Dallas-Fort Worth Nesties
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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.
Lets Pick Things Up
Hey everyone! I know that I am new to this board but everyone keeps saying it's too slow so I thought I would try to pick things up a bit. I am new to the Dallas area and I would love to meet some friendly new faces...so lets all get to know one another a little and maybe keep this board afloat 
If you are game answer a few "get to you you" questions:
Name-
Area-
How long you been married-
Kids and or Pets-
Occupation-
Hobbies-
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area-
Feel free to add anything!
-Katie
Re: Lets Pick Things Up
Name- Joanne
Area- Frisco
How long you been married- We are getting married on Sept. 17.
Kids and or Pets- 2 cats (Millie and Ty), a Min-Pin (Pogo), a horse (Chelsea), and a stepson (Jackson - he's almost 5)
Occupation- PeopleSoft business analyst
Hobbies- Horseback riding, reading
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- Dallas World Aquarium!
Feel free to add anything!
Name- Katie
Area- Plano
How long you been married- Almost 4 months 3-12-10
Kids and or Pets- No kids yet. Jack Russell name Bauer and a Tabby cat named Oscar.
Occupation- Self Employed
Hobbies- Wine, food, cooking, sports, movies, yoga, renovating our house.
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- I love Zorbas, a greek restaurant in Plano and of course shopping at Northpark.
Name- Laura
Area- Little Elm
How long you been married- 2 1/2 years
Kids and or Pets- Kid on the way & 4 dogs and a turtle
Occupation- HR Manager, work at home
Hobbies- Lately it's just been playing with the dogs, reading, and movies... I'm still pretty tired most of the time.
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- Ojeda's
Name- Shanda
Area- Frisco
How long you been married- 2 years in august
Kids and or Pets- baby Kira is due in 6 days, and we have two pups: Harley and Zoe
Occupation- I am a middle school teacher
Hobbies- Reading, musicals, yoga
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- I don't have a favorite resturant, but I do have a favorite wine bar: We love Bodega Bar and I am looking forward to going back there once the baby gets here!
Name- Meagan
Area- Mesquite and Ft Worth (trying to sell our house in Mesquite, moving to Ft Worth....)
How long you been married- 2 years coming up in October
Kids and or Pets- 3 kids- Zachery 10, Bailee 5, Breckin 6 months... and 2 dogs- Candy(choc. lab) and Jewels (yorkie poo)
Occupation- Realtor
Hobbies- Taking care of my kids
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- Luna De Noche and Texas De Brazil
Name- Tarah
Area- south Fort Worth
How long you been married- 6 1/2 years
Kids and or Pets- 2 awesome boys (Jaxon, 2 1/5 and Trent, 8 months), 2 dogs (Peanut, terrier/chihuahua mix and Django, heeler.lab mix) and 1 cat (Carlton)
Occupation- SAHM, owner/designer of a floral design business and designer of paper good products
Hobbies-reading, playing with my boys and crafting
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- I'm more of a Fort Worth girl - so Fuzzy's Taco Shop
Names for our Currently Non-Existent Baby
Dx: PCOS 3/11
**TTC buddies with Browneyedhunni85**
Hi everyone! I'm Stephanie.
I live near Denton/Frisco/McKinney
My husband and I have been married since May 22, 2010
We have 2 dogs, Cash (beagle) and Toby (pit/chihuahua mix) and Sanford our fish
I am a full time student studying Social Work and Ben is a personal banker
We love music, shopping, and game night with our friends/family.
We're kind of home-bodies, but there are so many fun things we enjoy in DFW!
This is my first nest post...
Name- Amber
Area- MesquiteHow long you been married- June 12th... so less than 3 weeksKids and or Pets- dog: GibsonOccupation- 4th grade teacherHobbies- reading, gardening, scrapbooking (although not lately)Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- anywhere with a good happy hourCarter born 5/28/11
BFP 9/27/12 EDD 6/11/13, MC 9wks, no HB
This is also my first Nest post.
