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Hi ladies!!
ok, so im new and i would love to meet my new nesties
I see some of my old knotties here (Yay!!) but do not know anyone else... so since there are so many newbies this will be great to kind of get to know one another...
1. Name
2. City grew up in
3. High school
4. Married... How long
4. Where do you work
5. Favorite thing of the knot
Please add any other questions that I might be missing.
My Blog: One Project at a Time Blog My Chart
CP 05/09
BFP on 7/26/09 - M/C 8/13/09 @ 7 Wks
BFP on 10/28/09 - M/C 11/9/09 @ 5 Wks 2 Days
1/25/10 - RPL results everything normal but have low Progesterone
BFP on 06/09/10 - EDD 02/20/2011
Re: Poll: New nestie...
I love polls!
1. Alyna
2. MIA
3. Lourdes
4. Almost four months!
5. ?Miami-Dade Police
6. There are sooo many but I would say getting some great ideas and inspiration for my wedding and finding some great vendors?
1. Name - Charlotte
2. City grew up in - Coral gables and then moved to Hialeah
3. High school - Hialeah Miami lakes (HML)
4. Married... How long - Yup.. almost 2 months
4. Where do you work - Miami Herald
5. Favorite thing of the knot - So many girls that are in the same situation as i am and understand all the wedding things and now the nest and great place to meet new friends!
My Blog: One Project at a Time Blog
My Chart
CP 05/09
BFP on 7/26/09 - M/C 8/13/09 @ 7 Wks
BFP on 10/28/09 - M/C 11/9/09 @ 5 Wks 2 Days
1/25/10 - RPL results everything normal but have low Progesterone
BFP on 06/09/10 - EDD 02/20/2011
1. Valerie
2. Tampa, FL
3. Hillsborough (in Tampa)
4. Not yet, been dating 9 years though
4. Advertising agency
5. Being able to research/get feedback on potential vendors from the message boards
1. Name Melissa
2. City grew up in Paxton, Illinois (a very small town)
3. High school Paxton-Buckley-Loda (three very small towns; they had to lump all three into one high school so there were enough students!)
4. Married... How long 1 1/2 years
4. Where do you work Human Kinetics, a textbook publishing company in Illinois; I work from home
5. Favorite thing of the knot I have to admit, the only thing I really check out on this site is this board.
1. Name Katie
2. City grew up in Cedar Spring Michigan (small town)
3. High school CSHS
4. Married... How long Almost 2 years
4. Where do you work Hardrives Asphalt plant in Deerfield
5. Favorite thing of the knot. I don't go on the Knot but here I like all the of the new people I have met and all the new info I learn everyday from you girls.
1. Name: Johanna (Jojo or Joey)
2. City grew up in: Hialeah
3. High school: HML & Goleman
4. Married... How long: Going on 6 months
4. Where do you work: Design
5. Favorite thing of the knot: All My Nesties
1. Name: Jenny
2. City grew up in: Miami
3. High school: St. Brendan High Class of '02
4. Married... How long: 5 months!
4. Where do you work: In the news biz
5. Favorite thing of the knot: I found amazing deals on vendors for my wedding and made some amazing friendships
1. Name: Amida
2. City grew up in: Pembroke Pines/Jupiter
3. High school: Dwyer High/Everglades H.S
4. Married... How long: 3 Months
4. Where do you work: Law Firm by day, perform by night
5. Favorite thing of the knot: The community boards can keep you entertained for hours!
1. Name Cynthia
2. City grew up in Miami Springs
3. High school Miami Springs Senior High
4. Married... How long 2 yrs
4. Where do you work law firm...criminal defense
5. Favorite thing of the knot the girls!!
1. Name Christine
2. City grew up in Weston/Pembroke Pines
3. High school Western High School
4. Married... How long A little over a year
4. Where do you work NSU
5. Favorite thing of the knot Great references, ideas, and the girls were so fun
1. Name Jackie
2. City grew up in mostly Westchester / Miami, FL
3. High school St. B
4. Married... How long almost 4 yrs
4. Where do you work Doral
5. Favorite thing of the knot never involved in knot while engaged
"If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane" -- Jimmy Buffett
1. Name Nikki
2. City grew up in Miami (Kendall) -- but now I'm in Gloucester, VA
3. High school Sunset
4. Married... How long almost 3 years
5. Where do you work State Farm
6. Favorite thing of the knot the girls + it keeps me close to home even though I'm far away
Cute poll btw
1. Name Justine
2. City grew up in Manhattan then Miami
3. High school G. Holmes Braddock
4. Married... How long a year and 5 months
4. Where do you work from home
5. Favorite thing of the knot all of the amazing women that I became friends with.
CP 7.19.08
Dx with PCOS 3.27.09
HSG 7.15.09 = All clear
8.09 & 9.09(re-try) IUI #1/2 - Clomid 100mg Follistim 150iu Ovidrel=cancelled due to cysts
