tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:38:50 +0000living here101 GoalscookinghometourismchallengefamilyholidayrestaurantweddingNuggetinfertilityworktraveldecoratingschooltheaterDIYJeopardyRexclutterconcertmusicAugust CooksCivil Waract of naturebeershoppingThirty-OnecoastersdietexercisefallfriendshousekeepingLittle BitbooksknittingwineAn on-going update of what is new with me.http://rebaann.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (RebaAnn)Blogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-6024470893927803157Fri, 10 Feb 2017 00:29:00 +00002017-02-09T19:29:15.755-05:00Challenge day 9 - a pile of 9 pairs socks that 1) have holes or 2) I don't like, Plus a whole bunch of socks without mates.  I guess I need to get some new socks. http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2017/02/my-sock-drawer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-326772489281442341Thu, 09 Feb 2017 01:59:00 +00002017-02-08T20:59:50.158-05:00challengeclutterinfertilityNuggetWell, this day has been a long time coming. More than four years after I used them, I am finally throwing away eight HPTs. Getting to this series of ever increasing dark lines was a very long time coming. I was so fearful of another loss, and on what was our last chance shot, that I tested obsessively until we were released from the RE.  This one was hard, but it was time. http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2017/02/challenge-day-8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-6789340395243047538Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:44:00 +00002017-02-07T15:44:07.495-05:00challengeclutter Day 3 - three empty cardboard boxes. Day 4 - four empty plastic water bottles Day 5 - five pieces of kid art that were taped to the patio door Day 6 & 7 - 13 (plus a few extra) hair ties going back to my office where I can never find one when I need one. http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2017/02/catching-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-5653781691347971188Fri, 03 Feb 2017 03:26:00 +00002017-02-02T22:26:07.960-05:00challengeclutterToday I tossed two piles of newspaper inserts that were sitting on the dining room table. And I just realized that I will be out of town for days 18 - 21, so that is 78 things I'm going to have to catch up on late in the month. Yikes! The good news is that the reason I'll be out of town is because we are surprising the minion with a trip to Disney World.  It's pretty much all I can think http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2017/02/challenge-day-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-3939352380886597221Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:04:00 +00002017-02-01T18:04:00.415-05:00challengeclutterhomehousekeepingWell, hello strangers.  I know, I know. So bad. However, I need an outlet and I have this already set up, so here we go again. In order to make sure I get off to a good (re)start, I've decided to participate in a challenge for February - a decluttering challenge.  Between work, my kiddo, and life in general, the house and keeping up with things there gets the short end of the stick andhttp://rebaann.blogspot.com/2017/02/long-time-no-see.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-217510624089618321Sun, 06 Oct 2013 22:14:00 +00002013-10-06T18:14:09.509-04:00musictheaterThe husband and I went out on a date Friday night - I think our third since Nugget was born.  We were given tickets to see Million Dollar Quartet at the Kennedy Center. In December 1956, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins met at Sun Records in Memphis for what has to be the greatest jam session of all time.  Million Dollar Quartet tells the story of that nighthttp://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/10/million-dollar-quartet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-1014020672682961016Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:52:00 +00002013-07-12T12:05:12.356-04:00living hereNuggetActually, I'm going to review the theater, the special program and the movie. On Monday, Rachel and I went to the movies.  That's right, I took a seven week old baby to the movies.  The Angelika Film Center is a boutique theater and cafe that shows a combination of smaller independent movies and the bigger studio releases.  The theater is located in Merrifield at the new Mosaic http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/07/movie-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-173819141688974385Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:34:00 +00002013-07-17T18:45:42.487-04:00NuggetLet's see, what have we been doing in the month and a half since my last post? Oh, yeah, we had a baby. In an effort not to irritate folks with an overwhelming amount of baby stuff, I created a new blog called The Daily Nugget.  I'll keep this blog to prove that I can, occasionally, talk about something other than Rachel. The new blog is my sister's fault (hi Aunt Sara).  She insists http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/06/want-to-see-something-cute.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-6648943995649945593Thu, 09 May 2013 15:50:00 +00002013-05-09T11:52:36.336-04:00cookingNuggetThere are about two weeks left until what my sister has dubbed The NatiNugget.  