Update with Pics

So I'm back with pics.

First of all let me say that my appointment went well.
My lining for what its worth was 4.
I don't know my E2 because the nurse (who just returned from vacation today) forgot to call and give it to me.
So I sent her a sweet short e-mail and I will expect her call in the morning.
Grrrr.

Anyway, on to my beauties!
I'm so in love with these appliances is a bit comedic.
The dishwasher that came with the house looked great on the outside, but we soon discovered it wasn't working.
I have this habit I can't go to bed with dishes in the sink.
So everynight while I cook dinner, while the food is on the stove I would wash the dishes.
Usually by the time I was done cooking I had already cleaned all the pots and pans I used to cook.

No more washing dishes!!!

Our washing machine was a clunker.
It would hop forward depending on what you were washing.
No the clothes inside didn't need balancing, that's just how this washing machine rolled.
It would clank so loud you had to turn the tv up all the way or shout to have a conversation.

No more clunky washing machine.

The dryer was fine.
We could have kept it.
But the deal was sweeter if we took it.
Saved $375 at Home Depot's President's Day sale.
Wrap it up, I'll take it!

And here in all there beauty are our appliances.
Minus the washing machine of course because if you remember from here, I refused delivery.
We decided not to go with a front load washer.
I had one in my old apartment and I hated the way water would stay in the barrel.
You would have to leave the door open after washes for it to evaporate.
If you were careful the door would get mold on the rubber.

LG and a few other models have completely metal rims now.
Those that do have rubber have upgraded to a kind that doesn't carry mold, but meh.
I checked on consumer report and I decided to go with good old built in America Maytag.
It had the best ratings for top load washers.
I'll update later on how it runs.

Isn't she a beauty? (in my best Aussie voice)

Tons of Excitement

I'm so damn excited today!!
I'll be making another post with pics later but for now this is a short one.
Guess what arrived yesterday?
Our new appliances!!!

I know, domesticated, aren't I?
But seriously I was as happy as a pig in mud yesterday.
It was as if Christmas came early.

Hubs and I took advantage of the really good President's Day sale this past weekend and got ourselves a bunch of stuff.
We got a new washer, dryer and dishwasher!
Praise the Lord!
Ahhhh *cue the heavenly music*

Of course just as they were wheeling in the washing machine it fell off the dolly.
So I refused delivery and a new one arrives Saturday.
I'll post pics a bit later.
I couldn't stop gushing over everything as they were hooking it all up.
I bet the delivery guys probably thought "this chic must not get out much".
Meh! I don't care.

Now I don't have to wash dishes anymore!
I don't have to wash clothes as every few loads clean that darn spoke that sticks up in the middle of the washing machine cause as the clothes wrap around it after the umpteenth load it gets dirty.
I don't have to listen to turn the tv volume up to 36 anymore to hear stuff while I'm doing laundry!

It's a good day folks.
No bump that, it's a great friggin' day.
Anything that makes me life easier is awesome.
And both the washer and dryer have steam settings.
So Sunday iron day is gonna be a heck of a lot shorter!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah, hallelujah, halleeeelujah!

I'm off to my appt before starting stims.
They'll do a u/s to make sure my ovaries are clear and b/w so they can check my E2.
It's about to get real my friends.
I start stims tomorrow and then it's a matter of counting down to ER.
Woot! Woot!

I told you there was tons of excitement.

Blogger Comments

Ladies I wanted to first apologize if I haven't been commenting much lately on blogs.
I've been having tons of problems with commenting lately.
It would seem that Blogger recently changed the word verification (captcha) settings.
For the life of me I can't ever seem to get the words right.
Recently on one person's blog I found that I had to verify three different times cause the words are just so twisted that I kept getting them wrong.
I'm still reading, and when my patience doesn't get the best of me I sit and try and re-try and re-try.
But I just wanted to let you ladies know ahead of time,
if you see me commenting less, its not cause I'm not reading.
Its just that I'm having a rough time with this new captcha setting.

Anyone else having this problem?

Celebrating Marriage

You ladies remember the mini series I had while I was away last year.
Well if you don't, it was a series of guests posts by some of my favorite ladies.
Each lady talked about what they've learned so far after being married for years.

I decided I wanted to bring the series back.
Truthfully I wanted to bring it back closer to Valentine's but got side tracked with my birthday and everything else.
So here is another guest poster.
Its Jen from So This is Love where Jen shares a blog with her husband Casey.

These two lovebirds are so open about their love its refreshing.
They enjoy each other's company and if you've ever dropped by you know they make each day together a fun, adventure.

Jen shares with us her lessons learned so far in being married.

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In my 2 years, 3 months, and 7 days of marriage I have learned so much.


