Believe it or not, we did it!

Well, despite all of my doubts, I had my blood work done today and the beta was positive - I'm pregnant! I can't believe it!! I'm so excited and at the same time cautious. I've got to go for repeat blood work in 48 hours which would be Thursday morning to make sure my levels are increasing appropriately.

Chris and I were on our way out to dinner with his brother, sister-in-law and some others when the doctor's office finally called with the results. They were in a meeting and couldn't get back to me till 5:45 or so. Luckily, I have our phones set to call my cell phone as well as the home phone so I got took the call as Chris drove. I was shocked when the nurse told me the beta was positive and gave Chris the thumbs up even though he had no idea what it was for - up until yesterday, I was positive that I wasn't pregnant. She said my beta was 151 (low but it's very early) and progesterone was 33 - both very good! I'm headed to fertility friend right now to record my numbers and compare them to my last pregnancy! (probably shouldn't compare the two but can't help it!) Anyway, by now I'm sure I'm just rambling on but I really am excited! (did I mention that yet?)

Let's pray this one sticks!
Krista

Daylight Savings Time Strikes Again!!

Well... this morning I didn't get out of bed until 9:00 which is WAY late for me! I felt pretty much behind the whole day but I've managed to get most of my routines completed. Plus, Chris is out for darts this evening so I've got the house to myself. Man, do I LOVE Mondays sometimes!!

We had a BEAUTIFUL day here (I think the high was 53!) that made me very anxious for spring!! Winston and I went for a nice walk and he's sleeping at my feet under the desk as I type! Sleeping puppy is my favorite puppy!!

On Saturday, I went to a Holistic Healing Benefit at the Goggleworks in Reading. I got myself a beautiful stand of carnelian, a large blue and purple fluorite and a small garnet in some other type of rock from Alaska! I also had a channeled reading that was definitely not what I expected but completely amazing!

I took an HPT this morning because I'm on CD31 and haven't seen AF yet. I had some spotting Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday of last week which I assumed was the start of AF but she's not here yet. I assumed that the progesterone that I'm taking was keeping her at bay but figured I'd take a test anyway. I don't really know why since I'm going in for blood work tomorrow but anyway... after waiting the five minutes, there was a VERY faint positive - I mean, like, I could have just been looking at the strip too hard - that's how faint it was. I'm not getting my hopes up because our timing wasn't very good this month but I suppose it is still possible. Geuss I'd better wait for the blood test tomorrow so I don't go getting myself all in a tizzy!!!

I'm looking forward to doing some scrapbooking this evening. Heroes isn't on tonight (I am SO BUMMED ABOUT THAT) so I don't need to actually *watch* what is on TV tonight - I can just listen to it while scrapping. I worked on my afghan yesterday and got all of the panels crocheted together and started the boarder. I'm really getting excited about finishing it!

Oh well... I supposed I should get to the basement to put up the accent lights that I bought and then it's onto scrapping!
Have a beautiful evening!
Krista

I've never been much for art but...

but these pavement chalk drawings will blow your mind!!


My brother-in-law just sent me an e-mail (or at least, I just got to read it!) about this amazing artist who works in chalks and sidewalk! His name is Julian Beever and his website highlights some of his amazing works. The depth and reality of these chalk drawings is absolutely amazing and it's really worth a look!

Where, oh where, is spring!

It's been awhile since I've posted - been a bit busy lately - but, once again, it's snowing! It's a pretty, soft, light, fluffy snow so I don't mind it too much. I may even be able to clear the sidewalks with a broom! The weather forecasters are saying that it'll be near the 60s by next week so we won't even bother snow blowing the driveway - just let it melt!

I've been pretty tired the last week though quite focused which usually don't go hand in hand for me. Go figure! When I'm focused on what needs to be done, I'm too tired to do it!!! My temp has been dropping for the last two days so I'm sure that AF is on her way soon. I'm only on cd 26 which is early for me but last cycle was long so I supposed my body's still regulating itself. With all that went on over the past month, I was pretty sure that Chris and I didn't time our BD right and I wasn't expecting to be pregnant. On to next month, I suppose! I just have to call my doctor's office now and see when I should stop taking the progesterone. Left to my own devices, I would stop now but want to check with them first.

