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[readyformore]

I have a good recipe for chicken tacos with honey and ginger.

I haven't made it in ages, but it is SUPER good!

Hmmm....maybe for dinner tonight. I'm suddenly craving ginger, lol.

 

[keekeesaurus]

Recipe please Ready! That sounds delicious .

I just discovered I'm £400 overdrawn with the bank thanks to my energy provider putting my bills and direct debits up by £170 a month for the last 3 months. WTF? I'm thinking of getting a couple of those JML snugglies (it's a blanket, but it has arms!) so that OH and I can sit here like a couple of old farts without the heating on. Man, at least I get paid today. But that's £400 of it already spoken for. I really should open my mail more often .
Also, my BFF who had the BFP last month? Well, it didn't stick. Same again this month. BFP and then massive bleeding and then BFN. Still, at least thanks to this thread I could sound knowledgeable about what might be causing her to get pg but for it not to stick. Now I feel bad for being jealous of her BFP .

 

[dachsundmom]

 

[readyformore]

Recipe please Ready! That sounds delicious .

I just discovered I'm £400 overdrawn with the bank thanks to my energy provider putting my bills and direct debits up by £170 a month for the last 3 months. WTF? I'm thinking of getting a couple of those JML snugglies (it's a blanket, but it has arms!) so that OH and I can sit here like a couple of old farts without the heating on. Man, at least I get paid today. But that's £400 of it already spoken for. I really should open my mail more often .
Also, my BFF who had the BFP last month? Well, it didn't stick. Same again this month. BFP and then massive bleeding and then BFN. Still, at least thanks to this thread I could sound knowledgeable about what might be causing her to get pg but for it not to stick. Now I feel bad for being jealous of her BFP .

First off, don't feel bad for being jealous, it's normal, even if you don't want to feel that way. You didn't make her miscarry.

The recipe is super yummy! I made it that night too, lol. And while I was looking in my cookbook for the recipe, I came across a chicken and wild rice soup recipe. I made that last night. Awesome.

Here goes:
Spicy Chinese Chicken Tacos
3 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cut into think strips
1 teaspoon grated gingerroot
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1 large green onion, sliced
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
taco shells and shredded lettuce

Spray skillet with nonstick spray and heat over medium-high until hot. Add chicken, gingerroot and garlic; cook and stir 3-5 minutes or until lightly browned. Reduce heat to low.

Add soy sauce, honey, green onion and crushed red pepper flakes; stir to coat. Cover; cook over low heat for 5 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink, stirring occasionally.

Serve in shells and top as desired.

 

[keekeesaurus]

Yum! I'm going to make that this weekend. Thank you!

 

[Desperado167]

Keekee ,so sorry about your friend and the stupid bank hope u are feeling ok ,and try not to stress too much ESP after your big op ,try take it easy for a bit lovely ,

 

[Desperado167]

Ready ,yummy recipe . I am def gonna try it ,

 

[peacebaby]

keekee sorry bout all this stuff getting you down...energy companies are the pits, hope it's not EDF, they did the same to us last year. A suggestion would be to get a proper meter reading done & then call them up and on the basis of your meter reading insist that they re-calculate the bill or insist that they send out a meter reader for when you're actually there.experience with these fraudsters is that they base the bill on an estimate & think it's ok to hit you with a mega bill, usually they do this just as winter is setting in and the heating goes on. Most people just let it go and they get away with it so don't let them!

 

[keekeesaurus]

Despie thank you sweetie.

keekee sorry bout all this stuff getting you down...energy companies are the pits, hope it's not EDF, they did the same to us last year. A suggestion would be to get a proper meter reading done & then call them up and on the basis of your meter reading insist that they re-calculate the bill or insist that they send out a meter reader for when you're actually there.experience with these fraudsters is that they base the bill on an estimate & think it's ok to hit you with a mega bill, usually they do this just as winter is setting in and the heating goes on. Most people just let it go and they get away with it so don't let them!

I'm going to phone them tomorrow and threaten to take my custom elsewhere! Mind, they're all as bad as each other. We're with Eon and they're sh**te. You're right, peacebaby, I think they just assume most people will pay it and say nowt but by tomorrow I'll be PMSing all over the place so they won't know what's hit them . Rar!

