Infertility Update Warning too much info for some!

A while back I did a post talking about my infertility issues. I would like to update that information as I am starting to see new things come to pass. For some, this may be too much info, however, I am posting it anyway because I am way excited about it.
I have been charting my Basal Body Temperature every morning about 4 months now. This is to help women to see when they are ovulating so they can plan around that time to get pregnant. I however, didn't start doing this charting to get pregnant. I started to see if I could see any patterns with what little I have of a woman cycle. Ok so I will be honest, mine has been nonexistant since I was 17. (Unless I took drugs to induce things to happen. But that is a different story.)
The first month, I saw absolutely no sign. My temps were very weird. I couldn't predict anything. I didn't show signs of ovualting. My second month, I showed a slight sign of ovulating, but it wasn't a for sure because it was a very slight dip in temp. However, I did have some spotting, at what time I think (according to the ?Ovulating? that happened) I should have been on my period. So, that was very exciting. Yes, I was excited about bleeding.
The next month, I showed a definant sign of ovulating, but no bleeding.
This month, I showed a definant sign of ovulating and I am having an extremely light period! My cycles are still not completely predictable. I am anywhere from 28 days to 32 days.
I still have a ways to go before I will be able to conceive on my own. However, this is a HUGE deal for me.
I have not lost anymore weight. I don't need to, I just want to. I am 5 pounds away from what I was when I got married.
My cholesterol is on the low end of normal. I enjoy eating my sausage every morning for breakfast. LOL Darn it if I ever have high cholesterol.

Brakes and Nightmares

I have been having reoccurring nightmares that my brakes go out on my car. My first dream was not that bad. I hit my brakes and I was only able to slow down to 10 MPH. So therefore, I ran a stop sign on level ground. However, this last nightmare I had, I was going backwards down a cliff and my brakes didn't work at all. To make matters worse there was a fast moving river at the bottom of the Cliff that I landed in. Then I had to swim out and I was drowning.
Why am I having this dream? I am not one to read into dreams and think they mean something. But, why is it that I dream of the same thing over and over and each time it gets worse?

What Have I been Doing?

This is how I feel lately with all my homework, jobs and house cleaning.

We had a visitor in our front yard. It was pretty interesting. Sally was running around in the house barking. I let her outside not knowing what she was barking about. That was a mistake. I decided to go out and see what she was barking and chasing. Well, I got to the side of the house where it leads around to the back yard and a HUGE momma moose poked her head out of the trees. I came flying back in the house and started screaming at Sally to come. Of course she was having too much fun chasing the moose. I knew that if they were mad enough or had a baby near, which there was, she could be stomped and hurt. I finally go Sally in the house. The moose moved around front and this is them eating twigs out of our front yard. Sally was going CRAZY! while they were out in the yard eating. I didn't zoom in very much. They were really that close to the house.

For about a week, there was a horrible oder coming from our bathroom. We told our landlord about it before we left for Christmas. He said he would come over and fix it. We came back from Christmas and the smell was still there. We told him again and told him our suspicion was that it was the septic tank. He agreed and we had it pumped. Our bathroom smelled much better for about a day and a half. Then the smell was just as bad as it was before. I cleaned everything, mopped the walls, floor, ceiling, scrubbed bathtub, toilet and sink inside and out of all three. I cleaned EVERYTTHING. The smell was still there! I sprayed the Scentsy room spray. It worked wonders. I knew it wouldn't last. We told the landlord again and this time we told him our suspicion was the wax seal. We were right. It smells so much better. The towel is where the toilet goes. It was fun watching.

We had -30 weather for quite a while. (It was a little while ago. ) Sally was really starting to get a lot of excess energy so I decided to bundle up and take her out.

She looks kind of like an Alien. I promise she isn't. We had fun. We came in often to warm up.

What Kind of Breath Do You Have?

I was substituting in a kindergarten class on Friday. One of the girls came up to me during centers time (she was playing on the computer) and needed help with getting to a website she wanted to go to. I went and sat down next her her and was typing in the website. She asked me, while I was sitting next to her in close proximity, What kind of breath do you have?

I thought for a moment to try to figure out what she could be trying to say.

I said, "Does my breath smell?

She replied, "It smells minty.

I said, "that is my toothpaste."

Man, I am glad I brushed my teeth! Well, I brush my teeth every morning but still, I am glad it wasn't the stinky kind of breath.

Weight Loss

So, I haven't been working out like I should. My weight loss has really slowed down because of it. However, I was at 20 pounds. But then the holiday season is here and I find myself munching here and there on things I shouldn't. So, my current weight loss is 18 pounds.

Current temperature is -30! Therefore, we only had Sacrament today.

I have been busy making cookies for caroling this evening. (This is not what I was munching on.) It is tradition that I started with my dear friend, Angie, and I have continued it with James as Angie lives in Ohio and I live in Alaska.

My New Business Scentsy! and the strange weather.

Some of you may know of Scentsy. If you don't it is a company that sells high fragrance wax that melts using a warmer that has a 25 watt light bulb or smaller. They also sell travel tins, air fresheners, and room sprays. These scents smell really good. I have a list of favorites that I love! I went to one party and fell in love with them, so I decided to join the company and sell it myself. I got my starter kit tonight. I opened it up and realized that some of the things are broken. It obviously broke after they shipped it as the box was smashed. I suspect UPS dropped it when they stepped on ice.

This is my own warmer that I purchased before I was a consultant. I love the moose.
The weather here is very wacky right now. We warmed up and have had freezing rain for the last two days. School has been canceled for the last two days and is canceled for tomorrow due to the road conditions. This is the first time in decades that school has been canceled for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.

Our Trip to the Vet E R

Sally, James and I were over at a friend's house. They have dogs too and Sally was running around outside playing with them. There was a saw on the porch. Sally ran up the porch and then went to jump off and hit her leg on the saw. She cut her leg pretty deep. Because it was the weekend, our regular vet was not open so we went into Fairbanks and took her to the Vet. E R. A big wad of money later we came home with a dog that looked like this...

I am sure you have seen these, but in case you haven't, this is to keep her from chewing/ licking her bandage/ sutures.

This is her booty she has to wear whenever she goes outside because of all the snow and her bandage can't get wet.