It's Friday! It's Friday! *happy dance*

'Tis Friday!  Yippee!!

Last Friday, my GI office called me to let me know that the abdominal ultrasound they had me do came back normal (surprise...surprise...).  After a very confusing convo with the nurse (she was confusing...what she said and what she was trying to mean were 2 different things), I found out I had to schedule yet another follow-up appt with the NP.  I have that appt on Monday, so we'll see what she says.  I have a feeling she'll leave me with "You have IBS" and ship me out the door.

Wednesday, I started working part-time at our church.  I'm basically a gopher/odds and ends kinda person for awhile until I get more comfortable with things there and learn how they do stuff.  So far it's been pretty slack.  The pay isn't quite what I was expecting, but at least we'll be having a little extra income coming in, and I'll be somewhat busy while Hubby is gone.

Has anyone else not filed their taxes yet?  The wonderful military screwed up a W-2 for Hubby, so we are still waiting for that to be changed.  I basically have the forms all filled out - I just need that one W-2 so I can finish them up and ship them off.  From what I can tell, we should be getting almost enough to cover our IVF cycle!!  woo-hoo!!

Speaking of which, I received another call from the IVF office.  The nurse/coordinator had a few questions for me and wanted to let me know that they'd be sending me a packet of info for the August cycle/rotation.  However, after talking with her, we unfortunately had to move Hubby and I into the January 2011 rotation.  Hubby will get back a few weeks too late for us to do the August round.  I'm a little bummed about it, but at least we'll still have somewhat of a date to look forward to!

Every year, I always plant a flower garden.  This year (of course) will be no different.  I've already started redoing the flower beds to get them prepped.  Also this year, I decided to start the flowers indoors using seeds instead of purchasing the plants from a store.  Last year, we spent near $100 on just a few plants.  This year we'll need more to fill the flower beds, so I decided to get on the ball and start them early as well as save us some money!!  Well, I already have little plants poking through the dirt in their cups.  I'm excited to know that we'll actually get some flowers from this.  I'm always cautious about starting plants from seeds because I don't want to spend all that time planting them and then have nothing come up for whatever reason.  It's always a gamble, but so far it's paying off for us!  Yay!!

That's my week in a nutshell.   See, I told ya it wouldn't be 2 months between posts!!  haha

2 months?!?!?!?!?

Wow...I didn't realize it had been nearly 2 months since I last posted on here!  What a horrible blogger I've been!  In my defense, it has been a pretty crazy 2 months.  I'll do the super short update version: 

• We've settled in to the new house.  It took me awhile to find places to put things.
• Hubby was away at training for 2 weeks, then home for about 5.  He's now officially deployed overseas and his six month timeline has now started.
• I was offered a part-time position at our church (completely unexpected), but had also just applied for a position in the county coroner's office.  Since my degree would actually be used in a coroner's office, I held out hope that I'd get that job.  Nearly a month after the job closed, I finally got ahold of someone and found out that the position was filled.  (Notice how I contacted them?  I didn't hear a dang thing from them after I received a notice that they got my application.) I have yet to get any actual notification from the office.
• I'm thinking super-baby-fever has hit my friends here.  A couple of them are now officially TTC and some of them will probably be shortly.  Oh how I wish I could be in that situation as well...
• I've kept losing weight, which isn't a good thing.  The doctors can't seem to figure out why or what's wrong with me.  I had a colonoscopy done which came back normal (I could have told them it would).  The pre-colonoscopy labwork revealed that my Lipase levels are elevated.  (Lipase is an enzyme produced by the pancreas.)  My number came back nearly 80 units higher than the cut-off.  So, the doc wants me to have a CT scan done, but my NP decided that I'm too young to be exposed to so much radiation and instead ordered an ultrasound for me.  I have a feeling I'll end up having to do the CT scan anyways.  
• Last week I received a call from the IVF clinic in TX.  They asked if I had done the Clomid Chal.lenge Te.st which I have.  Apparently, the doctor has stashed my records somewhere and the IVF coordinator and nurses haven't seen them yet.  Anyways...they informed me that they had an opening in the April rotation and asked if I were interested.  We were so close!!  Hubby had just left the week before which meant no April IVF round for us.  I was a little bummed.  But I think it will be for the better though.  When Hubby gets back, we'll be a little more financially prepared for everything.  The only downside is that if he's not back by a certain time, our currently scheduled slot in the August rotation will be moved.  Which means we won't be able to start IVF until January 2011.
• Once again, I've decided to load my summer with more yardwork.  The flower beds at the house are horrendous so I've taken it upon myself to basically strip everything out of them, and start new with nearly everything.  
• I've also decided to join our youth group on a missions trip this summer to Mississippi.  From what I've learned, I'll be the only adult female going which could be a good thing or a bad thing.  I've been asked to plan the meals (no problem), but I also have a feeling that I'll get pushed into stereotypical "female" roles while we're there.  We'll be doing construction work and also VBS amidst other things.  Personally, I'm more of a hands-on dig-in and get dirty type person.  I'm not a VBS teacher kinda girl.  Not to mention that there will be an opportunity to go deep-sea fishing.  I don't think I'll be able to do that though because it overlaps with the same time that the kids will be given the chance to take a boat ride to an island/state park.  As much fun as the latter sounds, I'd rather be on a boat catching some crazy fish!  We'll see what happens though.  The trip isn't until July so things may change.