 

[OvenBunWanted]

Am soooo not happy with body and DH today!!

Body is a being a total b*tch...temp dropped on 8dpo (accompanied by some spotting), stayed the same on 9dpo (some spotting), and this morning on 10dpo it dropped further (spotting again). I know the hag is coming and I'm not entirely thrilled about that or the fact that last month's LP was 16 and now I'm looking at a possible LP lasting all of 10 days.

DH is also being a total shite...why is it that I can take upwards of 5 pills a day, drink Robitussin for days on end (ewwww) , insert lube with injector tubes, regularly pee on assorted sticks ($$$ from my wallet), shove a thermometer in my gob every morning, and use cups to trap his "stuff" in my body (double ewwww) but he can't put forth enough effort to take one single daily vitamin to help the cause?? On top of that, I've been having weird on and off again heart palpations for the last three days and he could care less. Actually, he's even been irritated and snapped at me because I breathe harder when they occur...are you freaking kidding me?!?!

Maybe it's just the witch coming, but holy hell this Oven is getting seriously overheated!

 

[Natsby]

Oh Hun I know how you feel, there are days when i could cheerfully do away with my OH over all this ttc stuff. (Mind you there are times over loads of things not just that.)
Sending hugs and sympathy and hope the witch stays away a bit longer to give you a longer LP. If not at least you get on to the next cycle and can hope for more luck then.

 

[OvenBunWanted]

Oh Hun I know how you feel, there are days when i could cheerfully do away with my OH over all this ttc stuff. (Mind you there are times over loads of things not just that.)
Sending hugs and sympathy and hope the witch stays away a bit longer to give you a longer LP. If not at least you get on to the next cycle and can hope for more luck then.

Thanks Natsby I'm generally not one to lose my cool but this TTC thing is turning out to be more stress and disappointment then I orginally bargained for. I guess some days it all just accumulates to the point where one's cup gets too full and we're left with the urge to throw said cup at the head of DH/OH. All I know that is between DH and my chart, this weekend is turning out to be a total suck-fest

 

[Natsby]

It will get better hun, that is the one good thing about ttc there is always next cycle.
Your right though it is stress and disappointment and it is hard to take. I´m on cycle 13 or 14 now, (depending on if i count the cycle after the last mc) and it is tough. but when a new cycle starts I still hope it is the one and feel optimistic for a bit. One day it will happen, just have to hope my OH and i are still speaking when it does lol.

 

[dachsundmom]

Nats...where is your chart? LOL

I need a visual aid.

 

[Natsby]

My Ovulation Chart

but another bfn this morning

 

[froliky2011]

I just had an artificial insemination done this morning and my sister who is 2.5 years younger than me called about 1/2 hour afterwards to tell me she is pregnant. Wow! This is her third child and it was an accident!! I am hoping that was baby dust is the only thing I could think of. If I am still TTC when she gives birth next year it is going to be a tough road.

 

[readyformore]

It will get better hun, that is the one good thing about ttc there is always next cycle.
Your right though it is stress and disappointment and it is hard to take. I´m on cycle 13 or 14 now, (depending on if i count the cycle after the last mc) and it is tough. but when a new cycle starts I still hope it is the one and feel optimistic for a bit. One day it will happen, just have to hope my OH and i are still speaking when it does lol.

I agree with this Nats.

It is stressful and disappointing and hard to take.
And every cycle, I get optimistic prior to ov.

And if DH and I aren't speaking ? I'll get his stuff in a cup and do IUI again .

There are points in our relationship when we don't see eye to eye, ttc is no different; neither is pregnancy or childrearing. You can't always get along. I just wish we could have sperm on demand to cover our bases when we do argue!

I would like to invent a sperm storage container to keep on hand so we can dose ourselves when we are ovulating. Imagine, having a month's worth of sperm to use on our special 3 fertile days!!
(Yes, somehow, I feel that sperm is the answer to all of my infertility problems ).

 

[AnnaLaura]

dose ourselves...

 

[dachsundmom]

My Ovulation Chart

but another bfn this morning

 

[Desperado167]

My Ovulation Chart

but another bfn this morning