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Decade in review (stolen from 24+)
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Saw this on the Toddler board and thought I'd repost. It's fun/interesting to remember what happened each year and see how eventful certain years were! 
What has your decade been like? Post your highs and/or lows for each year!
2000: moved into my first apartment. decided on my college major. Went to Greece.
2001: finally broke up w/ my HS BF (umm... I can't think of anything interesting for this year? must have been pretty uneventful.) ETA: ya, 9/11 happened this year, that's pretty eventful.. my best guy friend from HS was in the army and stationed in Korea. We became really close and talked daily for hours.
2002: met DH.
2003: graduated from college. broke up w/ abusive BF (not DH!)
2004: got my first real job. started seriously dating DH, long distance.
2005: moved to MI for DH. Moved in together. Went
from teaching to subbing and HATED it! Started graduate school. Bought
a house with DH. Got engaged!
(I wouldn't have realized it w/out this poll but WOW was 2005 a huge year for me
2006: Became a SAH(W). Got married.
2007: got pregnant. Graduated from grad school (MAT w/ 4.0).
2008: Had my first child
2009: Got pregnant with our second child. Bought our dream/forever home. Had DD2.
CP 3/07
BFP 5/07 - Kylie born 2/08. BPF 2/09 - Alexandra born 10/09.
TTC since 8/13 - diagnosed difficulty conceiving due to LP defect. Took vitamin B and Vitex Berry to help lengthen.
BFP 2/14 - Missed M/C found at 8.5 weeks. D&C at 9w2d. Partial Molar Pregnancy.
BFP 11/14
BFP 5/07 - Kylie born 2/08. BPF 2/09 - Alexandra born 10/09.
TTC since 8/13 - diagnosed difficulty conceiving due to LP defect. Took vitamin B and Vitex Berry to help lengthen.
BFP 2/14 - Missed M/C found at 8.5 weeks. D&C at 9w2d. Partial Molar Pregnancy.
BFP 11/14
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Re: Decade in review (stolen from 24+)
2000: Graduated high school, move away for college
2001: Met DH, 9/11, of course.
2002: My mom died. Moved back to home state (but not home). Transferred colleges. Moved in with DH.
2003: Nothing major, actually.
2004: graduated from college, got my first real, full time job, got engaged
2005: Got married
2006: Got pregnant, quit my full time job
2007: Started working for my dad part time. Had DD #1, built a house
2008: again, nothing major
2009: got pregnant and gave birth to our second child.
Annelise 3.22.2007 Norah 10.24.2009 Amelia 8.7.2011
2000 - a guy in college stalked me! (all I can think of!)
2001- Graduated college
2002- got my first "grown up" job
2003 - met DH
2004 - can't think of anything, how lame!!
2005 - got engaged
2006 - got married
2007- went on an awesome trip to Europe with DH
2008 - went to Mexico, started trying to have a baby!
2009 - got pregnant with my first child and had him in November
2000: HS freshmen. Nothing exciting
2001: My mom was in 9/11. Joined my local volunteer ambulance corps
2002: Started taking college classes.
2003: Graduated HS, started college
2004:Started dating DH, stepsister stole my credit card,
2005: Transferred back to a college back home, moved in with DH, DH gets hired and goes to the fire academy, went through criminal and family courts because of above
2006: Started working in the hospitals as an emergency room technician, got engaged, helped DH start his business
2007: Wedding planning
2008: Got married, quit working, started physician assistant school, told I was probably infertile
2009: Got pregnant, quit PA school, became a SAHM and part time nursing student
Proud Mama to Mickey (12.03.09) and Nemo (06.06.13)
What has your decade been like? Post your highs and/or lows for each year!
2000: Moved out of my momma's house to live in Iowa to live with my brother and his family in Missouri.
2001: Became a hardcore Christian
2002: First REAL job working in a nursing home
2003: Graduated high school (technically I graduated early in '02); Mission trip to London
2004: Met DH on Missions to Mardi Gras; went to NY with Impact World Tours; went to Disney World; Got married and got pregnant!
