Month: August 2011

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Photography

30 Weeks Into Project 365

Even though I’m still out of town, I didn’t want to miss out on my weekly project 365! So from Wednesday’s photos on, these are unedited, SOOC pics!

Day 211: Four hours of laying out in 100 degree sun, meant 1/2 a sub, Gatorade, & ice cream was the dinner menu.

Day 212: Sunday I began really putting my BlogHer packing plans into action. That included my bloggy business cards {designed by Jumping Jax Designs} as I tried to decide whether or not to use my scrapbooking corner rounder on 200+ cards. {I decided I liked them better as is. My fingers thank me.}

Day 213: My Bible study group didn’t want to get super involved in a study this summer. But after one of the ladies read Same Kind of Different as Me, she emailed us to see if we’d want to read & discuss it as a group. Monday night was our first gathering.

Day 214: I worked late Tuesday {making up time for leaving early Wed} then rushed off to get a manicure/pedicure. I’ve been loving my Essie Cute as a Button so much that I brought it to the salon for them to use. Very happy with the results. Essie Cute As a Button

Day 215: There’s something to be said about the excitement that comes with traveling by air alone. I do it so infrequently that it’s a rarity that brings about so much excitement for me! Trying to calm by internal BLOGHER woohoos by reading Mockingjay.

Day 216: Thursday day was spent with lunch & margaritas pool side at the hotel. Yay roomie Alena!

Day 217: After breakfast Miranda & I wandered around the Expo hall. Me at Sesame Street.

I took over 450 photos while in San Diego, so look for more photo posts to come this week!

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Trying To Conceive

2WW Thoughts One Week In

Today marks one week into my 20th cycle TTC’s dreaded two week wait.

I had some unknown & unexplained CM & spotting last weekend that left me uncertain & even a little afraid. I was thinking, did I ovulate when the shot was supposed to make me? Is this because of Friday’s second Ovridrel shot? Am I just dehydrated? Is something wrong & I’m already getting my period 3 days later? Really it doesn’t take much to make this TTC girl’s mind start spinning. {if you have any idea what this could, let me know!}

But by Sunday, things had gone away or cleared up. I’ve been doing the progestrone supps {yes, even while rooming with strangers friends at BlogHer}. They’re a mess, but by now I’m used to the progesterone & I really believe they help.

You’d think with all that’s going on in running around & traveling this week that I’d have this 2WW pushed waaaay into the back of my mind. I have to say, yes it has definitely helped the days quickly pass. I haven’t had time to focus on all the little crazies that come with the 2WW {is that twing implantation? bloating bc too many diet cokes today or pregnancy? the list can go on}. But that doesn’t mean I don’t know exactly what dpO I am {8 since you asked} & when I’ll be able to poas {probably beginning of the week once I’m back home}.

Fingers crossed that AF doesn’t show up in the rest of my time in San Diego {especially not while I’m wearing my khaki skirt!} & that I’ll be able to make & go to a beta appointment next Wednesday.

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Travel

Woohoo!

I’m all packed up & ready to go! Polka dot suitcase, book club book to read on the plane, Gussy laptop bag, & Jo Totes Rose as DSLR bag & purse.

If you’re going to BlogHer & see me tomorrow night in San Diego, I’ll be wearing/rolling/carrying this! I didn’t plan to go with a black/white travel theme but I guess so. I’m going to make up for it with my pink & melon the rest of the week I promise!

I’m not sure how much blogging I’ll be able to do this week, but I’m sure to be tweeting away via @suzstreats. You can also try to keep up with the #blogher11 hashtag on twitter {it’s already out of control}. I’ll try to do a few FB & G+ updates too. Have a great week!

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Everything Else Reading

Catching Fire

Catching Fire After flying through The Hunger Games, I put a desperate call out for the second book in the series, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. My brother luckily had the book & gave it to me before his wedding shower. I started reading on our way back from VA & even with a busy week of work & TTC, I finished it by Friday.

I’d love to tell y’all everything about Catching Fire & why I enjoyed it, but I also don’t want to spoil it for anyone. I hate it when I know what’ll happen before I even open the book thanks to reading or hearing about it elsewhere. So yeah, this is a post to say that you should just take my word on it. You’ll enjoy the action, the young adult romance, & the family dynamics. What I enjoyed about the first book is somewhat repeated in the second book, but it didn’t come across as boring or repetitive. And while I didn’t speed-read it quite as quick as the first in the series, once you read Hunger Games you’re going to HAVE to know what happens next as I did.

Now I’m already a third of the way through Mockingjay & I can’t figure out how they’re going to wrap the whole series up with just 260 pages left to go.