I haven't been knitting much but have been writing for at least an hour most week days. I'm really enjoying it! I'm about 85% done with my afghan and really want to finish it but I think I need a bit of a break - not to mention the fact that I don't know when I'll have any free time for it anyway! I'm hoping to get some pictures of my knitting projects posted/linked today. In a knitting yahoo group that I belong to, Love2Knit_Dishcloths, someone posted about finishing all of their UFOs (unfinished objects) and I'd really like to be able to say that some day! My sister-in-law and I are going yarn shopping later this month so I must restrain myself!!!

We have our last dart match this evening which I'm very glad about. I LOVE hanging out with the girls but the season gets SOOOOOOOOO long. We've got a meeting about the league party next week and then playoffs start so I've got a bit of time before I can relax on a Wednesday night but at least the end is in sight!!

I'm getting that stupid box at the bottom of the page saying "Could not connect to Blogger.com. Saving and publishing may fail." This really ticks me off!!!

Anyway... since it will probably take me quite awhile to get this posted - what with trying and retrying - I'll quit here and try to organize my knitting projects. Perhaps it's a sign.
Have a beautiful day!

Blogger problems!

I've been trying to post something all day and blogger's screwing with me again so I thought I'd post a small test post and see what happens!

diagonal knot dishcloth

diagonal knot dishcloth.

This is the dishcloth that I knit while taking it easy on my back on Friday! It is based on the diagonal knit stitch from The Harmony Guides 450 Knitting Stitches, Volume 2. Here's the pattern if you'd like to knit it up for yourself! (I used Sugar n Creme's pink lilacs)

Make knot - P3 together leaving sts on needle, yrn, then purl same 3sts together again

CO 32 sts
Knit 4 rows for boarder
Row 1 (and all odd rows) RS: Knit across
Row 2: K2, *make knot* rep from * to last 3 sts, p1, k2
Row 4: K2, p2, *make knot*, rep from * to last 4 sts, p2, k2
Row 6: K2, p1, *make knot* rep from * to last 2 sts, k2

When you have reached your desired length, knit 4 more rows for boarder and bind off!
Enjoy!

Getting pregnant wasn't supposed to be this difficult.

I was so excited to start trying to conceive this cycle but it's not going so smoothly! I was sure that after reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility, I would be armed with everything I needed to know to get pregnant quickly. I've been pretty good about observing my fertility signs but they haven't been very good about cooperating with each other! I was expecting a long cycle because of my body getting back to normal after the miscarriage but I also thought that the fall may have delayed ovulation. ARRGGGG..... I just don't know!! How am I supposed to start taking my progesterone the day after I ovulate if I can't figure out when I ovulated! THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!!!!

Anyway... I'm not going to stress about this. I know I've got time and stressing won't solve or change anything. So I guess I'll just wait for a clear shift on my chart and go from there! If you'd like to put your 2 cents in on if I ovulated or not yet, click on the ticker above (the little ladybug!) which will take you to my fertility friend chart and ovulation poll.

Still snowing here... could go on and off all day. It's pretty but there was a lot of freezing rain and/or sleet last night so I'm not even going to chance going out today! The driveway is probably a sheet of ice!

Have a great one!

Ouch.

Well, I've had an interesting few days. I've been so proud of myself for getting back to the gym after being stuck in the house because of the snow and then on Friday morning (after I did my yoga DVD, thankfully) as I was taking some things down to the basement, I wasn't paying attention and missed the second step. Arrgg... picture me sliding, on my butt, all the way down to the bottom, hands full of boxes and such. I'm not seriously injured but my elbows and sacrum are definitely quite bruised! I've been taking it easy - got lots of knitting done on Friday! - and don't feel terrible but Friday seemed like it was going to be a good baby making day! My chart is still a bit wonky after my miscarriage in January so I'm still not sure if I've ovulated or not . Anyway... we'll keep working on it till I see a clear thermal shift on my chart (which may be as soon as tomorrow) and then I'll start taking my progesterone.

It's snowing here again - very pretty. The weather people have no idea what to expect so I may be spending another few days in the house (which I have absolutely no problem with!)

Got some scrapbooking done today which was nice. I'm going to get back to some knitting as we watch the Simpsons, etc. this evening. Guess I'd better get to it rather than just talking about it. Hope to get some knitting pictures up soon. I tried a flickr badge but it doesn't seem to be working properly.

Have a great evening!