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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.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
10 Things Tuesday!
I'm going to be really busy at work today, so I wanted to be sure I got to post my 10 things before I disappear into the void of volutneers and meetings!
AND GO!
Re: 10 Things Tuesday!
1. I have been in a funk since last Friday, but I'm FINALLY coming out of it! It's such a good feeling.
2. I think the funk was caused by seeing family over Thanksgiving. I really love hanging out with my family, and I was really sad to leave them. It's not like they live far away or anything, but it's still really hard to not see them like all the time.
3. I also think being sick for over a stinkin' week contributed to the funk. Hooray for finally feeling normalish!
4. I'm trying to get more involved in my hobbies and make more time to see my friends and family to avoid future funkiness.
5. I'm feeling really calm about all my "life decisions" this morning. I go between feeling bat sh!t crazy and anxious to this total serenity and acceptance.
6. Maybe I need therapy.
7. It's REALLY raining today.
8. It's also VERY cold. I'm surprised it's not snowing.
9. I'm glad I get to spend lots of time working on the tropical plants in the greenhouse today. Mmmm toasty!
10. I'm REALLY excited about getting a massage this afternoon!!!!
1) I am happy I survived the weekend.
2) BIL no showed for Thanksgiving and never called and told us he wasn't coming...
3) I bought a couple ornaments last night for my elf. I only have one more left to find and then off they go!
4) DH and I are going to see the Muppets today
5) Part of my extended family calls me Shanny and I hate it.
6) Sometimes I think DH forgets on purpose to take meat out of the freezer for dinner in hopes I say ok lets just get pizza.
7) DH told me for Christmas this year for me he is thinking a little outside the box. This makes me nervous haha.
8) DH and I have a list of restaurants we want to eat at before me move.
9) I like to plan trips even though I know I can't take theme for awhile. I love to plan trips.
10) I would love to have doughnuts or chocolate chip pancakes this morning. Instead I will have to settle for Cheerios.
1. Rain makes me less productive.
2. I should not be typing this... I should be working on a lab report due tomorrow at midnight.
3. I should not be typing this... I should be working on a final project that's worth 35% of my final grade due tomorrow at 5:30pm.
4. I haven't eaten breakfast yet even though I'm hungry.
5. I'm a nanny... watching Supernanny.
6. Wow, it's really coming down hard. My car will be super muddy today!
7. I just have to focus today and tomorrow on schoolwork and then I'm done! ... kinda. 2 projects due online on Saturday (RANDOM day for them to be due?) And a final exam on Monday and one on Tuesday. Less important, though.
8. I really want to go run errands. I have things to returns and Christmas gifts to buy and wrap. I love wrapping gifts.
9. Can DH please figure out our December and January schedule? We are going to Ohio and (probably) Nevada in December and Illinois in January. Dates have to be figured out. I want to know!!
10. I like how dark it is outside... but it still makes me less productive.
1) It's super slow at work, so I am pretty much sitting here wasting time, but I am very glad I am making money.
2) I am almost done with all of my thank you cards! Yay!
3) H and I's one month anniversary was yesterday and I planned a romantic dinner for us at home and got him his favorite candy (nothing too exciting, just nice and relaxing)
4) H and I have a meeting with the leasing office today to go over our rent situation. I do not like the lady, so I am not looking forward to this meeting.
5) I haven't really started my Christmas shopping yet, and that's exactly how I like it.
6) I forgot to take meat out of the freezer for dinner... I am not sure what we will eat now, but it will work out.
7) I can't wait to get home because I am working on a ton of DIY stuff and it's all I think about.
8) On top of forgetting to take the meat out of the freezer, I forgot to make lunches as well. Oops, looks like Im eating Subway for lunch.
9) I am at that awkward phase where my "fat clothes" are too big, but my "skinny clothes" are too small and I really have no desire to go spend money on clothes right now.
10) I am at the point where I just wish that it would snow instead of this stupid rain crap we have right now
1. I have a major cold and it's kinda kicking my butt.
2. DH is in Vegas for work. Of course it's going to snow and I'll have to clear it.
3. I hope the roads aren't icy when I am on my way home from work tonight. I got my car in April so I haven't driven it in slippery conditions yet so I'm not sure how it will handle.
4. Our work holiday party is on Saturday and we have an actual baby sitter for P. She has only ever stayed with family before.
