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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.
Good morning!
How was the weekend? Who is off today?
sometimes all you really need in life is a pink wig.
Re: Good morning!
living room and dining room are repainted and we are searching for heaters for same. chairs are primed, stuff returned, and the great purge continues. I wish I did not have to work today but those are the breaks.
You seem to be getting a lot accomplished this weekend.
I just got a much needed hair cut. Relaxing the rest of the day. DH has work later today. Aiden and I may bake an apple pie!
Had dinner at my parents for my brother's birthday on Saturday and packed my husband's hospital bag. Sunday went shopping and did laundry.
I really need to tidy my house before the baby comes (though we're also getting a pro-cleaner to come whenever I go to the hospital), but I'm being lazy. Guess my nesting instinct has calmed down.
We've also had an influx of stink bugs coming in through the screens in our windows so I spent Friday googling methods of getting rid of them. We've been using mint alcohol and have only seen one since. I hope it's working! *knocks on wood*
Where do you get mint alcohol? Did you spray whole home? We've had 5 stink bugs in the house since we moved back. I am waiting for the lady bugs to make an appearance.
sugar- they sell it right next to rubbing alcohol (it's rubbing alcohol plus mint oil). Hubby got ours at CVS and we just put it into a spray bottle. I'd never heard of it before I read about it during my research. Supposedly stink bugs don't like essential oils (like peppermint oil) so it keeps them away. I spray the screens and around the inside of the windows. We also sprayed most of the windows from the outside. My house now smells like peppermint schnapps yum! Also if you get their bellies with it directly, it kills them VERY quickly should you see a live one in your home. I didn't want to use anything harsh since we'll be bringing baby home soon so this was a good harmless solution. There are other solutions too, but they weren't working for us. I tried the soapy water (dawn and water) and it kills them, but didn't keep them away.
rb- I hope that it works out for your grandma. It must be very hard for your grandpa to watch that happen to her.