Okay, so I've been avoiding my blog for a while now, and I feel sort of bad lol.

How was everyone's Christmas?

Mine..well.. it was interesting. And seriously eventful.

Christmas Eve, Jeff and I brought Bandit over to his parents since they were watching him while we went up to the Poconos..it was weird not seeing him Christmas morning. I felt bad leaving him. But he was such a good doggie, as usual.=)

Christmas morning was great. The most important was that Jeff got off for Christmas morning and was here with me. We opened our gifts, and I'm on mine right now. Yep, that's right. My honey bunny got me a mini HP, and I'm in love with it. I got him a netbook too, which he knew about, but couldn't open until Christmas morning. He also got me body lotion and shower gel from Bath and Body works (love love love that store! yumm!), a mouse for my computer, which I knew about since I picked it out a few days before..lol, and Ed Hardy shoes. Unfortunately, he got the wrong shoe size since he went with the size of my Uggs and their sizes run differently. We went to exchange them yesterday, but they didn't have my size. So boo on that. But they did give me a gift card, so when they have them.. I will be making my way back there to get a pair. They were so cute! And he was so happy to give them to me.. and I felt sooooo bad for having to return them. :( Anyways, he got a shave/shower set.. and a Phillies wallet. I was just happy to spend Christmas morning with him. I love him so much. <33

Christmas afternoon was really nice too. We went to Jeff's brother's house to exchange gifts with his family. His parents gave us money, like they do every year, and got him a Hess truck. His mom got me a "three generations" picture frame. It's really sweet. I need to get a picture of myself, my mom, and my grandmother now. And I can also use it when I eventually have a baby if it's a girl. It was a really sweet, thoughtful gift. Everyone loved their gifts. We got gift cards from Jeff's brother, niece, and girlfriend. It was a good time. Nice and quiet but fun.

....Then we headed to the Poconos, where my family was celebrating Christmas. Interesting, to say the least. If there wasn't someone crying, they were yelling. Smart idea putting my entire family of little control freaks and perfectionists in a house for 4 days....not. It had its upsides.. like this year, we decided instead of big gifts, we were doing stocking stuffers. Well that turned out to be a really good idea, because people put a lot of thought into their gifts and everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves. We played a few games, and drank and had fun. Saturday, the guys went to the shooting range, and the girls went shopping. So at least we got out of the house. Other than that..there were a lot of bad parts.. and I know I couldn't wait to leave. My mom and I agreed, if they decide to do this again next year, I'm not staying. And with the bad stuff, all I can say is.. I absolutely LOVE my husband. He is a saint, and I am so grateful for him, it's ridiculous. He stuck through it with me, and actually defended me when I was being yelled at for no reason. I don't know how he's still with me and is still okay with being a part of my family. Don't get me wrong.. I love my family to death. But I think that there were too many days, too much drama, and too much crap trying to go on. We left Sunday, and we stopped in a little town on our way out..and I honestly think that was the best part of the weekend.

On the TTC front, the bcps are working. Today is CD1, which makes this my first 28-day cycle EVER. It's weird lol. I never thought I would have a normal 28 day cycle, but I really did. So obviously that means I'm not pregnant .. so us trying for the month of December didn't work, but that's okay. We decided I'll be on the bcps probably until March, then try in April.. if I'm not pregnant by May, I'll get back on the pills. So we'll see. All I know is I want to cut off my lower half. I'm sooo not feeling good. I need a heating pad..and of course, I don't have one. My back hurts, and my pelvic area is just so blahhhhh. I'm kind of stomach-achy, cramping.. I don't even know. All kinds of crap. But other than that, it's okay. I'm dealing with it.

Alrighty... time to hit the sheets. I missed my blog there for a little bit.

I'll update more later.. hopefully before the new year...

Til next time. <3

Can't believe it's Christmas Eve.

Just wanted to wish all my blogger buddies a safe and Merry Christmas.

Be careful those of you who are traveling.. and just remember to enjoy your families.

Merry Christmas!

oxoxo.

20 more days until Christmas!!!

Can you tell that I'm just a bit excited?! Hell yeah I am! Hah.

It's supposed to snow a bit today.. so I'm patiently waiting. My bestie got 4 inches the other day, and I told her to send some my way.=) It's drizzling right now (I think.. can't really tell), and they said more towards the afternoon/evening hours that it'll turn to snow. I just want enough to cover the grass. So pretty.=)

So today is CD5, and AF is pretty much gone. I think it's because technically she started Monday (so if I was going by that, it would be CD6) and would probably be completely gone by tomorrow. I'm still wearing protection just in case. I've caught myself before thinking AF was totally done, and it just let up enough where I thought it was, then came back with a vengeance. But so far so good. And because she let up so much, I was able to sleep really well last night. Yay.=)

I still need to figure out exactly when I want to start the bcps, time-wise. I know you have to pretty much take them at the same time everyday. So I'm trying to figure out when it's best. I take my Met and my prenatals whenever I remember, really. So sometimes that's 10am, or 1pm. I'll have to find a middle and stick with it. I picked the refills up last night.. I gotta find my other ones..lol. The refills don't come with a pouch.. obviously. So I have to keep my eye out for them.

Enough blogging for today.. gotta go back to doing... well, nothing.=) Love days like this.. haven't had one that I actually enjoyed in a long time.

Til next time, kids.

CD1...

maybe.

Woke up this morning and it was there.. not heavy, which was nice because (sorry for TMI) I was not protected. But enough to show me she's on her way. I lost my bcps last week in the midst of getting things moved and ready for the holidays.. and I still haven't found them. However, I called CVS.. and though I have to pay out of pocket, they are able to refill it for me no problem. Thank goodness. I know I'll find them once I'm not looking for them, and that's alright. I'm excited to finally get things moving again. I haven't had AF in so long.. it feels weird lol. My next step - to sit down with Jeff and try to figure out how long I'm going to be on the bcps for. I was thinking maybe coming off of them in like, March.. but we'll see. I also need to talk to my dr again .. to clear some things up.

But all in all, things are finally changing.. thank goodness.

Back to my morning ritual. Til next time.<3