Happy Valentines Day

Hi Everyone,
Wow you know I'm such a slacker. About 2 weeks ago I went out and bought v-day cards. They are still sitting wrapped up on my kitchen counter. UGH.

Sorry I haven't been posting here much lately. I have been more active over on my food journal since I am actively trying to eat better so feel free to check out my entries over there.

Still no word on the pregnancy front. Mat is getting more frustrated than I am. I am looking into getting a Fertility Monitor to help out. Anyone else ever used one before?

howdy!

Not much really to say today but I didn't want to be a complete slacker on my blogging duties.

Health:
Had the 1 month follow up with my doctor about the aldomet. My BP has been in the 130's / upper 80's range and he said for pregnancy it needs to be in the 110's / 70's so he is increasing my aldomet. And as always losing weight will help. I have an appointment with my OBGYN tomorrow. I'll let you guys know what she said tomorrow.

Car:
Some of you already know but my radiator decided to crack this week. We just had it replaced 2 years ago! Took it to the shop and got a lovely $600 quote to have it replaced again with an "oh by the way your engine mounts are cracking" (hey I didn't know either but apparently they hold the engine in the car!) so I said "nope"! I'm not putting more money into a 1995 car that seems to be falling apart. So we are currently trying to figure out what we can afford. I personally have had my eyes on some of the new compact suvs such as the rav4, crv and rogue. I guess we shall see! I currently have a rental car for a work trip I'm taking this week so it helps to buy a little time.

ok so apparently I did have a little to say after all.

In the spirit of Sara's Bear Family post and the fact that Mat is sick I present "The Man Cold" ha!

happy to me!

Today was my 32nd birthday. I cannot believe I am 32. It seems so OLD! I remember when I was younger and I dreamed where I would be "in the year 2000". I was sure by the time I was 25 I would be married, with kids, a career etc etc. I didn't reach any of those goals. Thankfully at 32 I have a great husband, a job I like and while no kids yet we finally are headed in that direction. I can't complain about a thing! (Don't tell my husband I said that!)

I took today off work. I was so hoping to sleep late but my animals would not allow it. By 7 am they were up and they thought I should be as well. Thanks furry children.

I did have a nice day though. Mat took me to a new place I wanted to try for lunch (Tropical Smoothie Cafe) and then he took me to see a sorta girlie movie I had been wanting to see (Martian Child) and then when he had to leave to go to work Kristi took me out to dinner. Overall a very nice birthday!

On another topic...

I started my Aldomet yesterday. It is the new pregnancy safe blood pressure medicine. All day today I swear I can hear my heartbeat in my ears so I will need to be careful and check my BP daily. I really need to get some of this weight off me. Hopefully my knee will be back to normal soon.

it was important to me....

I found out horrible news tonight. Well apparently it was only horrible news to me. My younger brother and his wife are pregnant. While I am sure for most family people this is a happy occasion this did not strike me as one. It struck a horrible sad depressing place in me called "I won't be the one giving my parents their first grandkid"

It really has hit me hard. I am pretty devastated. I know for most of you reading this you will find this petty but it's killing me.

BLOG!

As much as I enjoy reading everyone else's blog you would think I would do a better job of posting in mine!

Andrea - I really enjoyed seeing all the pics from homecoming!

Mat and I have already planned to go next year. We are tired of missing out!

Sara - We hope you and Danny can make it down next year too! (Yes I do realize this is a year into the future. ha!)

We are doing well. We both have fairly new promotions at work keeping us really busy it seems. Plus we both have jobs that involve working on the weekends so that pretty much just sucks all the way around. However I try to remember I need to be thankful for what we do have.

All is well on the "Operation Baby" front. So far I am half way through my down dosing of the "unsafe" blood pressure meds and will soon start on the pregnancy safe one. I have been checking it daily and it does not seem to be any higher despite the lower meds which I find very interesting! Kristi and I were on a good roll of exercising daily however rain every day for the last 3 days has put a little damper on that this week. I have also been faithful taking my daily multi vitamin as well.

I have my 32nd (AHH!) birthday next week and I had a little taste of "getting older" this week. Wow it sucks. I mean you know you are getting older it is just hard to hear from someone else. I have been having a little bit of trouble seeing lately. I have been to the eye doctor and went though several contact changes but my vision was still not as clear as I was used to. Then my doctor told me that apparently my eyes are not willing to overcorrect for the slight astigmatism I have anymore and I will need a special contact for it. Then that's when she said "It can happen when you get a little older" ACK. Old plus more expensive contacts! Thankfully however the new lenses corrected the vision issue. Damn aging.

Doctor Update

So the doctors visit went well (minus the 1.5 hour plus wait). He basically said we need to switch my blood pressure medicine to one that is safe for pregnancy. So I start weaning myself off the others for a week then switch to this new kind Aldomet. After my BP gets under control on that then I can quit taking the BCPs but he didn't want me to completely shock my system but doing it all at once. I asked him about taking prenatal vitamins and he said not to start until I'm off the pill. Anyone have any recommendations on vitamins?

Other than that he said I should be fine. I know personally that my weight is not helping. I MUST commit to exercising daily and eating better. I just have such a hard time with it.

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Another one of my favorite daily links is the Organizing Junkie!
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I suck.

I am like the worlds worst blogger. I never have anything to post. I need to stop thinking I need some major event to post about because sadly I don't have story worth events happen daily.

I am so ready for it to cool off. I mean its October 9th and it is still 90 degrees out!

I've had a sorta sad week this week. One of my online "blogger" friends died this week. She fell asleep while driving and was not buckled up. Although I did not know her in real life it still really has bothered me. I felt like I knew her pretty well from reading her online blog the last 6 or so years. I have been very fortunate in my life and not experienced much death so I am not sure really how to handle it, but then again I guess no one is.

Ok on to more happy topics!

Tomorrow Mat and I have an appointment with my Internist. We are going to inquire about what we need to do about getting pregnant. Wow did I really just type that? I don't believe it. It scares the ever living crap out of me. However I will be 32 in less than a month, if I am going to have kids NOW is the time. I have some health issues (obesity, high blood pressure) that concern me even more with pregnancy. I know for a fact the blood pressure medicine I am currently on is not safe for pregnancy. So things like that are what we are going to talk about. I am glad that Mat wanted to go with me. I'll update you guys more on what he said tomorrow.

I have a whole list of blogs I enjoy reading daily. Maybe you all will enjoy them too.
Today's link - The best celebrity gossip site on the net! "On No They Didn't!"