August 2010 Weddings
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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.
Get to Know you.....
Hi Everyone....
So, I need something to keep my mind occupied.... Let's do a Get to Know you post....
Name:
DH name:
Ages:
Pets names:
Where you live:
Occupation:
DH Occupation:
1 thing you want to accomplish this month:
1 thing you want to accomplish this year:
What are you plans for Valentines Day?
1 unknown fact about yourself:
Have Fun!
Re: Get to Know you.....
Name: Jaime
DH name: Tommy
Ages: Me- 29 DH- 27
Pets names: Brad & Martini...both cats
Where you live: Richmond, VA
Occupation: Kindergarten Teacher
DH Occupation: 2nd grade teacher...but he wants to end up in administration
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: begin some sort of work out routine...I've gained since the wedding (nothing major) but it's left me feeling BLAH!
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: Right now my only focus is to make it through the rest of this school year with my sanity!
What are you plans for Valentines Day? No grand plans as of yet...we'll probably do something low key...dinner and a romantic evening :-)
1 unknown fact about yourself: If I could quit my job, I would want to be an event designer
Name: Erin
DH name: Jordan
Ages: I'm 22 and DH is 24
Pets names: Tootsie (cat) Ru (dog)
Where you live: Sunnyside Washington
I hate it here, we moved form DH job and CAN"T wait to move home!
Occupation: Nanny
DH Occupation: Nurse
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: Start training (again) for the Shamrock 5k in March
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: Work towards my overall weight loss goal. Feel better about myself. And go back to school.
What are you plans for Valentines Day? DH will be working over night shift. Make a nice dinner and send him off to work.
1 unknown fact about yourself: One of my fitness goals is to be in good enough shape to climb Mt. Hood with DH.
Name: Katrina
DH name: Darren
Ages: We're both 25. I'm about 3 1/2 months older than him.
Pets names: Enli (dog) Lucy and Buckley (cats)
Where you live: St. Paul, Minnesota
Occupation: Admin Assistant
DH Occupation: Customer Service Rep (aka Phone Jockey)
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: start running again
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: pay off credit card(s)
What are you plans for Valentines Day? No plans. We don't really "do" V-Day.
1 unknown fact about yourself: I don't dot my lowercase i's. Or j's. I don't know how the habit developed.
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Name: Ela
DH name: Joe
Ages: 30 and 32
Pets names: Ozzy (beagle) and Harley (cat with a huge attitude)
Where you live: Rockland County, NY
Occupation: Online Advertising Sales
DH Occupation: Self-employed, online marketing
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: start working our more regularly
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: promotion at work
What are you plans for Valentines Day? Probably going snowboarding in Poconos
1 unknown fact about yourself: When I was a teenager, I was such a looser romantic I learned how to say "I love you" in some 10 languages... remember only about 4 now
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Name: Alex
DH name: Bobby
Ages: 22, 24
Pets names: Zeke (dog)
Where you live: Bloomington, IL
Occupation: Middle School Language Arts teacher
DH Occupation: Claims processor
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: Paint our downstairs entryway and decorate it with a photo collage
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: make a point of finding time to write for fun
What are you plans for Valentines Day? We currently don't know what we're doing for Valentines Day. We'll probably go out for a nice dinner, and then see a chick flick (this is the only day of the year that DH will take me to one). Then just go back home and snuggle with the puppy!
1 unknown fact about yourself: Hm... this one's tricky! I have broken all of my fingers, except my thumbs, most of them multiple times.
Name: Kyersten
DH name: Anthony
Ages: Me - 25 DH - 26
Pets names: No pets, though we've been looking for a puppy
Where you live: Holland, MI
Occupation: Stay at home wife lol - We just moved to MI from IL less than a month ago and I've been looking for a job.
DH Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: Getting pregnant!!
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: Save some money
What are you plans for Valentines Day? Don't have any yet - I'll have to come up with something good though :-)
1 unknown fact about yourself: I refuse to eat red meat! I am not a vegetarian, I like chicken, turkey, eggs, bacon... but for some reason I just WON'T eat red meat. I've been like that since I was little. I won't even taste things. I feel bad for my DH because he's a meat eater - and with me doing the cooking, he doesn't get red meat unless we go out to eat.
