Indiana 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.
Random Introductory Poll
Since our board has been dead for ages and needs a bit of resuscitation.....
1. What does your username mean?
2. How long have you been married?
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc)
4. Pets?
5. Job?
6. Favorite hobbies?
7. Favorite food and beverage?
8. Other boards you visit?
9. Favorite thing about summer?
10. What are you looking forward to?
Move along, nothing to see here.....
Re: Random Introductory Poll
I've been lurking a bit but will soon be in Indy pemanently (I already have my IN drivers license since DH is there)
1. What does your username mean? Zao is a band and the screenname originated in middle school (no joke). It's stupid, but I can remember it easily.
2. How long have you been married? Since May 30th
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc) No, never.
4. Pets? Two dogs -- Tony (Sheltie) and Harry (Corgi). I also raise and show rabbits
5. Job? Currently a student
6. Favorite hobbies? Showing rabbits, reading, shopping
7. Favorite food and beverage? My favorite food is fresh salsa (i.e. not the processed canned crap). Beverage...probably orange juice
8. Other boards you visit? BNOTB, Pets and Nest Book Club
9. Favorite thing about summer? The fairs...I grew up in 4-H and love them
10. What are you looking forward to? In general? I guess graduation...Since our board has been dead for ages and needs a bit of resuscitation.....
1. What does your username mean? - i am mildly obsessed with the color red and gerbera daisy's, so there you go. See my married bio if you don't believe me lol.
2. How long have you been married? about 3 weeks
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc) not yet, but we will start TTC soon.
4. Pets? 3 cats- Mason, Jasmine, and Ariel
5. Job? - I am a Corprate Tax Accountant
6. Favorite hobbies? lately all of my time has been spent on wedding details and studying- I am trying to finish up the CMA exam. Other than that I like to see movies, cook, read, and play video games.
7. Favorite food and beverage? Cheetos and diet cherry coke
8. Other boards you visit? June 09 is pretty much it. Trying to start using some of the nest boards now that the wedding is over.
9. Favorite thing about summer? Cookouts
10. What are you looking forward to? Finishing up this exam next month!
I think this is a great idea!
1. My username is not that exciting...just my last name!
2. DH and I will have been married two years on Sept. 29th--I know my ticker says I'm approaching one anniversary, but I CAN'T change it--if anyone knows how I can remove it let me know :-)
3. No kiddos now, but we will probably be ready for that in another year or two.
4. Our fury daughter Dilly, our Pembroke Corgi--we are likely rescuing another Corgi in August!
5. I'm a legal assistant for an attorney
6. I love to read, knit, watch movies, run, spend time with my family and shop!
7. I also love to eat, so this is hard to to narrow down--I love a great cheesburger and a diet coke. But pasta and wine are also favorites of mine!
8. I follow the pets, travel and decorating boards on the nest.
9. My family has a cottage on a lake in Northern Indiana--we spend every free minute we can there, either boating, or just playing cornhole or cards. It is one of my favorite places on earth!
10. We are moving in to our first home later this week! I am also really excited to go on vacation to Portland (OR) in August!
1. What does your username mean?
had it way back when I was a nestie... it is my first and middle names and my wedding date.
2. How long have you been married?
5 years
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc)
Nope. Going to TTC prolly sometime this year.
4. Pets?
2 dogs- Schumi, our german shorthaired pointer with a screw a loose and Weiss, our perfect angel black lab
5. Job?
work in business development for a civil engineering and program management firm
6. Favorite hobbies?
cooking and traveling
7. Favorite food and beverage?
All time favorite is the best pick of the season sweet corn, but I also love a simply seared scallop and couldn't live without my comfort food of a big ol pile of pasta with tomato and meat sauce. Beverages? Non alcoholic is an Arnold Palmer (half ice tea, half lemonade) and alcoholic would be a crisp Absolut and Tonic with two limes.
8. Other boards you visit?
Travel and pets, as needed but not often
9. Favorite thing about summer?
Farmer's Markets
10. What are you looking forward to?
So much... but can't say much yet 'cause everything is still under wraps.
1. What does your username mean?It is my nickname
2. How long have you been married? 1 year and 3 months
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc) no, never
4. Pets? nope
5. Job? Sr. IT Project Manager
6. Favorite hobbies? Reading, working out and cooking
7. Favorite food and beverage? Pasta, cheese....Beverage - coffee and water
8. Other boards you visit? none really
9. Favorite thing about summer? everything, I love summer
10. What are you looking forward to?NFL pre-season and the bears season opener.1. What does your username mean? It carried over from the knot, and I don't want to lose my post count.
2. How long have you been married? Just over 2 years
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc) Human children are on the someday plan
4. Pets? Maxx, he is an only child who is very spoiled (yes I am one of those dog parents.
5. Job? Teacher
6. Favorite hobbies? Scrapbooking, quilting, cooking, misc. craft projects.
7. Favorite food and beverage? Pasta (any type) and milk or water
8. Other boards you visit? D&R, FM, MM, and 9 to 5, crafts
9. Favorite thing about summer? The sun
10. What are you looking forward to? The start of the new school year
1. What does your username mean? My name is Nicki + my birthday is November 27= Nicki1127
2. How long have you been married? 50 days! (since May 31)
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc) None yet....we want to wait about 3 years....that will give us time to enjoy each other, travel, and work on our finances
4. Pets? None now as we live in an apartment and work all day.
5. Job? I am a teacher ( well assistant for now that has been covering maternity leaves....still waiting for my own classroom)
6. Favorite hobbies? country music, watching movies, reality tv, going out to eat, reading, facebook
7. Favorite food and beverage? mashed potatos....mountain dew/lemonade
8. Other boards you visit? nada
9. Favorite thing about summer? Spending time with friends and family and NO SCHOOL
10. What are you looking forward to? Long term: Getting a job and house...hopefully both by August of 2010....and having kids in 3 years!!
