September 2009 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.
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Thank you.
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Thursday Randoms/Confessions/Vents/AW's
Anyone? Let's get this thang goin'!
Re: Thursday Randoms/Confessions/Vents/AW's
Random - I accidentally set the radio to the wrong station (yes we have an old school radio with *gasp* a tuner) and it was singing at me that Jesus loves me. I was like O_o what did I fall upon!
Confession - last night I had a dream that I was not married and that I hooked up with an ex-bf from high school.
Vent - my CW keeps saying that she's going to the post office, and then she'll stay gone for 45 minutes to an hour. The post office is about 1/4 of a mile away so I know she's doing other stuff while she's out. Then, she'll come back and immediately clock out for lunch. So she's gone for nearly two hours. It's really rude and annoying but there's not much I can do about it since we don't have a supervisor in our office and if I told our supervisor that's at the other office, said CW would know it was me who told and would be even biiitchier to me than she normally is.
AW - my husband brought me roses today, just because.
Stand up for something you believe in.
Dx: Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism After 2 years TTC & failed IUs,we have our IVF baby born 9/24/11
LO#2 aka 'Miracle Baby' Orig. EDD= 9/28 EDD moved to 10/3/13
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison
random- I cannot find my credit card and I honestly dont care- bad I know, but true. Need to look when I get home.
Confession- along with Ames- I had a dream I was still engaged and was sneaking around with my ex from college/highschool for a little action. No lie I woke up sweating.
I also must confess that I have no motivation to work and I am heading home early to get things done prior to picking up Charlotte. Mommy needs mommy time.
Vent- I find out bonus today but we dont get the check until the 16th of March. I would love it now so I can do some shopping. Unlike the crazy b*otch in the blog above, I dont fit into anything from my previous days and need something to cover the belly area more than normal.
AW's- Mark is coming home early from Boston to pick up Charlotte for daddy and Charlotte time.
ugh, that sucks. I feel your pain too, ours went out last summer and we had to get a new one. Would it be possible for you to get a Sears cc and take advantage of one of their 0% interest offers? They do them all the time and it makes it a lot easier on the budget if you can pay it off in 6 months same-as-cash rather than a lump sum. This is what we did for both our dryer and our fridge and it was great to not have to pay it all up front. Just a suggestion!
I have a guilty obsession with Bethany Frankel.
H got his bonus last friday and we put most of it towards our CC so those are at 0 balance and some aside for Teaghans party and some into savings, yet I have the urge to spend so much. I want new throw pillows for the couch and a new shower curtain for the master bath, bad Sara bad Sara.
Confession - I've got nothin'!
Vent - My darling darling husband. I asked him over a month ago to add some new songs to my ipod (I'm technology challenged and have no idea how to do this, sad I know). I was bugging him about it over the weekend so he took it to work with him on Tuesday night. He couldn't do it on the work computer so he brings it home. Something goes horribly wrong and he deleted ALL of the music off of my ipod that I've had for over 8 years. It wasn't on purpose but it royally pissed me off.
AW - Friday is the end of week 6 of my workout/eating rehab and I'm down 22lbs and feel awesome. I'm going to take new measurements Saturday morning for comparison and I'm excited! 3 more pounds (25 lost) and I get my reward of getting to spend $25 on totally unnecessary makeup and nail polishes
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Vents-
I emailed Robin before 8 this morning about my super exciting weight loss. He hasn't replied. Dude can't make it through a meal without checking his phone, but he can't reply to my email. A simple "That's fantastic baby. I love you too!" would suffice. He would NEVER email me about exciting news without me emailing back. See if he gets laid tonight. Humph.
Also, I get an email from my mom this morning about dresses for her luau birthday party. I'm the one who began the whole "do we want to have a surprise party for momma? what about a luau theme?" discussion (She's turning 50. They're going to Hawaii) and no one even told me they told her. I said "oh didn't know you knew. I'll start planning the menu" and she replied with the whole menu. Thanks for including me in the party planning, since it was my idea to begin with.
Note: I realize that it's her birthday and that this super self-centered of me, but I'm still a little peeved.
Stand up for something you believe in.
Yay you! That's fantastic! For a minute, I was going to say "I'll have to steal your idea" but I spend money on myself all of the time. Who am I kidding? Anyway, yay you!
7lbs is average weight loss for a month. Healthily you should only lose 1-2 per week.
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I just send you one.
Stand up for something you believe in.
Damn you.
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Random: I to have a bit of an obsession with Bethany Frankel as well. She's very entertaining.
Vent: I have a terrible headache and it will not go away! I've had three glasses of water, one cup of coffee and a cup of green tea. Maybe a nap will help...
AW: Alex is so freaking adorable that I cannot take it. He isn't feeling well today and has been super cuddly and still smiley and playful. He's such a good baby
Here's some picture's from his 1st birthday this weekend:
Alex's first year in collage form:
The cakes which I spent probably a total of four hours on including baking and frosting. It took foooorrrrever.
