We survived vacation!

Though to be honest it was touch and go a few times. The highlights of the trip are a busted front bumper from Gettysburg, a lost pair of prescription sunglasses to the Atlantic Ocean, 3 sunburned people, lots of frolicking in the ocean and time spent on the boardwalk, and finding out that there is another couple in the family going through infertility. I have sent the lady of the family to stirrup-queens because if anything can help her feel less alone, it's finding the ALI community. They have orientation for IVF this week so they are a little ahead of us in the game. Please cross your fingers for them as I know they are hurting as much as we are.

Anniversary

Tomorrow is three years that I have been married to my love. We've been through lots of ups and downs, had lots of laughs, and been happily married to each other since 2007. We've been together for a decade. While neither of us envisioned this path for our married life, we are walking it, just waiting to see what our next steps will be in this journey to increasing our family. Happy anniversary love.

Giveaway winner!

And the winner is (chosen by random.org), Nancy!

Congratulations!

Giveaway!

I'm a crocheter. I love to play with yarn. I love to make things for people and I love to go to a craft store and buy new items to craft. Because of this love of crafting (and because it gives me an excuse to go to a craft store), I'm giving away a $25 gift card to JoAnn Fabrics. The deadline to enter is Monday, 8/16/10. The winner will be drawn on Tuesday 8/17/10.

How to enter:
Leave a comment telling me what your favorite craft is = 1 entry (this is the only mandatory entry method). Additionally you can...
Become a follower (or stay a follower) = 1 additional entry (mention in your comment if you are a follower!)
Blog about it = 5 entries (mention in your comment that you blogged about it!)

Birthday thoughts

Tomorrow is my birthday. I'll be 33. I always thought I'd have a couple of kids running around by this point in time. Instead, I'll spend it without even seeing my step-daughter. I'll smile and pretend that I'm happy, but the truth is I'm really not. I'm sad. I'm really sad. I keep hoping for a miracle each month, hoping that next year I'll be holding a baby on my birthday, watching same said baby grow up each year, but I also know that I'm getting older and eventually age will be the enemy for having any said babies. Last year, I went to a baby shower on my birthday. It was for a fellow IFer who made it to the other side so I celebrated for her, even though my heart was breaking inside. But I just knew that it would be my turn in the next 12 months, just knew this. Of course, it hasn't been and we've sent more time not being able to try and have children in the last several months than we have spent trying. It's been hard. So this is my birthday wish again this year. Please, let it be my turn soon. Please let me give the Young'un a sibling to torture love. (I was the oldest child. I know the truth.) Please let me have a child, through whatever means it happens. Please let our family grow.

Where has the time gone?

The next couple of weeks around here are going to be busy celebrating (or dreading) various time milestones. I'm about the first, just kinda there on the second, and glad to celebrate the third.

The first one up is my 15 year class reunion and it is this weekend. Now, I don't know about you out there on the interwebs, but I don't look much like I did in high school nor have I really kept in touch with most of the people. In fact, most of them I only know bits and pieces about through either gossip passed on by my mother or through fa.ce.book. Since I tend to avoid mirrors for the most part, I took a look recently and realized that the picture of myself in my head which looks amazingly like I'm still 21, skinny, and have a line-free face is not correct. I'm far from skinny anymore, I look like I"m in my 30's, and the laugh lines are there right around the eyes. And I get to see many people from my graduating class on Sunday. Save me, please.

Next week is my birthday. I'll be 33 on the 8th. I'm mostly ambivalent about that one. I just keep thinking about how I thought my life would be at this age and coming to grips that just because I thought it would be one way, doesn't mean that life will actually go that way.

The 18th is my anniversary. I will have been married for 3 years. I'm happy to have married my husband and I'm happy with our life. Granted, children would enrich it, but at this point we haven't been blessed yet. I hope that next year will be different, but I am celebrating the life we have now.

Update on cursed

It appears it is a dirty throttlebody on P's car. I'm still listed as cursed, but the check engine light did go off.

I had to cancel my sono for tomorrow. I get to go to an off-site meeting for work that starts at 8. I was supposed to be at the doctor's at 8:30 with the sono at 11. Somehow I don't think these two things are going to work well together. So now it looks like it will be after vacation before I can go and get it done. This isn't ideal, but it is what we have to work with. On the other hand, it does mean that the ban has been lifted for now.

That's my pdate for now. I'm sure there will be more later.