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

What If? (National Infertility Awareness Week 2012)

2012-04-26T13:11:00.000-07:00

It's been a few years since Keiko came out with this video, but I'm still SO blown away by it. I post it every NIAW, and I hope you'll share it with others too. If you're considering "coming out" on Facebook, this is a great video to post along with it... it says a lot of the things you might not be ready to... yet. Hang in there. Don't give up hope.

NIAW 2012

2012-04-26T05:55:00.000-07:00

Circle+Bloom Sale = Awesomesauce

2012-04-24T17:08:00.003-07:00

Two posts... in ONE DAY! I know!! But this isn't a real post. Sorry! But I saw that Circle+Bloom is doing a NIAW sale and I wanted to make sure I shared with everyone. You know by now I'm not a big promoter of things... except Neil Patrick Harris (Call me! You know, once the restraining order lifts!) and a couple of fertility products. I only talk about these very very few items because a)

Can You Ever Come Out on the Other Side (of Infertility)?

2012-04-24T14:12:00.000-07:00

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week. I have been thinking about that a lot the last couple of days. Three years ago, I was doing fertility treatment, struggling with the trauma of multiple losses, and wondering what our future held (IVF? Adoption? Moving on?). Two years ago, I had just found out I was pregnant... normally an exciting event, but given my history of miscarriages

Fertility Focus Telesummit 2012

2012-03-09T10:21:00.000-07:00

There's an event I've been involved with for the last two years now. And it's happening... NEXT WEEK!!! It's called the Fertility Focus Telesummit. In fact, I think it might only be two years old, so I might even say I got in on the ground floor! Or something? Sarah, who does the "Overcoming Infertility with EFT" which has a large fan following and a long list of success stories, pulls

Practice Makes... Non-Sucky?

2012-03-08T12:15:00.002-07:00

As of late, I've been email conversing with Rochelle who has asked questions about some products I used and liked, and what all I did to get preggo. So I have this little twitch in my head that there was a post *somewhere* where I outline every last little crazy thing I did the month it actually worked, then stuck. So I spend 30 minutes reading and searching and googling and still can't find it

Don't Pretend That You Haven't Wanted To Post This At Some Time Or Another!

2012-02-09T10:17:00.001-07:00

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My "WHAT THE HELL?!" Moment of the Day With Amazon

2012-02-07T14:14:00.001-07:00

I started to write this post here, but it's really more of a Bird Flipper kind of situation. It's gross, I'm not going to sugar coat it. Ever wish you could just open up your brain and scrub something out? Yep, that's about right. Soooo.... enjoy?

This is one of those situations where I wish Facebook had a "Punch" Button...

2012-02-06T11:32:00.002-07:00

... when "Poke" just won't cover it. Failbook

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