Tres Jolie

This year has had it’s fair share of ups & downs and at any rate, I’m ready to take on 2011 with an open mind. There are so many exciting things to look forward to next year and I can’t wait to share them each with you. 

A few things to discuss before we say bon voyage to the year:

1) Remember this post? Well, I am starting the guest room remodel immediately and can’t wait to put a look together inspired by this:

Of course I will post the before, after and probably 23 in between.

2) There are a TON of new items coming up on Tres Jolie Bebe. I can’t even begin to tell you how cute this stuff is. Girl, boy or both! Stay tuned for announcements of new products. Also in January, look for us on Harper’s Happenings!

3) A pretty big deal here: I’m moving! It may mean nothing to you on the reader side, but you will notice a new look starting tomorrow! {Assuming the move goes off with out a hitch} All feedback is welcome so let me know what you think. You can email me at tres_jolie23@hotmail.com at anytime. 

4) I’ve got a trip to Boston coming up in 10 days and the first week back at work after a 12 day holiday is going to hit hard. Please excuse me if you do not hear from me for a few days. I’ll have a case of the busies. 

Happy New Years everyone!

XO

jolie

You all should might know my body has been a tad out of whack with the pregnancy, loss of pregnancy, hormones, chemo therapy, and fertility drugs I’ve been dealing with. In the midst of all this chaos I have also felt a new level of stress and anxiety like never before. I can’t say for sure that it is the infertility itself causing the stress or the stress causing the infertility. It’s a vicious cycle I tell you. One thing I can tell you is that I have decided to take a different route in one of the aspects of this process. I am not refraining from the typical Western Medicine routines that I have been on, only adding a side of Eastern as well. It’s official- I have scheduled my first acupuncture appointment.

I have always been intrigued by acupuncture (along with other Eastern Medicine practices) but it has never taken a top priority in my life. To be honest, I’ve never had a real need to look into it. I didn’t need it for pain management which is what most of us here in the US use it for because I’ve always had such a high tolerance for pain, or have tried the “mind over matter” approach. Don’t get me wrong, Vicodin works pretty well too. Either way, I just never came to that point where I looked into alternative options. Until now.

My stress, short temper and lack of ovulation have made me realize that whatever it is I am doing isn’t really working. My body is not being all it can be, and that my friends is an issue for me. I need this body to do everything that God intended it to do (and more if I can!). So, on the first day of my 12 day holiday I will go in for an acupuncture appointment for fertility and all over wellness. The Mister will actually be home for Christmas (a later post on that coming I promise) and will arrive just in time to be my photographer for this appointment. I plan to take a few quick snapshots when I first get started and will let you guys know how it goes after the appointment.

“There’s never been an acupuncture study in China with a negative result. What are the odds? About the same as a fair coin flip coming up tails 99 times in a row or a fair investor always beating the market.”  (via The Skeptic’s Dictionary)

I mean, what can really go wrong with something that was been successful since 305 B.C.? (Yeah. Mind. BLOWN.)