Im an elf!

Thanks to Lemon on GP, I got to entertain myself today...and of course I had to share!

http://tinyurl.com/countryelves

Ahh Scheduling Conflict

So it finally hit me late last night that my work Christmas party is on Thursday AND so are volleyball playoffs. This sucks, its the first time I would actually be able to enjoy the Christmas party rather than working the whole thing (this year Im only working kids gifts) and I'm going to have to leave early to go play volleyball. So I can't stuff my face with all the yummy food and I can't get drunk! We better fucking win!

I've decided Im asking the subs to fill in for the first round (where were playing the 3rd place team, were in 2nd) and then I'll keep checking in to see how things go and leave when they are winning the second game. I'll change in the car and have the subs start while I warm up, then I'll play. Unfourtunately it would be too late to come back to the party (and I'd be sweaty) but I have a feeling Im gonna be really pissed if I leave and we lose. I know I should think happy thoughts, but I can't help it.

Sad and Frustrated

So seeing that I've never been pregnant and don't have a clue how it all works understandably I wouldn't know much about what happens at certain points in a pregnancy. That being said Steve and I planned on trying this month because my ovulation day would put us at exactly 24 weeks for the cruise should I happen to get knocked up this month. WELL little did I know that even though the times have changed, apparently the ideas on how you calculate a pregnancy haven't. Back in the old days, the only thing they had to base how far along a woman was in her pregnancy was her last period. So even though it's scientifically virtually impossible for you to get pregnant for those days between your period and when you ovulate (since there is no egg), they still count those days as part of the pregnancy. They're result, instead of basing your weeks pregnant on times that you could actually be pregnant is to include those days, which for me is usually about 2 1/2 weeks. This is turn royally FUCKED me in regards to trying to get pregnant because I have to have proof for the cruise line that I am not starting my 24th week by the end of the cruise.

So granted I know that it's highly possible that we wouldn't even get pregnant but there is a disappointment in not getting pregnant when your trying and a whole other disappointment when your not allowed to try. I called the cruise line yesterday and they told me my due date couldn't be before October 11th. If we were to actually get pregnant this month I would be due around September 17th. Now Corrine says to just lie to my doctor about when my last period was, then I could get the notice needed for the cruise and later through ultrasound they would just make the correction. I mean it wouldn't be the first time I played dumb blonde, even though my OB knows better. Then that's the other thing, I could probably convince my current doctor easy to give me the notice but I might be switching to Steve's insurance and who knows what would happen with a new doctor, especially with Kaiser.

So all in all, I'm not allowed to try to conceive my Christmas baby and that totally blows chunks! Now I will no longer have the chance at a September baby which means I get two shots before Steve says we have to wait again because he doesn't want a Christmas baby birth (understandably, me neither, those kids get jipped). It's just frustrating as hell to have to keep waiting, I wish we would have tried a lot harder to get pregnant in those first couple months after the wedding. Then we were just letting it happen...now look where that got us. You cant win if you don't play and I wanted to play the flipping lotto damn it.

Time to stop eating

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday ever. Cooking yummy food, eating yummy food, going into a yummy food comma, what can be better? Oh being married to a man that can cook, that's even better. So 20 lbs later I wanted to share my competition to the Cheesecake Factory. Compliments to Ms. Paula Dean, even though I had to alter it to spice it up.

My Yummy Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
(I renamed it since Im listing it with my changes)

Ingredients

Crust:
1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 stick melted salted butter

Filling:
3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
1 (15-ounce) can pureed pumpkin
3 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
1/4 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

For crust:
In medium bowl, combine crumbs, sugar and cinnamon. Add melted butter. Press down flat into a 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.

For filling:
Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add pumpkin puree, eggs, egg yolk, sour cream, sugar and the spices. Add flour and vanilla. Beat together until well combined.
Pour into crust. Spread out evenly and place oven for 1 hour.

Remove from the oven and let sit for 15 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours.