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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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Re: Ten Things Tuesday
ok, that makes sense!
YOU BETTER BE
1. I had to have a 90 minute conversation with my boss yesterday. It sucked. He sucks. It was a general suckfest.
2. Boss actually likes it when his employees don't get along. So he twists stuff around and tries to get them mad at each other. It's sick, but we know his game.
3. I leave Thursday for NYC with my sister. I was excited, but I'm not right now. I hope I snap out of it.
4. We grilled bbq chicken and had corn on the cob last night. I love being able to grill again.
5. I woke up during the storm last night and had a cat on my legs. Guess he didn't like the storm.
6. When I read about everyones exercise and diet plans, I feel like such a slacker. I really need to lose a few pounds.
7. One of my boss's personality traits reminds me of my ex-h. It makes me dislike him even more.
8. I gave myself a henna tattoo on my foot yesterday. I expected disaster, but it turned out good.
9. I think flats are really cute, but I hate wearing them.
10. Kohls has stuffed llama animals as one of there $5 toys right now. I wanted to buy it and find a small tiara for it. Drama llama. I didn't do it though.
No to both. That link was really helpful!!!
I feel bad 'complaining' about my weight bc I KNOW there are people who would love to be 'my size.' But I am more than twice the size I was in HS. Now, I am not trying to get back to that, but I would love to be at least 2 sizes smaller.
I guess my lack of weight loss makes sense since I am running and doing yoga (gaining muscle), but I think I am more upset that my clothes do not feel like they are fitting better.
I am with Jess...I love working, but it takes so much freaking time!
1. I don't usually respond to the daily threads because I am late to the party and I think most people don't bother reading the mosts 30+ in.
2. We started gutting our kitchen this weekend and I am already miserable. It is going to be a long couple months.
3. I need a hair cut.
4. I am trying to wait another month before cutting my hair because I don't want to spend the money.
5. The girl who works for me was gone that past 4 days and it was so peaceful without her, even though it meant I had to do more work. I am already frustrated with her and she's only been back 5 hours!
6. I am going to a bachelorette party in Traverse City this weekend. I really really wish I could do some tasting at the wineries....but I would just feel too guilty.
7. I am frustrated with how often DH has been going out to lunch during the week. I added up how much he spent in April and told him to try and prove my point about how it was such a waste of money.
8. DH is still too lazy to pack his lunch in the morning so I basically do it for him at night so he just has to throw it in the lunch box and go in the morning. He has no more excuses.
9. I bought a butt plug from Cirilla's at lunch. But it's for the bachelorette party this weekend and I swear there's a funny story behind it.
10. I started looking into day cares and now I am more stressed over money!
1. I am so excited to close on our new house and wait by the phone everyday to hear if we have a closing date...still waiting.
2. Completely overwhelmed by life lately and embarassed to talk about it.
3. Worry everyday that my 10 month old is slow to physically develop because she doesn't crawl but scoots on her butt instead. Our pedi insists she's fine but I think I worry because I work only with sick children and its all I see.
4. I cry on the drop of a hat and hate it. Not sure if its being over tired and pregnancy hormones or what.
5. Looking forward to picking up my Mom and Grandma at the airport today because my DH is not as much help with DD as they are and they have been on vacation the last two weeks.
6. Want to tell DH that I can't stand all of his sister's drama lately but know it will only lead to an arguement which is not worth it. Learning to pick my battles.
7. Happy to have this weekend off. I can't wait to finally get some family time!
8. Really craving a taco salad from an authentic mexican restaurant. But too worried about how much I have already gained this pregnancy.
9. Dreading going to the OB today. Excited to hear baby's hb but dreading standing on the scale.
10. Secretly want to tell DH to get rid of our dogs but don't have the heart to do it!! Between two babies and a bigger house I am dreading the hair!
Complain away. Yes, I'd love to be your size, but you're not comfortable there and that's what matters.
5 whole feet of unsuccessful decision making
Blog: Loki's Kitchen*Loki Life*All About BMR
Wisely and Slow (My Husband's Running Blog)
1. I should be folding the basket of laundry next to me instead of doing this.
2. #1 is so important because Cam is actually napping and it's not on me for once and it could end at any minute.
3. I think we are going to go to Vegas in September. I'm wildly excited about it and honestly am looking forward to the break. I love my baby, I really do, but I need something to look forward to vacation-wise.