2005: Had my first daughter!
2006: Miscarriage; bought our very first house! Got pregnant again.
2007: Second daughter was born!!! This was the best year of my life. Our finances rocked.
2008: Second miscarriage. This was a crap year. Total crap! So glad to see it end.
2009: Pregnant again and 9 months later I have Zo? in my arms (literally... she's asleep as I attempt to type this)
2000 - met DH (of course he wasn't my DH then) while dating his cousin. broke up and started dating my long term HS bf, his sister (close friend of mine) died.
2001- 9/11. still dating hs bf
2002- nothing major, still dating hs bf
2003 - graduate hs, mutual decision to break up
2004 - went through about 3 meaning less jobs
2005 - move out of state for college in cincinnati, parents move to georgia. begin dating loser bf who later became abusive.
2006 - finish 1 year of college and break up with abusive bf. move home to georgia. realized how boring it was living there and moved back to maryland with my sister.
2007- parents move back to maryland because they finally realized how boring it was living in georgia. meet up with DH again (still not actually married though) and we begin dating. begin and graduate hair school.
2008 - feb 22nd (1 yr anniversary) we get engaged...married on aug 22nd ( 1 yr 6 month anniversary)
2009 - got pregnant on the night the steelers won the super bowl and had him in october....he was a fan from the beginning! lol
2001: Graduated HS. Started College. Met my best friend.
2002: broke up with HS BF of 4 yrs. Not much more than that. Pretty uneventful
2003: Turned 21 and lived the college party life. Learned to drive a stick car when my aunt gave me her saturn.2004: got a summer internship shadowing a nurse in L&D. I was disappointed I didn't get picked for the NICU internship (L&D was my second choice) but I ended up falling in love with it. Broke up with my college BF after he cheated on me. Landed in the ER because I thought I had appendicitis but it was a ruptured ovarian cyst. Senior yr of college. My paternal gma died :'(2005: Graduated college. Moved into my very own first apt. Met DH. Started working full time as a graduate nurse. Passed my nursing boards. Flew alone across the country to visit DH (we were dating at this time) in WA where he was stationed with the Army. discovered I had a blood clotting disorder that landed me in the hospital with 2 clots and on medication for the rest of my life. Got engaged that Christmas.2006: Got married, moved across the country to WA where DH was stationed. Started another job in L&D that I HATED because all the nurses were mean old hags. Got a job in a different L&D unit that I LOVED and stayed at until we moved back home.
2007: DH deployed to Iraq. It was a sad year but I learned a lot about myself and became very independent living on my own and away from home. Met and became "family" with other army wives who were left behind.
2008: DH came home from Iraq after 15 months. Celebrated our "first" (but really our 2nd) anniversary together. Started TTC. Got pregnant and miscarried :'(
2009: Got pregnant with DD. Moved back across the country home after DH was discharged from active duty. Moved in with his parents until we found jobs here and could buy a house. DH went through the police academy. Never thought we'd be stuck with his parents so long. Had DD and now here we are the last day of 2009!2010 will bring us both starting new jobs, moving 2 hrs from here and FINALLY buying a house! (hopefully)
What has your decade been like? Post your highs and/or lows for each year!
2000: 7th grade lol?not much to report or remember.
2001: ok?same as above.
2002: Started dating who is now DH
2003: nothing memorable
2004: friend died in car wreck.
2005: Graduated high school and started college
2006: Moved away from my hometown to go to a larger school
2007: got engaged in Feb. and married in December
2008: school, had a great internship working with teens at a runaway shelter
2009: got pregnant, graduated college, and gave birth to my first child
2000: Partied like a rock star with thousands of people in the streets of East Lansing, Michigan as Michigan State won the NCAA tournament and were national champions! Had my gaul bladder removed after a nasty illness. Took fall semester off from Michigan State to get my health back in order.
