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A Decade in Review

It’s really hard to believe that we’re about to enter 2010.  It seems like yesterday everyone was flipping out about Y2K and the world was going to end.  I feel like this past decade has brought about more significant life changes than probably will ever happen to me again.  Perhaps I’m wrong…ask me in another 10 years

So I thought I would do a review of the last decade and reflect on how far we’ve come.

2000- I was a freshman in high school.  I can’t remember anything big that happened that year.  But I know I spent the night at Virginia Hines’ house ringing in the new year with a bunch of girlfriends and I’m pretty sure we watched Spice World a few times while playing the BS card game for seven hours.

2001- I met my husband to be.  He was the student assistant for our all-girls choir.  What a dream job for him.  I also went to Washington D.C. and saw George W. Bush  inaugurated for the first time.

2002- I was on the varsity cheerleading squad.  I had mono for a long time.  Got to know Kevin better…and he boldly sent roses to my house on Valentine’s day when I was dating someone else.

2003- Kevin and I started officially dating on March 1st.  I auditioned at Samford for a music scholarship.  Graduated high school and moved into a 6 story building where I would share a bathroom with about 30 other females.

2004- Surprisingly, I have no significant memories from this year.  I suppose I made several road trips to Berry College.

2005- Moved into my first apartment with a roommate.  Kevin asked me to marry him on October 21st.  He graduated early in December.

2006- Had my senior voice recital.  Spent a lot of time planning a wedding.  Came to the realization that I did not want to teach high school choir (which had been my plan all along).  I decided I am much better suited for little kids.

2007- By far the biggest life changes happened this year.  I got married, took a honeymoon to Cozumel, finished student teaching, graduated college, got hired for a teaching job on the exact day I had prayed for, and we bought a house in June (moved in September).

2008- Maggie Magoo entered our lives; enough said.  I truly started to care about college football and my marriage improved dramatically.  Kevin and I went to our first UT game together in Knoxville.

2009- Lane Kiffin took over as head coach of UT football.  I started my cake business Art by the Slice.  I really started to feel like I’m getting the hang of this teaching thing.  Our first sweet nephew was born!  Kevin finished his MBA at Samford; so proud of him.

2010- Who knows what it has in store?  I can already tell you a couple of things.  We are taking a trip to Cancun at the end of the month (thanks to my awesome husband doing a great job at his work!)  We are finally going to take our trip to NYC in June.  I  meant it, we are really going this year!  My big bro will get to move back to the states and be much closer to us, hooray!  And then there’s always the question of when will we move to Knoxville…most likely not this year but stay tuned.

Here’s to a new year with new challenges and new blessings.  Happy 2010!