NEW CAR NEW CAR!!!!!!

Story: 
Today Xaria was supposed to get fixed and Patrick’s Escape was going in for recall/warranty work so we were going to drop off princess at the vet’s then pickup sonic sunshine smoothies for breakfast, drop me off for work then he was heading to the Ford dealership.  About 10 mins into our drive with Princess in her carrier he realized we forgot to remove the food before midnight.  I promptly told him NO WAY is she getting fixed today then.  I told him we should turn around but he insisted that we’d be late to get his car to Ford and she could wait with him. LOL.  Imagine me, sitting there thinking that my poor cat is going to sit in a carrier for a few hours at the dealership while he gets the car fixed. *sighs*   Nothing, I could do about it at this point and she’d live I guess*sighs*

Around 9ish I get this call from Patrick who is telling me he’s test driving a Mazda 6 demo car.  He then tells me of my options for which cars they had sitting there.  There was the blue I wanted but in a 4 cycl. only and then the one he was driving is a V6 but black.  We talked about what i’d want my payments to be and he worked his magic, used his GE discount to knock of $4k etc.  

I did call him back after I realized “WHERE THE HELL IS MY CAT?” and I pretty much asked it like that but jokingly not mean.  He told me princess was quietly sitting and observing people from the salesguys office while he was driving and doing his work. LOL I can’t help but laugh about the imagine of him carrying this cat around in a carrier to the dealerships.

In the end, he called me a little bit ago to let me know i’m the proud owner of a new Mazda 6 V6 Grand Touring model fully loaded!!!! I’ll take pics later tonight after work of course!  He’s going to drive it over once all the paperwork is done.    Now, we really have to start saving up our $$$$.  I’m going to be putting as much of my money into savings to cover car payments while i’m not working to help him out some at the start.  

We also got the contract yesterday for the house with the list of options.  HOLY SH**  …they ALWAYS get you at the design center.  It kills me!   I did talk Patrick already into a jetted spa tub for me since he gets surround sound in the great room again.  His surround sound costs more then my tub option!

Back to work~ i’m so sick to my stomach today and well a bit wired now with all the news!

hugs
heather

edit: It’s gray not black because he didn’t like the black leather interior!

Taken from last Monday July 18th.  I did this as a private post for myself but can’t figure out how to make it look pretty in public so just copying what I typed.

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Ok at lunch i’m off to get pregnancy tests, something I said I wouldn’t let in my house again until I thought there was a good chance or if I was late late. Well~ I know I mentioned how I went away for 4th of July, stopped temping, and just had lots of um sex and fun over our trip to Oregon. We found the house that weekend and just really had a good time.  The day we came back I had cramps and thought god…it’s too early to ovulate.  I tested anyhow and got a near positive, then a positive the next day.  decided ok, fine i’ll temp to make sure I did ovulate.  (my temp. should go up 3 days consistently to show ovulation typically). Well It did and i’ve been watching it rise each day.

Now that brings me to today:
I checked my temp. this morning and the little fertility friend computer analyzer thing gave me a message “triphasic”. Now, in my fertility bible, as fertility docs call it, it says there is a very high % of pregnancy with triphasic charts…of course you can have a perfect looking chart and not be prego but god …this chart is definitely different then last.  Plus my temps took a nice jump this morning.

Brief explaination on it:  Triphasic temperature patterns are often indicative of implantation during a cycle and may occur before a home pregnancy test can return positive results. They are called triphasic because they represent a third level of high temperatures typically reached seven to ten days after ovulation. (The first level of temperatures are those preceding ovulation, the second level of temperatures are those immediately after ovulation, the third level of temperatures are those after implantation).

So, i’m not sure whether to be happy or just be numb and act like another day.   I hate the waiting game! I just know that things can go either way still at this point.  Posting this private to myself until I find out more so I don’t look so silly thinking / ranting about this so early

UPDATE:  7/26/05 
As much as I wanted and told myself I would wait until I told too many people when I found out if I was pregnant again… I’m excited and well i’m posting this to just friends not publicly.  I am not breaking this news out in the EQP forums yet until my ultrasound appt.
This was at 10dpo, last monday 7/18 (basically 10 days past ovulation and well on Monday - my period wasn’t due until well …7 days later so it showed VERY early that I was pregnant.)   I really felt like it was happening this time from the get go and my mom totally laughs as I kept calling her and saying “i think i’m pregnant” then when I finally told her she says to me “already have that mother intuition?”.   I told Patrick actually this last weekend ( had to hold the news in all week) as his “anniv. present”.  I got him an infant  t-shirt (6 months) from thinkgeek.com and put it in a kids tackle box with my pregnancy test and a card with my present - an all day guided fly fishing trip with his father.   
 
I had my beta levels (hcg) tested and at 14dpo it was 246 which is above the average for both singles and multiples.  That doesn’t mean much until we see the ultrasound other then i’m doing VERY well and definitely pregnant and looking good so far in the #’s.    My first ultrasound is Thurs. August 11th, which is almost 7 weeks, so he can get me in early and make sure things are looking good.  The heartbeat should be clear then.  Originally we had me scheduled for 5 weeks but we wanted to wait a week so I could see the heartbeat. 