Random: I had a dream the other night that Tom Cruise tried to give me a black 2005 Chevy Tahoe. I told him I couldn't take it because Jamie thinks he's a brainwashing d0uchebag.
Confessions: I get squigged out when DH tries to touch my bewbs now.
Vents: I wanna be a SAHM!!!! Or work from home. This commuting 40 minutes one way is sucking so much harder when I have to be away from DS. I don't even get to see him in the morning before I leave because he's still asleep
AW: I'm a full pants size and then some smaller than I was pre-PG.
7lbs in a month is good! I've lost 14lbs in 2 months, and I'm ecstatic! 2lbs a week is healthy weight loss. I'll lose 4 ounces one week and 2-3lbs the next, which makes no sense at all, because I'm doing the same thing every week. Try not to get frustrated. You're doing great.
Mmhmm -- it's taken me about 8 months to lose 35, so keep up the good work!
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Think specific person famous for her um, assets.
Stand up for something you believe in.
Too late.... I even had my sister look at it and she couldn't figure it out either. Damn you, JLO!
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Everyone is right, 7ish pounds is great for a month! You need to remember that I have a lot, a lot of weight to lose and when you have a lot to lose it generally comes off more quickly.
Just a thought, maybe you're not eating enough for all the working out your doing. You still need calories to get through working out plus the calories you need just to function. When you don't consume enough calories for your activity level your body turns what you do eat into fat for storage because it thinks it's not going to get enough food. I use www.thedailyplate.com to track my calories and exercise each day. You can put in your weight, height, age and what your weekly weight loss goal is (2lbs is average) and it will tell you how many calories you should be eating per day. Mine is set at 3lbs/week so that if I have some days during the week that I go over I'm generally guaranteed at least 2lbs/week. I eat about 1500 calories per day based on this and it's working. On days I work out I try and eat about half the calories I burned extra in healthy foods; so if I burn 600 calories working out I allow myself 300 extra calories for the day.
Do it anyways, my little incentive program is what's keeping me going and Jay has one too. When we get to our final respective weight goals and maintain for 6 months we each are getting a big reward! Mine is a beach trip and Jay's is a helicopter ride either around Chicago or, if our end goals coincide, wherever we take said trip. And thank you, I'm feeling really good and positive about it
WTF! I hate you!:)
Jk, jk...that's awesome, Michelle!
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Seriously -- I'm finally back to where I was pre-preg... way to go, michelle!
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Random- I'm super excited to be spending the day in Boston Saturday, Wahlburgers for lunch and the Museum of Science
Confession- I'm addicted to that draw something game that I'm actually getting mad at my phone because of all the bugs it has. Ryan had to take my phone away last night when I yelled at it for deleting my awesome picture lol
Vent- A co worker is getting on my nerves this week, shes the lead in my old department , they are short handed this week and has been bugging me to help, as in bossing me around and trying to tell me what to do. In my current job I'm actually above her but for some reason I can't tell her to back off, I can only help you so much and do my job to. Plus I haven't done some of that work since I was over there almost a year ago.. grr
Vent: *Half of a wall in my living room is now on the floor (the plaster fell off, not the whole wall), so there's a draft coming in. Seriously it's like a 10 degree difference from my dining room to my living room.
*My aunt is helping me find a job in the field I am studying. She has worked in HR for 25 years, and is very knowledgeable-I'm not denying it. She offered to redo my resume to make it more appealing-great. However, she won't listen to me when I tell her that right now, I cannot hold down a 9-5 with my school schedule, I'm probably going to be laughed out of any firm I apply to (even as a receptionist or mail clerk)if they even look at my resume, and really, any job is what I need. Crate and Barrel won't even take me, and they hire high school kids.
AW: On an upside, my SIL just got engaged to a great guy that we all love, Steve redid our taxes, and we don't owe, we're getting money back, and he started school on Tuesday, so we're on the road to career changes. Yay!!
Random: We're going to Florida in April for a wedding, and I am counting down the days. We need a vacation so bad.
I didn't know you were going to be local!
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I may suggest DH get one. I have a Sears cc and, well, let's just say that paying it off is on top of my SF list.
Dx: Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism After 2 years TTC & failed IUs,we have our IVF baby born 9/24/11
LO#2 aka 'Miracle Baby' Orig. EDD= 9/28 EDD moved to 10/3/13
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison
I am! I just talked Ryan into going down since we are visting friends in Revere that evening, figured might as well make a day out of it
This!! I'm so jealous. I don't think I'll ever be pre-preg weight. By the time I get there I hope to be preg again!
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I guess to be fair, I didn't gain much. With the m/s at first I actually lost a ton, so I only gained 20 total. Between birth, BFing and 30DS it came off pretty quickly. Mostly the 30DS I think.