This weekend one of the rulers (Oprah? God? Ty? Dido?) to whom I sent last week’s baby plea sent me and Fern a challenge. If you remember we promised not to think bad thoughts about pregnant women in exchange for a baby. At the wedding of our dear friends we encountered more than a pregnant [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Tested
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Out of town
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We’re heading out of town tomorrow morning for a wedding and I don’t know if I’ll have any internet access all weekend. We’ll actually see Sage there but it’s unfortunately too early for some wedding-based schnanegans. We’ll have to get our donation in the mail next week.
Speaking of mail, we decided we’re going to getting [...]
Covering our bases
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »
From: Olive
To: insertmetaphor@gmail.com
BCC: God (Yahweh, Allah, El), Jesus, Santa, Buddha, Brahman, Ishvara, Steve Guttenberg, Vishnu, The Stork, Mysterious Presence, Dido, Mother Goddess, Mother Earth, Aten, Ashley Olsen, Chthonic, Breksta, Pope Benedict, Oprah, Ed McMahon
Subject: One Baby
Dear Supreme and Powerful Ruler,
Fern and I would very much like one baby, please. As you know, this last [...]
Purchasing habits and bad signs
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This morning I got an email from Am*zon that said:
Am*zon.com has new recommendations for you based on items you purchased or told us you own. Among these items is “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and then this: Disposable Plastic Vaginal Speculums, Medium Size 10 Per Pack
How odd. [...]
Breakfast
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19, 2008 | 9 Comments »
You know what I love? Breakfast! You’ve probably noticed my toast-header image. That’s what I eat just about every morning – 2 pieces of multigrain oat bread with earth balance along with caffeine free herbal “black” tea with soy creamer. I wish I was eating that piece of toast right now. In the winter I [...]
TWW yammering
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
First of all, a big congratulations to J and S over at Incredible Adventures on their BFP. This is most exciting indeed. How long were you trying? I’ve only recently started reading your adventures so I don’t know how many tries it took. Here’s wishing you a healthy pregnancy!
I am becoming [...]
TWW distractions
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am so relieved Fern’s finally home from her trip! As soon as she landed I became instantly happier and I feel like there’s so much more to look forward to everyday. I’m hooked on my sweetie! I’m also trying to ignore the TWW but instead I’m oscillating between hope and pessimism, reading into everything [...]
Where I rant about the NPR story
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The NPR story I referred to the other day is, “For Prospective Moms, Biology and Culture Clash.” The link gives a summary of the radio piece or you can listen to it. The piece generally focuses on the fact that as we age, women have a more difficult time getting pregnant. Never mind the fact [...]
The sperm has landed
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Thanks for your kind comments yesterday. Sage was successful last night – yay! Fern and I chatted around 11pm her time and she was getting frustrated because Sage’s partner (who was going to ‘help out’ with the sperm collection) was trying to finish work and do laundry and Sage was falling asleep on the couch. [...]
Frustrated
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Frustration seems to be the theme. Our lovely, generous donor was so stressed about a work meeting this morning that he was unable to produce his donation. According to Fern it was awkward and he seemed to feel really bad but didn’t want to talk about it. Who can blame him? [...]
