Meds Anyone?

I meant to post this a long time ago, but life happened... which seems to be happening to me a LOT lately... and I'm tardy on posting this as someone reminded me today. You all know that we stopped our fertility treatments in early October... but we ended up with some medications left over.

Does anyone out there need any fertility meds? I'll make you a reasonable offer - but I need to get rid of them. I have 16 vials of Gonal-f (75 iu) and one premixed package of Ovidrel (0.5ml). I'm willing to sell it for less than I paid for it, but I need to see if I can get something out of it - and maybe it's the miracle someone out there is waiting for.

Please even if this doesn't apply to you - pass this on to anyone out there that might still be in that world and might need the medication. I'd love for it to do some good for someone out there. Any interested parties can email me and we'll work out the price and shipping options.


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Public Service Announcement

Ok, so I seem to be finding people all over the place talking about Netti Pots lately... and I felt like I should weigh in on this topic. I'm not sick - so it is an unbiased opinion on the products available. About a year or so ago - I was at a doctor's appointment for one of my ever present colds, and found out an interesting tidbit of information.

I had become addicted to nose spray - namely Afrin - which apparently can happen if you use it for more than 3 days before stopping. I'd used it for a good long while, and what the famous Dr. W (my primary care doc) told me was that basically your body becomes dependent on the chemicals in those sprays - and you will have the congestion or runny nose chronically if that happens. It happened to me.

The transition off of the nose spray wasn't easy - I couldn't breathe for sure... but he offered up a solution that was more natural, that helped get me through the misery.

I was skepitcal folks... I seriously was beyond terrified at the idea of shooting salt water up my nose... but once I got over my fear of drowning in my bathroom - I realized that this product is truly a gift from God. Ya'll, I know this isn't the topic that you really would want me to cover... but it's like a massage for your sinuses... they will seriously become your friends if you use this product.

Mine is shaped different from most that you've probably seen and heard of - you know, the ones that look like tea pots - I can't even begin to figure out how you'd administer the saline solution into your nose from that thing... but this one works for me.

I've even gone back and gotten a large pack of the little salt solution packets to have around for whenever I need to use this little jewel...

I've also become a HUGE fan of these bath products from WalMart...

I personally prefer the bath soak to the salts - but I could only find the salts on their website - I've tried all of the different versions: Stress & Tension, Restless Nights, Aches & Pains, Cold & Sinus - they don't sell them online, but they are over by the facial cleansing products in our store - maybe even by the bubble bath in yours. The Cold & Sinus one is great when you're sick... and I use the Restless Nights one (think lavender scent) all the time... also the Stress & Tension (I'm not sure what the scent is, but it's mild and relaxing)

So there you have it folks... the things that are some of my "go to" items when I'm not feeling well.

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Over the Top

I won a couple of awards during the last two days... YAY! First of all - if you remember my mustache picture with my neices... I entered it over on Summer's Stache Contest, and won an honorable mention!! She's sending me some really cool magnets - and I can't wait to get them.

I got this award from my friend, Jennifer over at Hope Endures - she is a lovely woman that has some exciting things going on in her world right now... I encourage you to pop on over and read about her journey.

Here are the rules:

USE ONLY ONE WORD! It’s not as easy as you might think. Copy and change the answers to suit yourself and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers so try your best.

Once you’re done tag 6 other bloggers and let them know that you think they are ‘Over the Top’!

» Where is your cell phone? Desk
» Your hair? Curly
» Your mother? Unique
» Your father? Faithful
» Your favorite food? Chocolate (or Fried)
» Your dream last night? Inexistent
» Your favourite drink? Iced Tea/Cafe Mocha
» Your dream/goal? Baby :)
» What room are you in? Office
» Your hobby? Writing
» Your fear? Inacceptance
» Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy
» Where were you last night? Home
» Something that you aren’t? Spontaneous
» Muffins? Blueberry
» Wish list item? Massage
» Where did you grow up? Houston
» Last thing you did? Work
» What are you wearing? Clothes
» Your TV? Entertainment
» Your pets? Cuddly
» Friends? Amazing
» Your life? Good
» Your mood? Anxious
» Missing someone? Yes
» Vehicle? Taurus
» Something you’re not wearing? Earrings
» Your favorite store? Target
» Your favorite color? Purple
» When was the last time you laughed? Today
» Last time you cried? Yesterday
» Your best friend? Several
» One place that you go to over and over? WalMart
» One person who emails you regularly? Jenn/Summer
» Favorite place to eat? Benihana

I tag: (I did one extra - but they're twins - you can't just pick one!)
Summer - B is for Brown
Jenn - From the Desk of a Princess
Joanna - Grace in the Home
Christy - The Journey
Heather - Heather's Hodgepodge
Becky - The Branches
Bonnie - The Browns




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Nursery Project - Painting

This whole weekend has been devoted to the nursery painting - almost entirely. We didn't even make it to church today, which I know we both regret - not seeing our church family today and hearing the message - but in the interest of time, and the project at hand... it was necessary. It's only the second Sunday this year we've missed... so I'm sure God will forgive us.

