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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.
Manic Monday!
Post the Best and Worst parts of your weekend.
Re: Manic Monday!
Best: Coming HOME and having today off to recover from DH's family, a nice birthday dinner for DH just the two of us last night.
Worst: Being around DH's relatives all weekend. I'm so glad it was a short trip.
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best: DH surprising me with a Burberry scarf! I made some yummy treats to bring on xmas and they turned out awesome.
worst: let's see, where do i start? i was not happy hearing everyone get so excited about the snow since we had to drive back and forth btw ga and sc and it was making me nervous. also, xmas day left me in an irritable state.
1) my dad and stepmom are possibly moving soon and two of us aren't working so they made the kids promise that we wont get them gifts. i talked with the other kids and we all agreed we wouldn't do it so that none of us looked like jerks coming empty-handed. well, they decided not to tell me and got our parents a bunch of restaurant gift cards making me feel like a complete jerk.
2) i hate to sound ungrateful but they gave us complete crap. like they emptied out their junk drawers and put it all in a box for us. examples: a highschool locker shelf, locker decals, someone's old hankerchiefs, a package of invitations in bulk, a bottle of Brut cologne from the 70s that went bad, stuff to put on my desk at work (knowing that i don't work), a gift that i had given them like 10 years ago, etc. you get the picture. we basically got a bunch of crap that we don't want some unopened and some used. im looking to donate all the unopened stuff to somewhere who may need things that i don't, probably goodwill.
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Best: It was all kind of good but I really liked spending xmas eve with DH. We haven't just stayed home together for a while.
Worst: Not getting home until midnight last night after visiting friends....this Monday is hard enough without missing out of a lot of sleep!
Wow! I would have had a difficult time being gracious knowing they were so thoughtless--even regifting a gift you gave them...awful!
Best: Seeing by MIL in heaven over the baby all weekend.
Worst: DH has shingles. Luckily, I figured out pretty quickly that's what it was and he got on the medicine early and it hasn't gotten as bad as it could have.
Best: I was nice being with my family on Christmas Eve, even though we were all kind of sad Mom wasn't there.
Worst: DH came down with a cold on Christmas Day, so he didn't want to go out and look at/play in the snow. We spent all day Sat/Sun in the house. I was going pretty crazy.
best - We had a great time relaxing this weekend. We did a whole lotta nada up until Xmas day. It was needed! Then we did gifts + dinner with my family. DH did very well
, and a 2nd dinner + gifts with DHs family. We were stuffed. On Sun, I went to see the final performance of the Nutcracker at the Fox with my mom, sister + G'ma. Then we hit up Mary Mac's afterward.
worst - my mom was a bit of a PITA on Sat. She was acting like a child and I called her on it. Then we almost got stuck in my ILs neighborhood on Sat night because of the snow + there was a tree down in the road on the way home. THAT was fun to come upon. Thankfully there was very little traffic so we called it in to D.O.T.
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Best - what could have been a disastrous holiday weekend with both sets of our parents + one of my brothers turned out fine. No dishes were broken (unlike last time), no major fusses - just some annoyances. Plus, the great butter fiasco of 2008 was redeemed as we had enough ingredients for everyone! We each got tons of great gifts - the IL's really spoiled us.
Worst - just dealing with everybody
there are no words...
Call me Kat =^..^=
Best: Whole weekend was awesome. I gave some good gifts to our families, at at ton. Drove around in my christmas car. Gave my brother my old car. He freaked. it was awesome.
Worst: Not having enough time everywhere and feeling a bit sick yesterday. I think the Zaxby's chicken hates me. Every time I eat there it tries to kick it's way out again.
Best: the whole weekend, and a white Christmas for our first married one
We had a nice Christmas Eve, with just the two of us and then did the family thing Saturday. Sunday we went to Longhorn and used a GC my boss gave me... the crab stuffed fillet was amazing!!
Worst: I think I am coming down with a cold
Best: We're out in Texas for the first time in 15 years. Watching my two year old niece/2nd cousin/I don't know family tree stuff (she's my cousin's daughter) tear open wrapping paper with her teeth. Still having a week of vacation left.
Worst: My food baby is growing bigger by the minute.
Best - spending time with BF's family. I love them all so much, and I've been welcomed with open arms. I can't wait for them to really be my family. I also made a huge batch of homemade cinnamon rolls, which were raved about. Bf's cousin took home the pan I brought for everyone. I promised I would make him his own pan next year.
Worst - having a bad cold. I still can't breathe through my nose at all. I got 6 hours of sleep, max all weekend.
best: spending time with my best friends, and my family christmas eve and christmas day....it was SOOO nice to just hang out, and it snowed, and i didn't want to kill my sister's BF once...DH and i think someone told him to stop being douchey, cuz he's been wayyyyy nicer lately. plus, i got pretty spoiled
worst: opening my babycakes cupcake maker than i've been sooooo excited about...and the handle has a crack in it. it won't affect the functionality of it...but i was a perfect one. not one with a crack because the moron DH bought it from shipped it in the manufacturer's box, which was clearly NOT meant for shipping. so we're gonna try and find one at the store...and swap it out.
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Best: Chrsitmas in FL was amazing this year. It was so wonderful to get to spend it with my family. (We spent christmas with DH's family last year which was wonderful too, but I really missed mine)
Best Best..Seeing my mom so happy. She had a rough Christmas in 2009 and I am so glad that this year she is on cloud 9. That is truly the best gift anyone could give me.
Worst: Getting Food poisoning on Christmas Eve and spending the night locked in the bathroom. I felt a bit green all morning while the family was opening gifts. I still had a great time though.
Sheeet, I have some words. Start giving that sh!t right back to them as Birthday and Christmas presents until you are rid of it
Did they do this to the others?
THIS!
Best: coming home after being with ILs for xmas (see below). Looking forward to working from home all week!
Worst: ILs were out of control with the drama - above and beyond the usual. It was an exhausting xmas - their dog was dying (moaning and barking off and on, keeping everyone up all night, clearly in pain and suffering) and clearly needed to be put to sleep, but MIL was behaving like a child and just wanted the dog to die in its sleep (i.e., didn't want to take responsibility for doing what needed to be done). DH and his brother had to basically force her to take the dog to the vet the day after christmas. She was then understandably upset for the rest of the day, drank a lot of wine at the extended family event and passed out right after dinner.
This was on top of all of the usual venting about BIL's wife. Let's just say I'm glad DH and I always save some presents for our NYE - we get a much-needed christmas do-over.
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