may be biting off more than I can chew but we'll see if I can do it! I can't wait to get started and will post my progress.
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