That's a shorter version of the past 8 weeks. I haven't completely vanished, just been a little busy.  Plus with the gorgeous weather we've had, who would want to be inside all the time?  :) 

Until next time...(which will be shorter than 2 months!)

Seriously?!?!?!?!?

Like my reproductive system isn't messed up enough, AF decided to show in the middle of the afternoon yesterday!  Why does she do this to me?  NORMALLY (like that's a word I can really use) she'll show up bright and early in the morning.  Only one other time since TTC has she shown up at any other time of the day.  She wasn't on my "likes" list at all before and now she really isn't on the list.  argh!!!!  She better be somewhat nice to me this time around (yeah right.  Like that will ever happen.)


So I guess this cycle marks the beginning of another round of deployment-induced abstinence (aka TAB).  Hubby will be leaving soon, so it's going to be about 8 months before we can do anything TTC related or IF treatment related.  *sigh*  Sometimes this military thing just gets in the way of real life.  I'm not complaining one bit though.  I'm proud of my hubby for what he does.  The sacrifices we do because of his job are so worth it.

How was everyone's weekend?  I hope everyone had as gorgeous weather as we did here in Colorado!  It was mid-50s and beautiful!!  Plus, the Vikes pulled off a pretty big win over the Cowboys which made my day yesterday (before AF ruined my afternoon).  Now on to the Saints.  It's gonna be a tough one, but I have faith in my Vikes.

Whirlwind Week

Hard to believe it is already Saturday!  Where in the world did this week go?  At this time last week, Hubby and I were scrambling trying to make sure everything was ready for our friends to come help us move.  The cinnamon rolls were pulled out of the fridge, the boxes were packed and taped, and the furniture was dismantled.  Now here it is a week later and I'm sitting at the computer in our new home with boxes still all around me.  It's kinda crazy!

So this past week...Monday we had a chest freezer (late Christmas gift) delivered to our house, so that pretty much blew my morning.  I got a little bit of unpacking done, but not too much.  Tuesday was my cleaning day.  I had to drop paperwork off at the housing office and asked for a cleaning list for the old house.  Since they will soon be tearing down our old house, I thought it'd be a pretty skate cleaning list.  Yeah right!!  We literally had to scrub everything from top to bottom in the old house - walls, bathrooms, appliances, light fixtures, window blinds, windows - you name it, I'm sure I cleaned it!  I was less than impressed.   The appliances I could understand - they like to have extras on hand as replacements if they ever need them.  But scrubbing the walls?  What difference does that make if they won't even move anyone in there?!?  I was a little perturbed by the whole thing.  Plus, to make things worse, I had no idea how thorough they are when they do inspections.  At our last base, the lady was very thorough and I knew and expected it when we had our final house inspections.  Here...yeah not so much.  I cleaned the old house to our last base's standards, but later learned (on Thursday) that I could have probably done half the work and still been fine.  I know for next time!

So that was a majority of my week - cleaning!  We've gradually unpacked a few boxes here and there, but there's still quite a bit to do.  That will be my day today, hopefully.

As for other news...

• I learned that the surgery center where I had my Lap doesn't have a copy of my surgery photos.  Apparently, the computer system that they uses begins to copy over photos after it reaches a total of 200.  It took them over 3 weeks to find that out and then I had to call and find it out for myself.  So now I have wasted 3 weeks of my time waiting for non-existent surgery photos.  I emailed Dr. K. to let him know that the only copy is with Dr. M and they aren't allowed to release them to me for some odd reason.  We'll see what happens with that.
• My 28-year-old sister called me this past week and bawled and complained like a little junior high girl.  The reason?  She claimed my mother told my brother's friend that she didn't like her and blah blah blah.  My sister is such a drama queen sometimes.  Heck, she wasn't even talking to my mom or brother for a few days.  She has since returned to talking to my brother, but won't even bother to call my mom.  How childish is that?!?!
• Hubby will be leaving soon.  :'(  He has to go to training at 2 different locations, so he'll be in and out of here for the next month or so.  He'll be gone for about 10 days, back for maybe a week, then gone for another week or two.  Then, home for a couple of weeks then gone for 6 months.  It sucks, but I'll manage.  I have the past 4 times, I'm sure I can make due this time too!
• I've had the privilege of meeting a few more wives here on base.  Our new neighbor's hubby is deployed and she will be moving in a couple of months.  She seems incredibly nice and bubbly and definitely a fun person to be around!  The other wife, I haven't really "met" (I don't really know her name), but she is actually our old almost-neighbor.  She lives in a building right next to our old house, and we shared neighboring spots in the carport.  Thursday night, we stood outside and talked for quite awhile and I never realized how nice she really is!  She has a 19-month old girl and is expecting another girl in a few months.  Once I get settled in, I think I'll make the oh-so-long walk over to her house and spend some time with her.  She's a stay-at-home-mom whose husband works insanely long hours (every other day, he works 24 hours).  
• Last night, Hubby and I went to see 2012 with the youth group.  That was not quite what I was expecting!  I actually really enjoyed it!!  It's Day After Tomorrow meets Speed - action packed and such a great movie!
• Also speaking of the youth group, I've kinda joined the youth group worship team.  My first week singing with them and I had to lead the very first song.  It went really well!  This past week, we had a new worship leader with us and I don't think the band has ever sounded so good!  I can't wait to see what happens with the group.