4. We have a 5 ft dry erase board in our family room.
5. Gibson is pawing at the door to go out. I don't care. He's annoying me today. In. Out. In. Out.
6. Cam is going to wear the same dress my dad did for his Baptism on Sunday. It's 70 years old! I wore it too
7. I'm really nervous Cam is going to wake up....so I'm stopping at 7.
My Happy House
CONGRATS!
BFP#2: 8/14/11 M/C 8/30/11 6w1d
BFP #3: 10/26/11
Beta #1 @11dpo: 22 Beta #2 @13dpo: 90 Beta #3 @17dpo: 480
Missed m/c 12w3d 12/28/11, d&c 12/30/11
dx Homozygous C677T MTHFR
1. I am highly unsatisfied with the lean cuisine I'm eating for lunch.
2. I am not looking forward to the depositions I may have to take tomorrow. I feel like I will never be prepared enough.
3. I am hoping that if the deps go tomorrow that opposing counsel won't be a complete a-hole like the last opposing counsel I faced. I was kind of traumatized.
4. I will probably be up all night worrying about the deps.
5. And I'll probably be sick to my stomach.
6. I still need to get tougher skin some times.
7. The bf will be at the Red Wings game tonight, so he will be of no comfort.
8. I am also looking for a place to stay for a dog show I have next weekend at the Shiawassee County Fairgrounds, which is apparently located in BFE.
9. I have to bathe my dog tonight. He is disgusting.
10. I can't wait to use the new fancy beaded lead for the dog next weekend though. All dog show people pay wayyyy to much for them. But we can't help it, because we spend too much on everything we buy for our dogs or for us that is related to the dogs.
1. I am very excited about my brother's wedding in Chicago next weekend. We've decided to leave the LOs home with the ILs and I can't wait for the little 'break'.
2. My mom and I are getting pedicures sometime this weekend. I haven't had a pedicure in quite a while!
3. I participated in my first ever Mom 2 Mom sale this past weekend. The majority of the money I made at my table I turned right around and spent at other tables nearby.
4. DH seemed a little mad that I didn't bring home much money, but I got a lot of good quality stuff for cheap so I'm happy!
5. I just realized I'd been writing an email response and I left the window open for about 30 minutes. I got sidetracked. Woops.
6. I can't believe how squirmy the babies are now. When I'm feeding them, changing their diapers, putting clothes on them, etc. It's exhausting!
7. I found a channel on cable that plays Toddler Tunes all day. The babies seem to like it.
8. I think frogs are gross.
9. I think snakes are even more gross.
10. I was watching "Taboo" last night on TLC and this girl wanted to be taller so she was having surgery to stretch her bones. They said the surgery cost $26,000 and she would only gain an inch in height. Oh yeah, and she was bed-ridden for 4 whole months. Good grief!
while i am one to talk about it, i also worry and understand where baseball is coming from. it's not as much about feeling the need to lose weight but the obsession with it.
i think we are a great group to understand each other and give support so talking about it isn't bad but obsessively thinking and talking about it isn't good. And i know because i have been there. Ask tobemrsb, she's threatened to slap me before.
you have GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!
You can;t! It will be ok! you are an amazing mom, you are just going through a lot of transition right now.
I would never get rid of our dogs! But the hair issue is horrible. And I feel like I don't have enough time to keep up with the mess it makes between two really young kids and working full time. I struggle now in a 1200 sq foot house to keep up.
1. I ran home for lunch and desperately searched for chocolate I found Samoas, muffins, kashi cookies, and a bag of semi sweet chips, apparently none of those items were what I wanted. I think I was craving oreos.
2. DH forgot to put the gate down for the dogs and I did a happy dance realizing that they hadn't even wandered through the house, then another one when I didn't discovery any accidents. They usually don't but I was still pretty happy.
3. Great now I really want some dammmn oreos.
4. and milk
5. Work is extremely stressful today
6. Dh is getting a new phone today. I wanted to create a post about (for recs) it but know it was posted not that long ago and didn't want to bombard the board with phone plan stuff
7. Co irker won't stop talking to me and I can't focus on my 10 things
8. I am due for a new phone in August and really want to ask for it now because mine is falling apart but I am a chicken and know I won't do it.
9. MIL pi$$ed me off this weekend, but most of it didn't really hit me until yesterday after I had two days to mull it over. I hate that.
