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I don't have it in me 2007-04-24 18:15:00 Monday Night Class only has three sessions left. It's a good thing too because after the one we had last night I just don't know if I have the desire to attend any more of those things. See, on one hand this year's night classes have been really good. There's been a lot of helpful information, some good ideas, some theraputic venting and some really enjoyable moments. On the other hand, there's been Vincent. (Not his real name but for some reason that's what I always think it is.)Vincent is a blowhard. Vincent likes to wait for someone to make a point or ask a question and then sit back and spend about 10 minutes dispensing some of his folksy, "golly gee, I'm just a simple man and what do I know" wisdom. He talks with long pauses and thoughful faces and dramatic hand gestures. To really understand how annoying this guy is there are two things you need to know about old Vinny.1. He always seems to think he knows what's best even though he really doesn't seem to know did
It's a date! 2007-05-01 02:55:00 We've got a date for the embryo transfer! I'll start my injectable medications on May 20th and then the transfer will be June 7th (give or take a few days). Now it's really, really for real. Eeeeeeee!
I deserve it 2007-04-30 15:10:00 The pills are continuing to make a giant crabby crab. There have been a couple of positives over the past few days.1. I managed to complete 30/30 (even though I failed to blog about it). I actually managed to do a deed every single day of April so I feel pretty good about that. I'm not even going to feel bad about not blogging about it because the important part was really doing the deeds in the first place.2. I got the sweetest emails in the world from J (one of my IFs). He said, in part, "Most of all, we are incredibly grateful to you. We can't believe what a wonderful thing you are doing for us. So, thank you, again and again." Awwww, that feels nice. Everyone likes to feel appreciated once in a while and that felt really good.3. Yesterday we were in Target I found a dress on clearance that I thought was really cute. I can never buy dresses because in order for them to fit on top they have to be 2 sizes larger than I need on the bottom. Because of that everthing hangs off
Come to this blog for giant schlongs! 2007-05-03 22:52:00 Do you know how many hits I have gotten lately for people looking for boob and vagina pictures? A lot. How let down people must feel when they click over to my blog. I'm Jen and I'm doing my part to sexually frustrate the men of America (and Saudi Arabia if my sitemeter is to be believed). Some recent google hits:pictures of kids attatched to their moms boobs - Oh, ewwwww.hairy fragina pictures - I bet this person is stalking me now.will a girl get pregnant if you kiss a boob? - Thanks abstinence-only sex ed!girl touching her vagina with her boob - Ahahahahahaha. my friend might have boob cancer and how can I cure it - Um. Is it wrong that I laughed at this? Probably.On another note, I just found out that I will be getting my medication delivered on Monday. They asked me about 5 times if I was sure I would be there to receive the delivery. I guess this stuff is pretty expensive and they don't want a shipment to go missing. I'll have to take a picture of it so everyone can Read more:giant
Fragile, must be Italian 2007-05-02 18:18:00 I've won a major award. Let me clarify. I've won a major award twice. Seems that two people out there think that I have what they consider a "thinking blog". A blog that makes them think. I am honored and flattered and more than a little suprised that I have made anyone think anything other than "Shut up crazy lady! Your uterus and the things that you expel from it are not nearly as interesting as you think they are!" So thank you to Jodi and Jill who have made me feel down right good in spite of the killer hormones raging through my body right now. You're both tops.This award appears to carry huge responsability. I now have to go and give it to 5 other people. At least that's what the rules say that you're supposed to do. But guess what. I'm not going to. I'm going to give it to just one person. And I have a good reason beyond being too lazy to do more. The reason is that when I was given this award I knew right away one person that I wanted to pass it on to. Th Read more:Italian
Pretty girl 2007-05-05 03:55:00 I had Elle's year and a half pictures taken on Tuesday. Even though these are just scans of some of the proofs you can still see how beautifuly they turned out. Read more:Pretty
Sweet fancy Moses 2007-05-08 01:33:00 My meds came today.See those bags on the left and the right there? Know what those are? Bags of needles. And I am now the proud owner of my very own SHARPS container. Oh my god, what have I gotten myself into here? Read more:Sweet
Like a rhinestone cowgirl 2007-05-07 16:04:00 Several days ago Elle ate a rhinestone off of one of her little girly hair bows.I found it this morning.I wish I could say that I just threw that diaper away without a second thought but that's not the way it went. I debated long and hard about taking a picture of that bejeweled poop. You know what made me decided not to do it? Not good taste or common sense or a sense of respect for my daughter's privacy. It was that I knew I wouldn't be able to get a good picture of it with my current digital camera.I've added a new camera to my wishlist down there on the left. I'm sure that very soon all my regular readers (all 2 of you) will be chipping in to get me that new camera so that I can start bringing you more high quality, high class pictures. Yes, I expect that you'll be getting right on that.
