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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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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: Ten Things Tuesday
1. I have over 700 emails from my week off of work.
2. I've spent the last 40 minutes looking at houses in NJ.
3. Next I'm looking at day care in PA.
4. I think I might need a new job if we're going to try to TTC AND keep the house here for a couple of years for various financial reasons.
5. I really want to lose about 20 lbs before we TTC.
6. Which gives me 6-18 months.
7. I worry a lot about money.
8. I should just have a kid and give it to Citibank and call my debts even.
9. Can I have lunch yet?
10. Its raining. Yuck.
1) my mood matches the dreary gray weather
2) i have lots of work but little motivation
3) i could really go for some retail therapy but my bank account disagrees
4) I have no clue what i'm making for dinner tonight
5) speaking of, is it lunch time yet?
6) I cant believe August is almost here - this summer is FLYING
7) I really need to make an appointment to discuss a refi
8) We're gonna see a movie tonight but i'm not sure which one
9) Trying to eliminate HFCS from your diet is nearly impossible. in fact, it might kill me.
10) i drink a minimum of 3L of water a day. you can only imagine how much i....nevermind :P
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1. I'm having a hard time starting my work today.
2. My beta is in 46 hours and I'm terrified.
3. We have to buy a yard of rock/stone tonight and I don't want to haul it from the bed of my truck to the back yard.
4. Do you know how heavy a yard of rock is? ugh.
5. My boss is going on vacation next week and I think it will actually make me more productive.
6. My co-worker's wife is due with their first child on Monday. We're all waiting for his cell phone to ring with the start of labor.
7. K's sister will be visiting next week and I'm finally getting excited to see her.
8. I really really love hard cider and wish more places had it on tap.
9. I'm wearing a headband today and it's already giving me a headache.
10. I'm only wearing a headband because it was too hot and humid this morning to finish blow drying my hair.
1. I love reading everyone's 10 things.
2. I was tired and in a funk yesterday.
3. I went to bed early last night, determined wake up feeling rested and better - and then it was dark and rainy...
4. But I'm not giving up! I'm focusing on the positive!! I will have a good day!
5. We've chosen our paint color for the office. Now we just need the landlord's approval, and we can do our painting and rearranging this Saturday!
6. I've been letting myself get overwhelmed too easily lately. I need to get a handle on things again.
7. Turns out I did not ovulate on CD15 - just a random temp spike (temp went back to normal the next day). Very bizarre, but I got my + opks on CD18, followed by the corresponding big temp spike. I'm so relieved that we don't have to worry about me o'ing while we're away.
8. I'd like to buy a house now.
9. I bought 4 (badly needed) bras a couple weeks ago - they felt great in the store. Turns out, they all hurt or pinch in some way...how is this possible????
10. Has anyone else noticed that the clear blue easy digital opks cost $10 more at CVS than at Target?? Crazy!
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
1. i'm all about our camping trip this weekend.
2. i'm so glad i'm taking friday and monday off.
3. we're supposed to have scattered thunderstorms over the weekend.
4. it reminds me of the first camping trip we ever took together. it was to the same place we're going this weekend, and it poured the whole way down. we were afraid we might have to find a hotel instead, but by the time we got there it had fizzled out. we had such a hard time starting the fire that night, but the next day was gorgeous and it was an awesome trip.
5. i'm bummed we can't go on the river with everyone on saturday, but i'm looking forward to spending the day alone with my wife.
6. our campsite is right on the river, so we can do some fishing if we want without having to go anywhere.
7. last night i did all of our laundry and put it away so we have everything we'd want to take with us.
8. last night we made a list of things we need to clean/do before we leave, a list of things to get together to take, a meal plan, and a grocery list.
9. i need to figure out what to take to drink. sometimes i think life would be easier if i just liked beer.
10. i had this all typed out, plus something else that i can't remember, and then my browser went wacky so i had to do it all over again. poo.
IUI #3 gave us the best 2nd anniv. gift ever: 2 babies! (born 03/09/10)
Peanut and Little Man are getting so big! 2 years old already!
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1. I'm so sick of morning sickness... I feel like crap.
2. I enjoyed the Harry Potter movie, but continue to be annoyed by the stupid changes they made. Anyone want to make a new thread to discuss?
3. We have an event today at work and I'm dreading the A/V stuff I have to do. It's not hard, but I always get so damn nervous that I'm going to screw stuff up. I hate this part of my job with a passion.
4. I can't believe that I'm already 9 weeks... suddenly the 1st tri seems to be flying! Yay!
5. Its rainy and cool today... and I love it! I was so spoiled with weather in the 70s the whole time we were at the Cape, I was sweating with the 85* yesterday.
6. I pulled something in my neck yesterday and am so sore. Sleeping last night was a b!tch, I was in so much pain. What to do? Heat? Massage?
7. I've been so bad about keeping in touch with people lately. I let calls go to voicemail, I am slow with email... I just can't seem to find the energy to make the effort. I really have to snap out of this.
8. I've eaten the same thing for lunch two days in a row... its a microwave meal, and maybe not the most healthy thing for me, but it is so damn good! Its all I want to eat right now.
9. We have so many interns at work right now and I can't remember half their names. I feel bad, but they all came at once and I don't interact with most of them regularly, so its hard to keep them straight.
10. We're telling my parents this weekend! Eep!
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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Good luck sweetie... my fingers are crossed for you!
I probably miss hard cider the most, of all the drinks I can't have right now.
That is why I can't wear headbands.
Plus, with my glasses, they make my ears stick out like Dumbo!!
