Mmm, hmm

Where I've Commented Today

The Promise of Our Love

Nervous Breakdowns Are Highly Underrated

Monogrammed Mom

Reproductive Jeans

The Whole of Her Sermon

Returned a Comment From

A Soldier's Girl

Nothing much going on here. John Dear and I had a small spat this morning, but apologies and forgiveness were exchanged very quickly. The office is very quiet, so I may use the time to organize the office, still in piles from the move. Stop laughing! I could do it!

Dinner last night was great. Hope the meal plan keeps working for us. Available for snack for me today: Weight Watchers bars (both 1 pt. and 2 pt. varieties), fruit cocktail, chicken soup, yogurt, baby carrots. According to the scale at work (I brought one in last summer for a weight challenge), I've already lost weight. Yay!

Woo Hoo - Track 2

Where I've Commented Today:
1. Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters (birthday girl)
2. A Little Sweetness (birthday girl)
3. Here We Go Again (birthday girl)
4. Fertilized
5. Where's My Belly?

Returned Comment From (But Forgot to Mention Thank You for Commenting):
1. What Was I Thinking?

Super busy at work. Lots of things going on. Here's the ALL CORE, HARDCORE dinner plan this week:

Monday
Salad
Steak
Baked potatoes
Steamed green beans

Tuesday
Salad
Whole wheat pasta topped with stewed tomatoes and meatballs
Zucchini, squash & onion stir fry

Wednesday
Salad
Teriyaki chicken and veggie stir fry
Brown rice

Thursday
Salad
Shrimp and veggie stir fry
Whole wheat couscous OR quinoa

Friday
Salad
Ground beef with canned chili-style tomatoes and canned pinto beans
Brown rice

Saturday & Sunday
-Weight Watchers meeting - 9 AM
-John Dear and I will be spending the weekend in NY, visiting his aunt and uncle. I'm hoping that we make as good choices as possible.

Week 2, Day 1

Where I've Commented Today:
1. Adventures of Baby Making
2. Fertilized
3. Here We Go Again
4. Maybe If You Just Relax
5. Single Mommy by Choice

Returned Comment By:
1. The Therapist Is In

BFF is coming over today (hopefully, if she'd get a move on) so that we can go to brunch and then do some shopping. I may post later, I may not. Trying to get ahead on the comments for this week. Go commenters go!

Doogie Howser Theme Song Here

I set out this week to discover something.

What I discovered...I am awesome.

Iron Commenter in Week 1. WOO!

I'm so tired I'm worried I will fall out of the chair. :)

The Line in the Sand

John Dear and I woke up early and got our butts to the local Weight Watchers meeting. John Dear wasn't too enthused by anything that went on, but he's not a real rah-rah person anyways. I really liked the meeting leader. I'll take funny over dry facts anyday. We'll both be starting the Core Plan. JD - because he has been successful on Atkins in the past and this is a similar kind of discipline. Me - because you supposedly lose weight faster on Core and I'm down with that. Once losing a significant amount I may switch to the Flex Plan (the one where you count points all the time), because I am a Bread Lovah.

BFF and I (along with practically every female in Northern Virginia) saw Sex & The City last night. I went with no expectations and I really liked the movie. It's not a cinematic achievement, but who is going for that? I'm going for the funny and the fashion. Some girls got real, real dressed up for the show, like stilettos and sequined dresses, dressed up. Hi, no. I'm at the movies.

JD, at my request, is out of the house for a couple of hours so that I can clean in peace. Instead of totally cleaning though, I'm also checking blogs and having to draft letters for work due to some situtations that need my attention ASAP.

We'll be meeting up with his parents for dinner tonight, so we've got a pretty full day.

Where I've Commented Today (so far, I'm just keeping track of the first 5 + 1):
1. Sweet Baby Dreams
2. Infertility Bites
3. Our Box of Rain
4. Life After Infertility and Loss
5. Happy Hopefuls

I Returned A Comment Here:
1. Off My Mind But From My Heart

NP (Now Playing):
"Over My Head (Cable Car)" by The Fray, How to Save a Life

For the Record

Where I've Commented Today:
1. Larisa at The Waiting Womb
2. Still Passing Open Windows
3. Meghan at A Little Sweetness
4. Andrea at Are You Listening?
5. Pamela Jeanne at Coming 2 Terms

Comment I Returned Today:
1. Rachel at Long Distance Infertility

Saw the following meme going around and thought I'd do it rather than burst into tears every few seconds.

