So, I am no chief by any means, but I am a pretty decent cook. I usually make recipes I stubble upon and sound good. When I first met my mother-in-law she made the most amazing spaghetti ever! and since, I have taken her recipe and added my own touch.So, if you like spaghetti and spicy food here ya go: (Oh, and let me add that I do not measure anything out, I guess!)
Ingredients: *You can cut this in half if you have a smaller family*
Pound of Spaghetti noodles
1-2 pound ground beef
Preggo Three Cheese sauce (1 jar)
Preggo Meat Sauce Flavor (1 jar)
Hot Sauce
Worchestershire Sauce
Italian Seasoning
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
1. Fry your ground beef up, making sure to grind it into small pieces. The smaller the better, more flavor.
2. Drain the ground beef and place into a skillet.
3. Add Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Italian Seasoning to you liking ( I prefer more garlic powder in mine). Let simmer for a minute or two.
4. Add Worchesterhire Sauce, and Hot sauce to liking. You do not want extra sauce laying in the pan, so add slowly and let simmer then add more until you reach your liking. (I love mine spicy, the more hot sauce the better)
5. When you have the ground beef and seasoning tasting yummy, add both jars (or half of jars) of Preggo sauces to your skillet and mix with your ground beef. Let heat up.
6. taste your sauce, Add additional seasoning as needed. (Typically I add more hot sauce and garlic powder at this point)
7. Boil your spaghetti noodles as you normally would. Drain them.
8. Broil Garlic bread if you desire.
9. Grab some plates and forks.
10. ENJOY!
Hope you like this one. I will try to post some more every few days unless I think of some sooner. I love to cook even though i'm not the best at it!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
In the TWW now what?!
So, today I am 1dpo. I know most think its too early to have symptoms, but I think they are wrong. I've had cramps and bloating last night through this morning and super tired today. Now, it all could be from the strong O i experienced yesterday, but who really knows? I am trying to stay busy so the days will go by fast but its not working. i feel like its been an eternity since we lost our little one, and its only been two weeks! come on clock! tick tock!!!!
On another note, When I logged on Facebook this morning I found the first post starring back at me is my BFF stating they are expecting baby #3. I was so pissed off,like for real? are you kidding me? I feel like I am being kicked when I'm already down. No one is trying or pregnant all this time, and now that I miscarried everyone is spreading their legs! How Effin shitty is that. I am happy for her, but so pissed off! I told DH if we do not get preggo this month imma steal me a baby! I am kidding of course, but it's a thought!
On another note, When I logged on Facebook this morning I found the first post starring back at me is my BFF stating they are expecting baby #3. I was so pissed off,like for real? are you kidding me? I feel like I am being kicked when I'm already down. No one is trying or pregnant all this time, and now that I miscarried everyone is spreading their legs! How Effin shitty is that. I am happy for her, but so pissed off! I told DH if we do not get preggo this month imma steal me a baby! I am kidding of course, but it's a thought!
Monday, July 23, 2012
so, its been a few days...UPDATED
Yup, its been quite a few days. No real news to be honest. I have been busy in the bedroom trying to catch that eggie. Got a positive ovulation test this afternoon and now starting my TWW tomorrow. yippy!!! not, i know this will drag out as long as possible. ugh! come on August, i wanna pee on something! On another note, I am still waiting for my Beta results from thursday. I called and left message for the nurse and will again if she does nto call me by 4 pm. they close at 4:30. I should not have to wait this long for a damn number! my last betas i did not even wait 24 hours!! ugh! I don't know why i am so worried about these numbers, i know i am Oing for a fact, so my betas have to be low or i am crazy. i will update when i get my results!
