I Did It Again!

For the month of January, I challenged myself to blog every day like I did back in November. Well, with this post today, I achieved my goal.  It really wasn't that bad, actually!  And, I only missed 6 days on the photo blog as well.  That was partly due to the fact that I didn't decide to start that blog until about a week into January.  I've had quite a bit of fun thinking of things to take pictures of each day.  I'm also thinking of clever ways to incorporate all of those photos into a special scrapbook layout.

Today we spent another wonderful day in the basement.  We did some more sewing and a bit of scrapbooking.  Then we spent some time before dinner beating level 4 in Su.per Mar.i0 W.ii.  I absolutely LOVE that game!

Tomorrow morning I have my U/S at 8:30 and then I can hang at home for a bit.  I have to take a half day - so I won't go to school until noon.  MJ is currently upstairs working on "homework" and I am working on sub plans. A movie in bed will be in order soon, then begins the countdown - only 3 weeks until February Vacation!

Hope everyone had a great January!

I Love the Basement

We spent the better part of the day in the basement sewing.  It was pure bliss.  We emerged a few times to switch laundry and eat dinner, but other than that we enjoyed being crafty!  We worked on making towels for  Valen.tine's  Day, St. Pa.tty's D.ay, and Spring/E.aster.  We also worked on our quilt squares from our kit of the month club.

It has been frigid here - wind chills below zero.  So, it was a great day to stay inside.

Day 2 of my F0llis.tim tonight, and I have an U/S on Monday to make sure everything looks OK in there.   We're keeping our fingers crossed for that November baby.  We were talking today about the fact that it was almost a year ago that  we got pregnant.  I can't believe it has been that long already.

Great Day

We had an absolutely fantastic day at the B0ston Mus.eum of S.cience today.  The kids had an absolute blast!  We were able to see exhibits, and electricity demonstration, and an I.M.A.X film on coral reefs in the south pacific.  The kids (and adults) were just in awe.  We even did an extended day and didn't get back to school until almost 5PM so that the kids could get the most out of the trip.

I have talked about my "Friday School" before.  These kids live in situations that kids should never have to live in.  This school has over 80% of their students receiving free/reduced lunch.  So, needless to say a trip to B0ston was a huge thing.  Because of our high percentage, we were able to have $2 admission to the museum AND there was a business sponsoring the 0mni film for free.  The kids were absolutely in awe of it all.  Many of these families do not own cars, so they do not get out of the city where they live.   Imagine the faces as the B0ston skyline came into view.  Never mind riding escalators - something many of them had never done (and had to be taught how to do safely).  I should also mention that for many of the parents, this was the first time they had ever been out of their neighborhood as well.  At points I didn't know who was more excited - the kids or their parents.  A great and enriching experience for all.

And as I sit here tonight exhausted from the day, I am again reminded how lucky I am and how lucky I was growing up.  B0ston is only 1 1/2 hours away - no big deal.  My mom would think nothing of throwing my brother and I in the car and taking us to the museums, ice shows, etc.  I am fortunate, really fortunate. 

Life is good, really good!

She's Here!!!

Well, finally, after a 50 day vacation, AF arrived today!  We are back on the TTC bandwagon!  This month enters the beginning of year 4 of our journey.  This will be try #13 - not counting canceled cycles, etc.  We only count tries if we actually do an IUI.  So, fingers crossed, toes crossed, baby dust sprinkled, and all of that.  Looks like IUI should be around Feb 15 or 16.

Tomorrow I get to take  the kids at my Friday school to the B0ston Mus.eum of Sc.ience.  I am excited, and so are they.  It will be a great day!

We are thinking about a fun trip to The Highlan.ds next weekend just for a little getaway.  Is is a great  little les.bian bed and breakfast here in northern NH.  It's also where the picture of the rainbow chairs in our header was taken.  We are going to wait until Wed to officially book because they offer a 20% discount if you book last minute.  We'll take our chances that there will still be rooms available.  If not, we'll pick a different weekend!

Blood work in the morning and meds start  tomorrow night.  Baseline scan is waiting until Mon because I am gone on the trip all day tomorrow. 

Here we go again - could it be possible for 2010 to be our year?

Oh, yeah - I also updated the photo blog - check it out!

Quick and Bullety

Just a quick and bullety kind of post since it is late and we need to go to bed!

*On a whim, we decided to ask my dad to let the dogs out tonight and we went out to dinner and wandered around the Chris.tmas Tr.ee Sh0p - love that place!