 So now that this has turned into an incredibly long post (just another reminder that I can't go a week without posting)...I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

I need a back massage!

Yesterday was the big moving day!  Originally, we had about 18 people lined up to help us out.  Well, I got an email from one couple saying the husband's knee was acting up and they both had stressful weeks of work and just wouldn't be able to help us.  Then, a few of Hubby's work friends didn't show either.  All in all, we ended up with about 9 people helping.  To help bribe a few of them, I told them I would be making homemade cinnamon rolls and we'd have juice and coffee that morning.  Then, to finish the day off, we'd have pizzas and sodas.  I think that helped a little!!  Haha

But overall, the move went so smoothly!  About 2 hours after we started loading the truck, we were done.  The truck was emptied and everything put in the house or shed.  It was a miracle.  I knew it wouldn't take long, but 2 hours to completely pack up a house and unload the moving truck!?!?!?!!?  I was shocked.  What can I say - we have some amazing friends!  I think a lot of it helped that I had packed up nearly everything before the day even started.  Plus, our bed, futon, and tables (dining, coffee, end tables, etc) were all dismantled which made loading a whole lot easier.  All in all the day went by really well and without a hitch (aside from all the dirt, sand, and mud that was dragged into and throughout our old house).  It was nice to have a little bit of time to just relax some and unpack a few items last night.  Now the real fun begins - unpacking everything and cleaning the old house!  whew....do I ever have my work cut out for me this week!

Yesterday though was amazing and I just hope that the rest of our moves go this smoothly!!

Umm....yeah

Check out this chart:  (TRIGS on the chart)

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/ChartGallery/113663.html

Does anyone notice anything strange about this?   Hint, it's not so much the chart as her information that she provided.

2 More Days!

Today is super exciting because........we only have 2 more days of living in this house with the stinky neighbors!!  I can't wait!!  Tomorrow we'll be getting the keys to the new place and moving a few things over ourselves.  Saturday though, we'll be having a few friends (okay...like 12 friends) coming over to help us move everything else!  (I bribed them with homemade cinnamon rolls and pizza.)  Now I probably shouldn't be writing a blog post since I still have packing to do, but I just couldn't help it.  I'm giddy with excitement!!!

Aside from the moving thing...

I'm still waiting on one place for my surgery records so I can send all my recs down to Dr. K.  I may just have to give them a call again and see what's up!  It's been nearly 3 weeks since I first contacted them.  Granted, the lady did tell me that they would have to go through the computers to see if my surgery was saved on one of them, but still!!  It shouldn't take this long.  And the fact that that is all I'm waiting for?  I-Yi-Yi...  Whodathunk it would be this long or this hard of a struggle trying to get medical records.  I've never had this problem before.  Ever.

So I'll keep this short since I hear those empty boxes calling my name.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend (aside from the crazy blizzards and snow up north)!

Welcome 2010!

Happy New Year to everyone!  It's hard to believe that we are already starting a new decade.  Time has gone by so fast, but I'm definitely looking forward to what this year will bring!

Since most people usually reflect on the past year, I thought I'd do something different.  I'm going to write a list of a few things that I'm looking forward to this year.

1.  Moving into a new house.
2.  Getting away from the stinky neighbors.  (okay 1 & 2 kinda go together)
3.  Practicing my motorcycle riding skills this summer.
4.  Celebrating with friends as they bring new babies into the world.
5.  Hiking to Pikes Peak (hopefully!)
6.  Congratulating a former co-worker on her retirement.
7.  Planting flowers in the Spring.
8.  Finally starting IVF in August.
9.  Working on getting my 6-pack abs back.
10.  Snuggling on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate.
11.  Sending care packages to my husband while he's deployed.
12.  Building the relationships and friendships I have with people.
13.  Taking cake decorating classes with a friend.
14.  White water rafting!
15.  Watching the sun set over the mountains.

There's so much more that I could write, but for now, it's a good start for me.  The only bummer part of 2010 that I can think of is that Hubby will be deploying for a majority of the year...hence why we won't be starting IVF until August.  But heck, that's only 8 months away! 

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years Eve!  Cheers to what the next 12 months holds for us!