photo friday: red.

inspired by e., red for me this week is my jesse cat, also known in our house as yesiquito.

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publicly answering a question from comments.

alayna asked if i’m starting clomid b/c we’re continuing ttc, or if i’m just trying to get my body on track. the answer is pretty much the former.
we are going to give my cycle a trial run w/ clomid to see how it all goes. we weren’t planning on insemming in july anyway, so [...]

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thus begins intervention.

i talked to dr c’s nurse this morning. not surprisingly, my progesterone levels taken in the blood test last week were very very low. i did not ovulate.
also, today is cd 41. the spotting has stopped.
if i don’t get my period by monday, intervention numero uno will be provera, then c-c-c-clomid.
if i do get [...]

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whiskey tango foxtrot

cd 39. fertility friend is quite confused by my temps. one day, it will estimate a day of ovulation. the next day, it changes its mind.
i’ve been spotting for five days. not heavy enough to be called “light” and therefore starting a new cycle, so i’m in limbo.  dr c wants me to fax in [...]

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weather.

i haven’t had my camera on me this week as weather happened, and so here are last year’s juneish weather shots, all taken from my (former) porch.
behold, bipolar austin:

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sisters and brothers, unite.

hey friends, i need your help.  i have a discussion going on over at my other blog that stemmed, funnily enough, from my wink toward james dobson in my post yesterday.
i’d love for you to add your thoughtful voices to the discussion.  the entry is here.
a lot of conservative christians read my blog, and i [...]

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my day, aka thanks insurance!

10 am: dentist. pick up new nightguard. have tooth drilled.
11 am: sit in dr’s office with h, as she is told she has her first ear infection ever.
noon: lunch
1:45: h. and i arrive at dermatologist’s office, for matching appointments. (ahhhh! sweet, huh?)
3:30: have 2 moles removed. h has 1. also, the freezing of the warts.
4:00 [...]

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score one for dobson

when h and i first began thinking about kids, i knew there would be risks of exposing vulnerable children to the gay agenda, the code by which we live our deviant lives. they could turn out gay. or feminist. or pro gay marriage. or or or. gay.
what we didn’t bargain for was the effect [...]

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photo monday.

i apologize for my belated contribution, but here, my friends, are feet. my feet. naked on a rock at hippie hollow.
and yes, the rest of me was naked as well. good times.

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afterwards.

so i went to the ob today. dr. c., aka dr. no nonsense. i brought my charts like a good little girl, and today’s pee stick so she could see that the darkest line i’ve seen is still lighter than the control. she pored over my meticulous charts for a few minutes and came up [...]

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