Winston LOVES the snow

Look at those ears flop as Winston bounds through the snow!

SNOW!!!

Wowie! Our first real snow of the year was a doozie! It started snowing yesterday before I got up (probably around 7 a.m.) and just stopped around 6 tonight! Winston had a blast jumping around in the snow and my floors are a complete mess from him tracking in snow! I had such a great time watching him that it doesn't really matter! Chris went out to snow-blow the driveway around 2 and didn't get back in till 5. He's gotten from the truck to the end of the driveway clear but the front of the garage is still not done so I won't be going anywhere tomorrow either! I was looking forward to getting a run in at the gym but I guess there's nothing I can do about it.

Chris made me breakfast this morning which is the amount of my Valentine's present - he just doesn't think ahead! He figured he would stop today on the way home from work and get me something. I got him a cute card and 2 fleece sweatshirts to replace one that has recently joined the 'do not wear out of the house' pile.

Since Wednesday is usually my errand day and I'd gotten most of the 'chores' around the house done, I spent most of the morning watching the first season, first dvd of The Sorpanos with Chris. We were watching an episode on A&E the other day and I was surprised that I didn't remember the early ones so we decided to get them from netflix! I got some knitting done as well which is always nice. I'm working on dishcloths right now since the Love_2_knit_dishcloths Round Robin will be coming my way sometime! Alright, enough for now. I'm going to get some pictures of our beautiful snow online!

Doctor's appointment update

Well, we had our follow up apointment with my doctor on Friday and got some good news - we can start trying to get pregnant as soon as we get to "that point" of this cycle! I'm so thrilled that we don't have to wait 3 months again. I'm a bit apprehensive because it doesn't seem like we're doing much different so I don't know if I can hope for a different outcome. My doctor did put me on a high dose of progesterone (I think it's prometrium, 100 mg) which he said will make sure my lining is matured enough to support a pregnancy. He also said that high doses of progesterone have been known to suppress the imune system a bit so perhaps that will counteract the antinuclear antibodies that could potentially be attachking the pregnancy. When we *do* get pregnant again, I'm going to ask him about the possibility of the prolactin in Chris' semen potentially causing spasms and miscarriage (don't remember which book I read this in but it's always stuck in my mind). Perhaps we'll have to use condoms when I'm pregnant (how funny is that!) but if it will halp it's SO worth it!

I just found this great webite - www.librarything.com - that lets you keep track of the books you're reading, waiting for, love, etc. This is great for me 'cause I keep adding more books to the list of ones that I want to read and it's getting a bit unruly! Plus, I can add it to my sidebar - check it out!

Anyway... were supposed to get a TON of snow here in the next few days. It looks like ccuweather is saying 3-6 inches by Wednesday night but I've heard reports all over the place - even up to a foot! As Chris sayd every time I ask how much snow we're getting - "I'll tell you Thursday".

Have a great day!

The best book I've read in quite awhile.

I just finished reading Dry, by Augusten Burroughs and I can't recommend this book enough! I had read Running with Scissors awhile ago after hearing an interview with Mr. Burroughs on WITF (my local NPR station). I enjoyed Running with Scissors very much and wanted more when I got to the end. Thankfully, there was an excerpt from Dry at the end. Intrigued, I added it immediately to my list of books on hold from my local library.

Dry is the continuation of the memoir Burroughs began with Running With Scissors. In this continuation, Burroughs is on his own working in advertising and drinking himself into an early grave. His boss practically forces him into rehab which is, of course, not what he expected. Up until this point, I found the book interesteing but when Augusten returns from rehab and steps back into his old life, I became enthralled. There was a constant question in the back of my mind - will he or won't he? - and I never wanted to put the book down. I just had to know if he was going to fall off the wagon, so to speak. I will not tell you any more details because I really think that this is a book that everyone should read. The last half of the book is riviting and through his writing, I have truely come to care about this person that I have never met and probably never will.


Call your library today and put a copy on hold!

Upadting

Blogger has been screwing with me for two weeks and I was really just going to quit blogging but I've got some things coming up for which it may be good to be able to blog! (More info on that later!)

I recieved a call from my doctor's office last week saying that the chromosome analysis came back normal. I was relieved but at the same time, I was upset. What do you hope for in that situation? If something was wrong, we could work to 'correct it' or at least have some idea of how often a pregnancy would result in miscarrige. On the other hand, there (currently) is not reason that I will not have a healthy baby of my own some day!

I went to a tarot card reader on January 20th and, although I'm not sure how much stock I put in tarot or this particular reader, his words were comforting. More on that later as well. Chris has darts tonight so I've got the place to myself and hopefully after the gym, I'll be able to spend a bit of time explaining more!