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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Lol, I LOVE this!
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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2. We are using the long weekend for our first real camping trip this summer
3. Gabriel one of our twins got in a scooter accident while with his dad last week, he fractured is right wrist and his left shoulder. He's been a trooper but its the saddest thing of my life.
4. Tylor turned 12 yesterday, T is feeling old and I am really feeling the sting that I will be done raising kids by the time im 31.
5. I work on the side 10 hours a week for my bosses wife. I get paid for 10 but most of the time i work a lot less (her fault not mine). She is supposed to pay me on the 15th and I still havent been paid but i hate asking.
6. I've decided to start doing Ten Things Tuesday on my twitter but it will probably be different things then i put here since i trust you guys more then my other friends
7. I lost over $150 gambling in Jackpot Nevada this weekend. I had put money away for it but i still feel like an ass.
8. T gave me some much needed lovin before work this morning. I was almost late but it was so worth it!
9. I will always be a little bit fat, or alot a bit. I'm realizing that no matter what i'm always going to have to worry about it makes me want to give up dieting.
10.T and I had the biggest fight of our relationship this weekend. We worked it out and it was completely do to emotional breakdowns but i'm still feeling wounded, scared and insecure. Even though she says we are ok, i still find myself holding on for dear life.
1. I am just getting to work.
2. I had to take L to the urgent care center this morning. She was disgnosed on Saturday with pneumonia and was feeling progressively worse rather than better. Today they loaded her steriods, gave her IV antibiotics, a neb treatment, and more cough medicine with codene. She is home and hopefully sleeping (since she hasn't been able to sleep with the coughing fits.)
3. Because L's been sick since Thursday, I have been taking over almost all parenting/house cleaning/shopping. I am tired.
4. L has been sleeping on the couch (since she needs to sleep sitting up) and I have slept better than I have in years. For some reason if L isn't in our bed, our cat doesn't wake me up at 4am. If she is in our bed, the cat is up wanting to fed at 4am. Night before last I got 6 hours of continuous sleep. It was amazing to fall asleep when it was dark and not wake till light.
5. I am trying to plan a weekend to keep the kids out of the house as much as possible so L can rest.
6. It is supposed to rain every evening this week. So much for post-work pool time (aka wear the kids out time.)
7. I asked Grayson if he liked our new nanny this morning (he doesn't know she is the new nanny yet - we are telling them she is a friend) and he said, "Weeeeeeellllllll, I think...no." and then 2 minutes later he said, "Weeeeeeelllll, I think....yes." Goofy kid.
8. L just called and actually had a conversation without having a coughing fit. I think she is loopy on codiene. The first thing she said, was "I need a banana." LOL.
9. I am thankful for having a understanding work environment. I was out Friday and took 1/2 a day today and no one has said anything.
10. I love that I now have 4 hours left of work.
that is hysterical! i feel very bad for L, but i do appreciate the chuckle.
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1. Today needs to be as productive if not more so than yesterday.
2. Yesterday I called a real estate agent that was recommended to my by a friend. She's queer and pregnant. She also seemed really nice and accomodating.
3. She's coming Thursday to do a market analysis and then Saturday to give us the details (which will determine if we can move and how much we can anticipate for a down payment on the new place).
4. That means I need to take stuff to storage and clean in the next few days.
5. My little sister is also coming down to stay with us for a week.
6. I need to find a yoga class that I like and is convenient.
7. I have two clients that could go into labor in the next week or two.
8. I really need more income-generating gigs in August.
9. I'm not looking forward to the condo selling process.
10. My dog is sleeping on my lap.
1. We need a second car, we need it to be 4 wheel drive for the winter. We need to save $$ for it desperatley. Recommendations? (spellcheck)
2. I start work tomorrow, and I'm freaking out.
3. I now live off of a gravel road. I love it.
4. I need black clothing for work, I really own none. See #1.
5. My camera is becoming my new best friend.
6. My dog is starting at the screen as I type this, and barking at the keys clicking.
7. I didn't go to a funeral last Friday, because I had an interview, I feel guilty, even though I'd never ever met him.
8. I want summer to be over b/c then it's my favorite time of the year FALL and the holidays.
9. I really want to live with the in-laws until I can buy a house, even if that means forever!
10. Actually, I take that back, as of right now, Julie's 9 year old half-sister, is being a pain in the butt, oh and did I mention that Julie's mom suffers from OCD? but really it's not as bad as it sounds.
Think again C, you are not touching 'my' laundry...
HUAH!
1. First time today I get to get on to the computer is at 5:30. My life has changed.
2. Annie had her first round of shots today and I feel awful. Poor thing is not feeling well. We got real tears a few times today.
3. I am incapable of going shoping anywhere and not buying something for Annie. Today it was a new outfit and a stuffed leopard for being so good at the doctors.
4. I have company coming in two weeks and I have so many boxes on the guest bed you can't even see it. I am totally not into finding a spot for any of them.
5. I go back to work on Sunday night. I am totally dreading it.I went there today to catch up on mailboxes so I won't be completly blindsided when I am there alone trying to figure out what is going on again.
6. My doggies getting older make me sad.
7. I am leaving Annie for her first overnight away from home this Saturday night. She is spending it at her Nanas. Everytime I think about it I feel sick to my stomach. I am not ready to be away from her yet.
8. I have a beast of a baby. Today she came in in the 90th percentile for both weight and height.
9. I am realizing typing this I need to go back to work to get out of the house so I have 10 things that aren't all about my daughter,
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10. I echo Twos thought about cider on tap.
~Kennedy