Bad News

We found out today that Matt is going to be laid off at the end of the month. ):
They did give him notice so that is a good thing, but I am hoping that he finds something soon.
He immediately came home and started looking things up on the computer.
Please keep us in your prayers!

On to the new cycle!

I called Miss Nurse lady today and suprisingly she called right back with my results. I love it when they call you on your desk phone and work and you can't talk because if you even mutter the words "ovulate" or "levels" over the phone with her my cubicle neighbors might hear and GASSPPPP.. think I may be pregnant when I am in fact not.

Anyways, she said that on a medicated cycle they like to see the Progesterone at a 10 and mine was 1.5.

Boooo!

She called in Clomid, at 100 mg this month and we will try, try, try again!

Oh, and PCOS sucks, and I have horrible heartburn.
That is all.

She has arrived!

AF that is...

Right on time..

28 days.

Never in the 20ish years that I have had a period have I had one for 6 months now in a row. And since August it has been an exact 28 days cycle!

Headed in the right direction?

Stay Golden Pony Boy.. (Random stuff)

• OU Beat Texas for the first time in 4 years. Matt is a huge OU fan, and this game is big in our household. Looks like he will get to wear the pants this year. I have been wearing them for 4 years and ready to give them up. But my Longhorns need to SHAPE up.. immediately.
• Matt, my dad, my brother, and I all had the stomach flu/virus this week. Mine just happened to come on Monday, the day I am supposed to do payroll at work. My boss helped a ton, but I felt terrible leaving it with her. I tried to go in, I sat in the car for an hour and threw up and just couldn't do it. A week later, I still get these hot flashes and cold sweats. It was a rough one. Leave it to my body to make me throw up and have pregnancy symptoms the week before I am scheduled for AF.
• Being home that day, I decided to take pee on a OPK stick, and it was a bold bright positive. Weird. Day 20ish.. and I was just now ovulating? My last cycle was 28 days so that would not give it enough time to implant, etc.. right?
• I went in for Day 21 blood work on Thursday to see if I ovulated. I haven't heard back from Nurse "Vacation day when I really need her" but I am having some very light spotting. Maybe pre-AF?
• I am super ecstatic about my Fall TV lineup... it will get its own post, no worries there.
• I have had two Scentsy parties in the last two weeks, and its been real fun. I should be good and ready for Christmas, which is where the extra cash is going to go towards. I had one today, along with two co-workers who sell Premier and Miche Bags and we booked another party in late October, and we are already having one in late October.. so two more this month! We are like a traveling band, lol.
• Matt bought a fish aquarium yesterday. It started with an idea of a small one, which turned into a pretty big one for our first aquarium, which turned into a ton of money later. I am glad he is excited about it though, he doesn't treat his self like I do with my silly indulges. He is always pretty smart about money and he works hard so he deserves it too. Anyways, we set it all up and were supposed to let it sit for 24 hours before we added fish to the mix, and so last night he couldn't wait and we added 6 fish we bought at Wal-Mart. He woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me that all 6 fish were dead. We went back this morning after church and he bought an Oscar and 5 small red fish. The Oscar ate all the red fish and now is laying on the gravel like he is too full to move. I don't know if he will make it or not.
• We went and saw Case 39 on Friday night and LOVED it. I love scary movies, and this one had a good story to it. It was pretty creepy though.
• I missed the Texas Rice Festival this weekend!!! This is held right by my hometown and I was in the parades in high school, danced on the stage in drill team and have gone pretty much every night of the festival from the time I was in high school on. It's always a high school reunion, and really cool to see everyone and their families, but the best part is the freaking food. The yummy, amazing, indulgent food. They have rice balls, cajun Pistolettes, Ka-bobs, gumbo, boudain balls, and pretty much anything else you can think of. I almost checked with my folks to see if they could pick me up some rice balls and froze them for me so I could eat them later.