Thoughts on spanking 2007-05-09 21:44:00 Back when I was a youngster I used to think that if I ever had kids I would probably use spanking as a form of discipline. What the heck, I thought. Most of the kids I babysat for were spanked every so often. In fact, the father of one little boy I sat for a few times gave me permission to spank if need be.Sit back and think about that for a minute. I'm trying to wrap my brain around the idea of telling a 15 year old "Yeah, go ahead and hit my kid if you think he deserves it". Can you imagine? Not ever in my wildest dreams or my very worst nightmare would I ever say something like that. (For the record, I was a really good sitter. All the kids I watched really liked me and no, I never spanked any of them.)Anyway, as I grew older I started to rethink this whole spanking thing. I knew that I had been spanked a few times as a kid (I don't remember it, I've just been told that) and that didn't sit right with me. (Again, for the record, my parents now think spaking is wrong an
Word to your mother 2007-05-13 16:47:00 Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. I hope you all have a great day! I'm already having a pretty good one. Jesse made me breakfast and caught me flowers. Elle's being her usual adorable self. Joseph proclaimed me the best mom in the land.The bank that my parents go to had an essay contest for kids where they could write about why they had the best mom. Joseph entered and won. Turns out that what I had always suspected was true. I really am the best mom in the world. Anyone who wants to challenge that will have to contend with a laminated copy of the following essay:"I love my mom because she can play computer with me when Elle, my baby, is sleeping. She likes me. We have stuff in common. We like chocolate. We like Elle. We both like not getting our picture taken. I have the best mom in the world. We love each other. When she gets angry at me she still loves me. She likes it when I watch my baby sister."Oh that boy. I do love him so. Even when I get angr Read more:mother
I'm calm now but I still hate people 2007-05-12 15:51:00 Ok, I feel a little better now. People still suck but I can't let myself get bogged down with other people
's issues.Onward and upwards!Jesse, Joseph and I had dinner with my IF's and their son last night. It was a really nice night out. Joseph and LittleB get along really well and had lots of fun playing and feeding the geese that live outside the restaurant. It was nice to sit and talk with the B and J. We talked about just about everything under the sun and it never felt weird or awkward. I think we really click and I'm glad of that. I think this whole process could be really weird if you weren't comfortable with your IPs.At the end of the night I think LittleB would have happily gone home with us or Joseph would have happily gone home with B and J. They really had a lot of fun together. At one point LittleB (sorry, I know it's cheesy but I can't think of what else to call him) got up to go to the bathroom and Joseph was sad that he couldn't go with. I asked him if
The internet is an asshole 2007-05-12 01:13:00 Augh! How many times to I have to let myself get burned by involvment in message boards before I realize that everyone on the internet is a giant jerk and that I'm better off staying away from all of them?Stupid online surrogate group. For a bunch of women that prides themselves on how open and supportive and loving they are they sure to suck. A warning to anyone thinking of joining a message board for surrogates: Unless you're willing to fall in with the group-think that selective reduction is the worst crime known to man and anyone that does it is a horrible person and should have their kids taken away from them then don't even bother to start posting.Fuck. Sometimes I really hate the internet. Read more:asshole
Ultrasounds, ice cream and papers 2007-05-16 18:40:00 Someone was watching over me today and I somehow managed to get a ultrasound scheduled for Friday afternoon. The person who scheduled it told me that someone had just called and cancled their appointment 2 minutes before I called to make mine. Otherwise I never would have gotten in. I was also able to schedule my second ultrasound and bloodwork for June 1st so that's one more thing done.Yesterday Joseph and I went out for ice cream together. I don't get to spend a lot of one on one time with him and I sometimes forget what a pleasure it is to be around him when it's just the two of us. He's sweet and funny and adorable and I miss out on a lot of that stuff when we're home with Elle. I really need to make more of an effort to get him out of the house more often for some "Mom and Joe time" as he calls it.When we were out yesterday I thanked him for treating me to ice cream (we were using the gift certificate he won in the Best Mom contest). He said "Well thank you too! None Read more:papers
