I don't like to do these too much but I thought this one would be fun... tagged by my cousin Melanie! Blogging material has become scarce around here so this gave me something fun to do. Thanks Mel!
20 years ago I...
1. Had braces.
2. Had a crush on Bobby Belsher.
3. Had a new best friend named Ginny.
4. Declared my best-friend-ship with former BFF Autumn to be OVER because, hello, she had already told Courtney that SHE was her new BFF, even though she had WRITTEN in my yearbook at the end of 7th grade that WE were still BFF's, not to mention the fact that she had also told EVERYONE that I had a crush on Bobby, which was TOTALLY a secret, and Ginny would NEVER have done anything like that to hurt me, and besides that, Ginny was WAY cooler.
10 years ago I...
1. Was living in Provo, wrapping up my first year of wedded bliss.
2. Was the manager at my beloved CD Warehouse, putting Hubs through school.
3. Was getting ready for a trip to Phoenix wherein Hubs and I, along with Jamie and Eric, would be schooled in the virtues of "Market Research."
4. Wrote in my journal, "I wonder who will have a baby first, me or Jamie?" and secretly I was HOPING HOPING HOPING that it would be me, but it's funny to look back on because neither of us were even close to trying at the time. (But ultimately it was me.)
5 years ago I...
1. Was expecting TWINS (my 3rd and 4th children), and I'd just had my first ultrasound where I was told that it was either a boy and a girl, or two boys. I wrote in my journal that my goal was to "not break the 200lb mark" with this pregnancy; fortunately I only got up to 184. It was twins, people.
2. Had just negotiated the acquisition of my dad's Suburban so I would have something to drive four kids around in.
3. Was worried about Molly's stuttering, but delighted that she was starting to say new words all the time.
4. Sent Noah off to preschool!
3 years ago...
1. We sold our house in one day for too much money and bought a new one for too much money (ahh, the housing boom of 2005).
2. Noah started Kindergarten!
3. Molly started Preschool!
4. My days were spent checking on the progress of the new tile work, new carpet, paint, etc. at the new house (while we rented our old house from the new owners for a month) and making the contractors fix it when necessary (I was VERY particular about the tile work), driving Noah and Molly to & from school every day, and then once we moved in, trying to prevent my 19-month-old twin GIRLS from constantly falling down the stairs.
1 year ago...
1. I celebrated 10 years of marriage and 6 months of blogging.
2. I started teaching piano again, with 12 students.
3. Zoe and Lucy started preschool, Molly started Kindergarten, Noah started 2nd grade, and I started having a little bit of time to myself....
4. I went on a diet and lost 12 pounds (since regained).
In the past week I... (the original said "in the past year" but I changed it)
1. Worked 6 hours with the cubcouts selling Scout-o-rama tickets in front of a grocery store (along with my Noah who had a GREAT time talking to strangers and selling lots of tickets; I was so proud of him!)
2. Acquired enough supplied to put together about 30 hygiene kits for Humanitarian Services for our cub scouts to put together for a service project.
3. Did sharing time on Sunday and directed the ward choir during Sacrament Meeting.
4. Ran out of Advil.
Yesterday...
1. Worked at Zoe and Lucy's preschool.
2. Made final phone calls and emails for my new piano schedule which involves getting my house cleaned for me, some of the time - hooray!
3. Taught five of my piano students.
4. Made this for dinner, and then decided to postpone FHE to Wednesday.
Today I...
1. Was woken up at 4:15am by Noah, who was already showered, dressed, and ready for school. It turns out his clock was 2 hours fast. He honestly thought it was 6am and was quite dismayed when we told him he needed to go back to sleep for a while.
2. Watched this on the Today Show!
3. Let Zoe and Lucy take an hour-long bath together in my tub, because they have SO much fun playing in there. Such great friends they are.
4. Will go to Walgreens (to buy Advil), unload the dishwasher, practice a duet I'm singing at Enrichment this Thursday, teach 3 of my piano students, make something for dinner, and go to Pack Meeting.
Tomorrow I will...
1. Go to the grocery store to get food for my new diet... I'll let you know if it works before I tell you all the details!
2. Shop for my adorable niece's first birthday!
3. Get a big box of old toys gathered up to take to D.I., for our FHE activity.
4. Offer Hubs any help he might need in getting ready to go to Yellowstone!
In the next year I will...
1. Maintain an average body weight of about 15 pounds less than I currently am.
2. Learn to say "no" when I'm already too busy.
3. Take more pictures of my kids, who are growing up WAY too fast, and spend more time with them, quality AND quantity.
4. Make my family, Hubs and the kids, first priority in my life. Sometimes when I have lots of other things going on I neglect them a little bit. But they are my everything, and I'll do a better job of treating them that way.
How about YOU? If you haven't done this or are in need of some blog material, then I tag YOU!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Tagged / A little walk down memory lane
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Great post! And this must be evidence of keeping a journal because there is no way that I could remember all of that. I had a comment to make after most of the points, but I will try and keep this brief (which will be a challenge for those who know me).
I never knew about the Bobby Belsher crush. That's pretty funny, although he was a cute kid! Didn't Autumn move to Gilbert? For all you know, you live right around the corner from the Burnside's. You should Google her parents and see where they live! Yes, I stalk people like that.
Market Research is a real craft, a honed skill, an art. If people don't know about it, they should contact Glenn, the "hemp-shampoo" using genius of all that is market research.
The reason that you were HOPING to have a baby first and concerned about it is because almost exactly 10 years ago, I had been married 6 months and went off the pill and TRIED to get pregnant for just one month. (It obviously didn't happen.) I told you about my lack of contraceptives at some point and I could tell you were mad. And then you go, "You can't afford to have a baby." And I said something about how we could. And you go, "That's because mom and dad are helping you out. If you have a baby now, it will be like mom and dad having another kid!" Yeah, I always remembered that and waited more than 3 years to get pregnant!
I still think it is amazing that you didn't go over 200 pounds with twins! You always looked fantastic pregnant. Great job!
I'm going to stop there before I fill an entire page. But I thought that TAG was great fun! Thanks, Melanie!
Great post. I forgot all about Bobby Belsher--the crush, the name, the man--so that was a great blast from the past. I will say that, in retrospect, I was probably a better BFF pick than either Autumn or Courteney by virtue of the fact that I was experimenting with so many fewer things at the time, but Autumn was way cuter than me, so I'm still flattered and grateful for your choice.
Great post! I love your Oh-so-jr-high explanation of events!! I'm not sure if I could remember such detail...good girl!
Woah, LONG comment from Jame!
I am glad you switched over to Ginny too. :) I also had not thought of Bobby B. for SO many years. How funny.
I just loved this post, and there are too many things to say. So I'll quit now.
The details are all in my journal... I was a very prolific journal writer during the drama of middle school! (And unfortunately the journal writing seriously dropped off during the much more important times of, say, getting married, having babies, etc.) Kind of sad really, but for posts like this I have TONS of dumb material available.
I had a feeling you didn't referenced back to a journal or something. That's pretty cool that you kept that!
I think it's hilarious Noah was ready for school at 4:15! I once got ready for school on a Saturday...it's a bummer. What a fun post, maybe I'll do it in a few days or so.
Sara, I loved your walk down memory lane, i think I might give it a try this week.
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