2001: Met and started dating DH. Fell in love with him the first time we talked. Lost my virginity (that's a big one, right?). Turned 21. Watched 9/11 unfold on the TV in my apartment while skipping class.
2002: Spent 6 weeks in Ukraine during the summer for a Study Abroad through Michigan State. Took 22 credits that summer. Graduated with my BS in the fall.
2003: Got my first "real" job in my field and started making plans to get married. Bought my first car that was listed in my name!
2004: Switched jobs to be closer to DH as we planned to marry in the summer of 2004. Moved in with DH. After planning the wedding from hell, we canceled the blessed event and decided to wait longer. Became the proud parents of two ferrets, Prince and Scratch. Started graduate school.
2005: Got a new boss who promptly made my life hell. Started looking for another job. DH and I decided in December of 2005 to go forward with our wedding.
2006: The year of insanity! Got married in March, found out 3 weeks later I was pregnant, had a miscarriage 10 days later, developed severe depression and took FML from work, walked away from the job when it was time to return from FML, moved to Indiana, got another job, moved to our own place, got fired 4 months later for some insane story I would be here all day telling, and my grandmother died 4 days later. So glad the year was over, with the exception of getting married.
2007: Got hired in my dream job as a probation officer in Indianapolis. Moved again to Indianapolis (our 3rd move in a year). Found out I was pregnant 6 weeks after starting the new job (got pregnant christening the new apartment).
2008: DS1 was born 5 weeks early due to severe pre-e and HELLP Syndrome on 2/28/08. He was gorgeous and perfectly healthy, but needed the NICU for 11 days. DH got a teaching job in Northern Indiana and we moved.....again. Had to leave my job, but it was a great opportunity for DH. Bought our first house.
2009: BFP for DS2 in March, DS2 born 11/23/09.
WHEW! What a decade!
2000: Graduated high school. We-are-the-smoke-free-class-of-2000 was our mantra. Haha. Traveled all over the country auditioning for redonkulously competitive music conservatories. Started college in Sept at a Conservatory of Music, majoring in Operatic Vocal Performance.
2001: Had my first opera role in college. I was Katisha in The Mikado. Good times. Spent the summer in California (I'm from Wisconsin) living with my Aunt and working at one of her restaurants. Total blast.
2002: Went for a semester abroad to London. Backpacked all over Europe for six months and began my love affair with travel. I saw 11 countries and could absolutely not get enough of all the new experiences. It was heaven.
2003: Turned 21 and began my party years. OMG, did I have fun. Partied like a rock star whenever I wasn't studying or singing. Began plotting my travel plans for post-graduation. When everyone else was looking for a job, I was deciding where I was going to have my next adventure. My parents about killed me but I was insistent. LOL.
2004: Big year for me. Graduated with a Bachelor of Music. Three months later, I packed up and moved to Australia by myself, not knowing a soul and in search of adventure. Boy, did I find it! Spent most of my days on Bondi beach soaking up the sun and learning to surf. Worked at a very fancy seafood restaurant in Darling Harbour (in Sydney). Met TONS of amazingly interesting people, including my DH (met him right at the tail end of the year...one week before Christmas).
2005: Visa in AU ran out and my next stop on my travel list was New Zealand (was meant to stay for a year). Unfortunately, I had just met DH three weeks before and was so head over heels in love, that I only stayed in NZ a month, before returning to AU. Traveled EVERYWHERE in that month by myself though...amazing amazing time. Came back to AU and worked illegally at a sandwich shop in Bondi for the rest of the year. LOVED this time in my life. It was so carefree and beautiful.
2006: DH and I bought a house. I started my Masters Degree at Sydney Conservatorium of Music/ Sydney University. DH asked me to marry him in April and I gladly accepted. Spent the rest of the year obsessively planning our wedding from the other side of the world (lived in Sydney, wedding in Green Bay, WI)...I had a BLAST planning that thing. Started a vocal studio, teaching voice lessons out of our home.