A - Attached or Single: Attached
B - Best Friend(s): BFF
C - Cake or Pie: Both
D - Day of Choice: Wednesday
E - Essential Item: Sunscreen
F - Favorite Color(s): Green
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Neither, Swedish Fish
H - Hometown: Washington, DC suburbs
I - Indulgence(s): Gramie's Ladyfinger Cake (recipe here)
J - January or July: January, I like the cold
K - Kids: Yes, please.
L - Life is incomplete without: Washington Capitals hockey
M - Marriage Date: 08/20/2005
N - Number of Siblings: 1 brother, 1 sister
O - Oranges or Apples: Apples
P- Phobias or Fears: Electrocution, Stupid People
Q - Quote: "Some see things as they are and ask, "why?" I dream things that never were and ask, "why not?"
R- Ring size: 10 (I have fat baby fingers)
S - Season: Fall
T- Tag 3 Friends: Anyone who'd like to do this
U - Unknown fact about me: I take pride in the fact that I'm left-handed.
V - Very favorite stores: Sephora, Lane Bryant, Uncommon Goods
W - Worst Habit: Being a Very Worried Walrus
X-ray or Ultrasound: Ultrasounds
Y - Your Favorite Food(s): All Thanksgiving side dishes
Z - Zodiac: Pisces

Clicker of Steel

The Iron Commenting thing is going strong. Since we have our appointment with LovelyRE at 11:30 today, John Dear and I are taking the morning off from work. I'm hoping to get lots of commenting done today!

Our appointment today is, I guess, a follow-up since we have completed all the preliminary blood tests, Day 3 u/s, HSG and SA. Hopefully, LovelyRE will have a game plan for us. I'm on Day 4, so I want to get started right away! Do you think we could get an IUI in this cycle?

Many thanks to Jen of Here We Go Again for letting me know that I got the Comment Record idea from Sassy at Cupcakes and Conundrums.

Where I've Commented Today:
1. Gabrielle at Daily Tomorrow
2. Naomi at Surviving Single Motherhood
3. Sara at Gas Passer
4. M at My Sanctuary
5. Allison at Our Own Creation (please click at Allison's blogs for A New Day)

Comment I Returned Today:
1. Gabrielle at Fertility Notes

Exhibit 1

Got the idea to do this from another Lovely Lady doing NaComLeavMo, but now I can't remember who it was! Whoever you are, bless you for giving me the idea.

Blogs Commented on Today:
1. Fertilized
2. Operation Baby
3. Here We Go Again
4. If I Only Had Super Powers
5. Where the Kudzu Grows (not a NaComLeavMo participant)

Comment I Responded To:
1. Mommy Sparklykatt

I originally thought that I should not set myself such a high goal, but I am going to try to become an Iron Commenter. An Iron Commenter pledges to leave a comment on every NaComLeavMo participating blog at least once a week during the month. I did my proportionate bunch of blogs last night and hope to do so again tonight. I've loved visiting some many new and interesting blogs, in addition to following more of the lives that I read about everyday. Woohoo!

Clockwork

Apparently, everyone is having a holiday in honor of my Day 1. Go me. Here's how I'm feeling: well, sh*t, that sucks. Moving on. No crying, no prolonged moroseness. At least my body didn't prolong this and make us think I was pregnant by being late. I expected AF today and she came.

John Dear has thrown himself with gusto into his Woe is Me routine. I think he's playing the I'm Not a Real Man remix and I just really don't want to hear that song again and don't have the patience right now to sit with him and console him, so I'm just leaving him to himself right now.

We had already had an appointment with Lovely RE scheduled for Thursday, so hopefully we can get this show on the road this cycle.

The plan is to leave the beach (Bethany Beach, DE) after breakfast. The iPod is loaded up with the additional tracks of the book I'm listening to, as well as a new book, so we're ready for traffic.

TO all my regular readers and those coming here from NaComLeavMo, thank you for stopping by and good luck to you in this month of commenting!

WFMW: What Doesn't Work for Me

This week is a special edition of Shannon's carnival, Works-for-Me-Wednesday. Instead of posting what works for you, you are supposed to post something that does NOT work for you.


It is really hard for me to remember to comment on people's blogs, both on those I read and those who have been gracious enough to comment on mine. So that's what doesn't work for me.


In order to turn that around, a bloggy friend of mine, Mel, has decided to start NaComLeavMo (National Comment-Leaving Month) where participants pledge to leave five different comments on blogs that they read and pledge to return at least one comment a day to someone who has commented on their own blog. For more information, just click the button on my sidebar or visit here. Though this idea started in the IF (infertility) community, we would like to have blogs and readers of all shapes, sizes and persuasions join us. Come on blogosphere, let's go comment crazy!!