Jerry Falwell 2007-05-16 00:01:00 “AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals”“If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being”“God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve”“[homosexuals are] brute beasts...part of a vile and satanic system [that] will be utterly annihilated, and there will be a celebration in heaven.”“I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'”Rest in peace JerryFalwell
. May you not be judged as harshly in heaven as you judged your fellow man here on earth. Read more:Jerry Falwell
My attempt at being upbeat 2007-05-15 15:02:00 Hey! It's gonna be a great day! Yeah!Look, I tried ok?No, I am feeling pretty ok right now. I'm going to make three phone calls today regarding the ultrasound stuff. One to the clinic to find out if the order was resent, one to the RE's office to update them on the ultrasound status and on to my agency to update them on the previous two calls. After that it's going to be out of my hands. There's not too much I can do beyond that I think. I can only do what I can do and after that I have to let other people get their part done.I actualy got a call yesterday from my agency about something totally unrelated to any of this. Turns out they have a new surrogate in Minnesota who wanted to talk to another MN surrogate and see what the process is like and what kind of a job the agency does. They asked if I would be willing to talk to her. Honestly, I was a little flattered that they asked. So I'm going to call this woman today and hopefully I can answer whatever questions she m Read more:attempt
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I should be in bed right now 2007-05-15 06:22:00 I need to go to bed but I know that if I do I won't be able to sleep. I'm all crabby and stressed out.I have to have an ultrasound on the 18th for some reason or another. I don't really know why. Anyway, today I realized that I didn't know exactly when on the 18th this thing was happening or even where it was supposed to be happening. After a few phone calls I figured out that the orders for the ultrasound were sent from the RE's (reproductive endocronologist) but never reached the clinic here. I don't know how something like that happens but it did.To make matters worse I called the person who I need to speak to about getting the order resent and she never returned my call. I left two messages but she never fricken called me back. And she doesn't work tomorrow! So now even if someone at the RE's office gets this order sent who knows if the clinic will be able to fit me in for an ultrasound on the day it's needed. I'm probably going to have to end up calling all over
What I know so far 2007-05-20 00:47:00 Not much. I won't really know much until Monday when we find out what the other blood test results are. What I've been told is that most likely we'll just have to move everything back a couple of days. I won't start my meds tomorrow though. I've never been so sad over not being able to have a shot before.In the meantime I just need to keep my fingers crossed that I get my period. I feel crampy and crabby and achy but at this point it's all much ado about nothing. I feel silly asking people to pray for me to get my period but you know ....... if you have an extra good thought laying around maybe you could send it my way. I really, really want this to work out.
Blood test updates 2007-05-19 17:56:00 Aurgh! If all of this had happened on any day except a Friday then this would all be taken care of already. As it stands I was only able to get one of the two blood tests that I needed done. I have made literally dozens of phone calls and there's no way that any place in the entire state of Minnesota will be able to get this second test done before Monday. I don't know what that's going to mean as far as my meds schedulae goes. The nurses at the RE's office are not answering the phone or returning my messages. I know I'm not the only person they need to deal with today and I'm sure they're busy but given they way the stressed how important all this was you would think they could take 2 minutes to return my call.I don't know, I guess I've done all I can do at this point. I called the lab that drew my blood and told them to go ahead and send it off for testing on Monday. That's probably the best that I can do. We'll see what happens. Read more:Blood
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I don't even know what this means 2007-05-19 00:41:00 I'm just sick. I went in today for my ultra sound to make sure that I don't have any ovarian cysts. The good news is that I don't. The bad news is that my uterine lining is thickened for some reason. Now I have to try to find someplace that can draw my blood and measure my estrogen and progesteren levels.I don't even know
what's going on. They might be able to adjust my meds and get me back on track but that's a best case scenario. I might have to do more birth control but then that throws off the egg donor stuff and I don't even know what they do then.The nurse at the RE's office said that this is pretty rare but that it does happen. I just feel like I've somehow gone and screwed something up.I don't know what to do.
