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  • imagenvp05:

    I don't normally post in here but just had to share something. My boss called me into his office today and informed me that I have one week to decide if I want to work full-time or they will find a replacement for me in a couple months! I work part-time and they've always hinted that they eventually want me to go full-time. But they've always said if I want to remain PT they'll be happy with the help they can get. So I was a little shocked this morning to say the least.

    I'm not sure I'd be able to find another PT job or if I even want to do that. I enjoyed being a SAHM and hoped to eventually do that again. DH is starting a new job next week with more money and (hopefully!) better hours. So maybe it's a sign...ha! I just have a lot of mixed emotions right now. But I'm not going to work full-time (can barely handle PT!) so staying here isn't an option. Just have to figure out what to do next I guess!

    Good luck nvp.  I don't think R will mind her mommy being home more or a little sibling :-)

  • I had La Madeline for lunch and ordered the chicken salad.  They brought me tuna salad. After I opened the sandwich up and took the tomatoes off (ie, touched the tuna salad) I realized what it was.  I HATE THE SMELL OF CANNED TUNA.  I got the sandwich corrected and all was good.  But now, I'm sitting at my desk and can smell the tuna.  Sure hope the lemon scented dish soap in the kitchen will mask the smell. 
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  • imagenvp05:

    I don't normally post in here but just had to share something. My boss called me into his office today and informed me that I have one week to decide if I want to work full-time or they will find a replacement for me in a couple months! I work part-time and they've always hinted that they eventually want me to go full-time. But they've always said if I want to remain PT they'll be happy with the help they can get. So I was a little shocked this morning to say the least.

    I'm not sure I'd be able to find another PT job or if I even want to do that. I enjoyed being a SAHM and hoped to eventually do that again. DH is starting a new job next week with more money and (hopefully!) better hours. So maybe it's a sign...ha! I just have a lot of mixed emotions right now. But I'm not going to work full-time (can barely handle PT!) so staying here isn't an option. Just have to figure out what to do next I guess!

    I think it sounds like the stars are aligning for you in a way that is making life decisions a no brainer!  Good Luck and enjoy being a SAHM if you decide not to look for something new! 

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  • imagealmond1123:
    imagenvp05:

    I don't normally post in here but just had to share something. My boss called me into his office today and informed me that I have one week to decide if I want to work full-time or they will find a replacement for me in a couple months! I work part-time and they've always hinted that they eventually want me to go full-time. But they've always said if I want to remain PT they'll be happy with the help they can get. So I was a little shocked this morning to say the least.

    I'm not sure I'd be able to find another PT job or if I even want to do that. I enjoyed being a SAHM and hoped to eventually do that again. DH is starting a new job next week with more money and (hopefully!) better hours. So maybe it's a sign...ha! I just have a lot of mixed emotions right now. But I'm not going to work full-time (can barely handle PT!) so staying here isn't an option. Just have to figure out what to do next I guess!

    Good luck nvp.  I don't think R will mind her mommy being home more or a little sibling :-)

    Thanks! I was just thinking to tell DH that it would be a good time to start trying for another kiddo if I stay home. Of course he'll say well now that we're on one income again we can't afford another child blah blah blah.... :) Maybe I'll give him some time to adjust to the new job before I bring that up again!! ;)

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  • imagesad5781:
    imagenvp05:

    I don't normally post in here but just had to share something. My boss called me into his office today and informed me that I have one week to decide if I want to work full-time or they will find a replacement for me in a couple months! I work part-time and they've always hinted that they eventually want me to go full-time. But they've always said if I want to remain PT they'll be happy with the help they can get. So I was a little shocked this morning to say the least.

    I'm not sure I'd be able to find another PT job or if I even want to do that. I enjoyed being a SAHM and hoped to eventually do that again. DH is starting a new job next week with more money and (hopefully!) better hours. So maybe it's a sign...ha! I just have a lot of mixed emotions right now. But I'm not going to work full-time (can barely handle PT!) so staying here isn't an option. Just have to figure out what to do next I guess!

    I think it sounds like the stars are aligning for you in a way that is making life decisions a no brainer!  Good Luck and enjoy being a SAHM if you decide not to look for something new! 

    Thanks! I'm just such a type A planner so this has all thrown me for a loop! :)

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  • My sweet girl woke me up this morning asking for ice chips. I told her you only need those when you're sick, are you sick? no, she said and I told her to climb in bed with me.

    then she got sick everywhere.

    poor kid totally freaks out when she has to throw up. It's been multiple times today. Knock on wood she's done with it and can just rest now.

    -Clare
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  • I actually got a decent picture of all three children. Looking the same direction. No one crying.  No one running off.  I may need to frame it.
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  • imagecharlotteL:
    I actually got a decent picture of all three children. Looking the same direction. No one crying.  No one running off.  I may need to frame it.

    They are so handsome.  Look out ladies.

  • imagecharlotteL:
    I actually got a decent picture of all three children. Looking the same direction. No one crying.  No one running off.  I may need to frame it.

    It is WAY cute! I love it!

