Busted Plumbing: When Mother Nature Kicks You Right In the Ovaries!

The Most Obscure Connection You'll Probably See All Year

2012-01-31T13:45:00.001-07:00

Hey Bleeps, I've posted some super random stuff on The Bird Flipper today... There's gremlins, Tom Cruise, and Harry Potter. And no, I'm not on crack. ...today.

WTF Wednesday: Can't Take Husbands Anywhere

2012-01-25T11:04:00.003-07:00

This post is dedicated to my fellow Infertile and dear friend, Nikus... who is presently 7 months preggo after her first round of IVF! Here's a couple of things for you and J to look forward too... "Personal hygiene upon request."... I should start using that one on Adam... And for Niki, if you're looking at birth announcements... too bad it's a girl! see more Parenting Fails

About To Explode Your Brain With Cuteness

2012-01-20T09:34:00.001-07:00

Here's Tuckman chatting with his Grammie on the phone last week...

Always Darkest Before the Dawn

2012-01-19T11:44:00.001-07:00

Dearest Bleeps: A belated Merry Christmas, a belated Happy New Year, and belated Happy Boxing Day to my Canadian and British friends. Also, a belated Humilitation Day, Man Watcher's Day, and National Dress Up Your Pet Day. Fortunately, we have not yet passed National Kazoo Day, which is January 28th (plenty of time to grab them from Walmart before they are all gone) and National Escape Day on

A Lot To Be Thankful For...

2011-11-23T20:49:00.001-07:00

One day Bleeps you will forgive me for being so crappy in posting... Same excuses, moving, renovating the house, work, being a mom, and my Pop is still in the hospital! *Le sigh* at my lameness. Side note, I don't know how to italicize on this iPhone app I just downloaded... BUT! I did download this so perhaps I could mitigate my lameness. You guys are going to stop reading (if you haven't

Adam and Tucker Disagree

2011-11-15T09:52:00.001-07:00

Go check out the video on The Bird Flipper... Adam and Tucker disagree on whether Adam is awesome.

A Belated Happy Veteran's Day and I'm All Over the Place

2011-11-14T09:23:00.001-07:00

Signs that you've got way too much shiz going on in your life? That I worked on this post for three days... THREE EFFING DAYS... last week, and all I got was the title and "hey bleeps" done. Well, this post was to be my annual "thank you to our service members and their family" post that honors my Pop-Pop and all the other folks who serve (my father in law, my cousin-in-law, my other

I Know I've Been Back For Like 5 Minutes...

2011-11-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

...And I'm already asking for something! WTF? But could you help me out with something? I entered a contest on Circle+Bloom's website on advocating for your health... and gave a brief synopsis of my story! Will you please do me a favor? Will you please go to my story HERE, and just leave a brief comment? It's super fast, you get to read my story (if you have an extra few seconds), and I'll

I Don't Run A Marathon Unless Someone Is Chasing Me

2011-11-04T16:40:00.002-07:00

Hey there Bleeps, happy Friday! As promised, here's a little bit of a catch up of what I've been up to while AWOL over the last few months. We'll call it a sprint of information, rather than a marathon. But who am I kidding, I don't sprint either. A leisurely walk? Drunken stumbling? Yep... that's the one. In my drunken stumbling I'll probably jump all over the place, and perhaps even

A Belated WTF Wednesday

2011-11-03T10:56:00.000-07:00

True Story. (My friend Onika recently posted this on Facebook. She snapped it in Belfast... apparently these are real anti-drug advertisements! Thank Onika for letting me borrow!)

Behold... Gold Elephants

2011-11-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

There is much to catch you up on. Well... "much" is a bit of an overstatement. There's a few to catch you up on. I think I can cram it into a few posts. But there is one thing that deserves a post, all on it's own. You know what? I'm not even going to explain it. I'm just going to put this beautiful, beautiful train wreck out there for you to ponder in amazement for a full day before I

I'm Heeeeeeeerrrrreeeeeeee (Insert Scary Poltergeist Voice Here)

2011-10-31T11:54:00.000-07:00

Knock, knock, knock... anyone still out there? Figured Halloween would be an appropriate day to make my return from the proverbial grave. Hey there Bleeps! Usually I say sorry when I slack off a few weeks. It's been, er, like five MONTHS. So I don't even know what I could do to make it up to you. Kidney*? I wish I had a good reason. I was vaccinating orphans in Malaria, OBVIOUSLY. And

Playground Politics (And Trying To Not Get Arrested)

2011-06-14T06:00:00.020-07:00

Being a rookie to the parenthood thing, I am not yet accustomed to the politics that apparently go along with children playing together. On Sunday, Nurse Awesome (NA) and I took her kids and Tuckman to the kids play area at the mall. I'm always looking for anything to do that's in air conditioning, and I'm sure a lot of other moms were thinking the same thing as the place was packed. Now,

Apparently I'm Not So Much "Irreverent" As I Am "Offensive"

2011-06-13T10:37:00.002-07:00

Check out my post over at The Bird Flipper today. Even people who are aware of my antics are still like "seriously? no thanks". Le Sigh. PS: I made both blogs mobile friendly! So when I get blocked from your work computers, you can still read me on your smart phones... hurray!

