Omg so the first thought that went through my head was "5 years ago..Hmm....2000...no wait, 2010!"
5 years ago I was working at the collision centre, we had just spent a nice weekend away in Banff that February, we got engaged July 1 2010, so in April I guess we were still boyfriend/girlfriend
That November we went to the Grey Cup, and December 31 got possession of our first house (we only lived there about a year and a bit before deciding where we really wanted to live)
So it was a pretty big year I guess! But pretty laid back at the same time.
ETA we both turned 25 that year, but my bday is in December so I was 24 most of the year.
ETA 2- just looked back at FB for some inspiration..this was April 10 2010 so the closest pic I could find to exactly 5 years ago! It was my first dinner theater and H's 2nd.
Oh fun! This is actually good timing to share mine. We were just getting ready to close on buying our house and we were finalizing our plans for our May 2010 wedding! Here is a pic from our rehearsal dinner, held at a local brewery.
Five years doesn't sound like much until I just realized where I was in life and now it seems like forever. I was 20 years old and a sophomore in college. DH and I were going on two years of dating. I had my first little apartment, but I spent the majority of my time at his fraternity house playing mom to everyone. I was just starting a couple of education classes and hadn't done any student teaching yet. I think I was a server at Buffalo Wild Wings at the time, but got a preschool job shortly after. Here's a picture of DH and I on my first visit to Wrigley Field that year - I'm a Cubs fan and he couldn't care less, but he plays along for me.
Five years ago... I had just moved in with DH (then fiance) and was teaching social studies at one of the high schools in the community where we were living. We were planning our wedding and just enjoying life. We were both in really good places with our careers and Just going with the flow.
I was still 30-something, doing the same job I do now, was a single mom to DS, who was had just turned 3, we were still living in our old townhome, and I still had my horse and was in my last season of showing competitively. It was still two years before DH and I reconnected and started right up again. ETA: OH! And we had just gotten our Boston terrier, Frank.
Post by mrskblack11 on Apr 3, 2015 10:12:08 GMT -5
5 years ago I was a Junior in college and would have been 21. DH and I had been dating for 2 years but wouldn't become engaged until after I graduated a year later. I would be starting my first internship at an advertising agency that summer. Ahhhhh the memories....
Five years ago this month, I was 26 and DH was 30, and we had been married for 2 years/ together for a total of 5 years. We were living a fun, fast lifestyle in uptown/ downtown Dallas. We spent our weekends going out, frequenting restaurants and lounging by the pool on warm weekend days. That summer we moved to Boston for DH's job and have basically lived the same lifestyle (minus the whole warm, pool thing- Hello Boston weather) up until my BFP this past September. It's amazing how things change. I don't miss that lifestyle and am soooo looking forward to this LO's arrival.
Of course I went to Facebook to remember what I was up to 5 years ago. And now I remember that my sister and I took our mom to Hawaii for her 60th birthday! We went to church on the beach Easter morning and toward the end it started to sprinkle a bit and then brought out a gorgeous rainbow. It was pretty awesome. And I remember we then went to McDonald's for breakfast where we thought it was funny that they served SPAM. Man, looking back at those pics really makes me miss my pre-pregnancy body!
As far as life goes, I was at my same job, living with my mom, and H and I were boyfriend/girlfriend at the time.
Five years ago I was in a completely different place in life. I was engaged, living at home, & working in a different school. I was not stressed and decently happy. Oh and I was 30 lbs lighter than my pregnancy start weight. Oh the good ol' days.
Thank goodness for timehop! Five years ago, I was working for the same company, but was still working on the production side rather than management. DH and I would have been married a year and a half. We were living in a townhouse we loved, and going out all the time (total young renter lifestyle, no weekend chores!)
The thing I remember most vividly is that I was going through physical therapy and getting surgery scheduled for a debilitating knee problem (which would take another year to diagnose as an autoimmune condition, once it affected more joints.) I could barely leave the house, gained tons of weight, had a doctor tell me I was depressed/crazy, etc. Not a good time to look back on, but I survived. (And my knee feels great now!)
Let's see. I had just failed one student teaching and was on to my second one in high school. DH and I had been married for 10 months or so. I didn't tell him how poorly my student teaching was going. Whoops. But I learned so much from that experience. I was also studying for a Praxis II. We were 22 and had been together for 7 years at that point. Oh. And so much drinking on the weekend. So. Much. Wine.
According to my time hop app…5 years ago today I was co-hosting my best friend's bridal shower. That was a fun day
Life in general 5 years ago:
DH was DBF at the time. We were living in a tiny (300ish sq ft) 1 bedroom apartment at the beach. We loved it. I was at the same job I'm at now, but in a much different position. DH was starting out his management career. Our life was pretty carefree. We picked up and left on vacations whenever we felt like it. The biggest responsibility either of us had was making sure our $700 rent was paid every month. Life was pretty good then. Here is a pic of us from 5 years ago
Five years and one month ago: we went to Big Sky MT for a week with friends to ski and drink. mid week we took a break and went snowmobiling in Yellowstone.