2007: Got married in June. Spent five weeks in the States with family and a ton of Aussies who came over. So.much.fun. Traveled to the Phi Phi islands in Thailand with DH for four weeks a bit later in the year. Most amazing holiday in the universe...I actually cried when we left. Graduated with a Masters in Teaching Music in October and immediately landed a position as a music teacher at an all girls Catholic School.
2008: Traveled to Port Douglas, Queensland early in the year to go on a scuba diving trip at the Great Barrier Reef. Also did a trek through the Daintree Rainforest. Pure awesomeness. Got pregnant shortly after and m/cd at 10 weeks, which was by far the lowest moment of the decade. In my grief, I searched for a hobby and came across photography. I became obsessed and taught myself everything I know through books and online forums.
2009: Started my photography business early in the year. Shortly thereafter, found out I was pregnant again with our beautiful Delilah. Had her in October and have been enjoying motherhood immensely ever since. Am SAH right now, but will be starting up my photography and teaching vocal lessons again early next year.
Wow, what an amazing decade it's been! What a fun post!
wow
2000: Spent a semester abroad in Italy
2001: Was 5 blocks away from the world trade center...watching it all take place from the 28th floor of my dorm room building...my grandfather being diagnosed with stomach cancer
2002: grandfather passed away in january...managed to flounder my way through my last year of college to graduate on time with all the craziness that happened (see 2001 post) Moved 3,000 miles away from home to Seattle
2003: met DH
2004: moved in with DH
2005: applied to and got into graduate school...started school in september to become a teacher.
2006: fumbling through grad school all while trying to maintain a relationship...it was tough, but worth it.
2007: graduated grad school...got my first real professional job as a teacher at an alternative high school.
2008: bought a house with DH...then we decided, hey, if we are buying a house together we should get married...finished my first year of teaching...what a feat!
2009: Got pregnant just about to the day of my one year wedding anniversary. Had DD.
2001 - met the guy I thought (later, in 2007) would be my DH
2002 - cant think of anything
2003 - graduated high school, started university
2004 - cant think of anything
2005 - guy I was in love with (from high school in 2001) left on a mission for 2 years
2006 - fell in love with a new guy, then he got married Dec 06 to someone else
2007 - fell back in love with the guy from high school, when he came home from mission; dated for 6 weeks; broke up (his choice); he dated another woman, who he proposed to 11 days later (and were married 4 months after that); graduated university; met DH; got engaged; got married; moved into our first home (my first real place out of my parents) - WOW BIG YEAR!
2008 - decided to start TTC; had 1 chemical pregnancy
2009 - had 2nd chemical pregnancy; got pregnant with DD; stayed overnight (more than once) in hospital - never done that before; had DD in October
2000: Graduated Middle School and started my freshman year of High School!
2001: Started Sophomore year of high school. Bad asthma, pulled muscle in my rib cage from so much coughing, one of my bf's brother's commited suicide, and my bff's brother was diagnosed with lukemia all in the same week! And 9/11. Had my first bf and he was a jerk! Very sad and eventful year!
2002: Started Junior year of high school. Not to much I can think of.
2003: Started Senior year of high school.
2004: Graduated from high school and started College!!! Met DH, lost my virginity.
2005: Got engaged! DH moved into my parents house with us.
2006: Can't really think of too much! I turned 21!
2007: Again can't really think of too much, but planning the wedding!
2008: Bought our house in January, adopted two shelter kitties, graduated college in May, got married in June, started TTC in October.
2009: Got a BFP in January, but misscarried at about 6 weeks. Got second BFP for DD in early March and had my amazing little girl on November 12th! Can't wait to see what 2010 will bring!!!
Wow, what an amazing decade it's been! What a fun post!
