she had her .

bummer, again, didn't take. was really hoping for an exciting christmas gift of a possible + on the test! but, no such luck.
finishing up holiday homemade goodies. homemade caramel dipped pretzels with toasted coconut or mini m&ms, shortbread cookie bars- chocolate dipped, peppermint bark, meyer lemon-ginger bark, garden mint cookies-chocolate drizzled, chocolate covered bacon, chocolate covered potato chips, mexican-spiced truffles, earl grey truffles, and homemade salted caramels! good times!
merry christmas, everyone! may god bless all of you, and may the new year bring all the needed change and positive energy we need!
hoping in late 2012 there will be a baby in our lives! this is my christmas wish!
xoxo!

the time is now...

yesterday the attempts started, again! and tonight they continue. poor ray. he's exhausted!

happy thanksgiving!

okay, it's been a very long time! hope you all had a fantastic thanksgiving! well. i figured all this baby business was over! we took the month of october off, and guess we were too late for november. so, sounds like we are going to resume the process in december! what a fantastic christmas gift that would be the little "+" on the stick! we had a fabulous thanksgiving! good company, good food! ray and m are at walmart doing the black friday thing. i work tomorrow, so, i'm home relaxing! ray, having the day off, can stay out as long as he desires! all my love to all.

this month, we all rest.

been neglecting my blog, sorry. b is out of the picture, i guess. so, it is just m, ray & i. m wants to take this month off due to stresses in her life, next month we will begin the trying for a baby, again!
still selling tupperware, now, i'm getting into pampered chef. so, if anyone wants to set a party for either, or both, let me know! i also do catalog sales, fyi.
this whole baby thing has been on the back-burner, it really does seem too good to be true! quite a few people have expressed concerns with legalities of this ordeal, to all of you, don't worry! now is just the fertilization attempts! it may never work! if we are lucky enough to get pregnant, once the child is welcomed into the world, we then will have all the legal aspects reviewed and settled! for now, we try to make a baby! unconventional, so, with a little science, luck, prayer, and dreams, we keep trying! i guess i will now try to change the title of this blog, from 2+2=5 to 1+2=4. let's see if i can figure that out!

another .

she had her . on sunday. bummer.

yesterday and today

yesterday i received a text from m. it's time! so, there were four deliveries, yesterday. today will be a few more!  sorry i haven't posted in a while! since there is so much wait time, i was posting random things, ray said i should stick with the 2+2=5 theme, only. but, you know what?, this is my blog, i'll do it the way i want to!!! so. we will wait two weeks after these deliveries and fertilization attempts for pregnancy test! we will pray, keep our fingers and toes crossed, wish, dream, hope! i am doing all these for my little brother, as well. he's not in a good place, in life. please pray for him.

portuguese tonight, greek tomorrow.

went to amy and dave's to visit with them and my dad, brooke, and julia, and we took rue with us to hang out with bailey! celebrated my dad's birthday, (aug. 24) made portuguese sopa for dinner, it turned out quite delicious! and since amy had surgery on wednesday, she is still recouperating! made them dinner for tomorrow night, greek kounoupithi, greek chicken meatballs, and homemade greek tzatziki. i was really proud, they all tasted fabulous! put some love into that meal. i hope the shein family and dad enjoy it tomorrow! if any one would like the recipes to try, let me know, i will type them up and email them to you! the greek meatball recipe calls for lean ground beef, i got a superb deal on ground chicken, very low fat, was yummy, had to taste and share samples of these new to me recipes, YUM!!! and the tzatziki was made with fresh cucumber, fat free plain yogurt, strained. and fresh dill. fantastic! all super low in fat, super low in sugar/carbs! it's fun to try new things! so, amy, dave, or dad just need to put the meatballs and kouneupithi in the oven, directions written on foil covering, dip the meatballs in the tzatziki, maybe make a quick greek salad, and enjoy! my cousin pia got married, today! YAY! her husband suffered a heart-attack, their plans were to get married next year, but decided to push up the date due to this incident. manny is doing well, goes in for bypass heart surgery, tomorrow, please, anyone who reads this, please say a prayer for them!