You are pretty much all caught up now (:

CD16

And no positive OPK yet. Not a one.. not even close. I am guessing 50mg of clomid did nothing to my ovaries. I will go in on CD 21 to confirm whether or not I ovulated, and then they will increase my dosage of clomid from there. They knew I did the previous dosage at 100mg, so I wonder why they started me at a lower dosage since that one obviously did not work.
Hmph.
I really am not frustrated because I know that this new doctor has a plan, and its alot less drama filled that the RE I was seeing before. She kind of gives you the tools, and then you are on your own. You only go in once a month so there is really no stress in that for me. Smooth Sailin'.
My dream and ultimate goal is to tell my family one Thanksgiving dinner that we are pregnant.. Looks like I only have one more month to make that happen for this year. I have always just pictured that in my head, and think it would be sooo neat since everyone would be there together, and we all say what we are thankful for. Boy, wouldn't that be something to be thankful for???
My body is used to the Metformin now.. I am up to 1500 per day and still getting sick to my stomach but not near as bad. I have been super tired lately, but that is nothing new. I need energy.. STAT.
Besides all that fun, I am loving that Fall TV is back. I missed Glee and am soooo excited it's back on. If you haven't seen it, you are truly missing out.

The "US" Survey

1. When is your “engagement” anniversary:
March 31, 2003

2. When is your “marriage” anniversary:
March 27, 2004

3. How long have you known your spouse:
9.5 years

4. How long did you date/court before you were engaged:
almost 2 years

5. Where did you meet your spouse for the first time?
@ Gamestop- I interviewed him for a job. Yep, you heard me right.

6. What is your spouse’s full name:
Matthew Wayne Durbin

7. Do you have any children:
Nope );

8. How many – boys/girls:
n/a :(

9. Do you have any house pets:
Yep - 3 dogs

10. Do you own a house or rent:
Own

11. Do you live in the country or town/city:
The beautiful suburbs of Humble/Atascocita Texas

12. What is one of your favorite activities together:
eating

13. Do you have a favorite vacation spot:
Vegas- fo sho

14. When did you first kiss?
That first day (sluttttt)

15. What church do you attend?
Woodlands Church (Kerry Shook)

16. Is this the church you were married in:
nope...we were married at Assembly of God in Humble.

17. What town is your current address at:
Humble

18. Do you work or stay at home:
Work

19. Where did you go on your honeymoon:
we went on a cruise to Cozumel!

20. What was the funniest gift you gave when dating?
He gave me these little ceramic apes that he got from the Kentucky Zoo.

21. How long have you been together?
Almost 10 years!

22. How long did you know each other before you started dating?
5 minutes?

23. Who asked who out?
I am certain it was him.

24. How old are each of you?
He is 33 and I'm 31

25. Where do each of you go to school?
no school, but we work together

26. Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
spending time with both sides of the family equally, and money of course

27. Did you go to the same school?
Nope

28. Are you from the same home town?
Nope

29. Who is smarter?
Totally him

30. Who is more sensitive?
Him, LOL.. I am a hard ass. jk

31. Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Pizzini's for lunch at work

32. Where is the farthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Either Cozumel or Vegas.. once we drove to Chicago.. that was a LONG drive!!

33. Who has the craziest exes?
Neither really.. we are lucky

34. Who has the worse temper?
Both of us equally

35. Who does the cooking?
Me..

36. Who is more social?
Probably him

37. Who is the neat-freak?
NEITHER

38. Who is more stubborn?
Probably Me

39. Who hogs the bed?
That would be him.. he is 6 ft 6 so he stretches all limbs out

40. Who wakes up earlier?
Me, hands down..

41. Where was your first date?
the interview I guess? he sort of never left after that

42. Who had more boyfriends/girlfriends?
Me

43. Do you get flowers often?
Occasionally

44. How do you spend the holidays?
with both families- Have you seen Four Christmases?

45. Who is more jealous?
Neither

46. How long did it take to get serious?
5 minutes again?

47. Who eats more?
Him , gosh can he eat!!!

48. Who does the laundry
Me , he doesnt even know that we have a washer and dryer

49. Who’s better with the computer?
Me

50. Leave a piece of advice for the other couples.
Duct tape and a banana...

LOL JK..

Have fun together, laugh often!!

Blackberry Margaritas

So I haven't tried these personally, just found the recipe on another blog. YUM. Not that I need help feeling like I have been drinking these days, but I will be trying this soon, because I am a big Blackberry kinda girl.

Blackberry Margaritas
Serves 2


1 shot triple sec
3 shots tequila
1/2 shot black current liquor
1/2 cup blackberries
1 6-ounce can limeade
1 cup crushed ice
Combine the all ingredients in a large pitcher. Using a big wooden spoon, muddle the blackberries so they are pretty much all crushed up in the drink. Serve with additional blackberries and a lime wedge.