It is a Good Friday!

He came to earth

through natural birth;

He grew in wisdom,

in favor with God and man,

He had a reason to come;

He touched the poor,

the sick, the outcast,

 He did not ignore;

He had a purpose,

to go below the surface,

to where the heart lies,

to where the heart denies

it's ugliness, it's darkness,

it's sin;

He gave up His life,

for our sin He died,

His back ripped with stripes,

for our many sins He died;

He was gone.

One by one they walked away,

walked away from that tree He hung on.

He said, "It is finished!"

But it was NOT the end.

Have a Good Friday as you reflect on the sacrifice that Christ made for us!

Love,

Mrs. M

Pregnancy: Wanted

No not mine. I just needed a picture :)

Well, my friends, it has been awhile since I have written on this, I think.

This  has NEVER happened to me before and it has me concerned. As you may have read earlier, it is the desire of both my husband and I to have a little one (or how ever many God would give us :) ) Read on...

Several weeks ago, we had our first appointment to see a fertility specialist. It was such a fun and personal experience. And I don't say that lightly. I really liked the doctor that we saw, she was not awkward at all. I appreciate the fact that my husband was there, I mean it takes two to tango, right? What we had been talking about had been made more clear when a professional came into the ring. For part of our appointment, I felt like I was back in the sixth grade taking sex education: "So this is what the female anatomy looks like...this is what the male anatomy looks like...this is what happens when you put those two together." Nice!

After that bit of education, she went into what our options were: A pill (Clomid)/sex; IUI with no medication, with medication (Clomid), or with an injectible; IVF; or donor egg. *Cough, cough* I'm sorry, but no. With our options she gaves us the possible success that we might have with each. The percentages were pretty low. I sat there not wanting to start sliding in the hole of depression. "Well considering your egg count being so low, not know the quality..Clomid might be your best chance....have you considered egg donation?"

So armed with that information, a prescription for a bottle of prenatal pills and instructions on how much iron I should be taking, laughing, we headed over to another room to have a transvaginal ultrasound done. I mean you have to laugh and I'm so glad that we can laugh otherwise, we would be at each other's throats (maybe that's for another blog entry. I really hope not).

It was kindof fun having my husband in the room with me. He had NO idea what some of us women had to go through when it came to PAPs. I'm sure his face was turning a shade of red as the doctor looked at my insides or was it because it was hot. I think it was both.

As the doctor was looking with her magic wand, she said that my uterus had a nice lining, it was thick..good, good. Oh what's that? A tiny fibroid but nothing to have surgery on. Oh, let's take a look at your left ovary (while turning the wand to and fro), hmm, don't see it. Well, let's go over to the right ovary. Oh look! There it is (turning the wand to and fro. by this time it was getting very uncomfortable). Okay, okay, it looks like you have two antral follicles. Finally! She found what she wanted. Exam over!

Afterwards, my husband and I made our way to the pricing room. The lady who talked with us didn't really go over pricing and I found out why later. She gave us a packet to look at that included pricing and procedures that we might want to look into, took our cute, adorable picture ;-P, gave me a sample of the prescription prenatal pills and sent us on our way.

Before we left the doctor encouraged me to eat my fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. We went to In-N-Out afterwards. I'm sorry, that was kind of my comfort for the day.

Fast forward to today. I am 5 whole days late for my period! That has NEVER happened before at least for that long. I did take a preggo test and they have come back negative thus far. I'm waiting until Wednesday to see what happens. By the way, to my knowledge I don't have PCOS. I'm regular between 25 and 27 days. I'm on Cycle Day 33.

My husband thinks its the Prenatal Vitamins or the increase in iron. If anything it would make my period heavy, I think.

As for pregnancy symptoms which come and go: breast pains, cramping, and bloating. Other than that I feel great!

Has this ever happened to any of you who have been trying? What is your story?

Love,

Mrs. M

Blog Lovin'

Okay, y'all I'm trying this Blog Lovin'. From what I'm understanding is that it is a way for other to follow your blog. I really want to stay connected with you. So please continue to be patient with me. Thank you so much for all of you who have taken the opportunity to stop by and read.

