Angie tagged Kristin, and Kristin tagged me--so here I go:
25 years ago: I was 26 years old, and had just gotten over a very bad case of pnuemonia. I was pregnant with Natalie, and already had 2 little boys. Duff was busy working for Ernst and Young, and we lived in one half of a duplex in Santa Ana, and interest rates were 18%! But we had to get a start somewhere in the real estate market. Lots of good memories there. Very poor and very happy.
20 years ago: I was 31 and had 4 little children then. We had sold the duplex a couple of years before and were able to buy a four bedroom house in Westminster. It was a true fixer-upper, as we bought it in foreclosure, but we loved and nurtured that little place. Interest rates were much better then.
15 years ago: Still living in Westminster. Duff was living in Hawaii heading up the merger between Honolulu Federal and Bank of America. He was there for 10 months with an occasional visit home every couple of weeks. He was in the Bishopric, and I was the YW President, and we had 4 kids at home, so it was CRAZY times.
10 years ago: Had moved 3 years ago to Dove Canyon. So beautiful! I had a 3 year old, again. We had a sweet surprise and she has kept us young. Mike was on a mission, Josh and Natalie in high school, and Shaun in middle school. Duff and some friends had started a company and the crazy times of 5 years ago had prepared us for the even crazier present.
5 years ago: Christine got baptized, Josh and Natalie were at BYU and BYUI, Mike back and forth between here and Atlanta. I was in the RS presidency and caring for a sick friend with a terminal brain tumor. She passed away that November. Duff was on the High Council and life was crazier still.
1 year ago: Working on the new Primary year. Getting ready for Christmas and going to the cabin for New Years. Shaun was in a car accident in Park City when a semi broadsided him on a heavy snowy I40, and walked away without a scratch. Miracle! Getting ready for Josh and Meredith's wedding. Recovering from emergency surgery for my gall bladder, missed going to the temple with Lisa for her first time because I was in the hospital. Duff had sold his company, and was home for the last 18 months. Getting ready to start another one.
Yesterday: Went to church, came home, put a roast chicken in for dinner, put the garland on the stairs, rested, enjoyed the family. Shaun had friends over for movies and brownies with ice cream.
Today: Started the laundry, picked up the house from the weekend, went to Costco to pick up our Christmas Cards and do some food shopping. They had great Christmas music on and it couldn't help but make you happy! Getting ready to go on a Newport Harbor cruise tonight with some friends who have a boat and we will see all the pretty lights for FHE.
5 snacks I enjoy: popcorn, carrots, vanilla bean ice-cream, cashews, and a banana with Nutella on it.
5 things I would do with a million dollars: get all my food storage at once, buy eyeglasses and wheel chairs for people in other countries who need them, buy a boat.
5 places I would run away to: the cabin, my closet, my bedroom, the beach to listen to the calming of the waves, the temple
5 TV shows I like: Dancing with the Stars, The Closer, CSI:Miami, Paula's Home Cooking, The Barefoot Contessa, Law and Order, Without a Trace
5 things I hate doing: putting gas in the car when someone else has driven it before me and used up all the gas, going grocery shopping without a list, getting gum and crayon out of laundry, cleaning up the kitchen after I've already cleaned it and someone else has used it and made a mess again, coming up with Halloween costumes.
5 biggest joys of the moment: laundry is almost done, Costco shopping is all put away, my house is almost all decorated for Christmas, my Christmas shopping will be done by Friday, and I feel peace in my heart and soul for the gospel and my family.
I have a previous tag in my archives on October 8, 2007 if anyone wants to know more. Now, let's see: I TAG NATALIE AND GWEN AND SHAUN AND MEREDITH!
25 years ago: I was 26 years old, and had just gotten over a very bad case of pnuemonia. I was pregnant with Natalie, and already had 2 little boys. Duff was busy working for Ernst and Young, and we lived in one half of a duplex in Santa Ana, and interest rates were 18%! But we had to get a start somewhere in the real estate market. Lots of good memories there. Very poor and very happy.
20 years ago: I was 31 and had 4 little children then. We had sold the duplex a couple of years before and were able to buy a four bedroom house in Westminster. It was a true fixer-upper, as we bought it in foreclosure, but we loved and nurtured that little place. Interest rates were much better then.
15 years ago: Still living in Westminster. Duff was living in Hawaii heading up the merger between Honolulu Federal and Bank of America. He was there for 10 months with an occasional visit home every couple of weeks. He was in the Bishopric, and I was the YW President, and we had 4 kids at home, so it was CRAZY times.
10 years ago: Had moved 3 years ago to Dove Canyon. So beautiful! I had a 3 year old, again. We had a sweet surprise and she has kept us young. Mike was on a mission, Josh and Natalie in high school, and Shaun in middle school. Duff and some friends had started a company and the crazy times of 5 years ago had prepared us for the even crazier present.
5 years ago: Christine got baptized, Josh and Natalie were at BYU and BYUI, Mike back and forth between here and Atlanta. I was in the RS presidency and caring for a sick friend with a terminal brain tumor. She passed away that November. Duff was on the High Council and life was crazier still.
1 year ago: Working on the new Primary year. Getting ready for Christmas and going to the cabin for New Years. Shaun was in a car accident in Park City when a semi broadsided him on a heavy snowy I40, and walked away without a scratch. Miracle! Getting ready for Josh and Meredith's wedding. Recovering from emergency surgery for my gall bladder, missed going to the temple with Lisa for her first time because I was in the hospital. Duff had sold his company, and was home for the last 18 months. Getting ready to start another one.
Yesterday: Went to church, came home, put a roast chicken in for dinner, put the garland on the stairs, rested, enjoyed the family. Shaun had friends over for movies and brownies with ice cream.
Today: Started the laundry, picked up the house from the weekend, went to Costco to pick up our Christmas Cards and do some food shopping. They had great Christmas music on and it couldn't help but make you happy! Getting ready to go on a Newport Harbor cruise tonight with some friends who have a boat and we will see all the pretty lights for FHE.
5 snacks I enjoy: popcorn, carrots, vanilla bean ice-cream, cashews, and a banana with Nutella on it.
5 things I would do with a million dollars: get all my food storage at once, buy eyeglasses and wheel chairs for people in other countries who need them, buy a boat.
5 places I would run away to: the cabin, my closet, my bedroom, the beach to listen to the calming of the waves, the temple
5 TV shows I like: Dancing with the Stars, The Closer, CSI:Miami, Paula's Home Cooking, The Barefoot Contessa, Law and Order, Without a Trace
5 things I hate doing: putting gas in the car when someone else has driven it before me and used up all the gas, going grocery shopping without a list, getting gum and crayon out of laundry, cleaning up the kitchen after I've already cleaned it and someone else has used it and made a mess again, coming up with Halloween costumes.
5 biggest joys of the moment: laundry is almost done, Costco shopping is all put away, my house is almost all decorated for Christmas, my Christmas shopping will be done by Friday, and I feel peace in my heart and soul for the gospel and my family.
I have a previous tag in my archives on October 8, 2007 if anyone wants to know more. Now, let's see: I TAG NATALIE AND GWEN AND SHAUN AND MEREDITH!
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