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Last 10 years poll. (Stolen from NBC)
Starting in 2002, what were the highlights or defining events of the past 10 years? 10 words or less per year.
Re: Last 10 years poll. (Stolen from NBC)
2002: Lost virginity, attended college
2003: Met and started dating future H
2004: Niece born and spring break in Mexico with BF (H)
2005: Struggled with college and career choice, own apartment with BF
2006: Out of college and full-time job with call center, engaged
2007: wedding planning, 2nd niece born, FI graduates from college
2008: Married! Stay-at-home wife
2009: TTC, finally got pregnant with K
2010: K's birth and stay at home mom
2011: Getting CPhT certification, TTC #2
2012: Sister's wedding
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2002 - Lost Virginity
2003 - Graduated High School, Started College
2004 - Broke up with 1st serious BF, started hanging out with H on the regular
2005 - Got arrested, started dating H officially
2006 - First nephew born & my sister ratted me out to my parents about getting arrested
2007 - Graduated from college, Got engaged, moved in with H, 4 neices & nephews born (some blood related some bff's kids)
2008 - Married
2009 - Moved to current town, started graduate school
2010 - Reconciled with said sister who ratted me out to my parents about getting arrested
2011 - Traveled to Portugal w/ H
2012 - completing graduate school! TTC
2002- Started dating H (although met in '00)
2003- Started law school
2004- 10th HS reunion (so weird)
2005- Quit job to finish school early; COBRA health ins.
2006- Engaged; Passed bar; Moved to VAB
2007- sister moved to NC (closest we've lived since '87)
2008- Married; Visited Egypt; Became a Godmother
2009- Moved to Italy
2010- Ectopic sadness; Adopted Lucy (2 years ago today!!!! HBday Lu-Lu. That's extra, but it's her special day)
2011- Bought condo; Cancer sadness (sister diagnosed in Nov '11)
2012-- Visited Morocco; moving home???????? (TBD)
I am going to suck at this:
2002 - First real boyfriend
2003- ummm....got a guinea pig...I think
2004 - Graduated College, got my cat, Cammie
2005- Hurricane Katrina
2006 - Quit work, moved to Charleston, SC, met H
2007 - First and only major fight with BFF ever, got Jackson cat
2008- Got married!
2009 - Started "talking" to you girls, moved to Knoxville
2010 - awful year. Just awful - only "lowlights" that I don't wish to recap
2011 - ummm...? apparently nothing exciting
2012 - got pregnant and acutally made a baby! (yes, I'm predicting the future).
2002: met Jimmy, graduated high school, moved into dorm/out of "home"/to another city, started college
2003: moved back to NOLA and in with Jimmy, switched colleges/majors/became confused as to what the hell to do with my life
2004: bought a house
2005: hurricane Katrina *sigh*, my brother died, my parents moved to Missouri permanently
2006: lived in a godforsaken FEMA trailer, completed my associates degree, became a certified medical coder, traveled to Hawaii, engaged!, first real coding job - hated it!
2007: reevaluated career choice, planned wedding, rebuilt house
2008: married, trip to Costa Rica, worked two jobs (for fun? no really... lol), pregnant!
2009: traveled to NYC, Gabby is born
2010: become a SAHM, pregnant again!
2011: Genna is born, J makes a career change which currently makes life extremely hard.
2012: So far: back to work, Gabby is accepted into our first choice French immersion school - which means Genna and any future children have automatic acceptance as well!
2002: crapppy relationship.
2003: crapppy relationship turned abusive.
2004: walked away from crapppy abusive relationship. started being promiscuous.
2005: met j. graduated culinary school. j's mother passed
2006: moved out of home, and in with j. engaged
2007: moved. came down with vertigo out of "nowhere"
2008: married! traveled to paris, san francisco, jamaica
2009: moved into bigger apartment with the vision of a family
2010: baking business took off.
2011: moved. moved again to a different apartment in the building. got bedbugs.
2012: moved! (i see your surprise) diagnosed with ms, miscarried, unemployed, found bedbugs again... yeah. this sucks lol
2002:
2003: Graduated HS
2004: Went to London
2005:
2006: Junior year of college...best year ever!
