Got alot done over the last week

In my last post, I mentioned that we were going to get new furniture with our tax return. We decided to go furniture shopping last week. We found what we wanted at Ashley Furniture, but it was a little more than we had, so we decided we'd look around some more. On the way home from furniture shopping, we saw this little privately owned furniture store. We decided we'd stop by and see what they had. We look around, and in the very back corner, we spot the sofa and love seat that we found at Ashley! The price on the sofa was $475. At Ashley, the sofa was $630 and the loveseat was like $580.! So, we call the salesman over and ask how much he would take for both pieces. We were straight up with him about how much money we had, and told him we really wanted this furniture. He gave it to us for what we had! $850 total for both pieces, including tax and stain guard protection! We got a great deal! We were so excited! This was our first big purchase. Pretty much everything else we own has been given to us or bought by someone else, so this is a big deal for us. We decided that the color in the living room didn't go, so we repainted it a green color. It looks really nice. We're getting the rest of the room put back in order now.

My parents are coming down tomorrow. They haven't been to our house in at least a year! We always go see them because my dad has back problems and it's kinda hard for him to travel sometimes. We'll probably go out to eat and then just visit at the house. Other than that, nothing else is really going on.

My temps are still pretty up and down even though I'm temping vaginally, so I really don't think I'm O'ing. It's so frustrating!!! I wish there was some way to make your body O without going to the Dr. I think I'll give it until June, marking 2 years of TTC, and if we still haven't gotten pregnant by then, I will start going to the Dr. again. I guess I'm just really afraid of getting told that I shouldn't get pregnant because of my weight issues. If it just happens naturally, then they can't control it. It's not fair! It's my decision, damn it! They get to tell me I can't have a child because of "what if's"?!?! If June comes, and I have to find another Dr., I don't care if I have to drive 2 hours away, I will find one that will help me! I know several people who are overweight and got fertility help from my hometown, so if I have to go to their Dr., then I will do it! Ok. Now I feel a little better getting that out.

Off to do some more cleaning now.

Valentine's Day, money spending, and JM meet up...

Chris and I had a great Valentine's Day this year! He bought me some roses, heart candy, a very very sweet card, and a new spice rack for our kitchen! Yes, a spice rack...I actually prefer to get present for our house instead of for me. I don't really need anything for me. I bought him another hard drive for his computer, so now he has over 1 terabyte of storage space! OMG! That's awesome! He's so excited! Can you tell he's just a big 'ol computer geek? lol I had to work on Valentine's Day, but only until 7, so after I got home, we went out to eat at our favorite Mexican restaraunt, Mexican Inn. It was so good! I had chicken quesadillas and he had enchilladas. We also each had a frozen margarita. They were yummy. I didn't figure it would hurt to have one drink even though we're ttc. I don't think I've even O'ed yet anyways. So, it was a pretty good day overall. We got our tax return on Friday! We decided that we are buying furniture for the living room. We bought a few things for the house as well. We bought a new, really pretty bedding set, a really nice red knife set, and a steam cleaner!!! I'm so excited about the steam cleaner! Now, hopefully I'll be able to keep the awful stains our dogs like to leave everywhere out!

Lauren and I finally got the chance to meet in person last weekend! We hung out at her house and then went and watched Twilight! It was my first time seeing it in the theater! It was great! I could actually see when Edward sparkled! lol We had a great time! I got to meet Clint too. They were both so nice! Hopefully we'll be able to meet up again soon, and they can meet Chris this time. Here is like the only pic that we took...

Rambling...

We just got back from getting groceries, and it wore me out. lol I don't know why, I'm just so tired now. We got lots of good stuff. I bought a George Foreman grill too! I've been wanting one for awhile, and finally decided to get one. I'm excited to try it out. I bought some chicken to grill, so we'll have that one night. I need to look up some new recipes to try. It should be fun to try some new things and its supposed to be healthier for you too.

We're working on getting the house looking good now. We had a long talk the other night about Chris helping me out more around the house because I'm the one that does everything right now. So, he agreed that he would help out more. Hopefully he keeps his word on that. So far, he's been doing good. We've gotten a few things done. We finally put my X-mas decorations back in the storage room. We had lots of other junk that was just laying around like extra computer parts that Chris wasn't using and things like that, so he took all that stuff to the storage room too. When we get our taxes back, we're either going to buy new appliances for the kitchen since we didn't get to last year, or we'll buy new living room furniture. We'll see. We're finishing up a couple of painting jobs we never finished. I'm horrible about that. Starting some home improvement project and never getting around to finishing them. So, we're trying to finish all those little projects up, organize and de-clutter, and just give the whole house a good cleaning. We're just doing a little each day so that it's not so overwhelming. We should have the whole house looking good pretty soon. It's just the challenge of keeping it that way.

It looks like me and Lauren will finally get to meet on Saturday as long as nothing happens before then. I'm excited to finally meet her! She actually only lives about 30 minutes from my hometown. I will try to take some pics to share the experience. I'm a little nervous because I'm kind of a quiet person, so I don't want her to think I'm boring. hahaha I'm sure she wouldn't think that. lol

Next week, we plan on going to visit my family. We try to go up there once a month at least. We always have fun visiting with everyone. I wish we could see them more. Maybe someday we'll get to live closer to them.

I'm pretty much over my cold now. If AF would hurry up and leave then I'd be good. She is definitely kicking my butt this month! I've had really bad cramps the last 2 days and it's been heavy. I haven't had cramps that bad since I took provera to make AF start, and that was over a year ago. I wonder if I actually O'ed this past month and so this was a real AF instead of just breakthrough bleeding like when I don't O, and that's why I've had cramps and it's been heavier like they used to be. It would be nice to think that I actually did O. That's why I'm gonna try charting again. I hate not knowing if I O'ed or not. I think I'm gonna do vaginal temping this time though because it seems more accurate. Maybe this will be our month. The other night I showed Chris' Mom and Granny our baby stash, and the bedding set that I bought. They both LOVED the bee bedding set! They know we've been ttc and can't wait for me to get pg. His mom keeps saying she wants us to have her a grandson. I love it when they actually talk about it and are excited about it.

Ok, I'm tired now, so I think that I'll stop rambling and go to bed. Night.