Right now, I just need your thoughts and prayers that this will be a healthy normal pregnancy!  So far so good.  I feel great minus some achy crampy typical body adjusting stuff, a little icky to my stomach but not full blown morning sickness yet and well my boobs were the first indicator to me.  They honestly have felt heavy and bleh since almost ovulation.  (some would argue you can’t tell that early but I just knew it)

I know I have been pretty blunt and almost too open in describing this experience but it’s kind of just what comes out when I type.   If you start to think of having a baby as more then “just having sex” it’s really an amazing process that your body goes through.  It’s even more amazing to me that you can get to know your body this well to know when you can even have the chance to become a mother. 

thanks to all you that have provided me with such great support through all of this!  I just can’t believe how amazing this is and what timing with us moving to Oregon to a nice family house.    (the contracts are arriving supposedly in the mail today)  

One last thing~~~~ I’m getting my new car in 2 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OMG About time!  I’m getting a Mazda 6 which has been by Consumer Reports the past few years the #1 Safety rated family sedan on the market.  I can’t wait. 

hugs
heather

The house or shall I say Lot in Oregon is off the market and paperwork is being done so they can send it off to us. Got the word this morning that we were at the top of the list and if indeed Lot 75 was being released as part of the first 6 houses, then it would be ours. I got a confirmation call back and it is so they are working on our paperwork to send out here to get the ball rolling. Design Center here we come! Let the fun of building another house begin. My in-laws are in charge of taking progress pics (u know how horrible I was about documenting each change on the house we had built currently)

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many good things atm going on and I can’t even contain myself. I feel like i’m going to explode or puke or all of the above!

We also got word on a job up in Oregon for Patrick that the HR dept. from GE up there is going to be calling him. Cross our fingers that this is to schedule the interview. I’m not worried that between now and the 6 months it takes to build, that we will be fine job wise, a bit scary but i’m confident. I’m just soooo excited!!!

~lalala
heather

Ok at lunch i’m off to get pregnancy tests, something I said I wouldn’t let in my house again until I thought there was a good chance or if I was late late.  Well~ I know I mentioned how I went away for 4th of July, stopped temping, and just had lots of um sex and fun over our trip to Oregon.  We found the house that weekend and just really had a good time.  The day we came back I had cramps and thought god…it’s too early to ovulate.  I tested anyhow and got a near positive, then a positive the next day.  I decided ok, fine i’ll temp to make sure I did ovulate.  (my temp. should go up 3 days consistently to show ovulation typically).  Well It did and i’ve been watching it rise each day. 

Now that brings me to today: 

I checked my temp. this morning and the little fertility friend computer analyzer thing gave me a message “triphasic”.  Now, in my fertility bible, as fertility docs call it, it says there is a very high % of pregnancy with triphasic charts…of course you can have a perfect looking chart and not be prego but god …this chart is definitely different then last.  Plus my temps took a nice jump this morning. 

Brief explaination on it: 
Triphasic temperature patterns are often indicative of implantation during a cycle and may occur before a home pregnancy test can return positive results. They are called triphasic because they represent a third level of high temperatures typically reached seven to ten days after ovulation. (The first level of temperatures are those preceding ovulation, the second level of temperatures are those immediately after ovulation, the third level of temperatures are those after implantation).

So, i’m not sure whether to be happy or just be numb and act like another day.  I hate the waiting game!  I just know that things can go either way still at this point. 
posting this private to myself until I find out more so I don’t look so silly thinking / ranting about this so early

Congratulations!
Based on the income, asset and credit information you have provided us, you have been pre-approved through Automated Underwriting to purchase your new DR Horton home!
Attached to this email you will find a Good Faith Estimate of costs based on a 30 year fixed rate loan as a starting point for comparison. Please advise me if you would like to restructure the financing and I would be happy to prepare an updated GFE for your review.

I will also provide Kemper Crest with a Pre-Approval Letter informing them that you have the ability to obtain approved financing.

WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  Step 1 Done!!!!! 

Cross your fingers, toes and whatever else you can find for us.  Part of me so doesn’t want to get too excited but I can’t help it!
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In other notes, I called my dad and step-mom last night since I haven’t heard from them after emailing the house pics when we got back from 4th of July.  Needless to say, my step-mom was all grumpy and upset because i’m not moving to Kansas City and we are moving faster to Oregon. 

Some of the classic comments of the nite were:
-thought you weren’t moving to Oregon and were going to come to Kansas City, my reply - no, we were talking of KC, Colorado or Oregon.
-well, arent you moving farther away from family - no, actually besides Patrick’s parents, my mom/step-dad will be moving to Montana shortly and will be only 9 hours, plus I have aunts and uncles in Oregon who my grandparents come up to visit quite often.
-her response to that “well I guess all YOUR FAMILY is up there isn’t it?”

It just got better and more snipey and rude from there.  Oh well, god forbid I be happy and be near family that has unconditional love.  In 5 or so years that i’ve lived here, they have never visited me! NOT ONCE.  My mom/step-dad/step-brother and brother have been out here a few times now.  My mom specifically has been here 4 times now.  Patrick’s parents visit us a lot since they are closer.  My dad and step-mom have the time to take the girls to Mexico for Spring Break, Disneyworlds for Spring Breaks and yet can’t make a trip here.  They just bought a new HUGE arse camper for the lake, which we know costs a pretty penny, yet they say that tickets to fly here are expensive.  BULL!  I’m so frustrated with them and I don’t get why I even call.   I know my dad loves me, he was much better about the news of us moving but he could make the effort to visit someday.   I don’t know why I even call them and honestly think it’ll be a long ass time before I do call them again after last nights efforts.  I ALWAYS make the effort yet for some reason it always comes back to me “not making the effort for my family” ..um….yes, I fly to visit, I am the one that calls etc.  I give up.

back to work! busy busy today fixing this state plan that my boss was here until 9 working on last night.  I have to get all the edits done by today for a final proof tomorrow then it’s off to the bigwigs. 
~heather