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  • imagecharlotteL:
    I actually got a decent picture of all three children. Looking the same direction. No one crying.  No one running off.  I may need to frame it.

    holy smokes, they are so stinking adorable.  its like they get cuter and cuter and I didnt think that was possible! 

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  • imageKimmer123:

    imagecharlotteL:
    I actually got a decent picture of all three children. Looking the same direction. No one crying.  No one running off.  I may need to frame it.

    It is WAY cute! I love it!

    ditto!!

    -Clare
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  • imagecharlotteL:
    I actually got a decent picture of all three children. Looking the same direction. No one crying.  No one running off.  I may need to frame it.

    Love the pic & adore those shirts!  If that onesie goes missing don't look at me.

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  • imageodear:

    So someone from my old neighborhood growing up made one of those "you know you are from...." groups on FB.  I made fun of these a while back.

    I joined mine and it is actually a ton of fun "reminiscing". *hangs head in shame*

    I will say, however, that I triedto delete the one post I just made from my wall so that the whole world doesn't need to read it and it won't let me "remove" the post from my wall!  At least I tried....

    Were you trying on your phone?  i have found that I haven't been able to remove posts on my phone, but if I get on the computer "version", I can delete my wall posts - there should be a little "x" somewhere to delete.

  • imagealmond1123:

    imagecharlotteL:
    I actually got a decent picture of all three children. Looking the same direction. No one crying.  No one running off.  I may need to frame it.

    They are so handsome.  Look out ladies.

    Agree.  And Gabriel doesn't even look like the same kid anymore.  

     

  • imageCareBear01:
    imageodear:

    So someone from my old neighborhood growing up made one of those "you know you are from...." groups on FB.  I made fun of these a while back.

    I joined mine and it is actually a ton of fun "reminiscing". *hangs head in shame*

    I will say, however, that I triedto delete the one post I just made from my wall so that the whole world doesn't need to read it and it won't let me "remove" the post from my wall!  At least I tried....

    Were you trying on your phone?  i have found that I haven't been able to remove posts on my phone, but if I get on the computer "version", I can delete my wall posts - there should be a little "x" somewhere to delete.

    Nope.  At my desktop computer.  The little "x" was there for every other post, but not that one.  Weird.  Oh well, all people will see is that I did a lot of bad stuff as a kid.  I am shocked that I am not dead, and it terrifies me as a parent.

    Thankfully, there is one that can not be seen as it was in PMs, but there one person who recently sent me a friend request that I couldn't place.  It was clear that our connection was the old 'hood, but I couldn't place him.  We did figure it out, but only from a light bulb going off in my head and me asking "oh yeah-were you in the group who got arrested at the mall"?  Yep-sure was.

    Disclaimer-I was at the mall with a group, one guy stole a bunch of stuff and even though on the security video it showed that while he was stealing stuff the rest of us were clueless (waiting around picking our noses saying to each other "where is Jack") they arrested the whole group.  Paddy wagon, mug shot, fingerprints, holding cell, the works.  We had to go to court and when the judge realized that 4/5 of us didn't do anything AND there was video evidence that we were not aware of what the 1 person was doing, he dismissed the case and was pissed at the officer for wasting the court's time and making us miss school for nothing.

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  • happy dance for harmony and for jax!  :-) 

    I love happy news.  

     

  • O'Dear has been in a paddy wagon.  That is awesome.

     

  • Those of you who WAH...what time do you get up in the morning?

    I'm off right now, but so far the one day I slept until Cooper woke up we rolled out of bed at 8.  I felt SO guilty.  Since then I've set an alarm for 7...and I still feel guilty.  Once I go back I'll need to get up and get him to school, but it isn't like I have to really dress up or anything.

    Which brings me to something else - I've felt very sloppy this week dropping off/picking up C in my gym clothes and no makeup.  I've spent the days cleaning up the house and going through loads of crap, so there is no need for makeup...but still.  Tell me one day the guilt will go away. 

  • It's unreal how much I accomplished this morning (I quit at noon and took myself to lunch) while Cameron was in school.  Nap-time just isn't nearly as efficient because it could end at any time!
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  • imagekreeper611:

    Those of you who WAH...what time do you get up in the morning?

    I'm off right now, but so far the one day I slept until Cooper woke up we rolled out of bed at 8.  I felt SO guilty.  Since then I've set an alarm for 7...and I still feel guilty.  Once I go back I'll need to get up and get him to school, but it isn't like I have to really dress up or anything.

    Which brings me to something else - I've felt very sloppy this week dropping off/picking up C in my gym clothes and no makeup.  I've spent the days cleaning up the house and going through loads of crap, so there is no need for makeup...but still.  Tell me one day the guilt will go away. 

    Now that E is in day care I am waking up about 7:15, getting dressed, hair in ponytail and covering up any apparent zits and then getting E up.  I then get her up, dressed and we are out the door by about 7:40.  I look like absolute crap.

    I want to get up earlier, drop her off about 7, go to the gym and then go home, but that hasn't materialized just yet...