I recently had a burst of energy and decided that this would be an excellent time to prep some food for the freezer so that we don't starve to death in our first few weeks as a family of three. Over the weekend, I make taco meat, meatballs, honey garlic chicken, balsamic chicken, island chicken, ranch pork chopshttp://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/05/breakfast-burritos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-3429492370982641424Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:52:00 +00002013-03-24T21:52:22.783-04:00cookingfamily Nearly every Sunday, we go to dinner at my sister-in-law's house and I am in charge of dessert.  This time, I think I might have made the most unhealthy delicious dessert on the planet.  I found this recipe on Pinterest and it led me to the blog Cookies and Cups.  You really need to make these; they are divine. This bar cookie is like the Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor of http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/03/chubby-hubby-bars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-3154937107639848423Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:46:00 +00002013-03-19T20:46:11.966-04:00infertilityNuggetOn September 4, 2012, we went to the main office for Shady Grove in Rockville.  The fourth floor of their office there is the embryology lab and the surgery center and that is where they do all the egg retrievals and transfers.  I have been to the fourth floor before three times, but this was the first time I had been there for something good. After waiting around for what felt like http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/03/nuggets-story-egg-transfer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-1098856627993391988Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +00002013-03-16T10:00:24.101-04:00infertilityNuggetI have to start by saying how wonderful our nurse at Shady Grove was during this whole process.  Actually, all of the nurses we'd had over the three years we worked with the RE were great.  They do a fantastic job of keeping their patients informed about how their cycle is going and test results and were always available to answer whatever deranged questions I would come up with. Once http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/03/nuggets-story-egg-retrieval-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-6585087908034494102Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:08:00 +00002013-03-11T21:09:12.331-04:00infertilityNuggetOn July 11, we were notified that we did not get a third couple for our cycle and we were set to go ahead with just the one other couple.  The next day, our nurse sent me my medication protocol and called in all my meds.  I feel pretty positive that I took a picture of the giant pile of medicine I picked up from the specialty pharmacy, but now I can't find it.  Trust me that it washttp://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/03/nuggets-story-shots-shots-and-more-shots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-5629094616662975846Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:48:00 +00002013-03-09T23:48:13.255-05:00infertilityNuggetWe were finally ready to go on what my sister called the most important shopping trip of our lives.  I mean, really, how do you go about selecting the person that will provide half of the genetic material for your child.  What if our IVF didn't work; would I always blame myself for picking the wrong donor? Once we had completed all of the pre-IVF testing and screening, we were finally http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/03/nuggets-story-picking-our-donor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-7035667685921842216Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:45:00 +00002013-02-26T22:45:54.841-05:00infertilityNuggetI felt like I needed to add a post here, because there were a lot of things that had to happen before we could pick our donor. In March 2012, I called the donor egg coordinator at Shady Grove and said that we were ready to go ahead.  They sent back the check list of things that we had to do before we could select our donor. repeat mammogram, since I am over 40 and mine was a over year old http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/02/nuggets-story-getting-ready.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-8085645274525960300Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +00002013-02-13T12:00:01.250-05:00infertilityNuggetOr, How Shady Grove Got All Our Money, Plus Some. Once we knew this would be our best option for a successful pregnancy, that was the beginning of some serious number crunching to see if it was even possible.  Shady Grove has a wonderful program, called the shared risk program.  The Shared Risk 100% Refund program entitles the patient to undergo up to 6 cycles of fresh or frozen donorhttp://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/02/nuggets-story-donor-egg-process.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-605420584263488731Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +00002013-02-11T12:00:06.457-05:00restaurantI almost missed Restaurant Week this time around.  Honestly, I had given up on it, since it is usually in January.  