How long have you all known eachother?

[ktzmoh]

I'm still new here, but I'm curious how long you guys have known eachother? I've made some wonderful friends on various forums like this- I met my 3 best friends 9 years ago at a knot get together. We see eachother all the time and I hardly remember what it was like before I met my BFF! I have made a bunch of other strong friendships on another parenting board and I've probably gotten together with 10 or 12 of them all across the country over the years.

So how long have you known eachother? Ever get together IRL?

[stephm0188]

I've been around since 2006. I meet up with old D&R ladies once or twice a year, but haven't met anyone currently on the board.

[ssmjlm]

I started lurking in 2008 when we were buying.

Now my anniversary board ladies are some of my best friends and we all met in 2007 planning on the knot.

[Deleted]

I've been posting semi-regularly since late 2010/early 2011, when we did a huge house project. It's fun, so I stuck around I haven't met any D&R ladies. A couple of girls from the NorCal board once, but that's it. MrsJ and I are talking about meeting up at some point. I don't think there are a ton of D&Rers in NorCal. But if anyone ever comes to SF for a visit, let me know!

[pitterwoo]

I'm pretty new. This wasn't my usual hangout on TN, but I've really been enjoying everyone here. I haven't met anyone, but I would be all about it if it worked out.

[munkii]

I'm new. On TK/TN I spent most of my time on my anniversary board, and I'm fb friends with some of the ladies from there. I've randomly posted here and on a couple other boards for a couple of years, and by random I mean very, very rarely. I've never met anyone from tk/tn/gbcn.

[sailorgray]

I started in 2007 on D&R on TN. I've only met one nestie IRL. There are only about 4 or 5 ladies I "know" that are still here from 2007. That I remember anyway.

[cajungal]

I used to post sporadically on the nest board years ago. I just started posting on this board in the last few months. So I don't really "know" anyone yet.

[sierramist03]

I joined in 2009 and I've met two other nasties in real life

[IIOY]

I only know people here who might post on other boards. I just started lurking/posting here in the past couple of weeks because we are having some house issues and it has piqued my interest in house maintenance in general.

[aweilba]

Well, I've been posting on D&R for nearly 3 years when we bought our house.  I used to be a lot more frequent, but life has been very busy lately, so I feel a little more sporadic now.

[sierramist03]

Jan 27, 2013 13:52:43 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

Jan 26, 2013 22:44:01 GMT -5 sierramist03 said:

I joined in 2009 and I've met two other nasties in real life

But have you met any nice people? 

Of course! I met Katie and emo  

[heygrey]

i started posting on the nest in 2009, but really only started posting on h&g since the switch.

i've never met anyone in real life. i've only lived in the far corners of canada where no one wants to go :-)

[sillygoosegirl]

I started coming here pretty recently, I think in the last few month, during our home buying process. Not sure it's the right place for me. Decorating isn't really on my mind at this point. Or anyway, it's really not something I have time for. I'm a little pre-occupied with eliminating drafts, exterminating rats, and installing lighting at the moment. That's actually a step up too. A couple weeks ago it was fixing leaky plumbing and degreasing every damn thing. But you guys should see the way my Pergo looks now that it is clean... it's kind of an amazing transformation.

[abby]

I started posting on TN in 2006ish I think and then moved to the bump. I've met Pickle from this board, which she's totally normally and not a crazy ax murderer:). She's awesome in fact. I've met a few ladies from TB a well.

[rachelgreen]

I am another that started sporadically posting back in the nest days (but under my old sn). There are a couple here from my anniversary board (July 07) I believe...

I go in spurts posting over here because it seems that is how I am when it comes to projects around the house. I get into reno mode and I check back in over here. Every time I have, there are always friendly posters and familiar faces. From a non-regular perspective, it's a great board to get to know people.

[emoflamingo]

Jan 27, 2013 14:04:17 GMT -5 sierramist03 said:

Jan 27, 2013 13:52:43 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

But have you met any nice people? 

Of course! I met Katie and emo  

Haha. Well, I can be nasty AND nice.

[IIOY]

Jan 27, 2013 15:15:21 GMT -5 sillygoosegirl said:

I started coming here pretty recently, I think in the last few month, during our home buying process. Not sure it's the right place for me. Decorating isn't really on my mind at this point. Or anyway, it's really not something I have time for. I'm a little pre-occupied with eliminating drafts, exterminating rats, and installing lighting at the moment. That's actually a step up too. A couple weeks ago it was fixing leaky plumbing and degreasing every damn thing. But you guys should see the way my Pergo looks now that it is clean... it's kind of an amazing transformation.

Several of my issues seem to run deeper than what is discussed here as well.  Have you found any other sites that you like?

[pitterwoo]

Jan 28, 2013 9:49:58 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Jan 27, 2013 15:15:21 GMT -5 sillygoosegirl said:

I started coming here pretty recently, I think in the last few month, during our home buying process. Not sure it's the right place for me. Decorating isn't really on my mind at this point. Or anyway, it's really not something I have time for. I'm a little pre-occupied with eliminating drafts, exterminating rats, and installing lighting at the moment. That's actually a step up too. A couple weeks ago it was fixing leaky plumbing and degreasing every damn thing. But you guys should see the way my Pergo looks now that it is clean... it's kind of an amazing transformation.

Several of my issues seem to run deeper than what is discussed here as well.  Have you found any other sites that you like?

Start a thread if you have something you want to discuss.  There are people here doing major DIY, buying or building new homes, decorating only, it really runs the gamut.  GardenWeb might be helpful too for specific questions.  It seems to get a lot of traffic.  I've never posted anything there though, but have read threads when I'm googling something.

[IIOY]

Jan 28, 2013 10:10:03 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

Jan 28, 2013 9:49:58 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Several of my issues seem to run deeper than what is discussed here as well.  Have you found any other sites that you like?

Start a thread if you have something you want to discuss.  There are people here doing major DIY, buying or building new homes, decorating only, it really runs the gamut.  GardenWeb might be helpful too for specific questions.  It seems to get a lot of traffic.  I've never posted anything there though, but have read threads when I'm googling something.

I've started a couple big repair threads but have received no responses.  I have been perusing GardenWeb, thanks to a suggestions from wawa - there is some truly helpful information there!

[pitterwoo]

yeah, there's probably much more traffic on GW. Sorry we couldn't help you. I just didn't want you to think that it wasn't ok to talk about anything other than room arrangements.

[IIOY]

No worries, I understand. I do enjoy that I've "discovered" this board for lurking. The threads give me fantasies of redecorating my house.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I've been lurking around here since 2007-ish, but I'm not exactly sure when I started posting. 2009, maybe?

I posted on TK prior to D&R, though, and I've met up with a bunch of ladies from my wedding month board. One or two of them still hang around here - there's one on starting over, I think, and one's a mod on BC.

IIOY - keep starting those big issue threads - sometimes the right person to answer your question isn't around when you post and everyone else feels unqualified. But there are a couple ladies here with a *significant* number of big things under their belt ...

[IIOY]

Jan 28, 2013 11:12:10 GMT -5 @crackhabit said:

I really dislike GW's format. 1996 message board throwback. Too bad, too, because it's such a great source of information.


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