hola, mamas! i hope you all had an amazing weekend. monkeygirl and i stayed crazy busy: we went to the currier museum of fine arts in manchester on saturday morning (we had a great time, and she actually paid attention to some of the artwork!), went to a local farm saturday afternoon to get some ice cream and visit the baby lambs (spanky and buckwheat are both 8 wks old, so cute...), and finished off saturday evening with a walk at the park where we fed the ducks and played a little kickball. then yesterday we went to the beach for the day and monkeygirl had an awesome time tumbling around in the waves. she's fearless, because she was getting thrown around like you wouldn't believe, and she had a smile on her face the whole time (even when she came up with a mouthful of saltwater!).

whew! that was a mouthful. it was so nice to do spend time with my girl relaxing after the long week i had at work. her dad actually spent some time with us, too, but that's a whole other story....

anyway, the whole reason i'm posting is because i'm curious about what everyone does for birth control. i have a mirena iud (which is pointless as i'm currently not even gettin' busy with anyone) but lately am alarmed that i haven't had my period since february 2006. is that even healthy?? so, what does everyone use to avoid makin' more babies? do you like it? are there any side effects? what else have you tried?