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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.
Weekly Highs & Lows:
We haven't done one for a few weeks!
Re: Weekly Highs & Lows:
high: watching Finley ski, she did a fantastic job
low: talking with BFF about her adoption, I am so frustrated for her
So Tasty, So Yummy
Highs - Foster's 3rd Bday, Foster doing an awesome job sleeping in a real bed, and work has been really busy and good this week!!!
Lows - DH is driving me crazy. I got into an accident with an 18 wheeler a few weeks ago and he is driving me crazy asking about it and the insurance stuff every 2 seconds. He has already called me twice about it today and it isn't even 9:00am.
Highs: I bought some new boots on sale last week and they came in yesterday. AND they fit!
I didn't gain weight.
Cooked two new recipes this week & they were both great. It's been a while since we tried something new.
Dinner tonight with a friend I haven't seen in a long time. We had a sort of falling out, and I'm glad to actually be getting back together. I've missed talking to her.
Lows: Cooper is still not sleeping. He's having nightmares and I have no clue what to do about them. But we're still alive...so I guess that counts.
realizing how much crap we own, and how much decluttering we need to do!
Highs - Good things happening for me at work.
Lows - Van is in the shop, water bill is twice what it should be leading me to believe we may have a leak.
Highs: It's Friday and DH comes home tonight, he's been gone since Sunday afternoon and I really miss him. Date night tomorrow night. I think we've finally turned a corner in G sleeping in his own bed all night *knock on wood*. We find out on Monday if we're having a boy or a girl and I'm nervous.
Lows: It's been a long and trying week while DH was gone. The kids have tested every ounce of my patience and I didn't think we would all make it to today. I'm in a funk and I can't seem to shake it.
Highs: My bestie since 3rd grade had her baby on Sunday! H and I are finally on the same page about starting the home buying process! Doing good on my workout plan/eating healthier plan, signed up to run a 5K next month (baby steps).
Lows: Been having crazy nightmares that completely ruin my days and I can't stop thinking about them. Ins won't cover water damage done to our garage at our apt complex (not attached to apt.) and complex won't take responsability for it. Been so busy this week, haven't spent much time with DH. Dog needs a bath and a major haircut... darn those pomeranians!
Highs: Our master bathroom no longer has ugly pink wallpaper! And we picked out tile to replace the carpet in there, yippee!
DH doesn't need knee surgery, just physical therapy. And as of yesterday, he's able to walk without a cane or crutches.
I found some swimsuits for both myself & DH on-line for super cheap through Lands End Canvas. Our Singapore apartment has a great looking pool & I won't be working, so new swimsuits were necessary
Lows: I haven't slept a solid night in I don't know how long because DH has been snoring. He's got to lose weight or we're going to be in separate bedrooms.
Highs: Grad school classes this semester looks like they will be busy and maybe even a little fun. Dinner last night with a friend that will be moving soon. Finishing up a house project building and painting a desk for me to use for my computer and crafting - 77'' long laminate countertop! Digging out from underneath some projects that had me totally overwhelmed!
Lows: Work was pretty slow this week. I'm in a funk too... just kind of depressed about the fact that we're stuck in this house in this town (doesn't make any sense to move until we finish grad school because we don't really want to stay in this area after that) and the fact that interest rates will probably be really high again by the time we CAN make a move (2-3 years) and we will forever be fighting our finances. I'm probably just having a pity party, but I feel like our timing for everything since college has been wrong: Graduated in 2007 and the job market for new graduates was not great (worse now, I know). Bought our first home in Galveston in July 2008 and hurricane Ike wrecked our city/economy 3 months later. Got married one month after that (another fiasco). Started grad school, economy continued to suck, interest rates plummet but refinance fees are so high and our loan amount is so small that it would take us 2-3 years to make up the costs, and we hope to move right about that time. DH is driving me crazy because I want to talk to him about things like taking a long weekend trip to FW to see my nephew in the spring and he won't talk... the conversation went like this "Hey, hon, can we talk about my ideas for going to FW?" and he said in an agitated voice "Can I think about it?" WTH is there to think about, either you want to go with me or you don't. Stop being a lazy jerk and avoiding having a conversation about it. I'm trying to focus on things that I'm looking forward too, but it's been hard.
High: DH has done a fantastic job cooking all week and has gained so much confidence in his cooking ability. I'm so proud of him! I am gluten free for 3 months now and I am starting to feel so much better. I somehow managed to resist jumping over the table and gobbling up my co workers bread pudding from Treebeards.
Low: DS still is not keeping his shoes on at school.
Highs:
- Hit my End of January goal weight this morning
- Kids have been mostly fantastic this week
- My dog doesn't have a cancerous tumor on her side
- Auto insurance renewal went down by $70. It got jacked up about 18 months ago after I had an at fault accident. So glad it is finally going down.
Lows:
- Vet bill - and my dog might have to have more testing.
- Cleaning up after the sick dog. ::shudder::
- Homeowner insurance issues. Stresses me out.
Highs
- Lost 2lbs this week
- Stress level at work is going down and I'm starting to get caught up!
- Registered Abby for school for next year and she will be in classes with her best friends. I was worries since Reagan will not be going with her to school next year.
- Getting a few people to sign up for the Warrior Dash. For some reason the thought of doing it is exciting to me!
Lows
- Watching a friend go through a struggle and I can't fix it or even help
- Abby's sleeping issues has left me exhausted.
- While I lost 2lbs that only makes a total of 2.5lbs this month with fluctuations which sucks.
- My house looks like a bomb exploded in here.
- With DH's training I am starting to feel like a single parent at times.
Crazy Christmas Kids!
High: good times with my girls, good work news, extra sleep, clean(er) house, good news from friends, lost 1 pound which I'll gladly take since I didn't work out at all
Lows: foot pain that's keeping me from working out... i.e.: losing weight. Anxiety about changes, about things happening in our world and the timing working out the way we hope.
Low: DH told me the 2 week Florida trip for work will be turning into 3-4 months. While we are in the middle of having our foundation looked at for possible damage and then packing/selling our house and moving in with my mom with either 5 or 6 dogs.
High: DH's work needs him back here for a new job starting so he is flying back today! All this pressure on my shoulders is slowly be lifted away.
DH's work is picking up which is making for some very good $$ to help us with selling/moving/buying a new place.
Highs:
Cooper has been a joy this week, he's still giving us hell at bedtime and isn't currently STTN (but then when has he ever?) but he's just SO happy and funny all the time. Love that kid.
My parents brought over dinner last night and my dad remembered to bring some kites for Cooper, he's been begging us to go fly a kite so fingers crossed it's windy this weekend.
Other than that.... uh... it's Friday?
Lows:
Really stressed/depressed about current financial issues. Sigh. I took a paycut last year and it's hurting. But it's not like I can just run out and find a new job and there isn't any more excess in our budget to "trim." I had bad dreams about it last night.
I'm tired. Cooper doesn't sleep. When I'm tired I make stupid mistakes, then I have to spend way too much time cleaning up my mistakes.
Highs: Seeing the baby's heartbeat on Monday.
Making the appointment to get the attic insulation installed next week.
Finding out that our tax return will be $1 this year.
Lows: Frustrating conversation with my sister. Don't ask for my honest opinion if you've already made up my mind and are unwilling to listen.
Our health insurance will be changing again in March/April. Just hoping the all of our future L&D costs will be along the same lines as our current plan.