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lulu1180

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tlunceford123116

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: sex, pnv, temping & charting

R/R: so excited today is Friday!! And hopefully ovulating this weekend if FF is right!

CS/Q: not yet 

GTKY: What is one thing your DH does that drives you crazy?  And what is one thing he does that reminds you how amazing he is? Hmm. It drives me INSANE when I call him out on something & he responds with something I've done. Um, no. And I genuinely love mostly everything about DH. The # 1 thing is how much he loves DS. He came into me & DS's lives when DS was 2 2 1/2. He chose to love a child he didn't have too, and that's admirable. 

mrs35

Month/Cycle: 7 months total, 1cycle ttcal

CD: 10

WAYDTGKU: bbt, pnv, cm

R/R: When H was letting our dog out before he went to bed (2am) our dog got skunked! He carried him back to the tub but our whole house still reeks!! And I'm pretty sure we are going to have to replace the bathroom haha! It is destroyed and smells so bad!!! I obviously could smell/hear what was going on and woke up to help. By the time it was over and I went back to bed I only had an hour before I had to get up. 

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is one thing your DH does that drives you crazy?  And what is one thing he does that reminds you how amazing he is?
Going along with my R/R it drives me crazy that H doesn't watch the dog when he lets him out. Our dog is a hound so he lets his nose take him away. About once a week our dog runs away while H is "watching" him. Fortunately we live in the middle of no where but I worry one day something worse than getting skunked/porcupined will happen.

He is amazing because he is a very hard worker and takes care of just about everything around the house, including cooking dinner. He is handy and has done most of the remodeling we are doing on his own.  

lulu1180

@MommytoM13 @mrs35 I turned this into a weekend randoms after I realized @NYTino24 already made today's WTO (that's what I get for not paying attention to detail....although I did wonder why she was posting in Wednesday's post so late lol)

kiwi2628

Edit since this is no longer WTO

My FFFC - I hate a lot of 'kid friendly' Halloween decorations. I love the mercury pumpkins, the actual bowel of gourds- things that looks like they are classic and beautiful. I like the hokey stuff but only on Halloween night, and I hate when people put up fake looking witches or skeletons coming up from the ground on Oct 1st or some other super early date because I think it takes away from actual Halloween night.

thatcma

My FC is I have never read the Harry Potter books. I couldn't' get into them when they were popular, and now as an adult it seemed childish to read them.

glitterfish-2

I guess I'll start since I did something bad last night! I was in this super-mega-giftshop (Shady Maple, if any of you know it), and I saw this bandana and couldn't resist buying it! 


Butttttttttt..... my other confession is that we are going to New Orleans in 2.5 weeks and I wouldn't be that sad if this wasn't our cycle, but I still wasn't willing to not try after this long. DH really thinks this is it, though, for some reason.

JulesDP

@osucma I just recently got into Harry Potter. I. love. them.  However, my husband is constantly making fun of me for being 31 and obsessed with HP!

@GlitterFish I need that bandana for my girls!!

My FFFC is that I've been glued to watching how all of the drivebys have unfolded this week.  

lulu1180

@osucma I didn't read the Harry Potter books until I was an adult (after the 6th movie came out, actually) and I still REALLY enjoyed them!!  I'm actually in process of re-reading them right now!

@GlitterFish I love that bandana!!  I should look into something similar to that for our dog maybe as a way to announce it to our parents whenever I get my bfp.


I have 2 FFFCs this week

1. I still haven't done thank yous for the wedding and it's been 4 months.  It seems like such a looming task and I can't seem to motivate myself to get it done.  Maybe I'll add it on my list of things to do this weekend...

2. I considered, for the briefest of moments, TTA this cycle because the local Christmas Ale comes out 10/31 and it is A-MAZ-ING!  But I decided I don't want to avoid for such a silly reason, especially because (like the rest of you) I want a baby so bad!  Although it is the best beer ever and the reason that I decided all beer is not horrible.

GeorgiaWife6912

@GlitterFish I make shirts (vinyl/heat press) and I have already bought the blank for DS1's shirt.  And I would have had it made already if the last 2 weeks hadn't been insanely busy with MH working out of town and DS and I both being sick.

eggplantface

I'm so tired today I'm going to spend my work day shopping on Amazon for a skinny patent leather belt for new dresses I bought. Also Bumping. Because Friday.

haylsbayls-2

@lulu1180 this makes me feel so much better! I am going on 6 weeks after the wedding and was starting to get stressed


my FFC is that I started using the bump acronyms in real life! I texted my friend that "AF" was coming and she was so confused. I also texted DH that we should HIO

bswishe4

I HATE Christmas music, like with a passion. It makes me crazy that people start playing it months early. The only time I find it acceptable in maybe the week of Christmas. I refuse to listen to the radio between now and January.

zwink1

My FFFC is that I blatantly eavesdropped on a conversation at work that was definitely not meant for my ears. I'm not the least bit sorry about it. I found out some pretty interesting things, and am glad I know them because it's pushed me to work harder on a job search given that there's going to be some major upheaval coming at my current job.