We had some help yesterday with the painting - which of course created lots of laughs...

Here we are doing the taping... which I think the whole process should be called taping... because it is certainly the part that takes the LONGEST!

Aunt Suz (Susan) painting the closet - she is really concerned that the baby should know that she painted their closet... too funny!

John and his Dad painting the ceiling... too funny. John's poor Dad wore nice clothes - and got paint on them - so we had to loan him some clothes and wash his.

The girls and I having a little fun putting mustaches on ourselves in honor of my friend Summer. She had a contest where people were to take pictures of themselves with mustaches in order to win a prize... I'm not sure - but I think the kids are a two of the cutest mustached people I've ever seen!

We had hamburgers with the family for dinner, and took the opportunity to make sure that everyone knows that we've put on our adoption application that we're open to getting a baby of a different race - just so that there weren't any surprises. To which my sister in law said "well, it would be a bigger surprise if you were pregnant and ended up with a baby of a different race." Too funny!

Here is a photo of the room at the beginning of the day yesterday... I really like the yellow a lot, and hope that the green warms up the room a bit.

Here I am starting to paint the green - I was really excited about it - and I think it did add some debth to the room... once we get the bedding and decorations out in the room - the red and the blue that are also in the baby bedding will break up the color some too.

John is my chief roller man... I'm the cutter... he's the roller. We make a great painting team. We got a kick out of the fact that when the paint is wet - it looks like guacamole dip... or green sauce from a Mexican restaurant.

This is how Missy helps with the painting... she just relaxes and keeps the couch warm. She's not very helpful at all... but she's cute... and she snores like a freight train.

Maggie on the other hand is always willing to do whatever you want - just so long as you pay attention to her. She's my shadow...

A photo of the finished product with the painting - the final tape removal and trim painting will happen over the week... but we are REALLY happy with how it is turning out.

One more shot - just because I love it so much... I can't wait to get a rocker in their and just be able to sit and pray for our baby and the birth mother until such a time that God allows all of our paths to cross and we become connected for life.

I hope that you all had a great weekend too - we are exhausted, but happy with the productivity. Back to work tomorrow, and I have a conference on Wednesday - so it'll be another crazy week with the loss of a whole day to the conference... but I think my arm muscles are looking forward to a break.

I'm going to be looking for it - but one of KH Jewelry's customers is giving me a shout out on YouTube tomorrow - how exciting is that?! She's a very popular lady in the Weight Loss Surgery world, and I'm excited to see what the shout out brings to the website.

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In Bid-ness

Well, apparently I have let my favorite past-time become the one thing in my life that I have allowed to drop when things hit the fan... but I'm back guys - things are getting better... items are being checked off the list, BUT there are some new thing taking their place.

It has been an incredibly busy weekend - but a labor of love... and I just can't wait to see it all come together. More on that in another post later - with pictures AND stories.

My last post was about the potential new business that I've been encouraged to start. I've been doing some research, and the $10 a dozen price is pretty good for these little bites of cakey goodness. I also got some ideas for a couple of new items to try out over the season of baking and sweets. (Thanks Allie!!)

In preparation for Thanksgiving - I'll be making:
Yellow Cake Balls - yellow cake mixed with chocolate icing, dipped in milk chocolate
Red Velvet Cake Balls - red velvet cake mixed with cream cheese icing, dipped in white chocolate
German Chocolate Cake Balls - chocolate cake mixed with coconut pecan icing, dipped in milk chocolate
Carrot Cake Balls - carrot cake mixed with cream cheese icing, dipped in white chocolate
Strawberry Cake Balls - strawberry cake mixed with cream cheese icing, dipped in white chocolate

The last two are not special orders - but experiments being tested out on our families over the holiday.

I am also planning on trying other flavors as well - things that I'm thinking about are... Rum Cake Balls, Lemon Cake Balls, Italian Cream Cake Balls, and any other cake that I can think of to put into balls. HAHAHA! In addition - I'll be adding my peanut butter cracker candies, white chocolate pretzels, Oreo truffles (I need to get some Oreos, and I'm set for this recipe), Nutter Butter truffles, and my chocolate dipped Rice Crispie treats.


I did some looking around Etsy today - and it looks like people actually call these truffles for the most part - which I think does sound more sophisicated... so I'll be changing their name. There aren't too many compeditors either - so maybe this is the niche that will work for me. The only questions I have now are about how they list their products for order - in relation to my previous experience with Etsy... and shipping.

I've been thinking about names, and a lady from my office wanted me to call the business - "From the Hearth", which she thought was a fun play on the word heart. I threw out "Dipped in the Spirit" this morning to John - he sort of liked it... but I wonder if it sounds like my stuff is dipped in liquor. (NOT what I'm going for!) What do ya'll think?

I'd love to get something put online next weekend after making the 5 different flavors - just to start getting my name out there during the holiday season. I'm sure that I'll be making stuff every chance I can get to add to the inventory.



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