San Diego Nesties
Dear Community,
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.
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.
Another Poll -- About You!
I posted this on the Knot awhile ago and thought I would try it out here, too, since we all love polls! 
First Name:
DH's First Name:
Your Occuption:
DH's Occupation:
What high school did you go to?
College?
Story behind your Knot/Nest name:
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1.
2.
3.
What other boards do you frequent?
Re: Another Poll -- About You!
DH's First Name: Justin
Your Occuption: US Marine
DH's Occupation: US Marine
What high school did you go to? El Camino Real High School
College? currently taking correspondence courses
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: I merged my husband's and my name together.
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I learned to rollerskate when I was two.
2. I can't whistle.
3. I'm Jewish.
What other boards do you frequent? I don't post often on other boards, but Money Matters is what I read most.
Hi!! Im Ericka, Ive been lurking and finally decided to start posting more!
First Name: Ericka
DH's First Name: Sean
Your Occuption: Registered Nurse
DH's Occupation: Software Consultant
What high school did you go to? Los Angeles Baptist
College? College of the Canyons
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: No story, my name and a number
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I used to tap dance
2. I like line dancing
3. I just put an offer in on a condo!
What other boards do you frequent? Have been lurking on ML and SD nesties ... time to start posting!
First Name: Joann
DH's First Name: Nick
Your Occuption: Stay at Home mother to a 16 month old boy
DH's Occupation: US Navy
What high school did you go to? One in a little small town
College? FCCJ
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: It's my name and DH's name.. I suck at being creative
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I am double jointed in my fingers
2. I can't drink milk, or eat spaghetti sauce thanks to my last pregnancy
3. We move in 3 weeks and I'm scared, nervous, happy all in 1
What other boards do you frequent? D&R, and randomly my "hometown" board for now.
First Name: Erin
DH's First Name: Joe
Your Occuption: Principal HR Analyst at a mid-sized city here in SD County
DH's Occupation: Works in law enforcement for Federal government agency
What high school did you go to? Mira Mesa HS
College? Loyola Marymount for undergrad, SDSU for grad school
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: I, too, am not that creative
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. My job is on the "cut list" at the mid-sized city where I work.
2. After my initial freak out, I'm OK with the idea of being laid off.
3. I'm a TV-junkie.
What other boards do you frequent? F&B, 9 to 5, Coupon Codes (I'm a sucker for good deals), Travel. Lurk on GP, MM and P&CE.
First Name: Terra
DH's First Name: Harold
Your Occuption: Diamond Grader
DH's Occupation: Flight Dispatcher
What high school did you go to? Orange Glen in Escondido, CA
College? Started off at Iowa State University and ended up getting my degree at the Metropolitan State College of Denver (Metro State for short!)
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: Another one of those non-creative types...its my name and the hubbys name
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I hate kelp...its gross and it freaks me out when it gets all wrapped up on my ankles
2. Im fluent in Spanish but I hate speaking it. I will only use it if im in a country where they speak it.
3. I LOVE to watch House because ive got a huge crush on Hugh Laurie...I want Dr. House to be MY doctor!!
What other boards do you frequent? I hop all over the place- Travel, 9 to 5, Fashion and Beauty, Health and Fitness, Money Matters, Nest Book Club, Politics, etc
DH's First Name: Justin
Your Occuption: Hospitality Industry, but currently a stay at home wife
DH's Occupation: Defense Contract Manager for DoD
What high school did you go to? Chaparral in Temecula
College? SDSU
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: My knot name was SDSUBrideNGroom because DH and I both went to State, but everyone called me SDSU, so after I got married I shortened it to MrsSDSU
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I own a wedding album design business.
2. I am on a diet and want to lose 100lbs. per the doctor. I lost 12 this week.
3. I am applying for a passport this week
What other boards do you frequent? Lurk on random baby boards, D&R and Travel mostly.
First Name: Annie
DH's First Name: Jordan
Your Occuption: Land Use Planner at an A/E firm
DH's Occupation: Supervises QA/QC at a small Biotech company
What high school did you go to? Redmond High (suburb of Seattle)
College? SDSU
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: I am lazy/uncreative. And I thought my name had to be something about us and wedding related...oops!
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I am obsessed with my cats
2. I am going to climb Mt. Shasta in May with the hubbs
3. I am not sure I can do above task...but already signed up and paid. I'm so scared!
What other boards do you frequent? none really, occasionally lurk on baby boards or MM
DH's First Name: John
Your Occuption: Still looking for a job!
DH's Occupation: Land Surveyor
What high school did you go to? Monte Vista High School (in Spring Valley)
College? United States Naval Academy
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: A college friend had written an email to me with 'a place where boats park' making reference to my middle name - Marina. My roommate saw it and thought it was the funniest thing ever, so she started calling me boats (as did everyone else). '98 was my college grad year.
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I hate seafood.
2. I have lived in three countries and I would love to live overseas again.
3. We are trying to decide if we should do IVF here, or go do surrogacy in India.
What other boards do you frequent? I'm a habitual lurker on SAIF and MM. I sometimes participate on TTTC.
