The Elderberry Pavlovas, sausage bouquets, one giant sofa and the Gü pots of destiny! (thread 9)

I thought picnic too boom
Don't know how much you and your DH are into your music but how about a cd that you've put together of music you/he likes, songs from the wedding party, your first dance etc?

Ahh boom happy anniversary! Don't look back and feel sad, look forward and think about the good things to come.

Sounds like a special lunch treat is in order. What about a picnic? (if it's warm enough!). Or you could have a glass of bubbly with strawberries in a big bubble bath or just naked?!

So here's a Monday morning question for you berries!

It's our 1st anniversary on Friday. I've got the day off but need to be writing essays (apart from acupuncture at 12 haha), and he's working in the morning/evening. I'm working all day/night Saturday. We're pretty much broke...any ideas for something nice I can do to show him how much I love being married to him without a) taking me away from my essays for too long and b) spending too much?? ARGH I'm crap at surprises...

Also didn't think I'd be spending my first wedding anniversary getting stuck with needles to try and get me up the spout. We were meant to have a baby by now . Kind of wish we hadn't made the decision to try while we were on honeymoon...makes me remember it with mixed happy/sad emotions now.

There was an aibu thread like that the other week. it went on for ages, then someone decided to start a troll thread from the woman with s very tired handbag. hilarious. but only in retrospect - she sounds like she needs a kick up the arse.

Definitely agree about annoying train woman....grrrrrrr. Why are people so selfish?

yorkie thanks for asking, it's this week! So get results at the end of the week- fx!

Got to dash, back in a bit for more....

barking yes - you can watch it all on the monitor, quite fascinating - in a weird way! And so he told me all my results there and then and pointed everything out to me.
Posting and running as am hoping for a quick Dtd mid match of the day before late kick off... Now guess which of us is prioritising watching teams they have no interest in over getting the job done?!

Here to help

That would make me happy, thanks boom .

Thanks barking. Want me to 'accidentally on purpose ' spill gravy on Rude Train Woman? She would have wound me up good and proper!

Ouch boom can I get you a plaster? There there......

You want to be careful with that tea bunny, going on today's form I'll probably knock it over on you!

I'm here!! Hello Bunny!
Had a mad weekend, ridiculously busy non-stop since Friday afternoon and just emailed my planning off for tomorrow and am going to sleep!!

Can I just have a quick at the girl sat on the packed train home this evening, who sat with her bag on the seat next to her when people were stood in the doorways and all the way up the aisles as the train was packed?! I asked if anyone was sat on that seat and she smirked and said no, but did nothing. I asked if I could please sit on it then, and offered to put her bag on the overhead shelf and picked it up before waiting for an answer (it was a small wheelie suitcase, hand luggage sized, which I had picked up easily with one hand). She said no because she wouldn't be able to get it down again?!?! I looked at her, now absolutely determined I was going to sit in that bloody seat instead of standing for an hour while her bag sat on it, and she made a huge fuss of asking loads of people to move out of the way so she could it on the floor near the door where people were having to stand as she 'didn't want it to be in the way'. I said a very short 'thank you' and sat down in the seat, immediately turning on my kindle so I could read my book instead of fume silently.
How rude?!?!

Tally sorry about the rabbit

wimwam were you able to watch on the monitor as they did it? Did they tell you what they found at the time or was that at a later appointment?

Boodle CD14 here and it's not even shag week yet! I find the waiting this side more tedious. Now I know my cycles better I don't have much hope at all in the 2ww 7-day-wait so I'm quite glad they come and go quickly (whilst retaining a tiny bit of hope that the Vit B6 may have worked a miracle this cycle). Got a letter today reminding me to call on the first day of my period to book my HSG, but AF won't be here for over two weeks yet. Why did AF have to come 3 days early the one time I wanted it to be late so I could start a new cycle after the fc appointment?!

I fell over at work and hurt myself! And spilt gravy on customers! And then ran off crying like a chump! At least there weren't any preggoes in today..

Boodle and anyone else with AF arriving, boo. Sorry she got you.

Tally so sorry about the rabbit. Am already feeling fragile after the Great Gravy Disaster so burst into tears reading that! Hope you're feeling better hiding in your amazing sewing room. When I was little I had a fabric mushroom house that had little finger-puppet mice living in it. This is how I imagine your sewing room to be...

Bunny glad you got your dirty weekend booked despite the tears - maybe it'll be nice that you're not in SW, at least you can just have lots of bonking without the babymaking pressure

Hope I didn't miss anyone - can't scroll up!

I'm not too far off you boodle so do understand. No pre AF spotting like you but post making AF last 7/8 days in a 24/25 day cycle.

tally I love the idea of having my own room!!! Well I guess there is the nursery going spare.....

hmmm don't worry about sharing the carob haha

S'alright, Yorkie, I'm used to it by now but I do just wish I could have a little bit of time to be ignorant and hopeful. I get PMS for about 6 days in the run up, then 3 days of spotting, then 4-5 day AF, then another 2-3 days of spotting...given that I only have maximum of 27 day cycles, that's some really depressing maths.

Ahh sorry boddle didn't read properly. What a load of cr@p!!!

Yorkie, my 2ww is over before it's begun! Spotting is already here. At least I can book my HSG in a couple of days.

Tally let's put it this way, it was rush hour on a busy A road and the only people who tried to help were me and a massively pregnant woman in the car in front.

boodle unfortunately I can imagine the crappy reactions some wankers may have had. People can be bastards.

Yes, I have an entire room dedicated to sewing, with my pre dh music setup, CDs and computer all in the same place. I love it
Unfortunately when I say chocolate, I really mean carob. Got to stay away from cocoa because of migraines

Yes the guy at work is an idiot. This is the same guy who when he found out that my fil had died asked me how old he was and when I replied 70 his only comment was well he lived to a good age! Errr not sure my poor DH and the family see it like that and thanks for your bloody sympathy!!

tally so sad about the bunny. I'm v jealous of your sewing den!

wim sorry just been catching up and just wanted to say so sorry about your test results. Hope your gp is pushing to get you seen as soon as possible so you know what your options are.

thunder I'm okay thanks. Currently pre ov so in my usual vaguely optimistic mood before the 2ww window hits and the worrying starts! You? When are your next blood tests?

boodIe blind frog fx for your 2ww.

Awww, Tally, so sorry you've had to deal with that today. Pets are just there to break our hearts, aren't they? I've never been there for any of my pets passing/being put down before (the two I've got now are my real first, as opposed to being family cats with my parents) but a few years ago I stopped to help with a dog that had been hit by a car. It very sadly died and it was just so traumatic, even though I didn't know this dog at all. I was going to tell the full story (there were some absolute bastard bystanders) but realise you may not want to think about sad things like that.

On the TTC front, I'm maybe 6-7DPO (no cross-hairs but temps are right up so pretty sure ov happened) and have been having PMS symptoms all week. Spotting started today. I'm fed up with this - I'm almost jealous of the 2WW because at least you have a time of hope! Honestly, by the time I can (usually) see ovulation has occurred, I've got all the classic PMS signs that AF is already rolling in. It's crap.