As another cycle inches closer

I started feeling crampy yesterday and my emotions have been going a little bonkers (I mean, I get annoyed watching Todd.lers and Tia.ras yet a couple nights ago when one of the crazy moms started crying because her spraytannedfaketeethfakenailsfakehairredbulldrinking3yearold won...I cried too) so I know that my period is going to be here any day now.

With that in mind, I've decided to start researching Dr. Hilgers because even though we are currently taking a few months off from meds and doctors, I think that when we start back up I want to pursue seeing him.

But like I said, as of now, I'm just researching. I'm not going to lie, it seems a bit overwhelming-any advice?!

Anyways, this post is short and sweet, I really don't have that much to say (shocking, I know!) but will end with saying that OMG...the weather here only got up to 88 yesterday!!! Last week we were never seeing under 100 and this week we are getting a sneak peek of fall...boy am I excited!!

Hope everyone is doing well!! How very exciting that we've had some preggo announcements in our little blogging community!!! Here's hoping and praying for a LOT more!!!

Blessed John Paul, pray for us!!

Happy Sunday, y'all

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"You are loved more than you will ever know by someone who died to know you." Romans 5:8

Advice needed: male fertility issues

Today I heard from a dear friend- him and his wife have been trying to conceive for a bit now. She has issues, low progesterone and possible non-ovulation, but thankfully Clomid seems to be doing the trick for her. Well, they finally did a sem.en analysis and got the results back: He was told he has morphology issues and concentration issues. Obviously they are both feeling rather down right now because this yet another thing.

So, I was wondering if any of your husbands or even known someone with these things. I knew I had read something on some blogs at one point (wow-that's a very specific! ;)) but can't recall which ones. So help me out if you can.

Also, I was wondering since they did the SA the Catholic way-pricked condom-could maybe that play a factor in the concentration part? Just curious.

Anyways, if you guys have any advice that would be greatly appreciated. And if you don't, well if you don't mind offering up a prayer for them, that would be greatly appreciated also.

Thanks in advanced.

Fortune Cookie

So, I may or may not have cried (happy tears) when I saw this. Just saying...

That quick how-to for those fun spiral/wave curls

Okay guys. First thing is first...I am no professional. Shocking, but it's true. Secondly, I've tried many different types of curls and this one is my favorite so far! Here's the how-to:

First you are going to grab a small section of hair. Then if you are have been doing P90.x or any other workout and see that you have a line (which is practically a muscle) in your arm, you snap that picture because you are proud! ;)

Next you will need to grab your styling tool...the nifty curling iron. I used a 1.5 inch one, I think (see...I'm not a professional or else I would have known that!).

Then I like to start an inch or two from the scalp.

Then start to wrap the hair, starting from the middle and working down.

And continue to wrap until it gets to the end of your hair. I usually hold the hair at the end like the picture and keep the curling iron thing pressed up off the hair (does that make sense?!) because for me it would always leave a random crease in my hair so I'd rather just hold it open. Side note: If you noticed that the angle of the camera changed or even that I'm curling a different piece, well then bravo! I had my husband snap this one real quick when he woke up-a few hours after the others. ;)

Then I like to angel the curling iron down so that the curl will fall off without any hesitation...

Like so!

Your curls should look like this!

Keep going with the process until all your hair is done. My is rather thick so I pin the top part up and work the bottom part first. Also, spray the sections when you are done (I've mentioned before my hair is pretty straight and doesn't hold curls that well, so the hairspray helps!). While you are curling, some may be tighter than others, do not mess with them though until the end-then you can go and finger comb your hair and see which ones need touch ups.

Okay. I hope that makes some sort of sense. Like I said, I'm no professional but I did find something I liked so I thought I would share! And now...I'll leave you with some words of wisdom-if you haven't read/seen The Help, I highly recommend it-I saw it opening weekend and finished the book literally seconds before! ;).

Random picture post

First, I wanted to start by saying that I am going to do a simple hair how-to soon...the one thing I realized though is that it's impossible to do it with just me, especially seeing as I need both hands! Fear not...my dh has offered to help!

And now...on to my random picture post:

The other night I was in bed and I was saying some quick night prayers and for some reason (oh well, other than the fact that he's the best) I got teary eyes when I was thinking about my dh. So instead of simply saying thank you to God, I decided to write him a little note and leave it on his hanger where he hangs his uniform when he gets off in the morning. I called it my "just 'cause" letter and used old some of the old paper paint samples that I've had laying around. Needless to say, he appreciated it more than I thought!

This fun hair-do I did on my cousin...it's called the waterfall braid or something like that. It's basically a french braid but you leave half the bottom half out instead of adding (does that make any sense?!). Plus having some sort of curl or wave in the hair helps hold it. Okay, I promise I'm done with the hair posts...I guess I just got on a kick (dern you pinter.est for showing me fun things to do!).

I call this photo, "I'm promise I'm not a 13 year old girl...I just really like the color pink!" Yeah, so tonight I got ready for a bike ride after my dh left for work and after I was all ready, I literally laughed out loud at what I saw in the mirror...a pink camel back (gotta stay hydrated in this crazy 100+heat), iphone (listening to music helps my mind not think about how hard something is) with my pink earphones, and my pink arm band holder thing for my iphone...yeah...I pretty much looked like a 13 year old girl! I will say, my bike isn't pink though! ;)

However, when I got back from my 5.5 mile bike ride, I walked past the mirror in the entry way and realized that I had a new something pink:

MY FACE!! :/ Please excuse the nasty sweat...like I said, 100+temp people!

That bike ride was a lot harder than I anticipated but I still did it. I'm trying really hard to stick with the whole working out thing (P90.X, running, biking) because I know that even if it's hard now...the losing weight and getting healthier will only increase my chances of fertility because of my PCOS. So I'm sticking with it and even though I'm only a week in, I feel so much better.

And because I said this is a random picture post, I thought I would share one last photo I took today, on my way to the grocery store-don't worry I was stopped at the light. I really think this guy seems nice...

Notice the helmet? It says "F-you!" My goodness, how does he think that's a good idea?!?! Personally I think he's just asking to be pulled over!

Anyways, that wraps up my random picture post. I'm off to relax a bit and maybe stretch because my legs are telling me to. I hope everyone is doing ok and for those bloggers that experienced that earthquake today (crazy!!!) I hope y'all are safe and sound. My SIL is in Maryland and she said it was the craziest thing. Just glad to hear they are ok.

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." (Audrey Hepburn)

I hurt.

But thankfully it's just my body and not my heart or spirit!

My dh and I decided to start P9.0X this week and we are on day 4 today and I must say...every part of me aches...muscles I didn't even know I had worked ache!!

I'm trying so hard to jump back into being healthy with cutting some calories and working out. I was doing pretty good a couple months ago but then fell back into the slumps of "not caring."

I really should take video of us doing this, especially this first week. We look RIDICULOUS because we are both a bit out of shape but we are preserving and moving on. It's been quite the bonding experience for us actually, so that's another plus.

And really, no I shouldn't take video of us doing the workouts...y'all would probably think I was crazy and looked like a limp fish on the beach! I try, and that's the most important! :)

Thanks for the comments on my curls last post, I am so happy that they turned out and even when I woke in the morning, the next day, there was still a bit of a wave. I'm going to do a little picture how-to soon to show y'all. Hopefully, for those that try it, it will work just a great for y'all.

Anyways, this weekend is packed with more family birthday parties and a congratulatory dinner for one of my dh's work buddies...he just got engaged. Celebrations everyday!!

"Celebrate everything."