I'm kind of too tired right now to really write anything but I will soon. Right now I'm enjoying The Bible series on the History channel.

Have a great evening!

Love,

Mrs. M

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Bucket List: Traveling

Man! It's been 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6..okay too may days to count on how long it's been since I have written something :)

It's almost like keeping up with my journal...SO HARD! There are so many thoughts and ideas swirling around in my head of what I should write and by the time I get to it, I'm already done before I start plus I'm at my lovely desk job.

Lovely desk job..yes..13 years at the same job. It makes me want to daydream about traveling.

As you already read in a previous post, I won't be going to Paris for a little while now. Today would have been the day where my husband would have taken me to the airport, where I would grab something yummy to eat before settling in an airplane seat on my way to Los Angeles, hop on another plane to D.C., wait in a terminal for 3 hours and then hop on another plane where I would sleep and eat and sleep until I got to Paris. *Sigh*

I dream of traveling hear and there. Sometimes I wish that we had unlimited resources to go to and fro but then I think if we did, I would take those times when we did travel for granted.

After watching the Bucket List with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, I started to make a list. Corny? Maybe.

Here is my Bucket List (so far) of places I would like to go:

Paris, France
Tallin, Estonia
Hawaii (no island in particular)
Australia (no place in particular)- maybe where my future brother in law is from
Japan
Hong Kong
Thailand
Uganda (again)
Road trip through the top half of the United States (maybe the 2nd half later)

That's just a start. I have been to A LOT of the places that I have desired to go. I thought that after going to Uganda (Africa) which has been the desire of my heart since I was a child, that would be it. And I thought that after I got married that would be the end of my travels. But thankfully, I have a husband who also has a desire to go to other places too.

What's on your travel list?

Love,

Mrs. M

Currently..

I'm thankful for my handsome husband who thought of cleaning the house this morning, until I asked him if he could take me to work :). He still may have gone home and worked on it.

I'm glad that this day is going so fast!

I have Mariah Carey's song, You'll Always Be My Baby, going around in my head. If not for all the lyrics, I like that one phrase for my husband. Yes, he will always be my baby.

I'm over being real sad of not being able to go to Paris because the state of our government's spending, which affects my travel capacity with my job.

I'm thankful that I have potential work out partners and that we have common goals: encouraging each other, losing weight/getting in shape, and having babies with our hubbies.

I like glittery, sparkly nail polish!

And you?

Love, Mrs. M



THESE DAYS

Today in place of Fur Fridays, let's go with "These Days".

These days, I love having the company of a good book on CD to listen to while I'm doing mindless work at work.

These days, I look forward to coming home to my fur babies, Nala (aka, Poo-Poo girl) and MoodShadow (aka, Stinky girl).

These days, at the end of the day, I LOVE cuddling with my husband and doing "naughty" things to him.

These days, I like to see what different accesories I can put with the outfit I'm wearing for the day.

These days, I love when the day goes fast so I can be HOME.

These days, I'm learning who my friends are and who I can trust.

These days, I'm grateful that God gives me grace when I mess up or sin just to get back up after asking for forgiveness and moving on.

These days, I'm learning that I'm me and you are you and I don't have to be like you but be the unique person God has made me to be.

These days, I'm learning not to compare myself with others because sometimes I have no idea what their lives are like and it's probably better to just stick with the lovely life I have.

These days, I'm learning not to react when someone gives me a dirty look or ignores me because who knows what's going on in their minds, they just might have gas.

These days, I'm doing my best to be grateful and thank God in the waiting even though my womb has yet to know the joy of having a living being growing inside it and therefore rejoicing with my close friends who are pregnant with their first, second, or third child.

These days, I have so many ideas swirling around in my head of what I would like to write about.

These days, I day dream of the day that I will be able to be a stay at home wife and mother.

These days, I love waking up to real life after a nightmare to see my husband still there lying there beside me, to hold hands with, and kiss good morning.

What are you up to these days?

Love,

Mrs. M