Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Everything

Hey, Merry Christmas, Merry whatever and Happy everything to you all!

All is good here... my time is winding down and I will be back in Cairo next week, God Willing.

Its been a fabulous trip, too short really, but I enjoyed myself as always.

The stores enjoyed me too cause I been a shoppin' fool! And so, I'd like to thank a few...

Thank you ebay for making me extra money to spend while I was here, how i love and missed you so.

Thank you dollar stores for you have so many amazing chinese made products that IF we have them in Cairo are so overpriced.

Thank you Walmart, although you are no longer a made in the USA products store, you have deals that rock.

Oh Nordstrom, your walls make me feel whole. Although I can't afford too much of what you have to offer, your jewlery, shoes and perfumes make me sooo happy! (btw-you HAVE to try Eau Mega by Viktor & Rolf, OMG!!!! I did treat myself to a big bottle thank you very much).

Ross, oh Ross, what can I say? You have given me so many purses and shoes this trip, all such great deals, thank you.

And how can i not thank Last Chance (Nordstrom Rack). Although it seems you sell returns from 100+ years ago, you always that little treasure or two and I did find them this time, so thank you.

So Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to you all, my wonderful, faithful blogging peeps, i'll see you when i get back to the land of sand and pharaohs. xoxoxoxoxo

Confession with the cleaning lady

CL: "Do you have any kids?"

Me: "No, not yet."

CL: "I have 3 kids and 2 grandkids."

Me: "Oh, thats nice."

CL: "How old are you?

Me: "Um, 37."

CL: "I'm 39."

Me: "Wow, thats great."

CL: "You still have time."

Thanks cleaning lady. You made my Monday.

But she sure did get down here at my Dad's house, man oh man. Thanks again 39 year old cleaning lady grandma, you rock.

Maternity Shirts and Bitches

Hey hey hey from the USA.  ( Loser, yup- you know that is so me. )

So yesterday I am at the almighty Ross. If you don't know Ross or don't have one where you live, I am so sorry.

I bought two maternity shirts... no I'm not pregnant yet. But you know that ruched front style, these are larges and dont fit like a maternity shirt. However, when i get pregnant next month, they will stretch to accomodate my pregnant belly. Cough, cough.

So the guy behind me in line, about 25 or so, has two small kids with him. I guess a lady cut in front of him and he went off on her. I mean off. Bitch and other choice words were flying everywhere. Where is the holiday spirit man?

Same store, while shopping, a white couple approximate early thirties, are pushing around two little Asian girl twins. Adopted? Sweetness I swear.

Also at Ross, a man buy himself at register across from me checking out with two matching pink little furry sweaters and jeans. Is he a father of twins? Is he having twins and thought a great gift to give to his wife? You know "us", what we think of when we see these things...

Today another store of stores, the big W Mart. I'm in line, a 20 something with 3 kids, two looking like they were less than a year apart, like one and two years old maybe and then a 3 year year old... she had her hands full. She was so flustered but in a good, not stressed out way. She said to me "oh I'm trying to hide their toys, I don't want her (meaning the 3 year old as the other two were too little to get it) to see these." Cute? So cute.

Oh and so many pregnant bellies man, so so so many. Seems everywhere I go I see at least one. People are gettin pregnant, havin babies, life is good here in the USA. It's good to be home- bitches and all.

Hey

Getting ready for my trip, been so busy and such a bad blogger.

I miss you all and promise to catch up reading soon.

Happy belated Thanksgiving to my US friends.

See you soon.....

Hair pulled and ready

Yesterday i went to the coiffure (hair salon) to get my hair colored. I have a regular girl who i use each time, but found out that she is no longer there. Damn, she did such a great job i thought.

They assured me "we are all good and A can do just as good as N did for you". Ok. Lets do it.

Color went fine, I mean how can you mess that up, well ok you can, and I have- but I bring my own color and I just have them apply it.

So after washing my hair out, conditioning it (supposively) I go back to my lovely spinning chair and the torture began.

First she started with a wide tooth comb, ok thats good as my hair is very long, and this is the best way to untangle it first. Next she takes a fine toothed comb and thats when the shizit hit the fan....

My head was flying back, she was pulling and breathing hard and I was like " min fadlik, bess, kefayaa!!!!" (please, thats enough, stop!)

I told her in my best Arabic (em hm) that last time and every other time N would condition my hair and had no problem at all combing it out. I asked her if she even used condtioner and she swore to God not only did she condition it but she used alot. Yeah ok, that why i don't smell it right?

I told her to look at the comb, and asked her what are you doing??? The comb was filled with waaay too much of my hair.

She stopped, I paid, left a VERY SMALL tip and was on my way. Why did I even leave a tip? I know, but trust me the amount I gave her was more of an insult than if I gave her nothing at all.

I intended to have a few more things done at that salon after my color, but off i went, never to return again, ever.

My color looks hot, but my neck and head are still sore as hell.

Because its been awhile

... since I talked about our babies, here are some pics I snapped a few hours ago. They are getting so big man. Fiona, their mother came later, but it was dark so i didn't snap any of her.

Hey, anyone know why she hisses at them? Its like she doesn't like them anymore? They don't have to do anything, she walks by and hisses at each baby and then sometimes attacks them, not badly, but like she is scolding them.

Poor babies, their papa Florenzo doesn't like them and now their mommy Fiona too, LOL. We love em so much though. They are so spoiled. Super S and I often say can you imagine when we have kids, all this love we have to give.

Today we were in the backyard playing with them. Charlie loves to chase Super S around. I was thinking how nice it will be when we have some real kids to chase and play around with... but for now we are cool with these little guys.

Its still amazing to us though as we have never been animal lovers, at.all. Not that we didn't like them, neither of us grew up around them nor had them as pets, so for us to be so super in love with cats now still makes us laugh. We are those crazy cat people for real.

Charlie

E.T.

Naranja

Florenzo

Florico Pico Fajito

E.T. poo poo

Charlico Pico

Naranjita Fajita

*** Completely unrelated. I am still trying to find out when to start IviG/maybe steroids/blood thinners, before transfer, at transfer or after positive beta. Dr. K says he likes to do IViG and other things after beta confirmed, I am thinking more like at transfer or before any ideas?

Welcome November ICLW-ers

Its that time again, ICLW week. Welcome if you arrived here via the November ICLW list. Of course welcome to you ALL however it is you got here. Aren't you glad ya got here?

My IF story, in brief, you can find on the right sidebar. We will be trying IVF for teh 4th time in January 2010.

So what's up with me? Well not too much actually. I am preparing to travel back to the US soon, so I am looking forward to that. I'll be gone about a month and then back here to Cairo. Super S is not coming with me this time, so that'll be hard. But we talk online every other day so its all good.

Looking forward to hanging out with my Dad, I'll be staying with him. He's single so I can spoil him with some good cooking, something i love to do. He does good for himself, but cooks for one, so you know I can get a little more creative maybe.

My sister also lives in the same state, so we will hang out I'm sure. Although she is so busy, working full-time and going to school, I hope she'll make some time to fit me in.

Her birthday will come while I am there so we'll hang out and go for dinner or something. We are 16 months apart, like day and night, totally and completely different.

I keep thinking about 2010. I still have the feeling that it is going to be a great year, in so many ways. Hoping that one of those ways will be the one that gives us a baby. I feel it, I know its going to happen. Just watch.

I pray that I will able to come back to this post and say "see, i told you so Wishy". Ha, wishful thinking Wishing4One, but I sure hope I'm right man.