I'm becoming more and more impatient about getting pregnant. Ha! I have heard that once a woman decides that she wants to become pregnant, she wants to be pregnant *yesterday*. I always thought "that will never be me, I don't even know if I want to have kids"... my how things have changed. It seems that every time I turn around someone else is announcing their pregnancy. It's a bit torturous, but I have to remind myself that our kiddo will just be surrounded by that many more friends. :)
Since we hit that snag a few months ago when I had to have my wisdom teeth removed, we have only really been trying for.. mmm... 3 months? I never knew how agonizing it would be to await the arrival (or hopefully NON-arrival) of my monthly visitor. TORTURE! But I have thoroughly been enjoying the "trying" part. Hehe. And it has resulted in some more adventurous bedtime activities. Whoa, TMI!
Anyway, this past weekend one of my best friends from Champaign and her husband came to town. We had been exchanging emails for the past 8 months or so (we live about 3 hours apart and tend to keep in better touch via email than phone, I'm bad at phone calls) about how we were jumping on the "baby train". :) While I hit my snag of teeth...grrr... Champaign girlfriend shared with me her secret of being VERY early pregnant in September when we traveled together to attend the wedding of another one of our best friends. I was thrilled for her! She came to town this weekend to hit the outlet mall for baby clothes shopping since they recently learned that they are having a little girl. I am so freakin' excited to meet this kid AND to see my friend become a mother. Admittedly, I have felt even a bit more pressure to get things moving along myself now, but that is all self-inflicted of course. We had a great time shopping and just hanging out as a foursome. It really made me recognize how much I miss that girl, wish they lived closer! Thankfully, I'll get to see them again next month, when I drive down to her for her baby shower!!!
Seriously though, my cousin is pregnant again (due July), my Champaign friend (due May), a former co-worker who moved away is expecting, a high school friend (due any minute now!), another former co-worker just gave birth last week. It's kind of insane. But I guess I'm at that age. :)
As for our own journey... we'll see if my visitor arrives on time or not. If not, I plan to start charting more completely by beginning to track my basal body temperature and/or utilizing ovulation predictor tests. We'll keep trying!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Year.
Happy 2011!
Wow, is it just me or did last year FLY by?!
I've never been big on making resolutions, but it does just so happen that I have recently re-motivated myself to try to be more healthy, less stressed, and more productive. So I guess you could say that I'm taking a swing at this New Year being the start of a New Me.
I'm not dieting. I had gotten in a very good habit of working out at least 4 times a week though and that all went in the crapper when the kitchen remodel was underway. Not only was I just completely exhausted, but we just had. stuff. everywhere. Of course, once we finished with that, the Holidaze set in. Uh-oh. Yeah... so I hadn't worked out since I think September. Oops. Last week I decided it was time to get off my butt (literally) and get back to it. I'm happy to report that as of this morning I have worked out on my elliptical 3 times this week and attended one yoga class. Oh yoga, how I've missed you! Just taking these small steps has led me to be more aware of the foods that I am putting into my body. Again, not going overboard, I've had ice cream twice this week! BUT, I am making a sincere effort to eat more fruits and veggies. I'm terrible about veggies since neither me nor my husband are fans. And, while still indulging, at least remaining aware of portion sizes. I also purchased a Wii Fit! I'm not sure how great it will be about actually getting me in shape in any way, but my husband was gifted a Wii for Christmas and I figured it would be fun. And it can't hurt, right?! I haven't tried it yet, maybe tonight.
I've also come to the conclusion that crap goes on in this world every day that I could let get to me. I need to let go of more things. At work. At home. On the road. Etc. I can't control A LOT. Even when it comes to family and friends. And I need to recognize this and let things go. This has already resulted in a lot less stress when it come to Holidays with our families this year.
When it comes to being more productive, I mean in terms of home and work. There are definitely some projects and tasks that I have been putting off at work... because of other priorities or simply because I didn't want to do them. I'm being honest! But, it's time to finally get those things eliminated from my to-do list once and for all. I also realized recently that I spend a LOT of time in the evenings in front of the TV. I can't help it. I love TV and movies and it's a "hobby" of ours really. But I feel so much better if I spend the evening actually DOING something. Even if that is something as simple as doing a couple loads of laundry, reorganizing a closet, baking some cookies, even just returning an email! So, I'm trying to find things that can be done while the TV is on in the background. Even if that's just crafty things, anything but Facebook stalking!
So yeah, not really resolutions... but changes that I'm trying to make anyway. :)
I've noticed that several of the bloggers I follow have been posting 101 in 1001 days lists recently. I started one of these WAY back when. Never did finish it, but I'm thinking about looking up that list, seeing what I have finished along the way and trying to polish it off as well. Or maybe adding to it again. We'll see.
It's gonna be a great year.
Wow, is it just me or did last year FLY by?!
I've never been big on making resolutions, but it does just so happen that I have recently re-motivated myself to try to be more healthy, less stressed, and more productive. So I guess you could say that I'm taking a swing at this New Year being the start of a New Me.
I'm not dieting. I had gotten in a very good habit of working out at least 4 times a week though and that all went in the crapper when the kitchen remodel was underway. Not only was I just completely exhausted, but we just had. stuff. everywhere. Of course, once we finished with that, the Holidaze set in. Uh-oh. Yeah... so I hadn't worked out since I think September. Oops. Last week I decided it was time to get off my butt (literally) and get back to it. I'm happy to report that as of this morning I have worked out on my elliptical 3 times this week and attended one yoga class. Oh yoga, how I've missed you! Just taking these small steps has led me to be more aware of the foods that I am putting into my body. Again, not going overboard, I've had ice cream twice this week! BUT, I am making a sincere effort to eat more fruits and veggies. I'm terrible about veggies since neither me nor my husband are fans. And, while still indulging, at least remaining aware of portion sizes. I also purchased a Wii Fit! I'm not sure how great it will be about actually getting me in shape in any way, but my husband was gifted a Wii for Christmas and I figured it would be fun. And it can't hurt, right?! I haven't tried it yet, maybe tonight.
I've also come to the conclusion that crap goes on in this world every day that I could let get to me. I need to let go of more things. At work. At home. On the road. Etc. I can't control A LOT. Even when it comes to family and friends. And I need to recognize this and let things go. This has already resulted in a lot less stress when it come to Holidays with our families this year.
When it comes to being more productive, I mean in terms of home and work. There are definitely some projects and tasks that I have been putting off at work... because of other priorities or simply because I didn't want to do them. I'm being honest! But, it's time to finally get those things eliminated from my to-do list once and for all. I also realized recently that I spend a LOT of time in the evenings in front of the TV. I can't help it. I love TV and movies and it's a "hobby" of ours really. But I feel so much better if I spend the evening actually DOING something. Even if that is something as simple as doing a couple loads of laundry, reorganizing a closet, baking some cookies, even just returning an email! So, I'm trying to find things that can be done while the TV is on in the background. Even if that's just crafty things, anything but Facebook stalking!
So yeah, not really resolutions... but changes that I'm trying to make anyway. :)
I've noticed that several of the bloggers I follow have been posting 101 in 1001 days lists recently. I started one of these WAY back when. Never did finish it, but I'm thinking about looking up that list, seeing what I have finished along the way and trying to polish it off as well. Or maybe adding to it again. We'll see.
It's gonna be a great year.
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