All D's: June 2006

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

more pictures

It occured to me that I should share pictures of the people in my life too. So here are my 2 men. Notice there are no pictures of me. That's because I'm generally holding the camera. :)

Penny and Calvin are buddies. They play together daily, despite Penny outweighing Calvin by about 55lbs. Calvin has sharp claws just in case Penny gets carried away, which also happens on a daily basis.
They don't know or care that dogs and cats aren't supposed to get along. Or maybe they do and they are saying "screw you" to the dog and cat world. Kind of like an old woman marrying a young beefcake or something.

Friday, June 23, 2006

OMG I'm a major bitch!

Ok, so I started Clomid this month. I know it can have side effects, but I thought it would only be WHILE I was taking it!! I'm on cd 12 now and feeling fully like a bitch! What's up with that? One second I'm depressed, then I'm crying, laughing, yelling. I'm all over the place!
The stress of TTC in general could be playing a part plus I usually have mood swings before o, but not like THIS!
I went to my favorite group this morning and couldn't even really jump in and have a good time. I was just feeling so down and then I'd go from being annoyed to depressed. This has GOT to stop soon. ;(

Thursday, June 22, 2006

ho hum

I feel like writing, but I am finding myself pretty boring. Ah well, nobody has to read it but me, right?
I joined Weight Watchers on Monday. I've been putting it off because I *knew* I would get pregnant any day now, and why bother! But, considering we've now officially been TTC for 233 days (ask me how I feel about that!!!) and I'm still not pg, despite one loss - I figured I might as well get on with my life.
I've been doing pretty good on it so far and think I've already lost some weight. (ok a pound, but still!) Despite being hungry, it's bearable. I can eat whatever I want, it's the portions that matter. I actually didn't feel hungry too much today, so I think I'm doing alright. I don't have a TON of weight to lose, but I'd be thrilled to lose 20 - 25 lbs.
Of course, I'm going to get pg *any day now* and probably won't get a chance to lose that much. ;) (hey - it's my blog! I can dream and fantasize all I want!)

Speaking of TTC, does anyone else feel infinitely stupid each month going to the store for tampons and HPTs? I always feel ridiculous. Thank goodness for self check- out lanes.

Going on another vacation next week, you know the kind I mentioned in my last vacation post - the regular not really a vacation but more like an ordeal - vacation. You know what I'm talking about. Anyway, it won't be bad, we'll probably have fun. I'll get to see my 2 neices and that is definitely a high spot. D will get to see his family as well. If BIL and his gf go it will be even better, because we are friends and Squishy loves them.
Squishy will have an audience to laugh at him and spoil him and he might actually enjoy performing for them like a trick pony; unlike when he was younger.
Poor kid. I always left family gatherings feeling like I'd given birth to what other people saw as a circus dog or something. "Here, push this box around" "Try this turkey flavored soda - oh look he made a bad face" (hysterical laughter)"Show SOandSO how you can..."
Proud grandparents for sure!

D is working his tailbone off so he can take off yet again for this trip next week. Squishy cries uncontrollably when he leaves every morning. It breaks my heart. After about 15 minutes he gives up and finally accepts whatever diversion I'm offering. I'm trying to get through to D that Squishy needs to see him more. He really misses him. Things were G R E A T between us last week and even after we got home from vacation, but the last couple days things have been off. Maybe it's just adjusting back to normal life or something.
I'm not feeling really happy about it for some reason, could just be that I'd rather be on the beach or could be hormones from the Clomid or impending O, or could be that husband needs to be more thoughtful, appreciative and romantic.
I'll figure it out, but sitting here on the computer is probably not helping things. He takes forever to read the paper, but I think he might be almost done.

Wow - that really was boring.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

:)

Darren emailed me from work today to say that he got a promotion! Yay!!
The promotion comes with a 5% raise. :) He received a 7% raise in February, so this has been a pretty good year for him.
I'm so proud. :)

Saturday, June 17, 2006

blissful beach

Vacations are awesome. Well, this vacation was awesome.
Usually our vacations suck for one reason or another. The reason usually being that we go somewhere lame; like my parents or D's parents because they are all begging to see us again. (not that we don't love our family and all that, but for a vacation it's not the most fun time...)

Well not this time. :) We went to Florida. Destin to be exact. We went with D's brother A, and his girlfriend C. Oh yeah, FIL came too, for most of the weekdays. I'm sure he thinks I'm an alcholic housewife now, but hopefully not.
Anyway, it was great. Great doesn't really describe it that well, but hey, I just came off a week of drinking and sunbathing, my brain hasn't geared back up into normal speed yet.