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popping in to say hi

June 5, 2012

Well hello.

It’s been a while. I wish I had some fabulous stories to entertain you with. But really I don’t. Things are just going along over here. Day by day. I don’t think I am particularly happy at the moment but I am not miserable either. Just in a funk. You know? But it isn’t like I have been sitting around staring at the walls. Ha!

I’ve been super busy with this girl who fills me with immense joy

I’ve been eating fresh summer ingredients

I’ve made Keith  happy.

I’ve been a cheerleader

I’ve been wearing some of my favorite jewelry

And….that would be it. Ha!

How has your summer been so far?

if i am being honest

May 15, 2012

So. I realize that my blogging habit has slowed to a crawl. I used to be so consistent. I used to look forward to it. But recently I just haven’t had the blogging mojo….reading or writing.

Why?

Basically I feel like most of the blogs I read are about fitness and food. There was a time when that interested me but it no longer does. I eat. I workout. But that’s about as obsessed as I am going to get these days. I have so many other things on my mind that what you eat or what you do at the gym really doesn’t matter to me. So I find myself not really even interested in reading a lot of the blogs I used to have to check daily. Meh.

Also, it seems like almost every week another blogger announces she is pregnant. Now don’t misunderstand, I am always always always happy for those people but as someone who so desperately wants to be a mom, and with my history, I don’t really want to subject myself to 9 months of pregnancy updates. Does that make me selfish? Callous? I’m not sure. I get that 99% of my readers don’t get what I am going through. I know that. They sympathize but they don’t empathize with me. And I don’t ever want them to. But 2 miscarriages later, I just don’t have it in me to read happy pregnancy posts.

As far as writing my blog. I am really not that interesting. I’m not! I go to work, I come home, eat dinner, walk the dog, go to bed. And then it starts all over the next day. I’m boring. So finding things to write about has been hard lately. I don’t always want to talk about my miscarriages, or pregnancy or the other 1000 not so positive things that run through my head on a daily basis. Keith and I have decided to not start trying again until October/November so all that means for us is lots of protected sex. Really…I’ve got nothing right now. Maybe once school is out I will have more time on my hands…more time to want to write and come up with witty things to say. But right now it feels like work and more work is not something I am willing to take on at the moment.

So. I guess I don’t know really know where this leaves me. I’m officially stuck. I don’t want to quit the blog but I just feel like I don’t have any where to go with reading blogs or writing blogs. I have 4 blogs that I check daily and probably always will (and those people know who they are because I comment) but other than that I just don’t have the desire.

Watcha think? Any advice??

 

my life according to tests

May 4, 2012

I really don’t always want my blog to be about my miscarriages. I want this blog to be about my life and unfortunately, for me, that is a big part of my life right now. So remember when we had the second miscarriage I told you we were going to start testing? Well we did it.

We had a thyroid panel, a blood glucose panel, an autoimmune disease panel and a blood clotting panel run. Everything came back negative. It was a huge sigh of relief to not have anything wrong with me but at the same time frustrating that we still do not have any answers. Medically, my body should be the perfect host for an embryo. But I think the alternatives could be worse. I mean I don’t want Lupus or diabetes or anything, you know?

The next step would be to do chromosomal testing. BUT. Our insurance doesn’t cover it and it is a $3,000 test. My doctor said that chromosomal issues are extremely rare. So rare that my OB has never even diagnosed it in his career. So after some soul-searching and long talks with my doctor we all decided to hold off on that right now. Since the aforementioned tests all came back negative we are going to try again. But not for a while.

Two miscarriages in five months is a lot and has taken its toll on my body. So we are going to stop for a little bit. We will start trying again in October/November. Hopefully we have no problems getting pregnant again and that the third pregnancy will be the charm. If, God forbid, we have a third miscarriage we will do the chromosomal testing and we will start the adoption process.

So. That is that.

For those of you who may be going through similar situations and want the actual medical names of the tests I had run just email me and I can give you more details. Again…thanks to all for the incredible support you always give.

good news…bad news….

May 3, 2012

I am taking a page from Allena’s book:

Good News: The new season of The Bachelorette starts soon.

Bad News: Emily is the bachelorette. {sorry guys I was a not a fan of hers}

Good News: Puppy love is awesome

Bad News: Puppy potty training is not.

Good News: Remember that career altering test I was talking about last week? I PASSED!

Bad News: NONE!

Good News: Our latest Netflix movie is the Ides Of March.

Bad News: We’ve had it for 2 weeks and haven’t found time to watch it.

Good News: I watched the ENTIRE NFL Draft last weekend.

Bad News: It was hard knowing my boy is a Bronco and not a Colt.

Good News: It’s spring time!!

Bad News: It’s in the 90’s in May. Summer is going to be brutal!

Good News: We are almost finished with redoing our loft

Bad News: I refuse to show you pictures until it is completely finished.

Tell me yours…a good news or a bad news?