Cleaning machine?

First, please let me say thank you, from the very bottom of my heart, for all of your sweet and supportive comments on the last post. I really do have the best and most supportive friends!! I am very hopefully for the new year and we have an appointment with our RE set for the end of February.

Second, it is January 9th already?! Time for me to start working on my resolutions because if I wait any longer it will be 2013 (am I the only one that thinks that year sounds like it is way too far in the future?) and I will be reporting epic failure.

This week, let's be serious and just call it this month, is all about cleaning up my house. When I say cleaning I mean going methodically through each room and getting rid of anything that doesn't fit, I don't use or that is just taking up space. This for some reason is easy and hard at the same time. I am not a hoarder but I am one of those that will keep certain things because I might need it later, then when I finally get rid of it I need it, so how do I know what to get rid of? I know this can't only happen to me, at least I hope. I have to ask myself some really important questions before I start projects:
Will this project be time consuming? Of course! I really don't know how I acquired so much useless junk that I now have to organize.
Will it make me want to scream? Probably because I always end up with little piles of things that I don't know what to do with so it just gets hidden in a drawer until the next time I decide to "clean"

When do I want to be done with this project? ASAP I am hoping no later than the end of the month but that really is optimistic on my part. It really shouldn't take long but it is a matter of getting my butt in gear when I get home from work.
Is it worth it? YES! Like I said in a previous post I get a little stressed out, cranky and not a very pleasant person to live with when I feel like my house is in unorganized chaos. It really isn't that bad because I keep my house clean we just seem to gain a lot of miscellaneous stuff through the year that makes me feel like it is cluttered.

What do you hope to accomplish? First a clean house, cleanliness is next to Godliness ya know, who doesn't want that? I hope to have a sense of accomplishment that maybe I really have set some achievable goals for this new year. I think this will be a big stepping stone to getting my life organized.

Husband is going to be helping me on the endeavour so we will see how far we get together.
Tonight we start with our bedroom and possibly our bathroom, it is on like Donkey Kong (yes I know that makes me sound 12 but I am just trying to get psyched up). Maybe I will post pictures....wish us luck.

Fertility part 3

Two years ago Adam and I started on this journey to try and bring a child into this world. Who would have thought that it would be this hard and emotional? Can I just say that infertility sucks?! I guess at the start I was one of those naive people that thought sure why not let's give it a try, it shouldn't be too hard, people get pregnant and have babies every day. The first few months I wasn't too concerned and knew it would probably take some time. After 6 months we realized that maybe this wouldn't be as easy as we thought....
I spoke to my doctor (2009) when it came close to a year  and he told me to come back at the beginning of the year (2010) if we still weren't pregnant, by this point it is no surprise we weren't. I changed doctors after we moved and I love my doctor now. I started tracking myself and seeing if I could make sense of everything, I couldn't. My doctor sat down and showed us the process he wants to take. I had some tests done that showed that my body wasn't doing some of the things it needed to.
So far we have tried a couple things and one time it worked, but unfortunately the joy was short lived.
The last couple of months we haven't done much in the way of pills or doctors, we just wanted a break from OPK's, temperatures and tracking to see if maybe it would happen on my own since my body "should" know what it needs to do and we were trying not to stress so much about it.
So this brings me to now, over two years ago we started this journey and over two years later we have nothing to show but heartache and disappointment. However, it has brought Adam and I closer together and I feel like we are a stronger couple because of this trial. Some have asked if we have thought about adoption, we have talked about it and are definitely not opposed to it but we feel like we need to try some other things before we start down that road.
My doctor wants me to have an HSG before we go back on Clomid or anything like that. I told myself the first of the year I will get this test, well guess what it is the first of the year and so I guess it is time to start following through. We have also reached the decision we will start seeing an RE (fertility specialist) in February. I keep praying and crossing my fingers that I will be pregnant before then but if not I think it is time to figure out what is wrong with my broken body and get things working like they should. We aren't sure where the new road will take us or what we are going to try but hopefully it is at least a stepping stone to something wonderful.
I don't usually ask this from people but if any of you who read this blog still, can you please keep us in your prayers?

Party

Looking at my Pinterest boards lately I am thinking that I might subconsciously be wanting to have some parties in the very near future.

There is just a little problem with me and parties.

The party in my head is never the party that actually happens...... blerg.:(

I have big ideas and I know they will be amazing but I usually run out of time or out of money, two things I can't ever seem to have enough of.

