Hot Child in the City

There's a marked excess of estrogen in our household these days. Tuesday at the bark park we noticed that Rosie was unusually shy around the other dogs. Then a fully neutered shaggy male dog took a special interest in her. We had to keep pulling him off of her– to the point that we actually gave up and [...]

Of knit authors and missed opportunities

Mel here again. Ness is busy writing a book and doesn't have much time to post at the moment. I should be busy finding authors to write books, but instead I am taking a little extra time out to talk at you folks.
Apparently in our zeal to make a baby, we have been neglecting some of the finer things in life, [...]

It’s out of our hands now

Yesterday afternoon, after at least 6 phone calls, I finally got a chance to talk to the nurse practitioner who is inseminating me. She listened to the stats I've been reading and said that she really does believe the egg lasts considerably longer than Weschler's book claims. I'm going to follow up on that with a [...]

The Law of Averages does not apply

I don't think there's anyone that I'm not making crazy with my obsessiveness about ovulation. Poor Vanessa groans if she hears anything like egg, ovum, or fertile (She's hearing it until 1AM these days and again at 6:30 to 7 AM when I get up to check my temperature. To tell the truth, she's being [...]

D-Day

We did it. This morning I (Mel) got inseminated for the first time. It was pretty surreal. Up until today I haven't allowed myself to think too much about the mechanics of the insemination. I'm not going to get too graphic here. I'll just say one thing. Other than the unpleasant last minute revelation that [...]

More Sheepy Goodness

For those of you who, like me, just can't get enough fiber in your diet, there's yet another Indiana fiber festival coming up on June 3rd: The Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, just 20-25 minutes south of Indianapolis. Be there or be square.
Let me know if you want to car pool.

It’s not every day you purchase bodily fluids, but…

We got some unexpected good news Monday afternoon. It turns out that our donor made a sooner-than-expected visit to the cryobank, and some IUI units are available in time for this month's ovulation.
So we bought sperm!– just enough for two months of trying in the hopes that all goes well. If I've read all the signs right, I (Mel) am probably going [...]

Call me a racist

I took down my "fuckin' Indians" post because Mel says it's racist. Yes, that comment is racist, but it's not my comment. The reality is that there are folks who hate Indians because they are "taking American jobs". Yes, they are. And that's not the real problem. The real problem is that American companies don't [...]

When it rains

Mel and I attended the IPD South District's Task Force meeting last night. While we were listening to the burglary statistics, I joked to Mel that our house was probably being burglarized while we were sitting in the meeting. And guess what? It wasn't our house, but someone did try to break into our garage. [...]

A gay old time was had by all

Vanessa and I (Mel) attended a lovely wedding in Columbus, OH last weekend. My cousin Michael married Chrissie, the love of his life. For Ness and I, though, I'm not sure what the highlight of the evening was– watching my mother stagger drunkly toward the door (I drove them back to the hotel) holding 4 wine glasses (3 empty, 1 [...]