You May Not Be Asking It, But I Know You're Thinking It.

2011-06-03T06:00:00.010-07:00

Bleeps, since getting the little Tuckerang back in December, there's been one question I've been getting over and over. Most people ask it out loud, because they know I'm just one of those folks who will blab anything if you ask it directly. Other folks are reserved, and politely don't want to pry... especially considering my history. Speaking of my history, I think it makes folks doubley

No... I'm Lucky Now

2011-06-02T11:02:00.000-07:00

Heya Bleeps :-) So, earlier this week I was having lunch with my fabulous friend Niki (of Nikus Road, check her out... about to do IVF! Stop by and wish her luck!) and we were just chatting about how being a mom after infertility still makes you a little "different". Like I wasn't going to be "different", no matter what I did. But specifically we were commenting on folks who have kids, who

The Bird Flipper: The Name Game

2011-05-27T06:00:00.000-07:00

I hope you don't mind me cross posting here for a while, while I'm getting the Bird Flipper up and running! My post over there today is... well... addressing what you've all probably already been thinking about my kid's name... Go check it out.

Two Words: Penis Cookies

2011-05-24T07:31:00.000-07:00

I've got a new post up on the new blog! Check it out:

Resurgence of the Blahs...

2011-05-23T04:59:00.001-07:00

Bleeps, I'm dragging once again. Blargh. Maybe it's a resurgence of the baby blues? I'm not sure how much I talked about all that when they originally hit, but I struggled with some post-partum stuff. I'm sure you recall my post about crying over everything. Funny... when its not you. A couple weeks after Tuck was born, I had a meltdown. I mean a TOTAL. #$%*@%$. MELTDOWN. Over

OMGee!!! My New Blog Is Finally Done!!

2011-05-20T12:49:00.002-07:00

BLEEPS!!!! I've been promising (threatening?) long enough. The new blog is finally here. TA-DA! The Bird Flipper! What? Heck no it's not referring to the middle finger. Because that would be rude and inappropriate. I just like birds, ok? Why are you laughing at me? With two shiny new posts, all ready to go! Here is a sneak peak of one post... Apparently Rapture Is

Getting All Sentimental. Or Maybe It's Just Sleep Deprivation.

2011-05-17T11:22:00.000-07:00

Heya Bleeps. Thanks for your patience as I'm slightly AWOL. On top of a crazy work schedule I'm working on that new blog, yahoo! Hopefully will be done by the end of the week. Sweeeeet. So I was laying (lying? I forget how English works) in bed last night, and getting sort of sentimental. About this time last year, we were finding out if the little jelly bean that would become Bingo that

Stay Tuned, People

2011-05-11T06:00:00.000-07:00

Psst. Hey. Just checking in to let you know I'm not really here. I'm actually someplace else. It's a secret, though. I'm working on a new blog. Five enterprising people have already figured it out. Thanks, 5 enterprising people. Stay tuned, it's coming soon... In the mean time, #LFMF (Learn From My Fail Blog)... When teaching middle school kids, do not let one of them answer the

Winner, Winner, SHEEN Dinner

2011-05-06T10:16:00.000-07:00

I miss crazy Charlie Sheen. That was a fun couple of weeks there. Anyways... GIVEAWAY TIME! Last Friday, I was did a review for Michael Barr's new book, Swimming in Circles. It's pretty much the answer in getting dudes to talk about their fertility stuff, too. I really enjoyed the read, and his straightforward (with humor) take on things is something I think anyone would enjoy. And

Full Circle? More Like A 180 I Suppose.

2011-05-06T06:00:00.000-07:00

Bleeps, my head is spinning. Yesterday, I reposted last year's Mother's Day entry. I was a little bit preggo this time last year. I remember posting about that day, but for the life of me I can't find that post... if you happen to have a better memory than I do in my sleep deprived state, please let me know which one it was. But the gist of the post was a pep-talk from my mom. In my four

Retro Busted: Childless Awareness Day

2011-05-05T06:00:00.000-07:00

It's still amazing to me how things have changed in a year. I have many thoughts to share, but I'm still processing... in the meantime, I give you my Mother's Day post from last year! Dada. DAda. DADA. DADADADADADADA (That's the Jaws Theme): Mother's Day Originally Posted: May 9, 2010 Welcome to a special Sunday post of Busted: The Mother's Day Edition. This is the first Mother's Day