2000: injured my knee skiing, had knee surgery, Mom had a stroke, family Dog died,
2001: started high school (starts at 10th grade for me), 9/11 of course,
2002: Spent an amazing week and a half in Australia, Mom had a LOT of complications from her stroke
2003: started spending more time with DH as friends (no interest in eachother what so ever at this point), started taking college classes, worked my booty off between work, taking care of my parent's house, taking care of my Mom and trying to have a life
2004: Graduated high school
2005: Had a lumpectomy, Served as a leader for a youth organization and got to travel throughout WA and to California, Oregon and Idaho; my parents seperated, broke my left ankle
2006: Began dating DH, my parents got divorced, moved into my own apartment, got my first grown up Job, was injured badly in a car accident, went to Montana for the first time, had surgery on my left ankle to repair it
2007: Mom moved to Canada, moved in with DH
2008: Got enganged, went back to work for first time since accident
2009: Got pregnant with our first child, got married, became SAH wife then to SAHM.
What has your decade been like? Post your highs and/or lows for each year!
2000: graduated high school
2001: switched universities (for HS BF), got dumped by HS BF, found out father had cancer (same day as above), met college BF, got engaged to college BF
2002: father passed away
2003: absolutely no idea, took classes, worked
2004: graduated college, moved to Japan, broke up with college BF
2005: met DH, married DH
2006: moved to Tokyo, started working
2007: went to Korea (for work)
2008: went to China (for work), traveled back to the States for holidays
2009: got pregnant, had DD2000: Graduated from high school
2001: 9/11, my nephew Conner was born
2002: Turned 21
2003: Nothing memorable
2004: Nothing memorable
2005: Transferred to University of phoenix. Met DH
2006: Started dating DH
2007: Graduated from college. Got engaged.
2008: Got married
2009: Got pregnant and gave birth to DS.BFP#1 on 02/14/09 BIRTH to Mason 6lb9oz on 10/12/09
BFP#2 on 5/28/11 EDD 2/1/12 Natural M/C on 6/13/11
BFP#3 on 1/20/12 EDD 9/30/12 Natural m/c on 1/27/12
BFP#4 on 4/23/12 BIRTH to Isabella 7lb1oz on 12/19/12
2000: Quit my job as a high school social studies teacher. Moved to Boston from TX and started at HLS for law school. Divorced my 1st husband.
2001: Spent summer in Phoenix doing my 1st associateship and then travelled through Thailand for a month with lawschool BF.
2002: Spent summer in DC doing my 2nd summer associateship.
2003: Graduated law school and moved to DC full time. Month in Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Costa Rica) after taking the NY bar (and passing)!
2004: Loving "single" life in DC although still putting up with endless crap from lawschool BF.
2005: Quit my first law firm and briefly considered catering. After 2 months of that career change, I took off to S. America for 6 weeks (Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela) and then came back to my 2nd law firm. Finally broke it off permanently with law school BF.
2006: Met DH in Feb and was engaged by the 4th of July.
2007: Turned 30 and got married in April (awesome honeymoon to Queensland, Australia (Wrotham Park, Daintree Rainforest and Lizard Is.)), bought 1st house in July and DH (Navy reserves) was deployed to Afghanistan in October.
2008: Spent the year dealing with the economy (finance attorney and my big clients were Merrill and Lehman) and missing DH. He was home in Nov 2008.
2009: Pregnant by Valentine's Day, laid off 4 days later (knew that was coming!), new (much more lifestyle friendly/work-life balance) job by June and DS born in October. Big year!
2000- celebrated the new year w/ hs sweetheart (I was naive thought I'd marry him), high school junior, started to find myself, joined swim team and made loads of girlfriends
2001- Graduated hs, started college, 9-11
2002- bad year, fell into ruts, I became depressed
2003- moved into a 2 bedroom apt w/ 3 other girls, met my BFF
2004- turned 21, got my furbaby and 1st set of stitches, failed Chemistry (I'm still pissed about that)
2005- realized, "OH sh!t. Most ppl my age are actually graduating from college and not just taking classes and having fun."
