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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.
Friday Poll- 2 Things
List 2 things that you are looking forward to and 2 things you are dreading in the near future.
Re: Friday Poll- 2 Things
1. My family coming for Thanksgiving
2. Going to Chicago for Christmas
1. Getting the results of my bloodwork to see why I got the pulmonary embolisms
2. Cleaning and getting our apartment ready for everyone to come!
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Looking forward to a Vegas trip with my best friend 12/7-12/9. We've only seen each other 1 time since she moved to Denver last Feb. We've got some details to go over for her upcoming wedding and then we're going to party!
Also looking forward to dh's holiday party on 12/13. His company always gives away huge doorprizes and has asent out a memo stating that this year will no different. Top prize is the company pays your mortgage for a year! Here's hoping for some good luck that night.
I'm dreading all of the visitors that we're having next week. MIL and FIL will be here next week and then ex and his new wife will visit after ILs leave. Luckily nobody is staying with us, but I just never feel like my house is clean enough for long term visitors anymore.
I'm not looking forward to Michaela leaving for 2 weeks at christmas time. While I think that it's great that she'll get to spend that time with her dad, it'll be the longest she's ever been away from home and the first time she's been away for the holidays. I'm doing everything I can to not let her see that I'm sad about it but I have a feeling that I'll break down after she leaves.
Looking forward to:
1. Birthday
2. Christmas and Thanksgiving
Not looking forward to:
1. Birthday
2. Christmas and Thanksgiving
Sorry - I added an extra one to each. :-)
1. The surprise party that I've been helping plan is in 2 weeks, and I can't wait to stop keeping it a secret.
2. I'm looking forward to the fun part of the holidays(not all the crazy logistics).
3. My 2 week holiday break
1. I'm not looking forward to getting our house "guest" ready for next week's festivities
2. Getting dental work done while I'm on break. :-(
3. My same position in the 'new' organization that starts on dec 1(after the merger) - it sucks and I'm losing a lot of my old perks. :-(
I'm looking forward to:
1. Spending Thanksgiving in Tennessee.
2. A trip to Vegas by myself in early January.
Not looking forward to:
1. DH's holiday party. Can't stand the peeps (supposed friends) he works with or their behind-your-back-talking SOs.
2. The future of the company I work for.
1. Making tamales w/ the family
2. Going to Vegas w/ Dh
1. Xmas shopping
2. Xmas shopping
3 things like Nicole....lol
1. Going out with a few friends on Saturday night. First time I've ever partied with this group so I'm nervous:) IN a good way.
2. upcoming surprise trip with H in Jan. Have a feeling it's going to be good, I needed a passport:)
3. marathon in 5k in Feb and 10k in May. Training hard and I'm excited.
not looking forward to:
1. likely losing my job.
2. x-mas shopping. I hate shopping on a budget. Stressful.
3. tax time:(
1. My husband earned a trip with his job, can't wait to go.
2. Seeing the kids open their presents
1. Going christmas shopping
2. Arguing with husband about how much I spend
Great poll Jenn, thank you.
Sorry I have four that I'm looking forward to.
1. Both Holidays, spending time with family, the tamales,even the crazy shopping!!
2. My birthday
3. Having to work only two days next week. Yay, I have Wednesday through Friday off!!
4. Isabella's Baptism. We finally decided on Isabella's Godparents. DH and I have been going back and forth on who would Baptize her for months now and we've finally come to an agreement.Phew!!!
Not so fun
1. cleaning for guests
2. I can't think of anything else. Will have to get back to you on this.
looking forward to:
1) genetic u/s and couseling monday for hoepfully some peace of mind.
2) Tday with the fam and my sis coming to town
Not looking forward to:
1) bad results monday or needing an amnio to find out for sure
2) taking apart the day bed we sold to the neighbors...what a PITA that will be:)
Looking forward to:
1. Getting Jos' cast off
2. GNO tonight
Not looking forward to:
1. Gauging Jos' leg post cast
2. Working tomorrow...darn tax accountant career
Good:
1. Thanksgiving in Lake Tahoe
2. Being done with law school in 2 Weeks.
Bad:
1. Taking my last law school final.
2. Studying for the bar.
Good:
1) Taking my mom to a super-nice dinner for her 60th birthday
2) hosting Thanksgiving again (b/c I'm a bad-ass cook!); remember the lesson from last year's unsuccessful pumpkin-pecan pie (don't leave "spill foil" at the bottom of the oven lest your pie be raw at the bottom); and being able to enjoy some Champagne this year (I was pg last year)
Bad:
1) hosting Thanksgiving --the cleaning, the prep, renting chairs, setting up, DH's picky-eating relatives, and cleaning up all over again --whew!
2) Christmas. I freaking hate Christmas. It's like being the kid of divorced parents all over again -get up, go to my mom's, open presents, rush out, go to his mom's, open presents, rush out, go to his cousin's house, have dinner at 2, open presents, then sit around being joyous and there isn't any wine. I wish we could either host it here, or just stay home.
Looking forward to
1. Thanksgiving break from my class.
2. Seeing how Thanksgiving is going to work at my SIL's house. She just had a boob job last week and decided to host Thanksgiving dinner, I think she's crazy. We'll get dinner and a show
2 things dreading
1. Christmas....I'm a grinch this year
2. Work on Monday