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  • I really want to go to Legoland.
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  • imagekreeper611:

    Those of you who WAH...what time do you get up in the morning?

    depends on how busy I am.  Most days about 6:30 or 7.  today 7:30 when I heard C coming down the stairs.

    I'm off right now, but so far the one day I slept until Cooper woke up we rolled out of bed at 8.  I felt SO guilty.  Since then I've set an alarm for 7...and I still feel guilty.  Once I go back I'll need to get up and get him to school, but it isn't like I have to really dress up or anything.

    Which brings me to something else - I've felt very sloppy this week dropping off/picking up C in my gym clothes and no makeup.  I've spent the days cleaning up the house and going through loads of crap, so there is no need for makeup...but still.  Tell me one day the guilt will go away. 

    Guilty.  Please.  I have no guilt whatsoever.  Who do I need to look beautiful for the UPS guy that brings my Amazon packages Stick out tongue  i take a shower and put on clothes (most days.)  That's enough.

  • imagekreeper611:

    Those of you who WAH...what time do you get up in the morning?

    I'm off right now, but so far the one day I slept until Cooper woke up we rolled out of bed at 8.  I felt SO guilty.  Since then I've set an alarm for 7...and I still feel guilty.  Once I go back I'll need to get up and get him to school, but it isn't like I have to really dress up or anything.

    Which brings me to something else - I've felt very sloppy this week dropping off/picking up C in my gym clothes and no makeup.  I've spent the days cleaning up the house and going through loads of crap, so there is no need for makeup...but still.  Tell me one day the guilt will go away. 

    let go of the guilt sister!  :-)  we have way too much to feel guilty about these days!  You work hard when you're awake and you are about to start a job at home where you will not only be working but I guaranty you... you will also be working ON the home at the same time.  SOOOOO you have earned an extra half an hour of sleep in the morning!  

    BE FREE WOMAN! 

     

  • imagehalfpintaggie:
    I really want to go to Legoland.

    In Denmark, maybe.  We went to the one in SD and wouldn't have if it wasn't free with the city pass.  It was expensive and didn't have much for people over the age of about 10 to do. 

  • imagehalfpintaggie:
    I really want to go to Legoland.

    I loved Legoland.  We went several times to the one in Denmark, when we lived in Norway.  I'm thinking about trying to go to the one in California while we are in Anaheim.  I still have my maps somewhere.

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  • I didn't know there was a Legoland in Denmark.  That's definitely the one I want to go to.
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  • imagekreeper611:

    Those of you who WAH...what time do you get up in the morning?

    I'm off right now, but so far the one day I slept until Cooper woke up we rolled out of bed at 8.  I felt SO guilty.  Since then I've set an alarm for 7...and I still feel guilty.  Once I go back I'll need to get up and get him to school, but it isn't like I have to really dress up or anything.

    Which brings me to something else - I've felt very sloppy this week dropping off/picking up C in my gym clothes and no makeup.  I've spent the days cleaning up the house and going through loads of crap, so there is no need for makeup...but still.  Tell me one day the guilt will go away. 

    I only get up at 6:15 because I have to get DD up and ready for school.  When I was in my 1st trimester and so tired all of the time I got her up and off to school and then went back to bed until about 8:30. :)  No guilt at all!  With the little guy I can't do that anymore, but I think I'd still get up at least an hour before he wakes up which is between 7:30 and 8.  No because of the guilt, but because I like having that time to eat breakfast, drink coffee, etc.

    Getting dressed is another story.  Yes, I'm out of my pajamas, but I'm in t-shirts and shorts all day, every day.

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  • imagealmond1123:
    imagekreeper611:

    Those of you who WAH...what time do you get up in the morning?

    depends on how busy I am.  Most days about 6:30 or 7.  today 7:30 when I heard C coming down the stairs.

    I'm off right now, but so far the one day I slept until Cooper woke up we rolled out of bed at 8.  I felt SO guilty.  Since then I've set an alarm for 7...and I still feel guilty.  Once I go back I'll need to get up and get him to school, but it isn't like I have to really dress up or anything.

    Which brings me to something else - I've felt very sloppy this week dropping off/picking up C in my gym clothes and no makeup.  I've spent the days cleaning up the house and going through loads of crap, so there is no need for makeup...but still.  Tell me one day the guilt will go away. 

    Guilty.  Please.  I have no guilt whatsoever.  Who do I need to look beautiful for the UPS guy that brings my Amazon packages Stick out tongue  i take a shower and put on clothes (most days.)  That's enough.

    Ditto on the getting dressed. Some days I get dressed to feel a little more awake and ready for the day but I dont put on makeup or fix my hair.   

    I've pretty much always just gotten up when C gets up.  I have grand plans to get up before him and go walking and when (a)its  cooler and (b) i'm not a tired pregnant person, maybe I'll follow through but i dont feel guilty about it I work my but off from the time C wakes up until I get in bed at night. 

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  • I'm so excited that by next weekend we will have a baby in our home. If the little man hasn't showed up by Monday we are scheduling an induction.  It seemed like this day would never come! Woo Hoo can't wait.
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