Fortunately, there was a flyer in the elevator at work on Thursday and I was able to find us a last minute reservation for early dinner on Saturday. I picked Evo Bistro in McLean.  The restaurant was not what I would have expected at all judging from the outside.&http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/02/winter-2013-restaurant-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-5609461963214416226Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:16:00 +00002013-02-10T16:18:22.773-05:00infertilityNuggetI decided that I needed to start to write down Nugget's story before I forget all the important stuff that happened along the way.  If you are friends with me on any of the many social media sites I frequent, you probably know most of this story.  If not, well, here you go. Jim and I got married in August 2009 and we knew that if we wanted to have a baby, we needed to try right away.&http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/02/nuggets-story-backstory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-4788033122311717749Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:43:00 +00002013-01-01T20:43:52.416-05:00101 Goalsconcertfamilyholidayliving heremusictheatertourismIn November and December, we saw a lot of performances at the Kennedy Center, hosted some holiday dinners and had out of town company. November 10th - We saw a concert with Lang Lang that was essentially a masters class for 100 local piano students between the ages of 8 and 18.  It was fascinating to watch him work with these students.  We had also had a first tier seat on the side so http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/01/november-and-december.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-1796674691603078097Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:59:00 +00002013-01-01T19:59:25.330-05:00fallliving heretheaterWay to completely ignore the last quarter of the year, Reeb.  We did stuff, I swear.  Let me 'splain...no, there is too much.  Let me sum up. October: In October, we spent the weekend in Baltimore for my birthday.  It was a wonderful trip.  Jim had a hydrangea delivered to our hotel room, we ate some really good food at Miss Shirley's Cafe and we visited the National http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2013/01/happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-4585740334062565207Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:36:00 +00002012-09-03T20:37:37.070-04:00cookingMy brother-in-law, Mark, has a garden with approximately 90 billion jalapeno pepper plants in it that go absolutely bonkers every year.  I have never known what to do with the peppers, but my other brother-in-law, Randy, makes a lot of poppers each summer.  I got Randy's recipe and gave it a try. Jalapeno Poppers Jalapeno peppers 1 pound of pork sausage 8 oz cream cheese Grated http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2012/09/jalapeno-poppers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-5748152528706072650Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:14:00 +00002012-08-22T19:15:05.828-04:00act of naturefamilyliving heretourismOn Monday, my sister and I went the National Museum of Natural History and visited the butterfly pavilion. http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2012/08/wednesday-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-2883324897047098806Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:57:00 +00002012-08-19T21:57:35.715-04:00living hererestaurantSaturday was the last day of Restaurant Week for this summer.  I was so excited that my sister was going to be here to experience it.  Plus, with three people, we get to try even more great dishes.  If you haven't been before, 200+ restaurants in D.C. offer a prix fixe three course menu for $20.12 for lunch or $35.12 for dinner.  It's a great chance to eat at some fabulous http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2012/08/summer-restaurant-week-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-1846251202856078546Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:58:00 +00002012-08-12T23:59:24.018-04:00act of natureliving hereI see that it has been nearly two months since I came to visit you at this blog.  What can I say, I've been busy.  In that time, we found new tenants for our rental property, got said property ready for the new tenant (carpet cleaning, painting, etc), went to Tennessee to see Jim's brother and his wife and all our nieces and nephews, went to a baseball game, went to a soccer game, and http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-fair-is-veritable-smorgasbord.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798295699115330703.post-6096502148278071340Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:00:00 +00002012-08-13T00:00:07.220-04:00living heretravelWe have great friends.  Great friends who own their own condo at the beach.  Great friends who will let you use that condo in exchange for caramel popcorn with peanuts. The first weekend in June, we went to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  It's the closest beach to D.C. at about three and a half hours away.  We were going to drive over after Jim got off work on Friday night to http://rebaann.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-new-favorite-place.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0