5. We are going to a movie after the holiday party and I'm super excited.
6. It has been SO long since we went to the movie theater I don't even know what's out.
7. I can't wait to eat popcorn at the theater. Haha.
8. I am excited to have a fire in the fireplace tonight when I get home.
9. Since DH is out of town, my parents are bringing P back to my house tonight so they can put her to bed. I won't be home until 745 or 8 and she is in bed by 7 every night. Hopefully she goes to sleep ok for them!
10. I can NOT wait until Christmas. I am so excited for P to see her gifts from Santa.
1. I am so tired today and this rain is not helping.
2. We've been pretty lucky with the weather, but I'm still not ready for the cold, ice, snow, etc.
3. I am usually so on top of the ball with Christmas shopping, but I feel very behind this year.
4. If I can find some free shipping deals, I may order stuff online.
5. Can't believe that Thanksgiving has already come & gone!
6. Does anyone watch Once upon a time? It's such a good show!
7. I thought Ben was so boring on the bachlorette and I'm dreading him being the next bachelor, but I'm sure I'll get sucked into watching the drama.
8. The couples never make up, I think they should stop having all of the fancy dates and do more normal activities.
9. I hope to finish decorating the Christmas tree tonight!
10. I tried a new sub at subway yesterday and it was really good!
1. After the crazy 3 days I had at work last week it was so nice to have 5 days off!
2. I hate way too much over my 5 days off and my pants feel tight today.
3. I need to get back on track with my eating.
4. #3 is going to be hard this week considering tomorrow is a luncheon with chinese food, Thursday is a luncheon with Angelo's (at least I can pick my food and I ordered a salad) and Friday is a luncheon with Qdoba. 'Tis the season
5. I'm kind of annoyed that DH still hasn't put up the Christmas lights outside when we've had so many nice days he could have done it.
6. I wish I could keep my Christmas decorations up all year. I love them!
7. I need to get to the post office so I can mail my ornaments for the exchange!
8. That reminded me I didn't post a pic of my ornaments yet, I"ll have to do that in a few minutes.
9. I'm almost finished with my Christmas shopping and I just want to go shopping so I can be completely done!!
10. My coworker is hacking up a lung today, I hope I don't catch whatever it is she's trying to get over!
1. Last year I made out big on Cyber Monday. Didn't have time/didn't see great deals yesterday, though. Just got some cloth diapers :-)
2. Hosting Thanksgiving was tiring. Hosting Christmas at 35 weeks pregnant will mean paper plates. No china and crystal!
3. Our tree is up, but we need to do the ornaments. I don't really feel like it, oddly enough.
4. I really need a mani pedi, and hope to get one tomorrow.
5. We have our childbirth prep class on Sat from 9-4. That's a long day!
6. We are getting new furniture delivered on Saturday and I really want DH to paint the room its going in beforehand.
7. I also want him to paint the office upstairs. Is 2 rooms too much in a few days? :-)
8. I had my 31 week dr. appt yesterday and only gained 2 lbs. I'm pretty impressed since that covered Thanksgiving!
9. Not looking forward to the snow tonight.
10. Have a great day everyone!
1. My FIL was sick over Thanksgiving... Now I'm sick
2. I'm at work because I have a day and a half off this week already and I really need to get stuff done.
3. I'm hiding in my office, drinking tea and eating Halls...
4. I have to get a snow shovel tonight, before it snows!!!
5. I'm just glad that my spot in the garage is cleared out, so I can park inside!
6. I haven't had lunch today and I'm hungry!
7. Yesterday one of my co-workers brought me some homemade soup, and I'm excited to eat that for lunch today!
8. DH is out of town for tonight.
9. I'm going to miss him, but I'm excited to have free reign of the TV tonight!
10. I should probably just go to bed early instead of watching TV.
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2. I only have 5 more weeks until I have to go back to work - more than halfway through mat leave. I am so not excited about that.
3. I have been trying to get the xmas tree put up since Friday.
4. Part of why it isn't put up yet is that I have a hard to time getting the box up the stairs from the basement & DH keeps forgetting to bring it up for me before he leaves for work.
5. I don't think I'm going grocery shopping today because I don't want to take DS out in the rain.
6. Since I'm not going out, maybe I'll try to lug the tree up on my own - hopefully I don't kill myself or the cats in the process.
7. DS is sleeping, so I really should be doing some sort of cleaning or xmas decorating.
8. It is so dark out, all of my solar sensor night lights are on!
9. I didn't go back to bed after DS's second wake up time so that I could hang out with DH before he took off for work. I liked spending some time with him, but I am definitely tired!