Short term: George Strait concert Friday and Brad Paisley in 2 weeks....okay and seeing the kiddos at school on August 12!!
1. What does your username mean? Married678- it means we were married on 6/7/08
2. How long have you been married? over a year
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc) None, maybe in a couple of years, trying to get through school first
4. Pets? 2 dogs (Molly and Zowie) 1 cat (Chance)
5. Job? Data Entry
6. Favorite hobbies? Hummm....school and trying to fix up our house!
7. Favorite food and beverage? Mexican/ Margarita
8. Other boards you visit? My anniv board, D&R, & I check in on the local boards
9. Favorite thing about summer? Swimming in the sun!
10. What are you looking forward to? Getting into a Dental Hygiene program finally!
1. What does your username mean? It's my initials and wedding date
2. How long have you been married? about nine months
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc) none currently. We plan to have one in a few years, then adopt one several years after that.
4. Pets? We have four permanent and one foster. Three cats, Mocha, Gidget, and Lucky. One Lab mix, Roxie. One Newfoundland mix, Sable
5. Job? I'm supposed to be a preschool teacher, but I have no classroom. So I am a nanny currently.
6. Favorite hobbies? reading, horseback riding, hiking, painting, photography. baking. writing. Singing at wedding and other random events
7. Favorite food and beverage? REAL southern sweet tea, which you cannot find north of Tennessee. And I love my grandma's home made chicken noodles
8. Other boards you visit? Pets. And I lurk on Money Matters at times, and 9 to 5. and I pretty much only visit this one once every month or so.
9. Favorite thing about summer? 4-H fairs. Swimming. Weddings.
10. What are you looking forward to? DH and I are building our next house in a couple years. My best friend's wedding. Our anniversary trip to Savannah, GA in September.Snow!
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home D1. What does your username mean?
Steph = me, Al = DH
2. How long have you been married?
Since June 19th
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc)
None yet. Still discussing
4. Pets?
My precious border collie, Scooter
5. Job?
Analyst, sounds boring but I love it
6. Favorite hobbies?
Movies, books, travel, cooking
7. Favorite food and beverage?
Buca pizza and Cabernet... or Mexican
8. Other boards you visit?
None yet, but I will have to ckeck out What's Cooking
9. Favorite thing about summer?
Going to the beach and driving with my sunroof opening
10. What are you looking forward to?
life in general
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc) none, maybe never4. Pets? none, not a big fan of cleaning after anything or anyone5. Job??buyer
6. Favorite hobbies? pilates, golf, twitting7. Favorite food and beverage? my drink this year is Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, can't wait to make a John Daly: half sweet tea vodka, half lemonade. I miss Filipino food. I wish I can make it everyday and not gain a pound.8. Other boards you visit? Health & Fitness9. Favorite thing about summer? getting a tan, shorts, sandals, tank tops, golf, grilling, nice green backyard!10. What are you looking forward to??hanging out w/ my cousin in Vegas, me and hubby's little week-long staycation
1. It's my first and last name. Not the smartest move, but whatever.
2. Just had our 4th anniversary last month.
3. No kids yet...
4. One bulldog, whose name is Bits.
5. We both work for a landscaping company.
6. Playing on the computer and PS3
7. Shrimp cocktail and coke zero.
8. Married Life and Money Matters
9. Not being cold!
10. TTC in a month!
1. What does your username mean?I was in college when I joined the knot. At the time, it was my screen name for everything.
2. How long have you been married?Since November 2005
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc)None. I hope I don't ever have kids, but I said the same thing about marriage and look what happened.
4. Pets?I love pets, but DH wants nothing to do with it. He's allergic to cats and dogs. I could get a rabbit somewhere down the road though.
5. Job? I can't say too much online, but I work at a car dealership.
6. Favorite hobbies? I dye fabric. Sometimes I sew with it too. I mostly make wearable art. I also enjoy gardening.
7. Favorite food and beverage? My favorite beverage is diet coke. My favorite food? Chocolate cake perhaps. It depends on the mood really.
8. Other boards you visit?Money Matters. I'm on there all the time. I also check out fashion and beauty, health and fitness, and gardening and landscaping.
9. Favorite thing about summer? There is no snow to shovel.
10. What are you looking forward to? I am looking forward to buying new appliances with DH. I am also looking forward to participating in Oranje in September. Yay!
1. What does your username mean? Jaye is a nickname and, well, I was a bride on the knot,,, just carried it over
2. How long have you been married? 5 years
3. Children? (Ages, plans, etc) I just had a baby boy on July 13th! He's my joy!!
4. Pets? Cat Emma
5. Job? corporate retail
6. Favorite hobbies? I always hate this question bc i feel like i have no hobbies. I like to entertain and travel, do those count?
7. Favorite food and beverage? My favorite beverage is diet coke. Favorite food changes often. i love food! Italian is my fave "genre" of food
8. Other boards you visit? P&CE
9. Favorite thing about summer? I would say swimming if I had a place to swim!
10. What are you looking forward to? the fall & football season!