*Beat world 3 in Sup.er Mari0 W.ii tonight - now we have sore thumbs!

*We don't have to teach tomorrow - we have a workshop day - I'm sure it will be invigorating

*Still waiting for AF to arrive

*No set plans for the weekend and we love it!

*3 weeks until February Vacation!

Getting Married

So, it's been legal in NH for us to get married since the beginning of 2010.  A couple of weekends ago, there was a church around here offering to do the ceremonies for free as long as you showed up with your marriage license in hand.  We were stoked - and ready to have that real marriage license from our state.

Then came the problem......

You see, back a few years ago when we thought NH would NEVER jump on the gay marr.iage bandwagon, we "hopped the border" and got a C.ivil Un.ion in VT.  That is where the problem lies.  Before we can apply for a marriage license here, we have to go to court and get our VT Civi.l Un.ion dissolved.  And, that will cost us $205.  Just to get married  - which, by the way will cost $100.

So, to make a long story short, we have to get divorced before we can get married (legally).

It's always something, isn't it?

Seriously?!?!

So, tomorrow will be day 49 of this cycle - are you kidding me?!?!

I have NEVER had a cycle that long in the almost 4 years that we have been keeping track.  I think the universe is playing some sort of silly trick on us. 

If we get pregnant this cycle we'll have a baby in 2010 - if we don't we are out for this year already.  We should have 2 by now....

In other news, MJ and I just played a killer game of Mari0 Brothe.rs W.ii - I love that game

Send some AF and baby making vibes our way, please!

Another Good Day

Today was just as much fun as yesterday!  We enjoyed playing more DDR - and laughed a lot more too.  We had a wonderful egg bake and cinnamon roll breakfast and spent the morning visiting with Laura, Sue, and Olivia.  We've been watching football all afternoon/evening and we're psyched that Indi.anapolis won.  Now we are biting our nails watching the Vikin.gs and hoping they pull through as well.  That will put us in a good spot in the football pool at work - and guarantee that I remain in first place going into the Sup.er Bo.wl.

This week will be an interesting week as we have school Mon, Tues, Wed and then Teacher Workshop on Thurs.  Friday I go with my little school to the B0st0n Mus.eum of Sci.ence.  Interesting, but fun!

Great Start to the Weekend

Yesterday we came home to a package waiting for us from a friend of MJ's who lives in Canada. She has been working on some of the planning with host cities, airports, etc, and sent us an Olym.pic Flag so that MJ could hang it in her classroom. It is very cool to have a real flag from the upcoming Oly.mpics!




















Today, our friends Laura, Sue and Olivia came to visit so that we could celebrate Christ.mas together a few weeks late! We enjoyed a wonderful fondue dinner and chocolate cream pie for dessert!

Olivia helped clean up from making the pie!














We spent the afternoon hanging out and opening presents. Sue, Olivia and I had lots of fun playing Sup.er Mar.i0 W.ii - I hadn't played with multiple players before and it was very fun. It is always nice to just enjoy the company of friends.

Olivia thoroughly enjoyed eating a large icicle.














We ended the evening with some fun playing Dis.ney Dan.ce Dan.ce Rev0lution. Oh.my.goodness.....It was SO much fun! We laughed so hard! Olivia did a great job getting the hang of it as well.




















Now the kid is in bed and we are watching Gl.ee on DVD - we haven't seen it yet and want to catch up on it before it comes back in April.

What I Learned Today

Instead of teaching computers this morning, I got to hang out with the kids as they had a special presentation from the "nature lady".  I thoroughly enjoyed singing and signing the nature songs along with the kids and I especially enjoyed learning right along with them.

Two things I learned from the presentation:

When people are cleaning up birds from oil spills, they use Da.wn dish liquid.  They use Da.wn and only Da.wn - there is something about it that makes it work the best.

A water bird:  loons, ducks, etc make their own waterproofing.  When they preen their feathers (wash them) they have a substance that comes out of their mouth and waterproofs their feathers.  So, when a bird has been cleaned up from an oil spill, they have to be kept in captivity for a while so that they can re-waterproof themselves!

One other thing I learned today (not from the nature lady)

Mini marshmallows and toothpicks will provide an easy half hour plus of enjoyment for kindergarten and first graders!

Aren't you glad I made you smarter?  Unless of course you already knew all of that!!  Happy weekend everyone!