10. I hope DS has another good nap today so that I can lay down for a few minutes.
1. Now that I'm not working 2 jobs, I seriously don't know what to do with myself in the evenings. I haven't felt this free (and bored) in years.
2. I'm having a peanut butter, banana, and mayo sammich. Don't hate, it is delicious.
3. DH grabbed some 2% milk because Costco didn't have any 1% when we were there.....it is like drinking cream to me, I love it.
4. We started using our coffee-maker for the first time in years.....it is just ok. Maybe I need to buy some better coffee for it.
5. I bought a Groupon for the Purple Rose Theater a while back, and just called to make our reservation. We got front row seats for the performance, I'm excited!
6. I am looking forward to the book club meeting tonight. I think I am going to "splurge" and get a mocha!
7. I want to buy a tool cabinet, but am having a hard time understanding why they need to cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars.
8. I started painting a dresser, and I am getting excited about how it is turning out! I just need the weather to cooperate for a day or two so I can sand the base of the dresser.
9. I am listening to Christmas music and loving it.
10. Last night I printed about 10 recipes, and want to cook them all right.this.second, they sound so yummy!
Basically what this means is that he's going to install a stripper pole for "you". Be prepared. lol.
This sounds like a lot of fun!! I think I could really enjoy this as well.
1. As much as I hated going out in the rain today, I'm glad it's not snow, that would be a mess!
2. DH is home again this week, I think it'll be hard when he leaves next Mon.
3. We have so many leftovers from different meals, I don't have to cook this week!
4. Having dinner at church Wed. & the GTG Fri. helps me not have to cook.
5. Of course I'd like to cook the week DH is here so he can help me eat what I make.
6. I wish I had gotten my work done on the computer first before I did "other" things.
7. By "other things" I mean Nesting & playing Zumba Blitz on FB.
8. I should probably finish after I post this.
9. I can't believe that Thurs. is Dec. 1st already!!!
10. With this rain & not many cold days, it hasn't really felt like the "Christmas" season to me yet.
Haha oh no! I wouldn't be shocked if he buys something that is more for me then him haha.
As for the trip planning, I love it! I even save some of the plans in a word document just in case I do get the chance to ever go to one of the places I research.
1. I had to drive all the way up to Gaylord for work this morning.
2. I had to be there by 9 a.m., so this meant I had to be on the road by 5:30 a.m.
3. It was dark and rainy for most of the trip up there.
4. When I got there, I found out that the time had moved to noon. FAIL!!!!
5. I then drove all the way back to the office.
6. I think proceeded to work for the remainder of the day.
7. I'm exhausted.
8. I read most of TTT while driving back (I know, horrible) because I was bored.
9. I am looking at my dog scratching right now.
10. If he picked up fleas from my mom's house, I'm going to be pi$$ed.
1. Emma's birthday party was this past weekend and she had a lot of fun.
2. Between Lily's Baptism, Emma's Birthday party, and Thanksgiving in the middle.... I'm ready for a little break from all the craziness.
3. I realize that past statement is rather silly considering Christmas is now on its way, but I love Christmas
4. I have all my Christmas shopping pretty much done.
5. I love Emma and Lily more and more every day.
6. I think Lily looks just like Emma did and sometimes it's just nuts to stare at her and feel like I'm back in time when Emma was little.
7. I've been biting my nails a lot lately and it's irritating me.
8. I've been stressed out about some things lately which explains #7.
9. I'm really excited about some things going on in my life right now.
10. God is good
I have never replied to this posting but better late than never!
1. As annoying as this sounds, I am the proudest mommy ever!
2. For the first time ever, I am ahead of the game with my Christmas shopping this year.
3. On another note- I feel this is bad because there is still so much time left to shop I just keep buying more and more for my lil one! haha Lets just say santa has been good to her! lol
4. I am a full time SAHM by day/Photographer- night & weekends. I just did a bridal show the 6th of Novemeber.
5. Never have participated in a bridal show before- was quite costly to get into- and a lot of work to set up....
6. Bridal show was well worth the money put into it- have been keeping busy with 1-2 client meetings per day!
7. I'm not the type to toot my own horn and its still a work in progress but I created my entire website by myself! (www.kbanningerphotos.com)...Take that Graphic designers
8. Now that I think of it- I still need to add some music to it..grr!
9. I am in a really good place in my life right now, I have to say- I'm proud!
10. Even though we just had a vacation in September I am so looking forward to another one!