Kids these days 2007-05-18 14:50:00 Do not look at the picture on the left if you are under the age of 21! Apparently that's what making kids drink. At least that's what several anti-alcohol groups, such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Marin Institute would have you believe. Critics claim that the drink, called Spykes, is being marketed towards underage drinkers because it it's strong flavors (lime, mango, melon and hot chocolate) mask the taste of alcohol. They also so that it's ingredients (caffeine, ginseng and guarana, which are components of energy drinks) are aimed at making the drink more attractive to underage drinkers.Anheuser-Busch is caving under the pressure from these groups and removing the drink from the market.Why does this bug me so much? It's certainly not that I have any allegince to Anheuser-Busch. I have no feelings one way or the other on their company. It's not that I really like Spykes. In fact, before I read the aritcle that inspired this blog entry I had nev
Eating life 2007-05-22 11:32:00 Elle loves blueberries. No, I mean she really loves blueberries. She gets a little manic when she eats them. And now all the blueberries are gone.
My ass isn't lumpy at all! 2007-05-22 11:15:00 I mean, it is but only in it's usual lumpy way. Not in a oily, lumpy way. Sweet!I woke up with a slight headache this morning but otherwise I'm feeling fine. I was warned about how these shots can make you nuts but for right now I feel pretty good. Maybe it's because I've only had one so far. Maybe I'll just be one of the lucky ones who isn't bothered by the hormones. I know that's what Jesse's praying for.No, that is not the skin of a diseased beluga whale. That is my ass. I would like to point out that this is an extreme close up of a very tiny area of my rear. It's not all that pale and splotchy. The rest is tanned and toned but I didn't want to be a showoff and put a picture of the whole thing up. Also, I fear that not even the internet is large enough to contain the magnifcence of my backside.Now I can't help but laugh when I think of how sad the googlers will be when they come here looking for pictures of butts and that's what they find.
Gimme your best shot 2007-05-21 22:02:00 The first shot, she is done. And it really wasn't all that bad. I sat on a package of frozen spinach (none of them high falutine ice packs for us) for a few minutes first to numb the area. Then I got the medication ready, laid down on the couch and got myself ready. Jesse cleaned the area and then asked me (many, many, many times) "Right here? Like this? All the way in? All the way in? To the blue part? You're sure? Like, fast or slow? Wait, right here?" I turned away and concentrated very hard on reading my book.Then he did it and I got all hot and sweaty and felt like I was going to pass out. But it really didn't even hurt that much. It was more the worry of how it would feel than anything. But it was ok. We did it! And next time I'll probably even watch.Now I'm sitting with the heating pad on my hinder. It's supposed to help the oil ditribute easier so that it doesn't make a big lump under my skin. We'll see if that works out. Read more:Gimme
Rule boy 2007-05-21 16:05:00 I sometimes refer to Joseph as "Rule Boy". He doesn't know how to not follow the rules. I mean, he sometimes doesn't follow the rules but he doesn't know how to get away with it. The kid cannot lie. I don't mean he's a bad liar, I mean he cannot lie. Give him long enough and he'll tell me everything even if he doesn't want to.For example, this past weekend Jesse took Joseph to go and help his dad with some stuff. Joseph told me that while they were there he watched two "fighting shows" on tv. (Fighting shows are anything with any kind of fighting or battles in them. We don't let Joseph watch them because they get him too wound up.) He told me he watched Teen Titans and Pokemon. Now he didn't have to tell me about this and I hadn't asked about it. But all of the sudden out of the blue today he tells me that he watched two fighting shows. I asked him if he told grandma that he wasn't allowed to watch those shows and he said "Well, I wanted to but then J-----* wante
The best possible outcome 2007-05-21 15:44:00 Woohoo!Can you guess what the RE's office told me when they called? I can start my meds tonight. Most likely this little snag will not even set the transfer date back at all. It seems like the birth control pills just weren't doing as good of a job as they should have from preventing my uterine lining from building up. Now that I've started my period and the blood tests show that my hormone levels are normal we can get started on injections. I'm excited! Read more:outcome
