Starting Over
Dear Community,
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.
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.
Re: Poll time. It's random. You'll love it.
1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why?
8. Happy to be moving on with my life, but not a 10 because I am stressed about the divorce
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you?
Love my job. I am a fitness and yoga instructor.
3. What do you do to relax?
Yoga, Wine
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting?
Races. I love running races and triathlons. Mud races too
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet.
I love both of my dogs but my male is so sweet and lets my kids do whatever they want to him. Dress him up, ride him...such a love
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you.
being late
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself?
That I am adventorous and a go getter
1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why? Probably a 7. There is a guy I like who likes me. Just neither of us want something serious. But it's fun flirting and being made to feel sexy
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you? Yea, actually. My coworkers are great too
3. What do you do to relax? Write or clean
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting? I dress up in bodices and corsets for weekends and help transport people back to the 1500s
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet. My dog is very skittish when it comes to new people. It can take her awhile to warm up to them, especially guys. One guy friend came over and the first time he was here, she was in love with him almost right away. I was having a party and this friend came over. It was only the 3rd time he has been over. As soon as she saw him, she got really excited. The friend I got her from just watched in amazement as she knows how shy my dog is with guys. Even she couldn't believe it.
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you. Something not put away when it's place is nearby. Like a dirty dish on the counter when the sink is not even 2 feet away
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself? I try to be very real. I wear my heart on my sleeve and I am not one to play games
1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why? 9. Lying in D's bed right now, reading a sweet text he sent from work, and working on getting poll volunteers for a local election campaign.
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you?
sadpanda face. I don't have a job right now ::shakes fist at the economy:: I'd love to be doing the work I'm volunteering to do right now for pay; my stupid JD and the economy seem to be getting in the way, though.
3. What do you do to relax? I drink wine...and bake brownies...usually at the same time. Sometime I'll pretend to do yoga, but the wine often interferes.
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting? I volunteer with human rights orgs, women's rights org, reproductive rights orgs, and political campaigns. I like working with people - getting to be part of the moment where someone realizes that their actions really CAN make a difference is amazing! - and I love being able to crawl into bed at the end of day knowing that, if I didn't make the world better, at the very least I didn't make it worse.
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet. My favorite pet is my cat Thomas who stbxh has custody of (don't ask, I'm still not happy about it). Not so much a story, but the thing I miss most about him is his emo personality - we were so perfectly matched! He would come sit next to you, but then start to grumble if you even so much as THOUGHT about petting him. He also wouldn't let me hold him like a normal cat, I had to hold him like a child, i.e. his legs on either side of my torso, and his arms and head up on my shoulder. I miss my kitty.
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you. Lots of noises while eating. ::shudder::
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself? Trite but true answer? My passion to make the world a better place.
"You don't get to be all puke-face about your kid shooting your undead baby daddy when all you had to do was KEEP HIM IN THE FLUCKING HOUSE, LORI!" - doctorwho
1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why? 6...it's morning, I'm at work, but Gchat is actually working today so BF and I can chat
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you? Yes...it's a little tedious sometimes, but it's a field that I've wanted to be in for a long time, and I feel like it's important work, which is good
3. What do you do to relax? Read, watch tv, cuddle, cook/bake
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting? Dancing and cooking...I love learning new moves in dance and coming up with new flavor combinations in baking!
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet. I've only ever had one...she was a black lab named Jasmine. You could put a treat on her nose and tell her to stay, and she'd sit there and stare at it cross-eyed until you released her--then, she'd flip it off her nose into the air and catch it in her mouth! It was pretty impressive to watch!
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you. I'll agree with whoever said when people clip their nails at work
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself? My intelligence
1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why? About an 8... Tomorrow is my last day with my office job, I am following my dream and doing EMS full time, I (for the first time in my entire life) have my own place... etc
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you? Tomorrow is my last day at my office job... I am leaving it to do what I LOVE (full time EMS)
3. What do you do to relax? Smoke (don't judge), sleep and play with my guinea pig Oscar
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting? My job as an EMT
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my pets... so everything they do makes me laugh and smile
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you. People who talk crap about other people, because other do it.
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself? I am very kind and loving.1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why?
9, because it's kind of chilly out and I'm sleepy (otherwise it'd be a 10)
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you?
I absolutely love it. It's to the point where I love being at work just as much as I love being at home.
3. What do you do to relax?
I run on the treadmill while watching TV. It's a great combo of escapism and burning off nervous energy.
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting?
You're looking at it. Knot/Nest people really broaden my world.
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet.
