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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.
FFFC and AW!
Hey Ladies it's Friday! Let's see what ya got!
My FFFC: I can't stand the word "submissive". It rubs me the wrong way. I didn't say "obey" in our vows and people (family) were shocked.
DH and I have been talking about if anything were to happen to us who would take care of M. We both obviously have our own families in mind. And of course I'm going to want my family to get her. I am being pretty selfish about it, but I honestly think my family would raise M the way that I would compared to DH's.
Re: FFFC and AW!
On a similar note to Ami, only my family is set to take B if we die. (three sets of couples listed first choice, second choice, third choice) I came up with the list, and H agreed to it without hesitation.
I am keeping my nephew for a few days in August and I am not looking forward to taking care of two three year olds. It scares me, honestly.
B (who just had his third birthday) has started saying "fvckin" when he gets mad. As in, "Daddy, so and so took my fvckin water!". We're working on H's potty mouth. It's like he comes home from a rig and it's ingrained into his vocabulary for a few days. AHHHHH.
I've been staying with my great grandma at her apartment a couple to three times a week, overnight. I love her to pieces, but the following is going to sound absolutely terrible:
I'm getting paid to stay with her. Typically, I would see her a handful of times a year - major holidays and occasionally here and there. And now, I'm seeing her 2-3 times a week. I feel so guilty about being paid to stay with her. My Nanny explains it to me like this: she'd be paying someone, regardless, so it might as well be someone who she knows and trusts. It still makes me feel awful.
Also, she's difficult. I love her, but the woman drives me batty. "Get me a Dr. Pepper, put my Dr. Pepper up, I need a straw, put some laundry in, make sure you put enough soap in, I want this, I don't want this," and on and on and on. And, she always waits until I sit down or get settled before she tells me the next thing. It's not that she NEEDS this stuff done... I think it's because she likes having someone jump when she says "jump".
I don't think she's as bad with me as she is with my grandpa and his siblings (someone stays with her every night), but I can totally understand their frustration. She refuses to go to an assisted living (which, she would LOVE if she would just give it a chance) and it just makes it hard on everyone around her.
I think I just needed a vent. Oops.
Look at it this way: You are getting paid to do a job. If you are staying overnight, doing laundry, helping with meals, etc., you are essentially providing a service, and it's probably cheaper than the assisted living option. It's no different than paying an oldest sibling to babysit their siblings. And let's face it, the older we get, the more difficult we become... we see it in all our parents, grandparents, etc. Don't feel so bad about venting - you're doing a great thing in a difficult situation.
FFFC: There's a couple that we have double date night with every weekend. She and I are pretty good friends (we run/zumba together about 4 times a week) and my H and her H are good friends too (they work together). Last weekend on our double date we were trying to figure out when we should have babies. We want to have them around the same time, but they're going to be ready about a year before us. I'm seriously considering tryingto talk H into having one the same time as them because A.) It would be fun for our kids to grow up together, and B.) DH and I have baby fever and we would be able to have a baby a year earlier. I feel like a middle schooler, like when you plan to get married the same time your BFF does, and have a baby at the same time. Haha.
AW: I made 3 A's and 1 B this semester! I honestly thought I would end up with a C or even a D in Linear Algebra, but I ended up with an A! I think I doubt myself way too much...(See! I said "I think". I even doubt myself about doubting myself...sheesh. I need to make a goal not to doubt myself anymore!)
Kaylee & Cole 06.14.08
8/6/11 First 5k! OG&E Expo Run 34:47
9/3/11 Brookhaven Run 5k 34:18
9/17/11 Healthy Sooners Fun Run 5k 33:38
10/15/11 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 33:31
10/29/11 Monster Dash 5k 32:06 PR!
11/11/11 Veteran's Day Run 11k in Dallas 1:13:15 Instant PR!
1/28/12 Texas Half Marathon 2:38:03 Instant PR!
3/25/12 Earlywine Dash