September 2008 Weddings
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Re: FFFC?
Me!!
I still have not told my oldest sister about being pregnant. I just don't feel like hearing anything negative about something that we are happy about.
I've already told my mom I don't want any overnight guests during the first week or 2 that the baby is here and I think she was a little hurt. She kept saying she wanted to do only what I wanted, etc. which I KNOW, but I'm starting to wonder if maybe it wasn't quite fair to shut her off so quickly.
They live in VA (and have a house on the Cape, but it's 2 hours away) so it's not like it will be easy for her to just stop by during the days. Affording a hotel isn't an issue, but I still am feeling a little guilty.
Ah, I had a few and I can't remember what they are right now!!! I was holding on to them for today...
I know one of them is that I feel like a brat but I wish my sister wasn't throwing me my baby showers (yes, she insisted on 2). We do not get along right now (at the best of times, we are civil to each other) and it's hard to feel grateful for her hosting these showers because of that.... and she stresses me out and for the most part, I get upset when I'm around her so I'm hoping there are enough people to act as a buffer between the two of us.
My mom told me she would stay as long as I wanted and I told her there was a hotel down the street! Our place is WAY too small to have overnight guests... plus, they live 45 minutes away.
Our cleaning lady came for the THIRD time and DH still has not noticed, or he knows and hasn't said anything, they make roses out of the toliet paper! He can't be that blind...
I am getting a blow out this afternoon before our trip to Nantucket b/c I don't feel like doing my hair this weekend...
We have a guest room, but it's more about just wanting to be able to figure out our routine without an extra person around 24/7. There's plenty of hotels around obviously and maybe I'll change my mind but I just kind of feel bad - I think she thought I would want her to stay.
And I actually DO want her around, but especially while Tim is still home I'm just worried it will start to feel like too many cooks in the kitchen.
I totally get that! I want my mom around too... but not every second of the day
I'm sure we'll be inundated with people throughout the day for a while so I'm figuring we will need a little bit of down time/ time as a family.
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not really flameful (at least not to me), but just to vent...
I freakin hate people I work with who don't check their email. WTF is the point of emailing ME something if you're not going to check for a response (for which I need a response to)???
I'm a little sad because my SIL's baby shower is next week and another SIL who is hosting it hasn't asked me to help, or even sent us an invitation. I know the day but I don't know any of the details. When she had a baby, the 3rd SIL organized it but all the sisters and SILs hosted. I'm sure it's not intentional and I know it's not about me and she's really busy, but it still hurt my feelings and I didn't say anything so I can't complain.
Also, P decided to celebrate his 2nd birthday early and has been a walking temper tantrum all week. Even though it's cooler out today, I'm seriously considering shutting up the house and turning the air on again so the neighbors don't hear him screaming and judge me. I usually take him out but I have so much around the house that has to get done today.
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This is the reason my mom insisted they not stay with us (plus our house is smaller than yours, but we still had the guest room set up at the time). She and my dad stayed somewhere else, but came over mid-morning and left around 4:30 every day. And when they were here, they were super helpful - Dad did yardwork and mom helped clean and did a ton of laundry. It was perfect!
She'll come around. I'm sure she remembers what it was like, too, she's just excited.
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Along the same lines, I NEVER get responses from my bosses about emails (or recognition that she's even received my initial email,, and yet she sends emails and asks for those "respond receipts" to verify that we've read them. Gets on my nerves.
I have to give my letter of resignation/2 week notice today. I'm terrified (for no reason). I'm contemplating just leaving the letter on my boss' desk when I leave this afternoon. DH says this is bad...but I'm still contemplating it.
It's weird, too, because I see my boss all day long...
I have this fear that we will still be in this apartment when I first child comes and I will resort to using one of our dresser drawer as a crib.
Also, I am wondering if buying a house is really the "American dream"...at least here in the Bay Area. After meeting w/a mortgage broker and seeing our possible payments, I almost had fainted. It is 3x the amount we are spending on rent. I am not comfortable with that.