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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Happy Hump Day!
Post your random thoughts here. Vents, confessions, observations....anything! Let's keep the board moving 
Re: Happy Hump Day!
I really wish we cod move! I am so not meant to live in the north!!
Because of this I'm really feeling bah humbug about the holidays! I hate the stressed out trying to come up with gift ideas for people. I love buying gifts if there is truly something I find for someone. But everyone is hard to shop for and mostly everyone just gets what they want throughout the years anyways. Even with dd this year I really don't feel like there is a big thing she wants. Some little things and I'm sure she will get a lot of stuff from everyone but I'm just not feeling excited about any of her gifts.
Blah!! Sorry for spewing all my unhappiness, ha!!
We had a gas log insert installed yesterday. I love it. But now I feel like my mantel needs all new stuff.
I have a new camera in my shopping cart at Amazon. And yet am reluctant to complete the transaction.
I have fallen hard off of the exercise band wagon. My goal is to get out to run either today or tomorrow during lunch. and to a spin class on Sunday. I leave town next week for a few days for work and if I don't do something between now and then my December 5k is going to suck hard.
I'd also like to gripe for a minute: when Jake first started kindergarten, we had him in their after care program. for a variety of reasons, we didn't feel like it was a good fit for us and we were fortunate enough to be able to secure alternate care. a girl in my neighborhood has been able to get him off the bus and take him to our house, where she watches him until I come home from work. Jake LOVES her, and it's been so much better for us. Well, now something has come up with her, and she can't do it for us anymore
On a positive note: only 41 days until Christmas
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
I'd also like to gripe for a minute: when Jake first started kindergarten, we had him in their after care program. for a variety of reasons, we didn't feel like it was a good fit for us and we were fortunate enough to be able to secure alternate care. a girl in my neighborhood has been able to get him off the bus and take him to our house, where she watches him until I come home from work. Jake LOVES her, and it's been so much better for us. Well, now something has come up with her, and she can't do it for us anymore
On a positive note: only 41 days until Christmas
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
I slept badly last night because Todd was super sleepy after school yesterday. He has a cold and didn't nap. I was worried that he was going to be more sick overnight or wake up too sick to go to school. I have a client meeting today. I'm still paranoid that school is going to call during my meeting...
I find it annoying when people have unrealistic expectations of my time. I got an email at 4:30pm yesterday asking me to review some information on a website. The newsletter promoting the website was emailed at 9am today. It is completely unreasonably to expect that 25 people can respond in such a short timeframe. We aren't employees, we a independent contractors, and you just don't treat people like they should be at your beck and call.
I'm a ray of sunshine, aren't I?
On the plus side, I have a pattern 99% done that I plan to publish on Friday!
I have an electric fireplace in my bedroom / office and I am going to put it on bc my feet are freezing.
April, I am in Houston, TX and it is 35 freakin' degrees this morning. Thankfully, this is just an arctic front and won't last long, but still - "warm weather" was on the "Pros" side of the "Move to TX" list!
My vent is that I am so frustrated with a project at work. It has to be completed by Friday in order to meet the Monday deadline. It is a job we should not be bidding on but the sales officer has pushed it; sold to higher-ups without all of the issues. I mean, legally, we can't meet all of the requirements should we win the business, which is why we should not be bidding. I've already had two calls this morning about the job - we are still not 100% sure it's going, but we have to continue to work on everything as if it is. Then the sales officer, on this morning's first call, states his approach to our response, like it's something new. I had to gently state that this was the same approach he came up with on call #1, three weeks ago, and that, again, I cannot write the Summary for him because I do not understand the proicess or approach they want to take with the client. I do not know the client's needs!
So, this means Friday afternoon will be a firedrill - an unnecessary one bc 1) we should not be bidding and 2) it's not my fault we are not further on this than we are. I've done my part up until now, but I'm the one who is handling the final layout coordination of production, too, so this is going to ruin the end of my week.
I'm serisouly praying to God right now that this project gets pulled at a mtg. tomorrow morning.
I'm also over Conall's morning whining of not wanting to go to school, and Gavin's whining about having homework. Oh and Sean's current "fight the diaper change and carseat" stage.
And it's not even Thanksgiving yet. Gah.
My three sons!
I took Logan to the mall play place yesterday and there was an older kid who was very obviously misbehaving and putting the kids in danger (running up the slide while kids were sliding down, pushing at the top of the steps, etc). Mom couldn't be bothered to correct him. She was just sitting there watching while the other parents and grandparents tried to correct him. Seriously, mom?!
Well guess I will go with confession....... and note this is not FB official (although not sure why I haven't posted about yet, just haven't)
I'm 14 weeks pregnant..... and we know it is another GIRL!!! We found out Monday. We talked about having another until we were blue in the face and then Oops it just sort of happened. Ha. I am due May 13. We know it is a girl because since I am advanced maternal age (joy) I was offered this new MaterniT21 test that takes my blood after 10 weeks and can strip away to the fetal DNA to test for any chromosomal abnormailites (like Downs). Since it also looks at the X Y chromosome (or lack of a Y), it can tell you the sex with 99% accuracy. Science sure is amazing.
My hunting, outdoorsy DH might take the bridge though with 2 girls. Haha. DD is very excited. Hope that continues through May. Ha.
I'm bored with doing exactly one type of case, and coming back to that is killing me. I want to sit and go through my photos, and make a photo book, anything but continue to read the same type of record over and over!
I also want to be back where it was 75 and sunny rather than waking up to snow two days in a row.
Congrats Caron!! I hope you have been feeling well. May 13 is our anniversary!
That is good to know about the test, they didn't have that when I was pregnant with Garrett. (I was AMA with him, so I guess for our third I will be considered geriatric.)
I guess my confession is that we finally decided to take the plunge and try for #3. It is interesting to see how much as changed in the last 3 years at my IF specialist...I can now get my results online and via text! So now I can stalk my phone AND their website, lol!
My birthday is Monday, so I planned to do whatever I wanted all weekend this weekend. Well, my in-laws canceled for babysitting Saturday night, and we now have a baptism to go to on Sunday, so we won't be able to make it to my parents for my b-day dinner. So basically it's like I'm turning 9 because I'm being such a baby about my b-day weekend being a letdown.
Also, I hate this weather.
Thank you.... I am amazed how much things have changed too. Granted it is now 5 years for me. Lots of luck to you on taking the plunge.
Congratulations Caron!!! We considered "oops" as a middle name for #3. (And #2, and #1.)
The best surprises were "oops"! How are you feeling?!
I'm venting/fuming over the fact that logisitics, and other things, are meaning that I probably won't see my parents until next June - 14 months from the last visit together. I'm not happy - they are retired, they can come see us, but I kind of feel like we're being punished for making a "bad" decision in moving (their opinion, not mine). Mostly, I feel bad for the Grandkids.
What also adds to my feelings is that they NEVER call us. Guilt-laden emails and texts "checking in bc we haven't heard from you" - sure, I get those. Again, they are the retired ones. If I don't pick up the phone to call, it will be weeks until we talk again. Frustrating.
My three sons!
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
Ryan, I think a lot of it is the "we don't want to bother you / we don't want you to spend the $" mentality. But still...
I'm so sorry you're struggling with G and sleep. My middle one was the worst with that! It will get better - that's the good news. The bad nes is that it just takes time - hang in there!
My three sons!
And Ryan, I hear you so much. This age is something else.