Hi all
knitter good to see you m'dear, I had a feeling you were out there somewhere lurkily lurking. I used to be on the buses, they definitely help the time go by don't they 
Sorry it didn't work out this time.
hmmm, tigger you could do a hollowed out pumpkin, then do a roast pumpkin risotto and serve it in the pumpkin shell? I saw quite a nice dessert which was apples fried in butter, with a butterscotch dipping sauce, it looked yummy and is a bit like a toffeeapple and bobbing for apples in dessert form 
, or a pea soup in a suitably cauldron-ish dish could look quite gruesome. Oh just saw your ideas, that sounds delicious.
AandRmum I saw that show being advertised. I couldn't quite get my head around what would be shown there though...do you think you'll go?
oh cariboof, that made me well up, it did. I'm so pleased for you (and just a weensy bit 
too, of course) - really hope it continues to go smoothly for next 30 weeks. Keep in touch sweetpea.
waves to owlshoes & preetylongvacation
Izzy yeah, I do what owly does re the cbfm test sticks. Also try not to panic shag on the first high. Although my strategy (as I think I've mentioned...sorry) is to get an early SWI in and then just go for every other day or every third unless we get a peak then try to do both peak days. Otherwise it just gets too much for DH - he starts feeling the pressure and it all goes pear shaped.
velvet wow! you guys must have done some great work! congratulations and well done I hoped you smacked the twat at work around the chops with a lesson plan folder. What on earth was he thinking? Plainly not.
At all. Sorry about the mental milestones, I'm right there with you, I had calculated my mat leave and have it still in my head that I'm not supposed to be working now. Or go back after Christmas. I find it incredibly depressing to now I have to work now at the very least until halfway through next year. And I like my job .
Loola 'very strong willed' hahahahahaha. ahhhhhhh. My DS isn't at nursery yet, but his childminder variously reports to me that 'he is becoming more sure of his opinions'.
So, ladies, I'm moving into this next cycle with an optimistic throwing of money at this problem, I've been on a free FertilityFriend membership so far but am contemplating going up to VIP (surely that has to help). Not sure how the referral thing works but if anyone wants to refer me then send me a link to your chart using the message poster thing and I'll give it a go.
My DH has gotten interested in family trees, genealogy etc - and has persuaded me to start looking up mine. It's kind of nerdy, but fascinating especially when you get to the generations pre-birth control. It's incredible, these women start having children at about 25 and seem to just go on having them, normally 1 every 2 years. I can't quite work out how I feel when I discover them, something a bit like pity and envy combined.
Not just that they didn't have problems conceiving, but that you can bet they didn't time having sex, count the days, etc etc. Do you think once you've gone down the 'trying' route, you can ever back off and just not bother counting, really? I think I'd always be aware of what's going on, on some level and wouldn't be able to stop myself from trying on those days and being disappointed each month.
Enough musing.
Dachs, just saw your post. I'm really sorry to hear about your pup.