Also, @osucma, I think I just cried a little inside!!  HP is most definitely NOT just for kids!  I love the books, I even convinced my family to get me the British version for my birthday one year.  The US version published by scholastic has some differences, nothing that changes the story, but I'm a book addict and wanted them in the original context of how they were meant to be written without stupid changes to wording to make them "easier for Americans to understand." 

JulesDP

Yesss @lulu1180 and @zwink1

bswishe4

@osucma I totally took an adult trip to Harry Potter world last year. Literally 13 hour trip just to go experience it after falling in love with the books. It is SO worth it even as an adult to try them.

kiwi2628

@lulu1180 @zwink1and @JulesDP HP 4 life! I started reading them when the first one came out in the states when I was 13. Still waiting for my name letter. Growing up I went to all the midnight book release parties, midnight movie premieres- omg it was so much fun and dorky and I loved it.

Dilynne

I told my boss I have an important appointment on Wednesday, which I do... but it's an appointment with a medium and I'm super excited. 

GeorgiaWife6912

I am doing the absolute minimum at work today.  After being out the past two days bc DS was sick, I have zero motivation to do anything.  So, even though I absolutely despise when people do it to me, I am leaving some stuff undone over the weekend.  Now remind me not to be pissed the next weekend I have to work and someone has left me with stuff... 

beachbunnyxo123

My confession is that I'm 29 years old, secretly obsessed with the twilight saga movies/books and can't wait for a cold rainy day to watch all 5 of them and experience no guilt  

RunRestRepeat

@lulu1180 No judgement here on considering TTA for an ale. Then again, this is coming from someone who nearly broke down the other day when I realized how much I'd miss over-medium eggs if I'm ever lucky enough to get KU...

Totally jumping on the HP nerd train! I own every book and every movie and have read/watched both so many times it's embarrassing.



Sticking with a similar theme, my FFFC is that I haven't read a single Twilight book and haven't seen any of the movies!

Dilynne

beachbunnyxo123 said:

My confession is that I'm 29 years old, secretly obsessed with the twilight saga movies/books and can't wait for a cold rainy day to watch all 5 of them and experience no guilt  

I just recently Netflix'd the crap out of the first three and then realized the last two weren't on Netflix... so I rushed to the store 5 minutes before closing in my pajamas to pick them up. No shame.

kiki75

10 or so years ago I had my palm read in Hong Kong. I had largely forgotten about it until I happened upon a picture of it about six months ago. Instantly I remembered that he told me I would have 'woman problems' and since then I've been paranoid that it's true and it will really affect TTC or make it impossible.

ETA: I do realize that it's nuts. 

vflux33

lulu1180 You have a year! I don't remember exactly when I sent mine out because wedding was almost 7 years ago, but it was at least a few months and I was told within a year is fine.

@haylsbayls OMG I've been doing that too. It is confusing the hell out of MH. 

@bswishe4 I hate Christmas music too. I'm not Christian so Christmas music for so many months feels a tad invasive. I have celebrated it with MH's family for over a decade now, but still feels like I'm faking it and don't need to be reminded every time I go into a Walgreens that I am not one of the special chosen Christmas people. 



My FFFC is that I am currently pretending to be excited about several weddings coming up in my family that I'm actually dreading because they're at times that are inconvenient for me to travel and might interfere with my fertile window.

magnolia131

@osucma I've never read the HP books either...I didn't have a ton of interest when I was younger and they were so popular, and now that I'm older I just worry that if I do that I will in fact like them and get sucked into an obsession that I just don't have the time for. 

@haylsbayls I've done this with by husband...the first time I texted him the acronym TTC he was confused and then annoyed when he realized that I was using "bump talk" IRL. His reaction/aversion to the whole thing reminds me of this gif...


Anyways my whole life is a walking FFFC but my biggest one is making fake plans to get out of a family dinner tonight. My grandfather and his wife throw them occasionally and the reason for this one is that my uncle is in town because he ran out of money and needs to ask my grandfather for more to see everyone. DH and I are not in a great place to answer questions about our plans for the future at this moment, which is an inevitable focus of most of these events. They're also always very fancy/over the top (think Gilmore Girls Friday night dinners with 3x the people) and I just want to spend tonight in PJs, eating takeout and watching TV. Sorry not sorry. 

haylsbayls-2

@vflux33  @magnolia131  So glad I'm not alone! I catch myself doing it all the time!


My other FFFC is that I told DH that I can't test for pg until the 30th (AF is due any day now) so I've been sneaking into our guest bathroom every morning to test. Luckily he has no idea how this all works but I just didn't want him getting his hopes up since he doesn't understand how hard it is to get KTFU

thatcma

I love all the nerding going on =D

laurad75

My FFFC - I am eating ate my second cookie today.  I finished it while looking for the gif. 

alysapuggles

@GlitterFish I love that! I just added a "big brother" shirt to my cart for DS but I can't pull the trigger because I don't want to jinx myself and because I'm afraid he'd outgrow it before getting to use it if it takes a while. A bandana is genius though!

