Say Cheese!

Our dog is such a (sorry for the pun) camera hound. If she sees the camera, even when I'm trying to be ultra-sneaky and capture an existing cute moment, she stops what she's doing and goes into a pose. The above was taken after I told her to smile. What a nut.

Saturday Morning

As of 12:45 I had:
-Washed a weeks worth of pots and pans.
-Made chili.
-Cleaned the kitchen counters
-Organized two kitchen drawers, making room for the bags of candy purchased 75% off at Target.
-Repaired my Grandmother's lamp.

Still to go:
-Cleaning the bathroom.
-Stitching up a seam in DH's favorite fleece jacket.
-Vacuuming?

A Surprise Hit

Last nights dinner menu:
-boneless skinless chicken breasts sprinkled with salt, pepper and paprika, baked with a can of 2 years past the marked expiration date condensed cream of mushroom soup with garlic mixed with approximately a cup total of cream and skim milk, and a tablespoon or so of cooking sherry.
-itty-bitty asparagus stalks steamed and tossed with Natures Seasonings
-pseudo-Red Lobster garlic biscuits.

And the chicken actually got good reviews. I'm not telling if you don't!

And the winner is...

Logic.

Even after sleeping in, my temp dropped this morning and now I have cramps.

This means I'll be calling the RE tomorrow and starting BCP on Tuesday. Stims should start after 2 to 3 weeks and then retrieval/transfer will be somewhere early to mid December. Whee.

At least this means I won't have to fight the holiday schedule at the lab. (They close for Christmas so a later period would mean having to push off until January.)

Huh?

(For those who are not interested in such things, bodily fluids will be mentioned.)







This morning when I wiped after my morning evacuation (evacuation comp....evacuation comple....evacuation...complete - name the movie?)I noticed some pink on the tp.

But my temp hasn't dropped (which is about the biggest thing I've gotten out of charting, that my temp always drops the day before or the day of my period), and I saw about the same color 4 weeks ago while in the wait for Beta after the FET which ended up positive, even if just for a short while, and I haven't seen anything more or had cramping today.

So, I'm left wondering what exactly is going on here. The hopeful and magical portion of my brain argues that what I've seen is implantation bleeding. The logical portion of my brain wants to argue that it's just early spotting and my temps will drop tomorrow. I guess time will have to tell.

But some actual magic might be nice...

He's Coming Home!

DH's portion of the project has finished, so he will be back for good this time.

Guess that means I better get used to making dinner again, huh?

(Mostly) Guilt Free Shopping Trip

Around 11:30 this morning I said "screw it, I'm getting out of the office." Normally I am a little hermit, I scurry into the office in the morning around 8:30 or so and don't leave again, even for lunch, until 4pm.

BUT, I had a rebate card that was about to expire at Staples, and a cash card (I'm not sure where that one came from) for Staples, and needed to get stamps for work (none of those new-fangled in-office postage meters for us!), plus make a bank deposit that had been sitting around for a few more days than it should have.

AND I needed to swing by the library to return some about to be overdue books (and pick up some new ones), and had one of those free panty/$10 off a bra offers that come in the mail and another offer that came in via email for a free lip gloss with bra fitting offer from Victoria's Secret. The panty offer was about to expire, and who would turn down a free pair of those, and a free lip gloss? Not me!

It just so happens that I could work my errands into the office errands in the following order: work/personal/work/personal/work. Seriously, that's how conveniently the Post Office, library, stores and bank are located. Add in the dual entrances to the subdivision and I made a complete loop without any odd side trips. (Maybe I'm weird but I love when I can make a loop and don't have a pipe shaped trip. Or maybe there's a little OCD in me?)

As a trip, it was very successful. Sure, there were issues, including a more screwed up than usual system at the Post Office and Staples not putting inventory where I think it should be; but there also wasn't a line at the library and the sales people at Vickie's actually knew what they were doing and were helpful.*

Because I was combining errands, I didn't feel guilty about not getting back to the office exactly "on time" so I wasn't frustrated with any of the issues like I would be if I had attempted to run both personal errands during one normal lunch hour. I figure if I'm running company errands in my personal vehicle, all time I spend on the road is applied to the company and it's only the time I spend on personal shopping that counts towards the hour, and between the library and Vickie's I just about used it up.

*I haven't bought a bra at Vickie's for a long time because those two properties were lacking - also because they didn't carry my size in the store. It was nice to find all three reasons for not shopping there have changed (at least for today's visit) and I found a bra which might become my next favorite style for every day wear (Body By Victoria - Full Coverage). (I have to brag, I got a free pair of panties, a free lip gloss, and $10 off a bra - which means I spent about $32 for $59 worth of merchandise. Sweet! So no guilt there either.)