Weird Dreams

Ok, I'm currently 8 DPO and once again having strange baby related dreams. This time my mother was the one who was pregnant! That would be a feat since she had a hysterectomy when I was a kid! I think this dream is because I'm starting to have the feeling that everyone in the world is getting preggers except for me. Meh. I keep telling myself that it'll happen for us eventually. I'm actually way, way less stressed lately than I normally am.

Tomorrow is Eric's birthday and his parents are coming to visit us today so I'm looking forward to the celebrations. I'm making a German chocolate cake for Eric (his fave) from a Food Network recipe so I'll let ya know how that works out. I also have muffins and cookies to bake so I'd better get off my butt and into the kitchen!

We had a huge snow storm yesterday and the base closed early because of it, so what did we do with our free time? I dragged Eric to 5 stores! There were hardly any people in the stores because all of the sane people stayed home. It was an adventure. I put off all my bargain shopping until the end of the week so I missed out a few deals but it's no biggie. I've scored on so many deals lately that I don't mind missing some. I spent the beginning of the week cleaning and organizing and just didn't quite feel like shopping, too. But now everything is done so I'm off to the kitchen to see if I can bake a cake. I fare pretty well in the kitchen but baking isn't exactly my forte so we'll see.

New Obsession Part Two

Ya know...I called my blog 'My Obsessed Life' because I have the tendency to completely obsess about things, especially if it's a new something.

My new obsession is Alchemy on my DF's Droid phone. This obsession was totally brought on by the proliferation of medical intervention that Eric has needed as of late. There is nothing more tedious than spending hours upon hours in an ER waiting and worrying. Thank goodness for Alchemy, Angry Birds, and Unblock Me on Eric's phone! I have spent so much time waiting in hospitals lately that I'm on level 275 in Unblock Me! Then came Alchemy, and all other games disappeared. It's so addicting. I'm not the type that likes getting cheats because I don't see the point of that so it's all me save one hint I got from someone. I was way too excited when I made yogurt. When I made a Zombie there were squeals of elation coming from Eric's hospital room, so I can only guess what the nurses were assuming!

I highly recommend this game if you haven't already gotten obsessed. Oh, and you can make The Beatles, too! How awesome is that?!

Free Stuff

Ok, I just have to brag a little. It's my blog, so I can do that, right? I got all the items pictured for free!!! The picture on the left was from 3 stores in two days and the picture on the right is the same but from two different days. Making all the items free in one week. It really took me very little shopping time, too. Thank goodness for coupon sites like the fabulous hip2save.com for posting all the weekly deals. You can't see them very well in the picture, but the coupons on the right are for two free Michelina's entrées and one Oust product. The blue and white thing is a bracelet, btw. I now have enough free toothpaste to clean the teeth of all of Beavercreek, Ohio, thank you very much. I have no intentions of becoming a hoarder so I plan to donate anything I can't use before it's expiration date.

My other fabulous deal, although not free, was 18 small bottles of Coffee-Mate creamer for 11¢ each. They would've been free with a bit of overage but the dumb register beeped on three of my coupons. Oh well. 11¢ each is incredibly cheap. Now, I hear you thinking 'what the hell are you going to do with so much creamer???' The truth is that my DF (dear fiancée now instead of dear boyfriend!) likes a little coffee with his creamer and not the other way around. We go through a ton of the stuff. Since it's non-dairy, it also has a very long shelf life so these puppies will last until May quite easily. We will definitely use them before they expire. I had to buy 18 in order to get $5 off, you see.

Anywho, it has been a stellar shopping week for me. Among all the the free and nearly free stuff I managed to haul in, I also now have birthday shopping finished for a few kids in the fam. Yay!

I am now finished bragging. Thank you for indulging me. :)

I have some catching up to do in my Blog posts!

Okay, so the day after Christmas, my poor fiancée was stricken with yet another bout of sickness and he ended up in the hospital so I have a bunch of posts to do to catch up. Here's number one.

Eric ended up getting sick the night after Christmas with a lot of intense pain and vomiting. Then on Wednesday, I took him into the ER for the same symptoms and they admitted him for gallstones and scheduled surgery to remove his gallbladder. So the surgery was done, went really well, and he was finally released on Saturday. So, the poor guy spent New Years' Eve in the hospital! The sweet nurses let me just hang out there as long as I wanted and I even had dinner with him...I mean, hospital food, but still nice. He's home now and doing quite well. Two surgeries in one month! Sheesh.