First Name: Alexis
What other boards do you frequent? Decorating and RenovatingDH's First Name: Tyler
Your Occuption: Community College Professor
DH's Occupation: Engineer
What high school did you go to? Novato High (in Marin County, North of San Fran)
College? Cal Poly SLO and then SDSU
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: old nickname from high school
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I love black and white photography
2. I'm obsessed with making crafty stuff
3. I want to start a veggie garden this spring
First Name:Hollie
DH's First Name:Richard
Your Occuption:small business owner (former teacher)
DH's Occupation: City surveyor
What high school did you go to? Orange Glen in Escondido
College? SDSU and National University
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: not very creative either. It is my first name and how old I was when I finally got my Masters degree
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1.Currently trying to conceive
2.trying to get a branch of Not far from the tree started locally. www.notfarfromthetree.org
3. have never had a cup of coffee
What other boards do you frequent?some baby boards, and the decorating and renovating board, pop onto the knot occasionally.
Ok..sorta thread jacking here
Did you graduate in 1995 and does your maiden name start with an A? If so, I know who you are but only because I was on the OGHS yearbook staff from 1991-1994!
First Name:Erin
DH's First Name: We'll just keep it as R
Your Occuption:Customer Service Supervisor for a sports company
DH's Occupation: PE teacher/ Full time student
What high school did you go to? Up in Northern CA
College? SDSU
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: not very creative either! I live in SD, am a girl, and my birthday is ond the 22nd. I created it before I knew screenames were "clever".
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1.Minored in German. Not sure where that will get me.
2.am a wine whore.
3.also, a coffe addict.
What other boards do you frequent? Northern CA nest, Pets, lurk on MM, D&R and WC.
Learning to start all over again... Blog
First Name: Ali
SO's First Name: Nolan
Your Occuption: Security Admin
SO's Occupation: Project Manager/Electrician
What high school did you go to? Kingman HS (Kingman, AZ)
College? National University
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: Changed it after my divorce, since it was just me I decided on Just_Ali.
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I hate scary/gory movies
2. Before I go to sleep every night - I *HAVE* to close the closet
3. I don't drink coffee - never have, never will
What other boards do you frequent? Money Matters, H&F, Book Club, Married Life if I'm bored.
First Name:Sarah
DH's First Name:Dan
Your Occuption:Legal Assistant
DH's Occupation: Accountant
What high school did you go to? Village Christian
College? San Diego State University
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: Has been my screen name since I signed up for my first email account when I was like 16.
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1.I am really shy in new situations
2.I always secretly wanted to be a pop star but have NO musical talent.
What other boards do you frequent: WC, NBC, ATAT, and Travel
Cole Alexander 6.9.10
First Name: Gillian (pronounced Jillian... I never spent any time on an island with the skipper or MaryAnn...)
I can't think of any good ones!
Google it.. it's super-fun and I like to think it's a lot harder to play than basketball 
I also used to play a bit of field hockey.
DH's First Name: Mark
Your Occuption: Teacher
DH's Occupation: Software engineer
What high school did you go to? Rancho Bernardo
College? CSU San Marcos (I was part of their first freshman class - that makes me feel a little special.. lol)
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: it's our first initials and our wedding date
Three Little Known Facts About You:
Not sure how "little known" these are... lol
1. I grew up in northern England and lived there for the first 13 years of my life. I moved to San Diego in 1991 and refuse to leave! heh... Really, I don't know if I could really love living anywhere else. I love this place!
2. I used to play a sport called netball
3. I'm qualified to get my hunting license but I'm vegetarian so I don't think I'll be doing anything about that! lol
I had to take a gun-safety class when DH inherited guns from his dad (I grew up in a bit of a hippy household/have never had any exposure to guns). The gun safety class I ended up taking was a hunter safety course so that's that... did you know you can skin a deer by hooking it up to the tow-hitch of your truck?! Yeah.. gnarly! There were some interesting videos we watched in that class! (FWIW, I'm absolutely not against guns or hunting.. I'm all for responsible people being able to do what they want. That stuff is just not for me
What other boards do you frequent? What's Cooking?
College: (continued!)
I got my Multiple Subject teaching credential from CSUSM and just finished my MA in teaching and educational technology in November at National University.
Now I'm trying to figure out what degree to get next
Reading Specialist credential, maybe... or a single-subject credential in science...
I love school
First of all... Boats98... GOOOO Spring Valley!! haahaha I went to MV too!
Graduated in 01, but sisters & bro graduated in 93, 94, and 99.
First Name: Sarita
DH's First Name: Arturo
Your Occuption: Secretary
DH's Occupation: IT Technician
What high school did you go to? Monte Vista (Spring Valley)
College? University of San Diego (the private catholic one, not the UC)
Story behind your Knot/Nest name: DH used to call me "sugar plum" and my favorite number is 2.
Three Little Known Facts About You:
1. I LOVE to cook and bake and want to start my own bakery soon
2. We're planning on TTC this summer right after my b-day
3. I love the rain!
What other boards do you frequent? I lurk on all the boards, but rarely post because sometimes people get really mean when someone uses slang they don't like (like I just read a thread where someone got "corrected" on saying "preggers" instead of pregnant, and I saw someone get schooled on saying somethign about "the baby dance" or something like that. What B.S.... so I don't post) or have a difference in opinion.