2006- started internships/student teaching, realize that HS sweetheart wasn't the best for me, 7 year relationship starts to end....met DH a few weeks later
2007- graduated, started teaching 2nd grade, moved into a house all by myself
2008- bff gets married, DH moved in w/ me, we eloped to Vegas
2009- we get pg, bff has her baby in April, I have DD in Dec
What has your decade been like? Post your highs and/or lows for each year!
2000: Met DH at a NYE party and started dating. Moved to Minnesota for 3 months for an internship. Graduated from Grad School.
2001: Moved to Savannah, GA for a job. Dated DH long distance. 9-11.
2002: Continued dating DH long distance. (Can't think of anything exciting)
2003: Can't think of anything exciting.
2004: Realized how short life could be. Got a job back where DH lived and moved back. Got engaged at Christmas.
2005: Met my "Knotties"--my closest group of lady friends--while planning the wedding. Got married and went to Hawaii. "Officially" moved into DH's house while he finished the house we had bought.
2006: Bought my car off of Ebay. Finished renovating "our" house and moved in.
2007: Can't think of anything exciting. Vacationed in Colorado Springs for our anniversary.
2008: Began "not trying not to" get pregnant. Thought we'd see what happened over the next year. My boss got pregnant with triplets. My first "knottie" friend got pregnant.
2009: 1st "knottie" baby born. Boss went out on bed-rest/maternity leave--leaving me to do large majority of the work. I got pregnant and diagnosed with Kidney stones in same day. MIL had a stroke the night we told her about the baby. We temporarily moved into IL's house to care for MIL & FIL (he's bedridden). Boss quit and moved away. Moved back into our house. Applied for and did not get a promotion. Had DS.
Looking at this--2009 was a pretty event filled year. Lots of happiness, and excitement, but also lots of fear and sadness. I learned a lot in 2009 including that DH and I are much stronger together than we ever knew, and how much you can love someone you just met. I can only wonder what 2010 will bring us....
2003: Graduted from HS
2004: My step-dad passed away, met DH
2005: Moved in with DH
2006: Got engaged and married
2008: Adopted our dog Peanut
2009: Got pregnant and had LO
2000: met my SO in HS, traveled for dance
2001: 9/11, started dating my SO (01-01-01)
2002: Grad HS
2003: Quit dancing after 15 yrs, went to college
2004: Transferred to AipH, sis went to air force
2005: SO and I broke up, took on new life being independent
2006: Grad from Aiph, became mgr at my hotel job
2007: quit hotel job after 7 yrs, started working for my company, lost both my grandmother and grandfather within 2 months of each other
2008: SO (same one from HS) and I Got preg with DD
2009: Had DD
2000 - Teaching 6th grade, had DS2 - Joshua Dylan was my millenium baby.
2001 - started Grad school
2002 - Grad school cont.
2003 - Celebrated 10 years of marriage, my dear Grandfather passed away, Graduated with my Masters in Educational Administration degree
2004 - continued teaching
2005 - DS1 - Jordan Mykal hits double digits - 10 years old!
2006 - new Vice Principal job
2007 - Vice Principal at a new school
2008 - my dear Grandmother passes
2009 - What? I'm pregnant? DD - Jillian Grayce is born in November.
What has your decade been/ like? Post your highs and/or lows for each year!
2000: graduated high school, started & dropped out of college, started dating ex that had a 3 week old baby.
2001: Pretty uneventful year for me.
2002: Again, uneventful.
2003: Broke up with bf, met DH online in April and we met each other for the first time in June. I moved to NJ to be with him that November.
2004: We bought our first home together.
2005: Yet another uneventful year - I'm sure SOMETHING happened, but I can't really remember.
2006: We got engaged at the airport - where we first saw each other
2007: Spent the year planning our wedding in Missouri from New Jersey..I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
2008: Got married on July 5. One of the best days of my life.
2009: Found out in March that we were pregnant - completely unexpected, but a blessing anyhow. Our beautiful boy came on November 5th
I can just say I'm happy to have found out I was pregnant and delivered all in the same year 