10.09 IUI #1/2 - Clomid 100mg Follistim 150iu Ovidrel Crinone 8%=BFP!
22mm Follie / 60mil & 48mil post wash counts Beta #1 (14dpiui)= 102 Beta #2 (18dpiui)= 714 12.3.09 HB 135bpm
Our baby boy was born on 7.8.10 @ 38 weeks 2 days! 2:17pm 6lbs 8oz 20" long
1. Name Johana aka Jo
2. City grew up in Hialeah
3. High school Miami Springs Senior High
4. Married... How long 8 months but 2gther for almost 6 years
4. Where do you work law firm in N.Miami
5. Favorite thing of the knot.. Being able to get ideas and chat with the other girls having the same thing going on.
1. Name Claire
2. City grew up in Lafayette, LA
3. High school St. Thomas More Catholic High School
4. Married... How long 2 years on May 19th
4. Where do you work Adjunct Professor at FIU and still a doctoral candidate at FSU
5. Favorite thing of the knot Great ideas for the wedding. The Nest is so much better because I've made some great, life-long friends.I came to Miami when i was almost 11 and lived in Aventura/Sunny Isles
High school North Miami Beach Sr. High
Married 3 months together for almost 10 years
Work with my husband (computer/printing business)
I loved it here, all the girls are nice, great ideas, and also great listeners.
2. City grew up in Military brat, but just recently moved to Miami from Arizona
3. High school Cedar Hill High
4. Married... How long 8 months been together for almost 8
4. Where do you work Dental Institute
5. Favorite thing of the knot The great Ideas I got
IF Buddy's with the fabulous LnA5909!!
Myomectomy Sept.09 removed/fibroid the size of a cantaloupe. Began ttc March 2010.
HSG clear/ S/A normal. July stopped tempting.
First IuI, Clomid and Ovideral. 8/14 and 08/15=BFN!
Second IuI, Clomid and Ovideral. 9/13 and 9/14=BFN
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/ssthompschart
1. jen
2. three ooooooh fiiiiiiive, M.I.A! lol.
3. lourdes, class of '02
4. going to be 2 years on july 7th
4. graduating from law school now and working part time at a law firm
5. chatting with the girls!
what year did you graduate from hs?!
awww we graduated the same year i bet we probably met at some point or at the very least saw each other at a few parties or dances lol.
1. Name Diana
2. City grew up in Hialeah
3. High school Miami Springs Sr High c/o 98
4. Married... How long 6 months and 2 weeks
4. Where do you work a bio pharmaceutical company (CSL)
5. Favorite thing of the knot gathering ideas and meeting some new friends
1. Jayme
2. Plantation
3. Nova and American Heritage
4. 10 days
4. I manage a staffing agency in Orlando
5. I found many vendors that i would have never found
1. Name YAMILE
2. City grew up in PEMBROKE PINES, FL
3. High school ST. THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL
4. Married... How long ALMOST 2 MONTHS
4. Where do you work FPL
5. Favorite thing of the knot GREAT PEOPLE AND AWESOME ADVICE
Yes Jen! I knew you looked a bit familiar. You probably know my best friends. Adri Pereira, Jenny Livermore, Stefanie Franco. I think more of my close friends went to Lourdes than to St. B.
1. Name: Katie
2. City grew up in: Coral Springs and also SE Wisconsin
3. High school: went to Highlands Chr Academy, but graduated at a HS in WI.
4. Married... How long: 18 days.
4. Where do you work: counselor at a university.
5. Favorite thing of the knot: The fact that I made a real life friend out of it (MichiBolooki).
P.S. Claire- I would love to chat with you. It is a long term goal of mine to eventually teach at the college level.
1. Name Brigitte (Bridge)
2. City grew up in Kendall
3. High school Miami Killian Sr
4. Married... How long 1 year 5 months. Together 11 years
4. Where do you work French Engineering Firm in Davie
5. Favorite thing of the knot The girls by far
1. Name Lily
2. City grew up in: Norwalk, CT
3. High school, Catholic HS in CT
4. Married... How long: 2.5 yrs
4. Where do you work: UM
5. Favorite thing of the knot: the knot was a great resource for wedding planning, the nest has the coolest ladies
1. Name~ Emily
2. City grew up in~ (not really a city) Chandlers Valley, PA
3. High school~ Eisenhower Middle Sr HS.
4. Married... How long~ 2 years
4. Where do you work~ I am a Nanny for a family
5. Favorite thing of the knot~ The great people here and there!
yay! One person from STA so far!
1. Name - Rossana
2. City grew up in - Plantation
3. High school - St. Thomas Aquinas
4. Married... How long - one year in July
4. Where do you work - Texas
5. Favorite thing of the knot - how my wedding keeps coming up in conversation at other weddings thanks to everyone's wonderful advice and ideas!
1. Name: Melissa
2. City grew up in: Hialeah/Miami Springs
3. High school: Miami Springs Senior High Class of 2000
4. Married... How long: Yes, just a little over 3 months
4. Where do you work: Music Teacher Dade County Public Schools (hopefully not for long)
5. Favorite thing of the knot: All the wonderful Knotties and Nesties on here
Please add any other questions that I might be missing.