October 2006 - Posts
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:34 AM
By Jeanine Happy Halloween everyone! It’s totally festive here at The Nest -- decorations, candy and even costumes! In honor of the holiday, let me begin by introducing you to some of the cutest kids I’ve ever seen -- all dressed up! This
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Monday, October 30, 2006 2:24 PM
by Katie I'm having issues with my family. Mainly, it's with my sister who lives in Colorado. We haven't gotten in a fight and she hasn't done anything rude or mean, I'm just incredibly frustrated that she lives so far away (I'm in NY). See, she moved
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Friday, October 27, 2006 8:56 AM
By Lori This past Wednesday I hit a milestone birthday, my 30th, and we celebrated with date night at a cozy Italian restaurant and some way-too-generous goodies from DH. But the number 30 doesn't resonate as much as the realization it will be my last
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Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:22 AM
By Heather I'm sure many of us have been asked the question, "When are you going to have kids?", but have any of us stopped and really considered why we want them? I have been married for over seven years and I'm at that point in my life where
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:30 AM
by Kristen “Today is straight teeth day!” I announced to a coworker as I arrived in the office this morning. After work, I’m going to an orthodontic consultation for braces--something I never thought I’d be doing in my 20s. At
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Monday, October 23, 2006 3:42 PM
by Katie October is *** Cancer Awareness Month and of all times during the year, I should probably do a self-exam. But I always forget -- or I convince myself that I'm too young for cancer, which is just ridiculous since my college roommate and bff recently
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Friday, October 20, 2006 9:18 AM
By Lori Lately DH and I have been in the middle of many people who seem to be playing the name game -- us included! While we pour over books and websites that promise to help us find the ideal moniker for our baby, we have newly married friends who are
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Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:18 AM
By Heather One of our upcoming home improvement projects is to finish our basement and make it into more living space. My DH and I started to take some basic measurements so we could begin our planning. In order to do this, we had to remove some of the
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:18 AM
By Amy I got some bad news on Sunday. My godfather had passed away. Though he and my godmother weren’t my aunt and uncle, and their kids weren’t my cousins, we’d all been close—living in the same town, growing up together, playing
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006 12:09 PM
By Jeanine Even though I have lived in the Northeast all my life and there’s no other place I’d rather be, I must admit: I really do not like the cold. I will say, there are some benefits -- my hair looks better in the winter and there are
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Monday, October 16, 2006 12:09 PM
by Katie I'm back from the business trip, and lucky for DH, I was on my best behavior! Thanks for your hilarious stories -- you made me feel a lot better about my own ridiculousness. So now that we're back to our normal lives, we've got Halloween on the
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Friday, October 13, 2006 9:08 AM
By Lori (and her DH, Matthew) After reading the likes and gripes article about spouse's habits you can live without, I decided to invite my DH to post with me this week and reveal some of my habits that annoy him. I did so thinking there wouldn't be that
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Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:48 AM
By Heather Last night, during the commercials for Lost , my brother-in-law asked my DH about starting a workout routine together. It has been a while since any of us was in a regular workout routine and my DH has been considering taking up some kind of
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:45 AM
by Kathleen I was at the airport on the morning the FAA established the no-liquids rule. I was in DC for to film a TV segment on Wedding Guest Etiquette so I had a small carry-on bag filled with almost ALL my beauty stuff. I normally don't travel with
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:20 PM
by Kristen Talk about a crazy work week. It's only Tuesday, and I'm already totally stressed (and feel like it should be at least Thursday by now). I’m only a few years out of college, so I haven’t been doing the “full time” thing
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Monday, October 09, 2006 12:55 PM
by Katie So I just found out that I'm going to the DC-area event to help announce The Nest Handbook . I'll be helping out Carley (you may remember her from The Knot!) who will be doing most of the talking, but I'm psyched since this will give me a chance
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Thursday, October 05, 2006 10:10 AM
By Amy A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my prowess in the kitchen, or lack thereof. I also said I wasn't giving up, so when I got an invitation to the Pernod Cookshop at the Institute of Culinary Education, I rsvp'd right away. It was a one-night
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:07 AM
by Kathleen Before I got married, I was an organized person. Afterward? I was faced with 6 credit cards, 4 bank accounts, 4 doctors, 2 cell phone plans, 1 student loan...you get the drift. And so began the binge and purge process. So when we started brainstorming
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:54 PM
by Kristen I love helping out with new, fun projects in the office, so I was excited when I found out I'd be helping out with The Nest Newlywed Handbook . I was a little nervous though – I’m not anywhere close to newlywed status (though I
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Monday, October 02, 2006 2:10 PM
by Katie I'm pretty excited. I leave tomorrow morning for a Caribbean vacation with DH. The catch: DH's bosses are going. It's an all-expense-paid schmooze fest and I need to be on my best behavior. It's going to be great, and I'm completely psyched and
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