Thank you for being clear on this one. Sometime a sledgehammer is needed to drive something into my thick head.
This ran through my head this morning.

also contemplating- 'Was once a fat man but......'

The costumes are sooo expensive. We're not that into it where she's competing. That decision is hers. The dresses for a local competitions are between 1 and 2 thousand dollars. If you go nation or world wide, it jumps to 3-10 thousand.

The dancing is fun. There is a vineyard here that has Irish music and dancing every Sunday in the summer. A band mate of mine has sat in with the musicians there, and wants us to do a gig. The free wine, ahem, tasting that goes with it is an incentive.

Oh, thanks. I never noticed. Lol, kinda like flipping 100k miles in your car - you want to see it happen but you catch it at a few miles after the fact.


Oooohhhhh! I second that one!

Mike and I toyed with the idea of learning a couple of Irish dances for our wedding.

Have you thought about Irish Yoga?


http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s.../IrishYoga.jpg

Heheheeeee

Never knew I was so limber, huh?

it's amazing the effect that Jameson's and Guinness have on the body - a few irish car bombs and you cna do things that mere mortals cant

Finn MacChumhail never needed a car bomb. Just a bit of the salmon of wisdom. I was always a bigger fan of Grania O'Malley. Fought the English and the other clanns, never giving in to the contemporary thinking that a woman can't do such things. Never signed a treaty with the English. An amazing woman. Mostly unknown, but I think there is a show going around now about her life. The Pirate Queen, or something like that.

So I am thinking that Sunday night I will start a new diary.
the tentative title is 'Once was a fat man....Never to return'- I like it, it says what it needs to without trying to be overtly witty.
Has to be Sunday night though since I will hardly be on here during the day the next couple of weeks- damn job getting in the way!- and this weekend is filled with summer activities.

So- had the last ultrasound with the fertility doctor today. Willie the whale is doing wonderful. Willie is at 10 weeks 2 days in size. Little shy since he moved to the corner of the sac as soon as the probe found him. All good though. Heartbeat of 172 bpm- perfectly and wonderfully normal. Bone structure is forming. Last appointment with the fertility doctor is this afternoon. I am not a big crier but I may today in his office. It will be so emotional to talk to him and hear what he has to say. This has been a 4 year journey in our lives and it is amazing and almost overwhelming to think it is over- with the fertility doctor, not overall.

I have more to say but will say it in another post. I just want this to sink in for me, get a cup of coffee and then rant about my brother and idiot in law.

Thanks to all who read my ramblings.

Sweetie I'm so happy for you - so many good things are happening words can't really describe it, I am so happy I get to be along for the ride...

Your present attitude vs your mood of a few weeks ago is like night and day. I am sooooo glad everything is coming together for you. I imagine since it is all coming together at once you must feel on top of the world. Keep it up, sweetie. I'm proud of you.

Okay, and that's it for the nice this week. I need to misbehave a little lest ye think I've got a fever or something . . . *off to find trouble to get myself into*

Thanks Ali, like I said before- you all are a big part of a lot of the good things going on for me. I am happy i can share them with you all.

It is amazing what a little whale that moves and has arms and legs will do for your spirits. That and the fact that I have never looked better and felt better in my life really makes a big difference. Thanks for putting up with me and propping me up during that time though. I will not forget it.
I agree. I was wondering what the heck was wrong with you. Pre wedding niceness?

Don't mention it. You'd do the same for any of us.

Perhaps it's simply lingering excitement over the honeymoon plans. I'm impatient by nature and I really have no idea how in the world I am going to wait another 8 weeks for that trip!

The honeymoon was hands down the best part of the whole marriage thing.
It really was.
not for the obvious but because it is the first real time you are out let loose on the world as husband and wife. It is a great feeling- try to bottle that and hang on to it for as long as you can