2007: Graduated college, started dating Jason
2008: Got engaged, got married
2009: Went to Bahamas on cruise
2010: First nephew was born, went to Jamaica, bought 1st house, Winky comes to live with us
2011: 2nd nephew was born, 1st niece was born, went to the DR, Winky passed, graduated with my masters, completed the IronGirl tri
2012: visited family and met my 2nd nephew, adopting 3 cats, hope to run a few races, lots of friends weddings
2002: Graduated early and started college
2003: Moved back home and started dating the guy before H
2004: Had a major knee surgery
2005: Moved to a different city with ex. Moved to Nola
2006: Started dating H. Went to Florida with H and my family
2007: Got engaged, planned the wedding, and bought a house
2008: Married!
2009: Went to Mexico with H's family
2010: TTC, Got pregnant with A, Had A
2011: Went to Florida on family trip, got pregnant with A 2.0, FIL passed away
2012: Will give birth to A 2.0 and hopefully be a SAHM
2002- Still in high school, first boyfriend
2003- First year in drum corps, started working with kids
2004- Graduated high school, started college
2005- No real high light
2006- Met my best friend
2007- Got a research grant from university
2008- Graduated college, got married
2009- Got divorced, started grad school
2010- Got engaged
2011- Graduated grad school, got married
2012- New job, going to Paris and Rome
Mine is pretty boring!
2002: Nothing exciting, in HS
2003: Met DH, started dating
2004: Same as 2002...
2005: Graduated HS, started college
2006: College...
2007: College, got engaged on my birthday
2008: Got married, Graduated from college
2009: Became a Thirty-One consultant
2010: Teaching- long term sub positions, bought a house
2011: Started first "official" year of teaching. Got pregnant, m/c.
2012: Started graduate school, hoping for a BFP and sticky baby!
BFP #1 9/1/11, EDD 5/15/12, Missed M/C at 9w4d, discovered at 11w3d, D&C 11/2/11
BFP #2 6/20/12, Cooper Thomas 3/2/13
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2002: Switched from Nursing to Respiratory program, Lost virginity, 1st serious relationship
2003: Broke BF heart before he could propose, BF stalked me
2004: Whored around, house sat 6 months out of the year
2005: Graduated college, Worked full time night, moved out, dated H
2006: Moved in with H, got Raven, got engaged
2007: Went to Atlantis, Grandmother died, got Pudding,
2008: Got Married, honeymoon in Mexico, 1st Caribbean cruise, off bcp
2009: still TTC, day shift job at new hospital, anniversary cruise
2010: Infertility Treatments, Caribbean cruise, depression over infertility, cancelled IVF, Gallbladder
2011: Nashville, stopped infertility treatments, Grandmother died, considered gastric bypass
2012: Gastric Bypass, Panama cruise, TTC again (????)
2002: Got my Associates, moved to Seattle to be with H
2003: Got my first "real" (accounting) job
2004: My niece was born! (to my 15 y/o sister)
2005: Graduated with my Bachelors degree
2006: Got engaged!
2007: Wedding planning, trip to Singapore and Australia
2008: Got married!!
2009: Cook Islands! PG on our 1-year anniversary
2010: Finley was born! Moved to Ohio, bought 1st house
2011: Started TTC, got PG w/#2!
2012: Having baby #2
Welcome to the world Finley Michael - born 2/13/2010
Baby Sister is coming soon!
2002: broke up with serious bf of 4.5 years, met DH, casually date DH, meet a$$hole boyfriend, out of dorms, into first apartment
2003: date a$$hole, frustrated with college
2004: same as 2003, bestie gets married
2005: diagnosed with agoraphobia, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, a$$hole impregnates someone else, barely graduate college, call Dh out of blue (ahhh the one that got away) and have a date right before christmas
2006: get serious with DH, move in with DH, get engaged
2007: first engineering job, wedding planning, dh's first trip to the beach,
2008: leave job, get married, move to IL, DH's first post college job, pregnant and bedrest
2009: DH laid off, bedrest, Aud was born, moved in with parents, DH new job, buy house
2010: dealing with all of the previous changes, beach vacation
2011: begin TTC
2012: hopefully losing a bunch of weight, getting pregnant (hopefully!!!!!), getting house ready for market
2003: family moved to MD, i stayed, first job, met DH
2004: h.s. graduation, traveled a ton, started college
2005: moved into apartment with BFF, started new job in childcare
2006: huge fight w/ roommate, missed family, depressed
2007: engaged, wedding planning, college graduation, moved to MD
2008: got married, started first "real" job, got phoebe
2009: pretty boring year, some camping and hiking, explored MD
2010: found great church and friends, got pregnant earlier than expected
2011: promotion, DD was born, happiness and baby blues, quit job
2012: looking forward to traveling, dd's 1st birthday, maybe moving home