(continuation of last post) The craziest part wasn't even the time nor cold. But that I was on the side of my house, BEHIND the cars. The entire front of our house was turned off - jack-o-lanterns blows out, orange lights unplugged, big blow up pooh bear deflated, porch light OFF.
So these people skipped the front of the house, came up driveway, went behind the cars to find me 15 feet back from the front of the garage, sitting on a bucket, packing up papers.
I'm still shocked at it.
Oh, and I had the oldest trick-or-treater last night too! It was a mom and a grandma taking their group of children around. We give out good candy, those nice and big candy bars (reese's, hershey's, milk duds, etc...) and I let everyone take 2 each until it gets late and based on my supply (which is always over) I let them take 3-4 each.
Well, the kids go back to the adults and apparently told the grandma what I was giving out because next thing I know, a woman wearing jeans and a sweatshirt came up to me and said "trick or treat" and stuck out her hand. She took 2 out of the bowl and said "happy halloween" and left. People - the woman was well into her late 60s! Or maybe this was just a REALLY good halloween costume and she was really an 8 year old kid.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
Belly Pics for #3 only.
Click stick figure to see the consecutive pictures from this pregnancy only.
My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
Blog Archive
-
▼
2009
(286)
-
▼
November
(16)
- I just got the girls pierced.
- I fixed it! (and some other notes from my life)
- I love it.
- My blankets.
- Who is on your "list"?
- Welcome to the world K.
- I bought a carrier (children mentioned again)
- I need a sling (children mentioned)
- This is the day and life of a pin.
- The~Real~LifeOfNancy in pictures. (and a funny end...
- Jenn is here.
- Hatred is alive and well.
- Honking.
- Tuesday
- What are your grammatical pet peeves?
- The "worst" part ...
-
▼
November
(16)
14 comments:
Hilarious!
Halloween tends to bring out the greed I guess! I bet those parents heard you had the 'good' candy & just ~had~ to get some so they tracked you down!
I can't believe they were scouting around to find you! In most places, that would be cause for calling the cops.
Gotta love those adults who think trick or treating is for them too. My coworker routinely gets kids from a neighboring (poorer) town whose parents collect candy for "my baby who's home sick." I guess it's nice that they put a polite lie on it...Personally, I just buy excessive amounts of candy, so there will be leftovers!
freaky. Just freaky. I know what gets into people- it is the fact that it is chocolate!! :)
I am always flabbergasted by the adults who are trick or treating. I mean, really? But whatever. I'm not going to get shitty on Halloween with their kids there. After I have turned out my lights though? Get off my lawn.
The best was last year when a grown woman ALL BY HERSELF knocked on our door late at night to ask for candy. (Meth.)
I just don't get these people! Not just the old lady wanting candy but the people that trick or treat with kids that are too young to even eat candy! You know perfectly well that the parents are going to eat it all.
You've got to be kidding me. Definitely worse than the kids who carry an extra pillowcase, "because my little brother is in the car". Whatever. It's Halloween and I'm not going to let you ruin it for me (you greedy little........)
Truly unbelievable.
that's actually pretty creepy!!! here's a fun one: i only had 4 candy bars left and a group of about 5 kids came up with one older lady in front of all of them. she looked pretty serious and didn't seem to speak english. i said to *all* of them, i only have 4 left - i'm so sorry! so she sticks her hand out in front of all the kids, so i assume she's going to divvy them up or something - so i put all 4 in her hand. she THEN pushes past the other kids, puts ALL FOUR in another kids' bag and leaves - no 'thank you' or 'gracias' - NOTHING! so now i have 4 little faces on my doorstep and i'm the asshole who gave all the rest of her candy to a greedy old lady. awesome.
That's freakin' ridiculous. We give out bags of Doritos and chips and they are very popular. When kids come to the door without a costume, I give them the candy I hate- Laffy Taffy.
No one in my neighborhood comes after 8 PM< and most are done by 7:30. If someone comes to my house at 10:45, tough doo-doo.
I guess they were going to find you one way or the other.
We had our light on for part of the time when we weren't all out. About 15 min. after we turned the light off some kids rang the doorbell. Of course my two yr. old. ran to look out the window. I told my husband they saw her and asked if he wanted to go ahead and give them candy. He did and they were all students of his (HS) that have been giving him a hard time this year. They knew we lived in the neighborhood, but didn't know what house...until now. We're pretty sure they just went knocking until they found us. Now we're worried about kids egging our house or something.
Good candy has no age limit Nance! Clearly ;)
xxx
Wow. People are crazy.
This is why I often get frustrated handing out candy!! gRRRR!
Wow - I can't imagine they were hurting that bad for candy. Maybe they should have just gone to 7-11 and bought some of their own!
Post a Comment