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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.
Wednesday
I think it's Wednesday. It might be Tuesday. It might be Thursday. This week has just been all over the place for me.
How's everyone else doing this lovely morning? It actually was a pretty sunrise. Chilly, but pretty.
Re: Wednesday
I am leaving early today and taking tomorrow off to work on the new house. I can't wait to watch it transform into something cute.
Woot! Awesome that you won a chair.
Wop - I heard from someone that the pressure of the baby on your diaphragm (sp?) can change the way you laugh. That might be complete cow manure, but that could explain you laughing like Mr. Claus.
Sounds like fun!!!
Andy is sending me pics of NZ and I'm getting all excited. We're not going until December, but I'm so friggin' excited.
http://blog.wildvista.com/an-awesome-day-on-the-kepler-track/
I didn't know you were going. I absolutely love NZ. It's stunning.
Last updated 4/06/11
You've been? Any tips?
We're planning a 3 week trip there for late December - early January. We want to incorporate a good deal of hiking (or tramping as they seem to call it) but still stay in some hotels/B&B's. Every photo I see just looks amazing.
My new (used) car crapped out on me last night while I was driving on the expressway. It literally just SHUT OFF as I was pulling on the off ramp to my house. No power steering, no brakes, nothing. I was able to force it over to the side of the road and thank god it started right back up and I made it home. The dealership had it towed there this morning, and if it isn't back in my driveway by 6:30 pm they better be delivering a rental car so I can work tonight. Total BS. So much for buying a more reliable vehicle!
In good news, I got my iPhone yesterday and I love it
I SUCK at decorating, I wish I had a knack for it. Cant wait to see your transformation
Deeder, congrats on the comfy new chair!
I had no idea you guys chose to go there, I am SO SO jealous! I've always wanted to visit there and Australia. You must take and share a million pictures
Oh no! That's crazy it started right back up too. Hopefully they figure it out and it's not too much to fix!
I havent been on here for a few days. Supposed to be 36 today wohoo - heat wave! LOL. I got hair done the other day and am happy with results. So been busy over here.
I had something similar happen to my 2009 car. I drove all the way out to FedEx by the airport to pick up a package they wouldn't leave at the house, and as I was pulling into the parking lot, it just died. Luckily I coasted into a parking spot. I had to call Nick to come and look at it because it wouldn't start back up. After 30 min of tinkering in the freezing cold he finally got it running long enough to drive home while I followed. What a nightmare! It turned out to be a bad airflow sensor.
Yes, I went 10 years ago (OMG! 10 years! Ugh I'm getting old) for 3 weeks but only spent about 5 days in NZ. We went to the North Island and visited Rotorua and Auckland. We visited the Whaka geothermal area (very stinky...hehe
), and saw a Whaka Maori village, took a Gondola ride, went to the Agrodome where we saw a sheep/sheep dog show (sounds lame but it was kinda cool). My favorite part was a helicopter tour over Lake Rotorua. The tour we went on actually landed on the island in the middle of the lake, where we got a very informative guided tour/hike. The views from the helicopter were absolutely gorgeous.
Which island are you going to? We went in June/July, so it was pretty chilly there, but you should have great weather.
http://www.skylineskyrides.co.nz/rotorua/index.cfm?&CFID=49826197&CFTOKEN=73383284
http://www.whakarewarewa.com/
http://www.agrodome.co.nz/
Side note, I bought a pair of wool mittens at the Agrodome, and I left them in one of the hotel rooms. I was SO bummed. Haha. That would have been my favorite souvenier of all time. It was a sad day.
Please update with your plans so I can live vicariously through you. I'd LOVE to go back someday.
uh, maybe it's bad car week here on the nest first me now you. Hope no one else joins in on this type of phone.
Yay iPhone! You go the 4 on ATT or Verizon?
I'm sorry about your car. That really sucks. Hopefully it gets fixed TODAY!
And I'm jealous about your new phone!!! That is awesome.
Closing costs were lower than expected so I have some "extra" money...and I reallllllly want a new phone.....hmmmmmm! Hehe.
Yeah the mechanic said it sounds like a computer issue or something, totally bizarre. Hopefully it's fixed asap!
Yes, the iPhone 4 for Verizon. DH has a Droid and says my iPhone is "too simple" haha. But I looove it! My last phone was a Samsung Rogue and the iphone is 100x better. So intuitive and easy to use. Love love love! D&M dooooo it
Dude, weird, I have a Samsung Rogue right now! Haha. I was fairly happy with it until about October (after having it for 1 year) when the battery life took a crap.
Awesome - thank you for the info and I'm C&Ping that to Andy right now. :-)
We are in the early stages, our friends went a few years ago and another friend did a wine apprenticeship out there for a few months and they suggested that we would like the South Island better. So right now we have been focusing down there, but I would still consider the North Island, at least for part of the trip.
The hardest part is trying to fit everything I want to see and do in. A helicopter ride sounds amazing and our friends went on a day cruise through the fjords where the crew caught all kinds of seafood and cooked it up on the spot to enjoy. It's also hard, because I feel like we could do a 3 week long backpack, but I want to be able to drive and see cities/towns too so we have to make room for both.
The underline made me laugh a little because I was thinking the same thing about you guys! Ha. But honestly, you couldn't go to the North Island and not have a good time. Where ever you go, you will have an amazing time.
What system are you using?
I hate getting voicemail at work. It's always a 5 minute message about something stupid.