Nantucket morning

Nantucket harbor-July 2009
Happy Patriot's Day!

Finallys, finallies?

Antiques & Garden Fair

So it's finally Friday. I think this may have been one of the longest weeks ever. Work is really slow, so I've been exploring the blogosphere... Lots of great design stuff out there. S is home today, as he does flex hours to have every other Friday off. Besides hanging my painting and curtains, he says he'll be day trading. :| There is nothing worse than having to come to work when he is at home. :(

My temps are up. I. am. finally. ovulating. Probably tomorrow, actually. So like my wacky sleep patterns, (if I get up at 4am one morning for an early flight, I get up at 4am for the next hundred mornings), I'm thinking am now ovulating after three weeks (instead of my normal 17 days) because of those three weeks of high dose estrogen I was on in Feb. And then my luteal phase is still the super predictable 12 days. Wonder how long this will last. The good news is that means I won't be getting AF next Saturday at our black tie event. But I also won't be drinking anything at the open bar... Hope you all have a great weekend! :-)

Looking for light

Williams Sonoma Home-Crisscross Hurricane

I probably don't need to buy any more candle holders, but here is just one.last.one. I think I'll put it in the family room.

Recent additions to the living room...

Arhaus broken glass candle holder
and

Z Gallerie Casablanca lantern

I.love.this.magazine.

The April/May issue is finally here! It's Green! Enjoy!

Lonny Mag Issue #4

My faux snake skin tray from Jayson is featured twice! On pages 83 & 167. Their source is Global Table, and I think this was originally featured in Domino (back in the day...)
Here it is from I Suwannee, as Lonny wasn't letting me grab photos. I think everyone has one of these now...



Oh and the Pratesi chain link duvets/shams on 113 & 143 look just like my new ones, except mine are from the BB&B clearance section. ;) I guess I should have figured they were a knock off of something spectacularly expensive (my taste...) As in ~$2K for a king duvet cover and two euro shams vs. my steal of <$60 (incl BB&B coupons, of course). Wow!

It's only Tuesday...

And I'm already thinking about the weekend... Not a good sign, huh? It is supposed to be in the 80's the next few days and then cool down for the weekend. Perfect for the Antiques and Garden Fair at the Botanic Garden. One of my favorite events at one of my favorite places. I can't wait!
Chicago Botanic Garden

S is away at Toastmasters tonight, so I'm thinking of checking out Glee. I typically avoid shows that have anything to do w/high school, so we'll see how it goes. ;)

We finally got our taxes done. I am so done with our accountant, what a heel. I end up doing most of the work myself, since he apparently doesn't know what he's doing. Good news is we ended up owing about half of what we originally thought we would. Yay for positive business revenue so we could take our start-up write-offs from last year!

This should be interesting...

So I got the call today to set up my consult for the acupuncture for fertility study I recently wrote about here. Right off the bat the "dr" questioned my committment to the study since I live/work in the suburbs. Did she not see my address on the six page questionnaire I had to complete? She didn't seem to have read any of it actually, as I would quickly learn. So that was a great start. I assured her that I would not have a problem driving into the city for the 2-3 weekly visits for the length of the study.

She asked me if I had done acu before. I said, yes since Dec. at PDtM.

She seemed surprised, so I told her that most of that time we weren't able to TTC due to my septum surgery in January. She said, "oh, you had nasal surgery?" What?! No, in my uterus...

Then she asked me if I temp. I explained that no I have sleep issues that make it unlikely for me to get accurate temps, so I use a fertility monitor instead (to measure the actual hormones rather the affect of the hormones). She said, "why do you have trouble sleeping, do you have kids?" I'm thinking no idiot, that's why I'm talking to you. So I'm going to start temping tomorrow....

Do I check my CM? Yes. Make sure you chart that too.

Have you O'd yet? No. Make sure you have intercourse two days before and two days after(?). That should be really effective. ;)

Our whole convo was just littered with gems of fail. This can only get more interesting...

Randoms (updates)

So I could probably fill several blogs with all my random thoughts and musings, but alas I have only one, so this is my repository for everything...

BC Hockey won the national championship over the weekend, ironically beating Wisconsin. Yay BC!



S bought tickets last night for us to go see U2 at Soldier Field in July. We had talked about it before, but I guess he still really wanted to go because he asked me when I was at least 70% asleep if I wanted to go. Saw them back in 2000 at the UC, so the outdoor venue should be fun. (Bono's back surgery = cancelled U2 concert :( )



I think I found a pendant light for the dining room, though I haven't done that much shopping around yet. You'll never guess, it's from PB... ;) I really missed out by not signing up for a PB credit card a few years back, I would have made a killing on the rewards program.



I treated myself last fall (after one year of TTGP and our first failed IUI) with a little something from LV. I'm not a handbag snob, but I wanted this, so I bought it for myself.



Sadly, the handle already started to fray, so I took it back to the store to get repaired. Happily, no charge, but it'll be 4-6 weeks, so I'm back to slumming it. I did almost walk out with the spring version, but I did show some restraint, for now.



I was sad to hear late last week that Pamela Fiori has been ousted from the helm of Town & Country after 17 years. She will be succeeded by Stephen Drucker from House Beautiful. I've been an avid reader of T&C since 1996, and she worked so hard to make sure it was focused on quality and substance, rather than just luxury. I am afraid that this will change under new leadership. I wish I was still an ad buyer, so that instead of just writing her a note, I could have "voted" with ad pages (which were down 46% last year). I'm going to give the new guy (who I remember back from his MSL days) a chance before I try to find a new favorite title. (got a lovely e-mail note back from Pam)



Last but certainly not least I had a great get together with some of the Chicago area Bump ladies on Saturday. There were only six of us this time (a much more manageable crowd) and a few that I met in January and some new ones. I had to run off to acu after, and when I ran into my yoga instructor at PDtM she said I looked so happy. I said I just saw my girls, they are the best! :)