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2011: highs and lows
In your personal life, what have been some of your highs and lows for the year?
Highs: Trips to NH, NYC, and Rockport. Finishing the MS bike ride with little training. Deciding to start the adoption process. Seeing my kids from work graduate HS and start college.
Lows: breaking my wrist, gaining some pounds, not getting a job I wanted. Guess I can't complain too much if those are my lows.
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Re: 2011: highs and lows
Highs: Stees coming to visit, Ellie's first birthday and an overall awesome year with her, winning a few different awards at work including Salesperson of the Quarter, my visit to PA.
Lows: Multiple dental problems, car and house issues that lead to us incurring cc debt. But that's really about it. All in all it was a great year!
Highs: Definitely the trips we took, 1 to the Cape and 1 to CA for 2 weeks.
Lows: This year has been pretty good, I would saw the low for me is just all the doctor visits.
Highs: Our trip to Texas/Arkansas, having the girls visit in October, watching our niece learn all sorts of new stuff this past year, year number three of being healthy for me, seeing my uncle who lives in texas 4x's in one year, new responsibilities at work and two raises.
Lows: My Nana having cancer twice in <6 months, my parents dealing with my Grandpa's dementia/placing him in a home, some poor debt planning on my part with my car payments which i JUST realized this year. thats about it. thankfully it was a pretty good year.
Highs: trips to Cleveland for my b-day and with our BFFs, trip to see my Dad in October, getting pregnant with my daughter, getting our new front door, deciding to go to Jamaica next year, getting bonuses and raises at work this year, DH ranking #2 on the promotional list, getting a day shift position at work
Lows: tree branch fell on my car prompting $1000 in out of pocket expenses, getting my wisdom teeth out, second miscarriage and D&C.
2011 wasn't my best year. :-/
Congrats to both my TTC buddies, Amberley18 and sb2006 on their beautiful babies!
Highs: The birth of our beautiful baby girl, my new car, our first family vacation.
Lows: the loss of my best friends dad, not finding a teaching job like I wanted.
overall it has been a pretty good year.
Highs: Being in our house for a year, Maci's 1st birthday, Road trip to Florida, Road trip to Colorado, Being able to reconnect as a couple, My brother graduating high school and going to his first choice college, Joining a bowling leauge to spend more time together and with friends
Lows: Our basement flooding, the mouse that just wont leave, my nana being in the hospital, Jon's grandmother passed away.
Not too shabby of a year. Hope 2012 is even better for all of us!!
Highs- Charlotte- she is a lot of them. A raise at work (I will take anything), a new car, a new house.
Lows- flooding in basement (even more so while i am pregnant or home with a newborn), diagnosis of diabetes, not getting the promotion I wanted, being poorer than we would like to be.
Pretty good year I would say.
Highs: Moving into a new place, getting a raise, H getting a job he enjoys, nearer to our home, our baby nephew.
Lows: Surgery #3, Gram getting lung cancer and subsequent radiation, being away from my friends while they all have babies.
Stand up for something you believe in.
Highs: Not too many, gotta say. New bigger apartment, doing well in school, everyone (for the most part) healthy.
Lows: Losing my job, getting hours cut at present job, needing to move b/c of flood in the building, scraping by financially, realizing I should see a psychiatrist for my anxiety which is getting worse...on and on and on.
I hope 2012 is better.
highs: starting my own business (BIG high!), our trip to DC, trip home this summer, our weekend getaway for our anni, getting my new camera
lows: some unexpected house expenses, Diesel getting hurt, Ellie's back problems, and a bunch of family BS.
I'm feeling really good about 2012, I'm anticipating a LOT of good things!
Highs: trips to Hilton Head and New Orleans; paid off all of our debt other than our mortgage; had some great weekend getaways; my bff finally moving home from out of state
Lows: my grandad's dementia; the tornadoes; still not pg
Highs: Two job promotions, resulting in me doing what I love; pole dancing; read a lot of great books; and the Incubus concert with MOH, which was the first time I'd seen her since the wedding, since she lives in Miami.
Lows: D's ongoing job search, losing my rings, and some rough family stuff.
Highs: The birth of Kyler and watching him grow. Getting to have Kyler meet his great-grandpa in CA. Getting a new car: after you drive the same one for 14 years, it's kind of fun to roll down the street in a new ride. Particularly an AWD one with a winter package to survive sh!tty Nebraska weather.
Lows: Getting lactational atrophic vaginitis. In other words, breastfeeding has caused it to be impossible for me to have sex. H and I are coping but it's sad we can't have that level of intimacy until I wean. Realizing my job is making me depressed because it's not what I want to do with my life, but not feeling financially ready to take out loans to go back to school to be a nurse.
Highs: H starting his own business, which has been successful and profitable even in this down economy; everyone happy and healthy; starting TTC; trips to Florida and Denver (dinner by Nooner was of course a highlight)
Lows: Some growing pains with DH and the biz, not being pg yet, some minor health stuff with my father.
Overall, can't complain!
Wow, I had never heard of this condition. That must be really hard for you and H! Hang in there...and I hope once you wean everything goes back to normal.
I'm also sorry to hear what you're going through Tara:(
Highs: Being blessed with my beautiful boy Nathaniel; he makes everything better! Getting my new job with better health insurance, getting our new house
Lows: Some of the bad fights I've had with H, the financial strain due to the house and cost of child care.
Highs: the birth of Nathan. He's been the best part of any year so far that's for sure! Getting raises at both jobs, Kevin's pay being reinstated then getting a raise, Kevin getting a new car, my mom getting a job and an apartment, my brother moving back to NY, and overall our family's health has been good.
Lows: my grandpa passing away, some of the adjusting to having a child and dealing with the impact that has on our friendships.
Really it has been a great year. Nathan has brought so much joy to both Kevin and I that I think it's really hard to remember the lows.
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Highs: everything involving Samma, Sam's 1st birthday party, visiting with Stees and Ames in PA, applying for and being accepted at UMass
Lows: our marriage issues and dealing with my own problems, money and credit card debt arguments, fear of losing my job
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