Do not take one another for granted.The night I had to leave my husband in the hospital overnight, just hours after having learned that he had a stroke was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Thankfully, he has recovered nearly fully from the stroke he experienced. But it was an earth shattering experience, and a startling reminder not to take any moment for granted.  


Communicate about money. We share our finances, and we faced a difficult, unexpected financial blow at tax time in March of 2011. But, we talked a lot about how. How we could cut back, make changes, and work together to make our new budget work. And we did. I was so proud of both of our marriage during this time. 


It's okay to ask for help. My husband does the dishes and the laundry about 90% of the time. Because I asked for help. Because I can't do it all, and neither can he. And that's okay. We are a team. Plus? I hate laundry. 


Surprise each other. I refuse to give my husband a list of things that I want for Christmas, anniversaries, etc. I like him to take the time and think about what I might like. To surprise me. Because I really enjoy it, much more so than opening a present I picked out for myself. I do the same for him. For Christmas I chose an engraved stone with the coordinates from the lighthouse where we were married. He was surprised and so happy.  It's wonderful.


PLAN DATE NIGHTS. Granted, we don't have children. But we both work a lot and we are busy people. We plan out date nights and date days to ensure that we are getting quality time together that isn't revolving around exercising or grocery shopping. A real date where we hold hands, and gaze at each other, and flirt shamelessly. It's important. And I hope that if we are blessed to have a child (infertility is a marriage tester worthy of a whole other subject!) that we will continue to make one another a priority.


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I think these are all great lessons we could incorporate and learn from.
Hope you'll take some time to hop on over to Jen and Casey's blog and show them some bloggy love!
Thanks Jen!

100% Natural

Well ladies as promised I went to the stylist so she could finish what I started.
Guess who is now 100% natural!!
I had her cut off every ounce of relaxed hair that was left and then some.
I was trying to coax her into giving me a TWA (teeny weeny afro),
especially since she was rocking a really wicked one.
But she said no....pfff!

I of course did my own photo shoot at home.
Here are my pics.
Sorry by the time I got home there was major shrinkage.
Here in all its beauty are my kinks, coils and curls.
100% me!

Lupron Warrior

I can't speak for any of the other shots that I'll have to take,
but I have to say that so far I've been pretty good in taking my Lupron shots.
The first time we did it on Sunday I was pretty numb and somber so I didn't pay much attention.

Then we repeated it Monday night, Tuesday night and I realized it didn't feel like anything.
Hubs gives me my shots every night.
Truly I have to admit I prefer it this way.
It makes him feel like he is part of the whole process and truly I can't see myself trusting anyone else to inject me.

The injections don't hurt.
As of right now *knock on wood* I haven't had any side effects.
I do feel a slight itch after he injects me, but its very slight.
It feels more like a little mosquito bite and it quickly subsides.

That said I hope I don't jinx myself by writing this post.

Quick Trim

Yesterday I stepped out of the shower after washing my hair  and told myself just a quick trim.
For a few months now I have been trimming my ends.
I think in the natural hair community its referred to as "dusting".
I'm no stranger to cutting my own hair.

I stopped growing my hair too far past my shoulders when I hit my teen years because the dermatologist told me that the horrible, horrible acne on my back which would need weekly shots was due to my hair (and well the humidity of Miami and the products in my hair).
Me? Weekly shots? In my back?
Ummm....no thanks, I took a scissors to it and cut it shoulder length and have mostly kept it there since.

In 12th grade I wanted the Halle Berry haircut.
Mom said no....but she wasn't living with me.
She was living in a different country.
Ummmm, by the time she visits it'll grow back.
Scissors to my head again.
This time it had to be rectified by a stylist though.

2010 wanted bangs.
My hairstylist said my face was too round and wouldn't look good with bangs.
Huh? What was that you said?
Booyah! Did it myself!

Yesterday I didn't purposely start off thinking I was going to cut my hair off.
I actually went into it thinking I was just going to trim a few ends.
Lightly dust it here and there.
I'm a little bit neurotic.
I hate seeing the straggly ends.
 I hate when someone cuts my hair and it doesn't go straight across (see pic above)

So I began cutting last night....
and cutting......
and before I knew it

My head definitely feels lighter.

I'm probably going to head to my stylist this weekend so that she can even it all out.

But I'm pretty damn happy with it.

I was giggling to myself....some V-day gift hubby came home to.

I did a treasure hunt inside the house, where I sent hubs searching all around the prize was a big box of assorted sweets, his favorite Godiva chocolates and other goodies.

This haircut is kind of like my gift to me I guess.

I'm actually still laughing while I write this.

I sure am one crazy one I tell ya.

Lucky for me I don't get hung up over my hair (no pun intended).

Here is what I looked like when I was done......my hair was partially wet but mostly just had conditioner and Vatika in it.

I'll be sure to update once I have it all evened out and looking somewhat symmetrical.