UPDATE: So ladies (and gents if they are brave enough to read this blog), The nurse called me at 4:06 PM, first off let me say I was fairly upset because they close at 4:30PM and she made me wait ALL day!! My results for my beta from Thursday the 19th was 4. For those of you that do not know what this means, basically its a good thing. Anything below a level 5 is negative, aka not pregnant. You want your numbers to be below 5 after a miscarriage in order to start ovulating again. I knew my numbers were going to be low because my HPT from last week was negative before my beta was drawn, but I needed confirmation. So, that being said, I know I Ovulated for sure today, and we have been mating like wild animals! Tomorrow starts our TWW and I'm so not looking forward to it! I hopefully will be looking forward to beautiful pink lines on August 5th!
UPDATE: So ladies (and gents if they are brave enough to read this blog), The nurse called me at 4:06 PM, first off let me say I was fairly upset because they close at 4:30PM and she made me wait ALL day!! My results for my beta from Thursday the 19th was 4. For those of you that do not know what this means, basically its a good thing. Anything below a level 5 is negative, aka not pregnant. You want your numbers to be below 5 after a miscarriage in order to start ovulating again. I knew my numbers were going to be low because my HPT from last week was negative before my beta was drawn, but I needed confirmation. So, that being said, I know I Ovulated for sure today, and we have been mating like wild animals! Tomorrow starts our TWW and I'm so not looking forward to it! I hopefully will be looking forward to beautiful pink lines on August 5th!
Thursday, July 19, 2012
TTC vs. World of Warcraft.
Before I go into TTC let me give you a quick run down of my crappy ass wekk so you can see why I have not been posting. First of all, as you know last Tuesday I had my miscarriage and spent the day depressed and in bed. Wednesday came and my bills were due and I didn't do them, just laid around in pain. Thursday came, got paid, and decided it was a great idea to go shopping with my daughter instead of paying my bills on time. I have never done anything like this, but I felt I was more important for once. So After blowing money Friday came, my rent was due and I sent in my check, paid some bills and late fees on top of it, and barely scrapped by paying everything. Ha! I'm good. So, any who, that doesn't sound too bad right? Well I left out that I was had really bad cramps, bleeding through everything I wore, burnt dinner several times, daughter throwing tantrums, mistakenly threw away (yes, THREW away) my wedding bands (expensive, and insurance refuse to cover it), and bleached my dark clothes. I could keep going on, but you get the idea. I just want July to be OVER! Come on August and better luck!
So, Here I am a week and 2 days after my miscarriage and I am completely back to normal (if i ever was normal). My bleeding stopped Sunday and we have been Baby dancing like there is no tomorrow ever since. My Beta on 7/10 was 209, then Beta #2 on 7/12 was 57, then today i had blood drawn for Beta #3. I will let ya'll know when I know! Hoping we are below 5 and these dark OPK I have been getting are true signs of ovulation and not HCG screwing with my head. We are hoping to take advantage of the extra boost in fertility we are suppose to be getting. I use to play World of Warcraft, and ttc somewhat reminds me of it. I use to spend a ton of time fishing, collecting rare items, and leveling character after character. Ugh, i know, you are probably shouting "NERD" by now. So, yes, yes I am a nerd. Anywho, in fishing you can add lures to your fishing pole to increase your chances of getting good crap. Well TTC after a miscarriage is just like that. You get a rare lure to put on your pole until it expires, and HOPE you get what you been fishing for forever! Because Blizzard wants your money, they have to keep you playing, so of course you will NOT get what you want for a long time.
Since we are on the subject of Wow, I want to share a picture with you. Have you ever seen the inside of Wow Convention? Well, if not, you will get a kick out of this. People really do play Thousands of dollars to attend this special event. DirecTV even runs a live broadcast of the convention and gives out special "codes" for in game items to those who purchase the broadcast. I have never been able to get hooked so much that I could dress up like my character!
What about the people that go there to do what they do at home? Sit on their ass, not work, collect welfare and play WoW! (i do know a few of these)
My lord, these people are so geeky! I think I need to buy tickets to the next BlizzCon and do some research! It would be neat to blog about the interesting people I meet during my stay in Cali.
So, in summary TTC is like fishing on Wow. You spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars and will someday get what you've been looking for, but probably not anytime soon!