I don't know if she's my favorite, but one time Mr. Kuus and I went on vacation and boarded our rabbits and turtle in this pet hotel. On the first night we were at our destination, I got this emergency call from the hotel about our one rabbit, Calypso. The on-site tech was super confused because she was making this weird noise, as though something terrible had happened to her respiratory system, but she was still acting happy and hungry and curious as though she isn't sick at all. I asked if they could put her on the phone so I could hear it (I was pretty sure I knew what it was, but wanted to be sure), and they acted like I'd lost my mind, but it was either that or they do their best impression of the sound. Anyway, it was what I'd thought - she was making that awful grunty sound she makes when she's trying to imitate human speech (rabbits don't naturally make much in the way of vocal sounds at all). They'd have probably keeled over if they'd heard her make her approximation of the sound I make when I'm really annoyed (it's actually a pretty good impression of me, I've been told).
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you.
f*cking uncapped pens
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself?
My lack of acceptance of the world, I guess? I'm not sure what to call it.
1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why? - 9. My kids and family are healthy and I'm in love. It can't get much better.
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you? Nope. Not even remotely. Okay. That's not entirely true, I'm good at what I do, and I like my coworkers, but my background is in Finance (that's not what I'm doing now) and I'm working towards getting back in that field.
3. What do you do to relax? Exercise. For serious. Nothing relaxes me more.
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting? Can't really think of anything
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet. My cat Trouble, was an awesome hunter. The problem was, that she liked to skin her catch and then leave it out for me as a gift. The first time this happened, I saw something red sitting in the middle of the carpet. I went to pick it up and right before I grabbed it, I saw the tail, it was a mouse. I promptly called my BF's (at the time) best friend to come over and clean it up for me. I learned my lesson after that!
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you. Any other time I could think of a million and one other things, right now I'm drawing a blank
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself? I think that I am a good person. Kind and caring and always willing to give the shift off of my back to help someone else.
Kelly Monaghan's 5K - 5/15/11 - 3rd Place in AG
Walk the Talk 5K - 5/18/11 - 31:12 PR
Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/14/12 - 1st race of the year, 32:45
1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why? 9, I have my health, my pets (for the most part) are healthy, my family is awesome and so is the BF. I couldn't ask for anything more.
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you? This is the reason I am a 9 from the previous question. I don't like me job and there is something else I would rather be doing. I am actually in the process of making that happen.
3. What do you do to relax? Exercise, walk the dogs and clean
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting? train for the Ironman 70.3
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet. She is cute as hell. Anytime I talk to her, she looks as me as though she knows exactly what I am saying. She folds her little ears and then makes noises as though she is trying to respond.
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you. When someone says "seen"instead of "saw" or when they add an "s" to words that shouldn't have an "s" i.e. "somewheres."
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself? My athletic ability.
They see us rollin'...they be hatin'.
1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why? 8. well i was really happy, but then i overate at lunch. I was happy just to get away from my desk. otherwise i was angry dealing with an unqualified engineer
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you? love it. no, couldn't imagine doing anything else.
3. What do you do to relax? run, work out, box, read, shoot my bow
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting? i'd say boxing/sparring is pretty exciting, i archery hunt, love opera.
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet. Shiver, my kitten, my little baby, i lover her to death, but...she sure can be a demon child...this little tiny ball of fur has mastered the art of the perfectly delivered b*tch slap. But as tough as she is, she is terrified of the out doors. we opened the windows and she hid under the bed until an hour after we closed them. I took her outside and she was fighting not to go. It's about the only time you can hold her for a long period of time when she isn't acting like a velociraptor.
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you. when the dog follows me around the house. I'm a cat person...so i hate living with a dog, but FI has a dog, so i have to get used to it. we have at least broken the neediness and set boundaries so she doesn't interupt our sexxy time on the couch by licking his feet...nothing ruins the mood more than that.
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself? my ambition and drive or if we are talking physical characteristic, my eyes
1. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you at this exact moment? Why? 6.7 I have a raging headache and my director is stresing me the eff out but I am happy about my promotion, it is Friday, and my birthday is coming out. So I am more or less happy just kinda stressed at the moment.
2. Do you like your job? Is there something else you'd rather be doing? Why aren't you? 9 days out of 10 I like my job. I just got a big promotion a few weeks ago which helped with my job satisfaction. I would rather be running an animal shelter, I am not because I do not have the money or resources that would be necessary to do so.
3. What do you do to relax? sketch, color (like in coloring books), write, read, if it is nice weather sit on my porch with a beer, hot baths, depends on my mood.
4. What do you do that's enriching/exciting? I am a mom of 2
5. Tell me a story about your favorite pet. My dog is my protector and whenever I am upset he sits in my lap until I am happy again. Not much of a story but he is my baby.
6. Tell me something trivial that annoys you. People speaking in the first person
7. What's your favorite thing about yourself? Physically my eyes, non-physical my biting sarcasm and wittiness.