Rhode Island Nesties
Dear Community,
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.
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.
Random Thoughts:
Has anyone ever seen that show "Chopped"? Sometimes when I read our "Help me w/ 'food', I have xyz in my house" I think of this show and giggle.
I hate the CBS 'public service announcements' recommending getting checked for testicular cancer and suggesting my husband/ boyfriend sign me up for a pap smear. Which BTW I had to EXPLAIN to my DH last year WTH that was, I thought he might faint.
Random over for me.
Re: Random Thoughts:
I love that you think of "Chopped" when you see girls plead for help with dinner ideas! I think that's going to be my initial thought from here on out, now!
I hadn't seen the prostate exam / pap smear commercials on CBS (thanks to FFing through commercials on TiVo), but a quick YouTube search brought me to the CBSCares PSAs. I get the reason for them, but if my husband was trying to be romantic or thoughtful and gave me my annual (or every three-years now??) pap as a "gift" he'd have something else coming to him... or rather, NOTHING else coming to him! Well, maybe he'd get his prostate exam in return. HA!
I love Chopped. I'm going to think that from now on as well. I often wish they had an every day person version of that show so I could try and go on it.
I try to make some of the stuff on that now and then and usually fail miserably ha ha, but I learn a lot about new foods. 
I despise mani's and pedi's. Whenever you ladies post here or on FB about getting them I CRINGE! I hate, hate, hate them.
So, note to my SSSK for next Christmas (whomever you may be), a spa gift certificate is not a good idea.
The traffic in Providence this morning was ridiculous. I got on 95S at Smithfield Ave, saw that nothing was moving, promptly got off at Branch Ave, drove through Providence, and got back on 95 by Providence Place. Then there was a giant backup on Rt. 4 N (thankfully not the direction I was going in).
Manis are OK once in a while, but I will never get a pedicure. My feet are extremely ticklish, and I need my tough patches of skin to protect my feet for running.
I got MIL to stop whining for all of about 5 minutes by being her chauffeur, and then she was right back at complaining about the weather. Sheesh! There's nothing you can do about it except be prepared.
Running on the Rhode
I hate you very much
I also hate pedi's! I feel so wierd having someone kneeling at my feet clipping my toe nails, just doesn't seem right.
I've never wanted an SUV (poor gas mileage, too big, environmental reason blah blah blah) but driving around with these enormous snow piles makes me glad I'm getting one at the end of the month. It is really scary having to blindly pull out into intersections because I can't see over a snow pile!
There was a girl at the pediatrician office being called "Effie". I wonder if that is a nickname? If so, why would you nickname your kid "Effie"? If not a nickname, why would you straight out name your kid "Effie"? Not really a fan of the name.
my husband is going to be 34 and for one of his b-day gifts i got him this:
I'm getting really tired of asking the question, "Do you have any roof rakes?" and I'm pretty sure the folks at all the hardware stores are getting sick of being asked!
Tonight I plan to focus on flowers, food, and being warm and forget about the d@mn ice dams.