Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Years Resolutions

2012 New Year's Resolutions:

Numero Uno...Get Pregnant

Number 2...Be Kind(er), have more patience

Number 3...eat healthier. Documenting Weight December 31, 2011: 155 lbs. (period, after eating, mid-day)
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Met with our fertility FNP this past Thursday...everything is ready for us to start making a baby in 2012. Vitamins are correct. No more charting BBT or buying OPK's. She will use ultrasound and my period length only. If we run into problems, we'll looking into BBT and OPK's, but hoping that will not happen.

Job is going well.

Christmas was spent at work. My Wife and I opened gifts on Christmas Eve. She got me a black down vest from Eddie Bauer I've been wanting. Also a beautiful hand painting with photo. She got me some cute ear rings, a ring, and a stocking full of nicky nacks. She's the best and most thoughtful gift giver. I love that in the millions of reasons I adore her. I got sick the week before Christmas, and am just now fully recovering. I was miserable and had to take a Z-pak. I ate dinner with my friend DS Chrismtas night, because my Wife was back home with her family. I felt horrible so we didn't stay long, at the Waffle House. I came home and watched Christmas Vacation and fell asleep.

NYE we are going to west TN to my Wife's aunt's house. This is where we went two years ago and had a great time. I'm looking forward to 2012. 2011 was a year of ups and downs...Gram passed was the lowest of the year, but our wedding/reception was the highest. Lots of changes with my job. I am ready for 2012...I don't know that I've looked forward to a year more than this one. Planning our baby is SO exciting to me, minus the daunting task of picking out a donor.

CHEERS!









Sunday, December 11, 2011

Hockey Game

The doctor I worked with for the past 3 years (Sales Rep job) called me Saturday morning to see if the Wife and I would like to go to the hockey game that night. His wife wanted to go to another event so they wouldn't be going. I asked if I could discuss with the Wife and give him a call back. My Wife was still in the waking up stage of the morning but I went to her bedside and asked if she'd like to go. We had already made plans to go Christmas shopping, but after discussing, we could just change which mall we went to and still get things accomplished. I called the doctor back and told him we'd take them! He said he would leave them in his mailbox, he later text me he moved them under the snowman on their front porch so the mailman wouldn't take them.

We went downtown to the mall for a quick Christmas shopping stop, then to Whole Foods to use some of the BOGO and FREEBIE coupons I had received from my Wife's friend in Wisconsin for gluten free food. www.getmeglutenfree.blogspot.com We took in the free samples the store offered and perused each aisle discovering new foods and wondering how we would like different things. I love that store, and wish we could afford to buy our groceries from there 100% of the time. That just can't happen.

We took the groceries home then drove out to the doctors house to pick up the tickets. In the meantime the doc had text me there would be 4 tickets in the envelope. We started texting some friends asking if anyone would like to go. Everyone had plans or were out of town. I finally told my Wife I was going to ask CJC if she wanted to go. I follow her on twitter, because she's a singer. She's the daughter and granddaughter of musical legends. She loves sports, and she's overall a kick-ass girl. I sent her a DM and also a tweet. She responded she wanted to go. WOW! What better place to MIRL a twitter-friend? She brought a guy-friend with her that she's known since middle school. I was calmer than I thought I'd be...and I never mentioned anything about her family or her royalty bloodline. I am so starstruck, but I did well, I think. Why I get such a kick out of feeling like I "know" celebrities, I have know clue. Maybe a therapist could shed some light on that.

I am getting excited for Christmas!

I have not forgotten to chart my BBT once! So far it looks to be consistent with what my temp is "supposed" to do each month. I hope I am consistent each month so we can narrow our "window" down.

Our work department volunteered to gather new clothes for a needy family for Christmas. I volunteered to take care of the scarves (four girls). I usually don't donate for things like this, but something was pulling at my heartstrings to help someone less fortunate than myself this year. It made me feel good. I hope the girls like the scarves.

Speaking of scarves, my MIL got me a genuine lambswool Burberry scarf for my birthday. I.LOVE.IT!! I've wanted one ever since I walked into my first Burberry store in Chicago about four years ago. Such a classic item to have in a wardrobe. I'll have to be careful to store it so that moths don't get into it.

Friday, December 2, 2011

BBT

I started tracking my BBT yesterday, as instructed by the chart. 96.63 for the first two days. My chart doesn't go below 97 degrees, but I extended the lines down the page and made it work. I am curious to see how much my temperature rises closer to ovulation.

I survived my first week as a full time employee. I now have benefits. It's very bittersweet for me. I am going to miss my days off...but I love knowing I have GOOD health insurance, a dental plan, and life insurance. We are getting a new group of docs after the first of the year. The new changes they will bring make me nervous but I am going to rely on my good work ethic and hope it pays off to keep my job.

We are going Christmas shopping this weekend, and also going to decorate for the holidays. I love this time of year. I will be working Christmas day this year, which will be much different than the past three years. I get off a day later in the week, and also an additional day within 90 days of the holiday. Yay! Oh wait...I'll probably be sitting in the dentist chair getting a crown and 4 cavities fixed. Ugh!

I love my wife.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, and HAPPY HANUKAH!