Name: Meaghan
DH name: Jarred
Ages: 23, 24
Pets names: Lucas (Louie), white mini schnauzer and Moe, a fish
Where you live: Kentucky
Occupation: SAHW
DH Occupation: Collector/Adjuster
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: Some DIY projects - coffee filter flowers and a sewn bunting
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: Save up for a down payment
What are you plans for Valentines Day? We aren't going to battle the restaurant crowds this year. Instead, we're going to get some good KY BBQ to go and have a very cozy night in.
1 unknown fact about yourself: I am a huge Potterhead. To the point of it being mildly embarrassing. I read a lot of different genres (mainly classics and nonfiction) but nothing compares to Harry Potter.
Do the creep.
Name: Katherine
DH name: Brad
Ages: currently 30 and 30
Pets names: Stella (dog)
Where you live: Newcastle Australia
Occupation: Office Manager for a Property Management Company
DH Occupation: Coal Sampler
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: Tidy the sunroom!!!
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: Start my own little company
What are you plans for Valentines Day? Probably by each other a corny gift and get some take-out.
1 unknown fact about yourself: I've watched the Hanna Montanna 'Best of Both Worlds' documentery three times. All by accident, but I could have changed the channel, and didn't. I sicken myself.
Name: Kristen
DH name: N- ( due to confidentiality issues with the military I'm not supposed to tell you too many specifics)
Ages: Me: 22 HIm 23
Pets names: None right now- we want an english bull dog
Where you live: WV
Occupation: Teacher 5-adult Math- right now I sub for our county and work at the DOH
DH Occupation: Marine Corps Officer
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: Get my first assignments completed before they are due in my masters classes - and not get stressed over them
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: Get a full time teaching position when we move to VA
What are you plans for Valentines Day? Probably dinner and a movie with gift cards we have- we are cheap like that :-)
1 unknown fact about yourself: My thumbs are two different shapes and sizes and my parents say it is from playing to much Sega Genisis as a kid. :-)
Name: Anne
DH name: Bill
Ages: 29 and 32
Pets names: Moshi, our cat
Where you live: Southwest VA
Occupation: PhD Student
DH Occupation: SAHH
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: Rescue my home office from all the clutter/ wedding ish
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: I'm signed up for 2 half marathons, and I want to complete them both.
What are you plans for Valentines Day? Probably just staying in and cooking dinner. We had plans to go to Vegas for V-day/my birthday, but I have a vaccine study going on and my mother's really sick so traveling is kind of out of the question.
1 unknown fact about yourself: I taught myself how to play the piano when I was 2, and have been playing for about 27 years now.
Name: Jessica
H name: Lane
Ages: 22 & 23
Pets names: Wilford, our Beta fish
Where you live: NW Chicago suburbs
Occupation: electrical engineer for a smartphone company
DH Occupation: customer service representative, but starting law school in the fall
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: MOVE into our townhouse
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: take up photography as a hobby
What are you plans for Valentines Day? we have been together for 6.5 years, but have never spent Vday together, so this year will be special. We don't have specific plans yet, but I'm thinking about a really romantic dinner, although cooking at home followed by cuddling/movie would also be nice
1 unknown fact about yourself: I was so obsessed with the color lime green when I was a kid that I painted my bedroom walls lime green and would wear lime green just about every day
Name: Kristen
DH name: Eric
Ages: 24, we're 3 weeks apart and will both be turning 25 in the next month.
Pets names: Harriet! our house plant
Where you live: NYC
Occupation: dental student
DH Occupation: trader
1 thing you want to accomplish this month: get my running up to 20 mi/week.
1 thing you want to accomplish this year: run my first full marathon
What are you plans for Valentines Day? we don't usually do much. prob a dinner a few days before or after to avoid the rush/over-priced prix fixe menus.
1 unknown fact about yourself: i find getting drastic haircuts therapeutic during times of stress.