@osucma I have not ready HP either, nor do I really want to.

@JulesDP I'm right there with you watching the drama unfold! Some of these drive-bys, omg!


@lulu1180 Sometimes a beer is so good it will make you consider crazy things. I understand.

My confession... DH is off this weekend and I'm kind of dreading it because he has a mancold and is being a total grouch. And I also feel obligated to be more productive around the house when he's home, which I do not feel like currently, and also I would like to watch my shows and not have to compromise.

eggplantface

@alysapuggles OMG the mancold. Or any minor illness. I had a terrible head cold over the long weekend and felt like death Sunday to Tuesday. H had ONE liquid poop on Monday afternoon and is on the couch going "Baby, can you make me dinner? My belly hurts." REALLY??

adirat

I guess my confession is that I don't plan to stop eating over-medium eggs if I get PG. 

wabash15

 My FFFC is that I keep the Glow app on my phone only for the drama and all of the BSC women posting clearly negative pee sticks but are told over and over and over that they are positive.

alysapuggles

@eggplantface LOL yes! No matter how sick I get, by the time HE gets it the virus has now mutated and is far worse, requiring many naps!

lund

@osucma yeah I've never read HP either nor anything Twilight related for that matter!  To be completely honest I think my personality is a little too dark for that stuff... I'm more of a True Blood, Dexter, GoT, Vikings, Penny Dreadful type of person. 

@JulesDP & @alysapuggles  yup yup yup. Especially on difficult TTC days gimme all the drive-by drama.

@lulu1180 I'd say that every cycle I'm like "well, if I'm not KU at least I'll be able to drink *insert seasonal alcoholic beverage here*" or "at least I can drink at *insert event here*" ... I think it's our subconscious softening the blow of BFNs. Or at least that's what I tell myself. 

@eggplantface I've already bought a pair of new boots, some PNVs, and bumped for the majority of my workday thus far. No shame.

@haylsbayls haha, I was at my ob/gyn appointment a couple days ago and, while I didn't use the acronyms verbally, I did accidentally slip "hump it out" and "knocked up" into my discussion with my doctor. I think he was appropriately amused. 

@Dilynne I love it. I've also used the "important appointment" excuse for any number of things I need to leave work for. 

@alysapuggles mancolds are THE WORST


My FFFC: I went to a new ob/gyn a couple days ago and I got SO annoyed at the amount of pregnant teenagers in the waiting room. Irresponsible conception makes me want to stab people in the eye with a pencil. I told my doctor that maybe if I were an impoverished teen I'd be having an easier time getting KU. Luckily he seemed to appreciate my sense of humor. 



*ETA gif adding

SaphireSweetie88

My FFFC is that I called my dentist office this morning because yesterday we got a bill for over $2800 (again) when the bill should be about $200 -- $300 (my dentist office checks with insurance to see how much they will cover before anything is done so that the patient knows what to expect for out of pocket costs). I asked what was going on and reminded them they told me back in August (when I got the first bill for over $2800) that they forgot to bill insurance and that they would do so immediately so I should disregard that bill. When I called this morning, they told me the same thing! I may have gone a bit crazy and yelled at them since this is 2 months now that they didn't bill insurance. They told me they would make sure it got done today. Ugh

alysapuggles

@wabash15 I have not been on Glow, but you reminded me--have any of you been around BabyCenter lately? Guess this is another FFFC, but I googled some TTC thing a few weeks ago and ended up on their TTC board. Oh Em Gee. They are doing some BSC stuff over there too. There was one thread in particular that I could not believe they were doing/advising this. Google BSF at your own risk. It's frightening.

thatcma

@LuND OMG you are my kind of girl! I LOOOOOVE True Blood, Vikings, Game of Thrones and Dexter. It helps that there is really great man candy on those shows too . Such great shows

RunRestRepeat

@adirat for the answer and the gif selection:

haylsbayls-2

@alysapuggles  my FFFC is that I immediately jumped on google to find out what BSF is and whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat the eff?!?!

lulu1180

@adirat @RunRestRepeat I don't really eat over medium eggs but I also didn't know that it's "unadvisable" to eat them when KU.  

During lunch with some work friends, one in particular (who accidentally got KU) was talking about how the only way they would have a third was if she wasn't working and blah blah blah.  While she was talking, I was thinking "I'm pretty sure you would get accidentally KU again because you are apparently a completely irresponsible adult.  People like you have no idea how hard it really is to get KU."  Ugh, people like her annoy me to no end now.  And she complains about something her 2 y/o does and I constantly want to remind her how many people out there would love to be in her situation at all.

swimsister

@alysapuggles @haylsbayls Me too!!! OMG what??