Name-Elizabeth
Area-Flower Mound
How long you been married- 2 years in October
Kids and or Pets-Working on the kids part. We have three amazing rescue animals: two kitties (Morgaine and Drewcilia) and an adorable doggie (Dante).
Occupation- I was a sixth grade reading teacher. I just got moved to 8th grade English
Hobbies-Reading, photography, writing, traveling (when time and money are available)
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area-Snuffers, Fago de Chao, Melting Pot, and Angelina's in Lewisville. Favorite thing to do is hang out with friends and my husband.
Name- Aimee
Area- South Fort Worth
How long you been married- long time - 8 years on August 3
Kids and or Pets- 3 dogs (Shih Tzu, Miniature Schnauzer, and Mutt)
Occupation- Rather not say
Hobbies- Cooking, shopping, dogs, decorating, movies
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- I don't live in Dallas but I do drive there for Dallas Summer Musicals. Favorite restaurants in FW are Thai Tina's, Yucatan Taco Stand, Lilli's, Reata, Lucile's... the list goes on and on LOL. Fave thing in FW is the museums and zoo.
My Bio My Recipe Blog: See Aimee Cook
I'll play...
Name- Christina
Area- Carrollton
How long you been married- Almost three years.
Kids and or Pets- No kids. Just one dog... Chloe.
Occupation- Accountant
Hobbies- Reading, sewing, getting out and about with friends and family.
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- Hmmm. Probably Cristina's for favorite restaurant - and thing to do: EXPLORE! This city has such awesome things to offer. We try to go see exhibits at the museums when they are here, go to the fair, Six Flags, whatever.
In Support of Fellow MB Knottie Stacey081184
Name- Becky
Area- Frisco
How long you been married- 5 years
Kids and or Pets- Nope
Occupation- Personal Trainer
Hobbies- Reading, movies, running, playing soccer, painting, yoga, good wine and beer
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- Just moved here, but so far: the Londoner Frisco and Lochrann's and going to FC Dallas gamesName- Lindsay
Area- Little Elm
How long you been married- 1 month
Kids and or Pets- Pets (a Boxer - Trixie and a Yorkie - Zoie)
Occupation- Surgery Scheduler at UTSouthwestern
Hobbies- Working out, playing w/ my pups, cooking and working on our house
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- Taco Joint - best breakfast tacos!!
Name- Alyssa
Area- Decatur
How long you been married- a little more than 9 months
Kids and or Pets- An Australian Shepherd named Brandi, a mutt named Dally, a mare named Harley, a crazy rescue gelding named Maverick and a foal named Countess
Occupation- Public Relations
Hobbies- Playing with all of my animals, cooking, reading and writing
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area - Restaurant wise, anything Mexican or Seafood. We like to go to the Stockyards occasionally, and really just anything fun.
I'm a little late to the game and I just did my intro post but here it goes...
Name- Jenny
Area- Frisco / Little Elm
How long you been married- Almost 3 months - May 8 , 2010
Kids and or Pets- Petunia - Jack Russell & Petey - Lab/Terrier Mix
Occupation- Pastry Chef
Hobbies- baking, yoga, trying to start running (I've always hated it! - but hopefully C25K will change that), going to movies with DH
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- OHHH SOO MANY! The Porch, Hibiscus, Breadwinner's, Fireside Pies, Urban Taco, Blue Fish (mmm Ahi Tower!), Gloria's, Wild About Harry's in Dallas or Double Dip in Frisco (for some DELISH frozen custard), Hypnotic Donuts and there are so many more...
Oh and we LURVE to go to Mavs games!!!
Name- Amanda
Area- Lakewood
How long you been married- 3 years
Kids and or Pets- 1 kitty named Scooter, hopefully kids soon
Occupation- Museum collections work
Hobbies- crafting, reading, biking
Fave restaurant or thing to do in the Dallas area- well, just moved here a couple months ago... we like Campisi's a lot! Also the aquarium...