Poor little man 2007-05-24 13:00:00 Because Jesse and I both subscribe to the theory of "why do today what you can put of till tomorrow" we're spending today running around and trying to get ready for a garage sale. We've been planning for but not preparing for this thing for months. It's tomorrow and I just started pricing stuff last night.Most things I'm able to put a fair price on without a problem. The kids clothes are a little
harder. I look at an outfit and think "Awwww, this is the shirt Joseph wore for his first day of kindergarten. $80! And this is the shirt Elle had on the first time she said 'mama'. $500!" The real hard part about today though is that Joseph is home sick. Poor little man. While the rest of his class is rehearsing their plays (to be perfomred tomorrow) he's laying on the couch and wheezing. The little guy has some kind of bronchial infection that will require 4x daily nebulizing. He is not happy about this. Frankly I'm not either. When Joseph ain't happy, ain't nobody ha
Click em while they're down 2007-05-29 11:05:00 I was looking through my flickr account and it occured to me that I have about 3 times as many pictures of Elle as I do of Joseph. How sad is that? It looks like I like Elle a lot more than I like Joseph. Here's the thing though. Joseph does not like having his picture taken. No matter what he's doing, if he sees me going for the camera he starts flopping around and he hides his face or he runs away or any of the 8 million other things that he can think of to keep me from getting a picture of him. So I have to be creative. I take pictures when he's not looking (I have so many pics of the back of his head). I take pictures when he's sleeping. I take pictures when he's knocked out on the couch with a bronchial infection and a fever of 101.By the way, he was able to make his school play where he acted the hell out of his part as Billygoat Gruff #3. More on that later. Read more:Click
Some cool things to share 2007-05-29 10:10:00 First of all, this is not a paid post. I got tired of doing those. These are just a couple of cool things
I wanted to share. I want to tell you about my newest addiction. It's called Paperback Swap and all the cool kids are doing it. I have a lot of old books that I know I'll probably never read again but that I just don't want to give away. Now I list all my books at Paperback Swap. When someone requests one of my listed books I send it to them. When they recieve it get a credit to use to pick out any book that any other person on the site has listed. The best part is that you get 3 free credits when you sign up and list at least 10 books. You don't even have to any send books out in order to start getting them back. Wait, I take that back. The real best part is that if you sign up for the site by clicking on the banner I have there on the left then I get a free credit for refering someone. The site is totally free, all you have to pay for is sending out your old books
A poet and I know it 2007-05-28 17:07:00 When I was clearing out all my crap to get ready for our garage sale I found a large stack of poems that I had written. Some of them dated back to when I was in high school but a lot of them were from when Joseph was a baby. They're ...... pretty bad. I guess a couple of them are ok but most of them are sort of dopey. I did get a chuckle out of this one though:It comes in so many colorsgreenbrownyellow orangeIt can have so many texturessmoothchunkyhardsoftrunnySometimes it smells like buttered popcornIs it possibleThat I have spent too much timeChanging diapers?And I liked this one a lot too:Skinny girl, oh skinny girlWhat happens whenYou sit on the toilet?If you wear a size seroIs your butt wide enoughTo keep youFrom fallingIn?
This dignity is marked $1. Will you take a quarter for it? 2007-05-27 21:34:00 I like garage sales. I like to go to them and find unexpected treasures. I love the thrill of finding a really good deal. Garage sales can be lots of fun. That is, when you're not the one having it.After the past three days of running a garage sale I've discovered that they're not all that great after all. In fact, they kind of suck. Is there anything more humiliating that sitting at your little card table while total strangers paw through your possesions and try to decided if any of it is worth their precious pocket change? It's not fun watching people turn their noses up at your stuff. It's a little upsetting when someone comes up to you and says "This stuffed animal/blanket/shirt/breast pump accessory kit was marked $1. Will you take 5 cents?" More than once I had to bite my tongue to keep from shrieking things like "That stuffed animal was the one my son got when he was in the hospital for three days with a flu and I was so sick myself that I couldn't even be there with him a Read more:dignity
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