So, Here I am a week and 2 days after my miscarriage and I am completely back to normal (if i ever was normal). My bleeding stopped Sunday and we have been Baby dancing like there is no tomorrow ever since. My Beta on 7/10 was 209, then Beta #2 on 7/12 was 57, then today i had blood drawn for Beta #3. I will let ya'll know when I know! Hoping we are below 5 and these dark OPK I have been getting are true signs of ovulation and not HCG screwing with my head. We are hoping to take advantage of the extra boost in fertility we are suppose to be getting. I use to play World of Warcraft, and ttc somewhat reminds me of it. I use to spend a ton of time fishing, collecting rare items, and leveling character after character. Ugh, i know, you are probably shouting "NERD" by now. So, yes, yes I am a nerd. Anywho, in fishing you can add lures to your fishing pole to increase your chances of getting good crap. Well TTC after a miscarriage is just like that. You get a rare lure to put on your pole until it expires, and HOPE you get what you been fishing for forever! Because Blizzard wants your money, they have to keep you playing, so of course you will NOT get what you want for a long time.
Since we are on the subject of Wow, I want to share a picture with you. Have you ever seen the inside of Wow Convention? Well, if not, you will get a kick out of this. People really do play Thousands of dollars to attend this special event. DirecTV even runs a live broadcast of the convention and gives out special "codes" for in game items to those who purchase the broadcast. I have never been able to get hooked so much that I could dress up like my character!
So, in summary TTC is like fishing on Wow. You spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars and will someday get what you've been looking for, but probably not anytime soon!
I will update soon, i promise!
Hi everyone,
It's been awhile, I promise I will update tonight, I didn't realize how many people actually read my blog, and I've been getting hints dropped to me left and right that I need to update, so I will! I am heading to my doctors appt in a few mins to get blood drawn yet again for a beta and when i get home i will tell you all about my long shitty ass week. sound good?! Okay, well see you in a bit!
It's been awhile, I promise I will update tonight, I didn't realize how many people actually read my blog, and I've been getting hints dropped to me left and right that I need to update, so I will! I am heading to my doctors appt in a few mins to get blood drawn yet again for a beta and when i get home i will tell you all about my long shitty ass week. sound good?! Okay, well see you in a bit!
Thursday, July 12, 2012
it's been two days
its been two days and I am not crying anymore, but I still think about my precious angel every second of the day. I have been doing a lot of research about miscarriage and such, and it has helped a ton with the grieving process. I was in such a good mood until a facebook friend of a friend thought it was a good idea to tell me that her Lesbian daughter's girlfriend is pregnant and expecting when I was. I just think that is so selfish of her to tell me that. It's been 2 damn days, do you really think now is the right time? Not to mention I don't even know her damn kids. I know their names, that's it! What the hell is wrong with you woman? Just one word for you, KARMA! On the other hand I was also told that my sister-in-law (whom I do not like to relate myself to) is trying to get pregnant now. We have been at war since I was 30 weeks pregnant with my daughter. She sent me into pre-term labor (that was stopped thank gosh!) and ever since then I have hated her, and always will. Any who, she got knocked up soon after obsessing over my pregnancy, and ended up having her daughter 6 months after mine, now its been 2 years and the day after I announced my pregnancy, she is suddenly trying. I honestly was not jealous because I was already pregnant, but it annoyed me that she was trying to take my spot light. Now that I miscarried, I'm sure she's having a ball with it. I wish I did not have to hear about her ever! I never hated someone so much! Okay, so I think I am done bitching for tonight. I feel better expressing myself!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
just a quick update
Who'd a guess the very next day I would have a 180 degree change in my attitude. I am so thankful for my daughter and wonderful hubby2be. They both have helped me bury this hole so I can move on and get back on the TTC train. We will be actively TTC once this m/c passes completely. I am going to try and enjoy the rest of my summer and stay busy. Come September I will be pulling my hair out. After 5 long years we are finally getting married on September 22nd. I am using this as an excuse to stay busy and keep my mind off our loss!
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