This year though, this year it is going to happen. One of my resolutions was to pay off debt and organize my time and in doing that I should be able to start having some fun!

I read other's blogs and I can't help but dream of having all of my friends over for something super amazingly awesomespice!

My ideal party would consist of:

* FOOD!!  It isn't any fun if you don't have something delicous to eat, so food is a must. I have been pining enough recipes so I don't think this will be too hard. This probably won't help with my goal of wanting to loose weight but stranger things have happend.

Source: cookiesandcups.com via Jen on Pinterest

Source: poutypinkprincess.blogspot.com via Jen on Pinterest

* THEME: yes I am one of those people. I want to throw a party with a theme, scratch that I want to throw lots of parties with themes. Mostly I just want an excuse to dress up and be out of my ordinary rutt. How fun would this Harry Potter party be?

Source: hostessblog.com via Jen on Pinterest

* DECORATIONS: Of course if you are going to have a theme you have to decorate for the occasion. This is where I usually run into a problem, I like to channel Martha Stewart and that makes decorating time consuming and never look as great as it does in my head or in her magazine. Also I need twinkle lights like a fish needs water.

Source: vi.sualize.us via Jen on Pinterest

So watch out because if I can get my life in order I am going to throw some epic parties!

Resolutions

Like many of you I don't like resolutions because, honestly, I don't know how to follow through. This year I am going to try and pick resolutions that maybe I can accomplish, I mean I have 12 months right?

* Attend the Temple more regularly


* Hopefully have a baby this year

* Organize and clean out every room in my house.
Clutter and being unorganized makes for one unhappy, not to mentioned stressed- out lady

* Cook dinner at home every weekday for at least a month.
I am trying to be realistic, if I can accomplish this easily then I will try it again for another month. I really like to eat out

* Pay off all of our remaining debt except the house.

* Organize my time and many projects.
Young Women's takes a lot of time but I think if I can get myself organized I might be able to find more time for the things I love to do

* Decorate our home.
We painted this last weekend and it is starting to feel more like our place. Pictures to hopefully come soon.

* Get back to crafting, baking and cooking regularly.
I don't seem to have time for this anymore and I really really miss it. If anyone wants to join me I would love to have you

* Put our yard together.
We need a new patio(ours sank), I want to plant more flowers and get the house looking great from the outside.

* Lose some weight.
I think I got a little depressed this past year and I don't feel great about the way I look anymore. I am not a numbers person more how do I feel and do I like it?
* Spend more time with the hubby.
We need a vacation and some more date nights. I think I might have to get creative

* Blog more

* Take more pictures
I don't have pictures of all the fun things we do and it makes me sad

That kind of turned into a long list. I could probably combine some of those goals to make it shorter but, meh.

Welcome 2012

Everyone else seems to be doing their re-caps of 2011 so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon because sometimes it's fun to be a follower.

2011 brought some good times and some of the hardest trials I have had to face.

January

* I was called as Young Women's president of our new ward and the craziness began


February

* I don't really remember what happened in February, it must have been super eventful.....I guess Valentine's Day happened somewhere in there

March

* Welcomed my very first nephew who is so very very cute! I love being an aunt.


* Met with a new doctor and discussed a plan for us to get pregnant

April

* Survived our first full year in our new home


May

* Celebrate Adam's 27th birthday, I love my old man!
* My twin nieces were baptized which made me feel really old

June

* Our first Youth Conference as a new ward was a complete success


* Celebrated my 26th birthday with friends and family


* Epic barbecues with our friends

July

* Had an awesome 4th of July barbecue with our family that ended with fireworks that half our street showed up to
* More epic barbecues with all of our friends

August

* Very successful but very stressful first Girl's camp as a new ward
* Found out I was pregnant, it was one of the happiest days of my life
* Miscarried a week later :(
* Celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary, I am a lucky lucky girl


September

* Went to Pinevalley with our friends the Jacobsons for Labor Day weekend


adam after four-wheeling                                             there's a lizard on his thumb

October
* Had 3 Halloween parties with our Young Women!

* Celebrated our 2nd Halloween in our home

November

* Breakfast with some dear friends from my old neighborhood (see last post)

* Thanksgiving with the Family (maybe at our house next year)
* Black Friday madness!!!

December

* Survived all 4 of our December birthdays yay!
* Christmas parties with friends and family
* Christmas was fantastic as always
* Said goodbye to 2011 and hello to a new year.

That was our year, we had some wonderful times and some rough times. It was an ok year but I am ready for a fresh start.

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