I got pregnant with DS1 in June, two weeks ahead of DH's and my second european adventure together. We went to Rome, the Amalfi Coast and then spent a week with his fam in the Czech Republic. (DH hasnt seen his g-ma since. I took DS two summers ago wih my ILs)
rome:
Amalfi/view from our hotel room:
Vltava River in Prague (oh hey, and the Charles Bridge):
5 years ago today was my last day with my previous company, and DH and I drove down to spend Easter weekend with his parents. He was introducing me, his girlfriend of 6 months, to the family!
Apparently in the habit of posting my Facebook status' in the third person (went back to look for a picture).
I was engaged to DH several months at that point in our second apartment together since we moved to Illinois. Working at my current job (though a different building since the company I work for manages a handful and likes to move us between them), and doing a Wednesday night volleyball league with my co-workers that always concluded with a trip to a bar in Wrigleyville where I was absolutely hooked on the tater tots. All my friends were still unmarried and no kids at that point; holy cow.
Here's a picture of me and DH at a wedding of the first of us to bite the dust (Aug 2010). I didn't have anything closer to April that wasn't a huge group shot that I didn't want to post on the internet.
ETA: DH was 24 and I just days shy of 24 when this picture was taken. I still have the camera on the table in front of us, lol.
Post by sugarkissed on Apr 3, 2015 12:42:27 GMT -5
5 years ago I was working as a flight attendant and based in Dubai! It seems like a lifetime ago and to say things have changed would be a massive understatement. I was traveling to 5-8 different countries a month and spent my spare time exploring my layover cities. I worked on the biggest, most modern aircraft and truly loved the lifestyle. Being a SAHM seemed like the worst, most boring existence, and now here I am living and loving it.
DH and I were in a long distance relationship and got engaged later that year while on vacation in Mexico.
I was 26, dating DH, and house hunting for an apartment closer to work and away from campus (I hit that point were college kids are no longer fun to live around and you just want to scream at them). According to FB, this day 5 yrs ago I chaperoned my jr high cousins to an A's game and mortified them by knitting while we watched the game -- it was fun
I was 19, doing terrible in college, and in a really immature on-off relationship. I had never even heard of my DH at the time and wouldn't meet him for another 9 months or so. I went out a lot. Drank a lot. And ate a lot. Looking back, it was one bad decision after another. I was heavier than I am now, and I was no where near 7 months pregnant.
I was still 30-something, doing the same job I do now, was a single mom to DS, who was had just turned 3, we were still living in our old townhome, and I still had my horse and was in my last season of showing competitively. It was still two years before DH and I reconnected and started right up again. ETA: OH! And we had just gotten our Boston terrier, Frank.
My sister showed competitively too! It's so beautiful but I was allergic to horses and had a serious fear of jumping so I never got into it much but my sister even did homeschooling for a few years so she could focus on riding.
I spent my last two years of high school in boarding school, with an on campus barn so I could focus on it & travel to shows with the school's tutor to keep up on school work. It was a blast. I quit about a year after that picture and sold him because I had a bad fall, almost broke my back, and was never able to mentally come back from it. I miss it terribly, but see me being involved from the ground if I ever get back into it again.
Post by honeybunches101 on Apr 3, 2015 15:20:19 GMT -5
5 years ago I was a year out from graduating law school and still trying to decide what I wanted to do. I was finishing up a 6 month temp project and trying to line something else up, and frustrated that now DH, then boyfriend, hadn't proposed yet. We had been talking marraige for months and I was frustrated, wondering if I was wasting my time living in DC when I could have been saving money and working in a cheaper city. He proposed like 2 weeks later and I eventually got a job I loved, but I remember being so upset spring 2010. Looking back life was pretty fun, when I was unemployed I could sleep in and DH would pay for us to go out all the time. Wish I could go back and tell myself it would all work out and I should have enjoyed those days more!
I had to go look at Facebook too. I was dating DH and living my single girl professional life in a condo downtown. I was in Vegas with some girlfriends 5 years ago at this time and my ten year old dog was a spry five year old pup. And I liked to hang out and drink in my Snuggie after work.
I had to go look at Facebook too. I was dating DH and living my single girl professional life in a condo downtown. I was in Vegas with some girlfriends 5 years ago at this time and my ten year old dog was a spry five year old pup. And I liked to hang out and drink in my Snuggie after work.
If you didn't say it was after work, I would be shocked to see you hanging out wearing pearls in a Snuggie. LOL
Post by baileybaileybne on Apr 3, 2015 16:51:10 GMT -5
2010 doesn't feel like that long ago to me. I had been married about 7 months by now and DH and I were starting to put money into our first home after the wedding. Shortly after, we went on vacation and stopped by Vegas and had a vow renewal in an Elvis Chapel which was so much fun. I still work at the same firm but have moved house and settled down a lot since then. ***poof***
5 years ago I was using my fake id in South beach to be a shitshow on spring break.
And a gross color of tan Also I had just met hubs about a month prior! Eta I was 20 and a senior in college-I didn't turn 21 until after I graduated-luckily I look a lot like my sister and she was kind enough to give me her old Id
5 years ago I was 25. DH and I were engaged. I got my CPA license and a few months later I started my MBA. You are going to have to go back more than five years to get anything wilder out of me than that
5 years ago I was 29 and DH and I had been married for about 7 months and planning our honeymoon to Jamaica in the next month. We were living in our first house we bought together and it was a tiny 900 sq ft house with crazy neighbors. I was working at a daycare and trying to figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up.
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