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What's up for the weekend?
Re: Weekend Plans?
Friday- Going to see the movie Sulley
Saturday- Yard work, Haircut and highlight, just hanging around, ride bikes
Sunday- Parents house, laundry, gym, buying some pumpkins
Tonight: Likely putting up outdoor Halloween decorations
Tomorrow: Getting stuff done in the morning then we have a wedding in the afternoon/evening. Both my parents and all of my co-workers are going to be there. I'm a drinker and won't be drinking. This will be fun to hide. Not.
Sunday: Meeting up with some other Nesties at the pumpkin patch.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)

Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
Saturday: bathroom clean up- paint, grout, caulk. Girls are sleeping over at DH's parents and hopefully we'll be able to go out to dinner if we're not too tired.
Sunday: Grocery shop, meal prep, laundry, football, relax, hopefully sew a few quilt blocks.
Monday: back to work, but DH and the girls are home. Hoping they'll come visit me during my lunch break.
@csuave Have an amazing time!!!
Friday - We might go to the fair tonight as long as the weather is nice. We're near Atlanta and we're definitely seeing some cloud cover from Hurricane Matthew but I don't think we're expecting any rain or damaging winds from it.
Saturday - Apple picking (again), but this time we're taking my sister and niece along with us. We'll probably go to Sears and hhgregg to check out some chest freezers. I've fallen in love with a Kenmore Elite model but it's probably going to be too expensive...I just love the organization of it!
Sunday - Clean the house and grocery shopping.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)

Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
The part that's going to get hard is my dad is notorious for getting us a round of drinks. He knows what I like and just brings it to me and keeps them flowing. I already told H that he can just switch me beer glasses when his gets low so it looks like I've drank most of it.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)

Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
Friday night: grocery shopping, batch cooking, and wrapping presents for my friend's mini "shower" tomorrow. Her little lady came 6 weeks early so we canceled the big shower (since she was in the hospital) so now the high school girlfriends are going tomorrow to bring her presents and meet our new niece that wasn't technically supposed to be here until next week!
Saturday: new niece meet and greet! She lives near some great outlets too so another friend and I are going shopping after and then getting dinner.
Sunday: FOOTBALL! We finally have our Brady back and I'll be glued to the TV. Will do some chores on either side of the game.
Friday - Working today. I will probably have a very exciting evening and try to clean the house after H leaves for work.
Saturday - No plans as of right now. I might go to home depot and start dreaming about our bathroom remodel/build... I'm hoping once my student loans are paid off we can start that project.
Sunday - Football.
It's going to be a really quiet weekend which is normal when H is working.
Saturday: putter around outside in the morning, go to the orchard near our house. We're going to my supervisor's birthday party in the afternoon/evening.
Sunday: church, then a free day which will be glorious. I have a crockpot meal planned using the apples & cider from the orchard, and am looking forward to baking up some apple cake!
Tonight - 7th year anniversary dinner and DD will stay overnight with my in laws.
Tomorrow - I play 2 weddings back to back
Sunday - relax!
@vlagrl35 congrats on your DH's first shoot in his studio! You guys must feel so triumphant that it's finally here.
I wish they served their beer in bottles at this venue, but I know it's in glasses.
Our other thoughts were to take the Mustang. We're very vocal about how it's a zero tolerance car. It's loud, red, and a Mustang. Screams pull me over. So whoever is driving it, doesn't have more than 1 drink. That would give me an excuse and my parents know we're pretty strict about that rule.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)

Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
I hadn't been there 5 minutes when one of the brand new female partners looked at me and goes, "OMG are you pregnant?!?" And then she goes, "Whoops - sorry, I'm probably not supposed to ask you that since I'm a partner. You don't have to answer that.... but seriously, are you?" Facepalm.
I just told her probably not, but I didn't know for sure. She promised not to say anything else about it. It's cool, because we are friends, but yes, technically she is my employer/boss.
At least it was just the two of us. And none of the men noticed (of course not).
I wish she wouldn't have said anything and just kept it to herself.
Also, totally your choice, but I was in the "drink till it's pink" camp. Actually had half a bottle of wine the night before I tested with this pregnancy. You don't share a blood supply for a while.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)

Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
You have no idea! I"m so exhausted today. His painter has been dragging his feet on the inside and I spent most of Tuesday taping off the trim and DH painting the trim. We were at a point where it just needs to get done so DH can go back to making money for us! I think his painter was offended and I was really annoyed that he hadn't gotten it all done in 3 months. Well he showed up late Wend night and Thurs afternoon. Otherwise I think if DH didn't have to paint on Tues and Wens then all of the cleaning would be done. Maybe now DH's "swimmers" can get less stressed and knock me up.
That's what I keep telling myself. Being sick is a good sign. It's not just morning sickness, it's all day sickness. I actually got sick our weekend in Chicago and that was before I even tested. That night I looked at H and said that bought of sickness reminded me of when I was pregnant. Sure enough, positive test 2 days later.
I was constantly nauseous with DD but never actually got sick. This time is different already. Actually getting sick, something sounds good so I try to eat it, then start gagging halfway through. Yet I'm starving. Fun stuff.
I envy those women who say pregnancy is amazing, but I also know that I'm beyond fortunate to be pregnant right now. So I'll take it even though it comes with some pretty crappy side affects. The prize at the end is worth it. ;-)
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)

Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
Actually, the glass would make it even easier to pour from one to the other.
Love the car idea!
Side bonus: I've already lost a little weight! That alone tells me it was past time to cut back.
That decision just kind of dovetailed with TTC, and I figured now was as good a time as any. My cycle has been way out of whack - I went off of BC 7 weeks ago, and no AF, but I am having all of the other side effects (joy). It's like being a teenager again. Anyway, I have no idea what's going on, so I just decided to go cold turkey Oct. 1 and focus on my diet and meditating a little bit to relieve stress.
She just super caught me off guard when she asked me that, so I answered her literal question honestly. She would have been able to tell if I was lying anyway.
I don't see any reason not to as long as you're responsible with your CC usage.
Oh and you're not alone with those side affects. I had bacne for a solid 6 months after stopping BC. I hadn't had that since early high school. Thankfully it went away over time.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)

Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com