So, because he had two surgeries, was in the hospital for what seemed like forever, and was sick when he was home for a while, this cycle is a bust as far as TTC goes. No biggie. That's my mantra for this new year. No Biggie. I'm trying really hard to be ultra positive, not let little things bother me, and go with the flow. It's January 3rd and so far so good! My other big resolution for the new year is to continue to eat healthy, exercise, and lose weight. We just bought a treadmill which will help a lot.

Because this cycle is a no-go for TTC, I feel relaxed. It's actually kind of nice to not have to sweat the TWW.

I'm Engaged!!!

Look at the splendor of my ring! Eric asked me to marry him. I, of course, said yes! Christmas morning he got down on one knee and asked me and I can't stop staring at my ring. It's the most beautiful ring...I'm in love with it and the man who gave it to me!

So, obviously, it was a great Christmas. We went out for sushi on Christmas Eve for the second year in a row at a restaurant that makes the best spicy salmon roll ever. We were the only people in the restaurant, which was actually really nice. I get tired of how loud restaurants are most of the time.

Besides being blinded by diamonds, I also got Wheel of Fortune for Wii. I love it. I mean, who doesn't like Wheel of Fortune, right? I've been watching that show pretty much since it started 27 years ago so when I heard they were making a Wii version I got all excited. Probably more excited than normal people get about a game show but anyway....

So now, I'm on the hunt for a treadmill because it's way too cold outside to take walks but walking is one of the few forms of exercise I can do that doesn't aggravate my RA in some way. Actually, using a treadmill is even better than walking outdoors because my feet don't hurt as much walking on a predictable, even keel rather than outdoors where there are bumps and other things that make it slightly unsteady. Even the littlest thing will make the RA in my feet really hurt. Blah blah blah.

In other news, it's just about ovulation time again! Yay! I haven't been stressed about baby-making at lately. It's nice for a change. Here's hoping that it works this cycle. :)

Meh

Well, the wicked witch of the east showed up today (AF) so I'm absolutely, definitely not preggo. Oh well. The up side is that my luteal phase ending up being 12 days this cycle. Not the 14 I had hoped for but also not the 10 I'm used to. I also don't have any premenstrual cramps any longer although I do still have the spotting so the B6 and P cream are doing something.

Eric had his nasal surgery yesterday and they kept him overnight to make sure his breathing was okay since he has sleep apnea. His surgery went really well and he's home with me now and not feeling any pain. He hasn't even needed any pain medication beyond Tylenol. The surgeon fixed his severely deviated septum and sort of roto-rootered his sinus passages. I'm really impressed by the hospital we were in because they were super efficient but also genuinely kind and compassionate. The nurses were so sweet and attentive to both Eric and me and even the surgeon was very nice and personable, which I find is rather rare with surgeons. I think I'm going to write them a thank you letter because so often people take the time to complain about bad service but rarely take the time to praise good service.

Well....have to go change my honey's bandages!

Argh!

So, I'm only 10 DPO and I'm spotting. Last night I had a strange pinching sort of pain in my uterus area that went away rather quickly and then I had some residual tenderness for a couple of hours but it was mild. It was very different from what I usually experience in the days before AF so I was a bit hopeful that it was implantation. I can't shut off my brain when it comes to thinking baby thoughts! So fast forward to just about a half hour ago and I had some bright red spotting and then nothing. So, theoretically it really could be implantation spotting but from what I understand it's not terribly common, maybe 30% of women have experienced this. If it's not implantation bleeding it means the dreaded AF is already here. At only 10 DPO??? I haven't had that happen for a while. Once I started taking B6 supplements my luteal phase lengthened to 14 days.

This is so frustrating. I'm trying not to stress and just let whatever happens happen but it's difficult. I want to have a baby so badly and the constant back and forth of my cycle is getting to me. I guess for the time being I need to just keep focusing on losing weight and doing all the stuff I'm supposed to. I have vowed to myself that I will not obsess about baby stuff today and instead put my energy into something else so wish me luck! :)