I've still been working on the book. It is going slowly but well and I'm still very excited about it. It's nice to have a direction to follow! Anyway... Passions is on and I don't know how many more episodes I'll get since they're cancelling it so I'd better enjoy while I can!

Yeah for a snowy(ish) Friday!

Well... blogger still isn't letting me post so here I sit in front of notepad again!
I weighed in a weightwatchers yesterday. I was shocked to see that I had gained xx pounds. I thought I'd at least have 'maintained' but. I had quite a bit of beef jerkey at darts on Wednesday (Thanks a lot, Jaime!) so perhaps that contributed to it. I'm trying to stay on program. The gym will help I'm sure but I know I really have to watch what I eat.

I wandered around West reading after the meeting, checking out stores that I've always wanted to go into but never did. I started out at Chef Alan's, walked down to firefly up and over to earth rhythms and back. I didn't buy anything till I got to earth rhythms and found a really neat chakra clearing cd. I went into Celtic Myth and Moonlight after that in my search for a psychic/medical intuitive. Earth Rhythms had a few free magazines (New Visions, Yoga Journal, etc) that I picked up thinking they would have some ads in them but their book section is gone = ( Anyway... I spoke with the woman at CM&M and she said they had a seer (who she said is very good) coming in to do tarot readings on Saturday. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to do it Saturday 'cause Chris and I were planning on going to look at dishwashers a bit more but last night he found out that his uncle wants his help going through some old trains on Saturday. Of course, he agreed without even consulting me but I'm looking at that as a sign that I should make an appointment to see this guy! I've always been afraid of getting any kind of reading because I was ashamed of my miscarriages (like they were going to say it was my fault or something - shocking smiley) but I feel like I need to explore all avenues that I can to try and 'correct' (?) this infertility problem we're having.

Anyway... I'm off to the health food store in Robesonia today to check out some more 'literature' and perhaps find a local medical intuitive or at least to 'get some leads'. I'll be hitting the gym for a run too so hopefully that'll get me feeling good! We had a dusting of snow last night so I'm going to wait till a bit later in the day to go out.

We're going to a Royals hockey game this evening so I'd better really work it at the gym - I've already been plotting my dinner = P We used to have season tickets so I hardly ever ate at the games but since this is only the 2nd game we will have been to this year, I'm treating it as a special occasion and eating something that I normally wouldn't have!

I'm off to put some plot points into my storyline! Hope I'll get to post this some time soon!!!

problems with blogger

I've been trying to post for 2 days now and haven't been able. This is just a test so I don't go through the whole procedure of copying and pasting my last posts only to have them disappear. If this posts properly, I'll be adding past posts later in the day.

finally got to post this!

Well... I haven't been able to post to my blog since yesterday so I'm actually typing this on notepad on my computer to post at a later time!

Last night, I went to yoga (keeping with my resolution to get back to the gym everyday). I really wanted to attend the meditation class before it but for some reason, I ALWAYS think that it starts at 6:30 when that's the YOGA class - the meditation class starts at 6! When I got to yoga, I learned that my instructor is leaving (gasp smiley!). I can't believe how lost I felt when I heard that! She knew everythig that I've been through and I felt a real connection to her = ( It doesn't look like the gym has anyhone else lined up so far so I'll be checking out other studios tomorrow, I suppose. My first choice is this studio where I began my practice but I feel like this is good opportunity to explore other options. It was a bit difficult to focus on my practice for the first 15 minutes or so of the class but I finally got over that and had a pretty good practice. I got a new yoga mat from Jen (my BF) for Christmas and it's not broken in yet!! Down dog was IMPOSSIBLE because my hands kept slipping out from under me!

After class, I got a bit more knitting done on my afghan before I went to bed so it's still coming along. Slowely but surely!

I woke up late and achey this morning! BEtween the yoga class and running the other day, my body is fighting back! I only took 3 weeks off from the gym but I guess that was enough to go a bit soft = P

Today was a bit of a scattered day. I had a few small errands to run but when I got home, I just haven't been able to get focused back on what I'm supposed to be doing. I guess because there really isn't that much to do and I've got "plenty" of time to do it. They say a task expands or contracts to the amount of time alotted to complete it and I am living proof of that. And on that note, I'm going to plan out the rest of my day so I'm not rushing around trying to get "just one more thing" done before I have to leave for darts this evening. We're throwing at Central BEneficial Fire Company tonight so we probably won't win many games. Hopefully, everyone will be in a good mood 'cause I just can't deal with any drama tonight!