10. I think I may still have a stalker type person reading my stuff on the board.
Oh, guilty. But if I'm not obsessed with it, I slip. That's what happened a few years ago and I gained a ton of weight. I'd rather be obsessed than put more weight on.
5 whole feet of unsuccessful decision making
Blog: Loki's Kitchen*Loki Life*All About BMR
Wisely and Slow (My Husband's Running Blog)
From my perspective, there has been a TON of weight loss/eating posts lately. I have had my own struggles with weight and while I completely agree 110% this board is awesome for supporting one another, it has almost become obsessive like Jess said.
And might I add, the weight lost posts and comments are becoming the new BR comments and posts of the past and we all know how that ended.
I mean, I guess I don't see the harm in discussing it and encouraging one another, but if it is bothersome, we can tag strictly H&F related posts?
5 whole feet of unsuccessful decision making
Blog: Loki's Kitchen*Loki Life*All About BMR
Wisely and Slow (My Husband's Running Blog)
1. I am trying to play on the Nest more because I fear my life is becoming too baby-centric.
2. My bedroom is disgusting. It is the only room on the second floor so no one goes up their except DH and I.
3. Related to #3, sometimes I only clean when other people will be in my house. I can live with a lot of filth if it is my own.
4. My husband will be switching from nights to days soon, and while I know it will be nice for him to stay on a normal schedule, I am really dreading having to share the bed again.
5. There is a track meet today. This means I have eleventy-billion students up my @ss trying to turn in missing work and quiz corrections that they want graded RIGHT NOW. I hate track meets.
6. I would get another Master's in a heartbeat if I did not have to pay for it.
7. I lose all motivation after 8pm. All I am good for in sitting on the couch with the laptop and a beer.
8. Everyone thinks I am crazy for leaving my kid to chaperone the school trip. I like the school trip. I like my baby more, but it is only 5 days. Plus, DH could use a child-care reality check.
9. I judge people who give their kids odd names, but I fully realize that my kid has a name many people consider odd.
10. I am hungry.
I think your perspective on the H&F posts not being bothersome on this board is the same perspective some of the PG and Mom's on the board felt when there was a outlash over all the BR posts.
Don't get me wrong, I think it is great there are so many girls on here trying to lose and get healthier and can support each other, but at the same time, there may be girls struggling to lose and it may be just as hard to see everyone else's success.
In a way, it is the same arguement used when there were all the BR posts and having girls that were struggling to get KU which is why we started to label them or move to the Detroit Bump board to allow for people not to read them if they were having a bad day TTC wise.
It is tough because we all want to support each other in whatever struggles we may be having individually...weight loss, pregnancy, children, etc. so when there was all the backlash about BR posts and move it to the Bump or board to talk about kids, it was kind of harsh...considering there are money boards, H&F boards, etc. but we all want to be there for each other on this board...whatver the topic may be.
KWIM? Not trying to start anything, but just trying to point out similarities in the topics and feelings some may have.
I tried biting my tongue, but i couldn't. Sorry, but this is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves (no pun intended. haha) and i can't not say something.
I understand you may not actually be able to get rid of your dogs but you said you wanted to. that breaks my heart. why do people not think when they get animals? when you adopt a pet you are taking it on as a family member. what if you have another baby after this one. will three kids be too much? will it be too much laundry or too many diapers so you'll have to get rid of one? of course not! i bet your dogs love you unconditionally, but because they shed too much you are willing to even think about casting them aside? that's sad. i feel awful for them.
With a little dicipline (for yourself and the dogs) and a schedule things will be fine. I feel like I am cleaning up dog hair every day. It never ends....and I don't have kids.
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Jess, get out of my head. Ditto everything here.
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It came up a lot in this post, but you're right, it hasn't really been the focus in any other post in recent days.
Leave your ticker and rock that sh*t out.
5 whole feet of unsuccessful decision making
Blog: Loki's Kitchen*Loki Life*All About BMR
Wisely and Slow (My Husband's Running Blog)
this whole thing went in a different direction then i was thinking it started in so i'm kind of confused now.
i haven't noticed a ton of H&F posts. i've asked about zumba because i know some of the girls on here take it. personally, i'm always trying to lose weight. i don't think i talk about it that much but i'll have to be conscious of it now. i don't want to be the annoying girl who talk about the same thing in all her posts. I don't think there is anything wrong with talking about it sometimes though.