What will your 10 things be?

[nesser1981]

The 10 moments you'll never forget? For the Book of Me challenge in this month's portfolio.

Gosh, I'm having a hardtime. So far I have 8.

[jessica31876]

I saw that and was wondering if they have to all be the positive things. I know there are lots of things that are memorable to me but are not necisarily happy...some are sorta bittersweet or even sad.

[ColleenSwerb]

They definitely don't have to be 10 happy things. It just says 10 things. So it can be all happy, all sad, or a mix of whatever.

[nesser1981]

This is what I have so far.

1. The day that Keira was born.
2. The day that Cooper was born.
3. The day Sean and I got married.
4. The Storm of the Century in Horseshoe Beach, Florida.
5. The day that my Granny Ethel died.
6. September 11, 2001
7. My 12 week ultrasound with Cooper
8. The first time Keira saw Cooper
9. The day President Obama was elected

Not in any order, I still need that last one.

[Robin Carlton]

Great post Vanessa - gonna try to see how many I can come up with. Here's my list...

1) When I was in 4th grade Santa gave me a box of catfood and told me to look in the bathroom for a special present. I ran in there thinking "OMGosh a new kitten" - went in, couldnt find anything. Came back out to mom crying and she was like "what?!". Silly kitten had crawled in between the layers of the little bed my mom had made it from some blankets.

2) The day any of my three kids were born - each birth was special and different and I remember specific things that happened at each event.

3) The day Rocky proposed to me. We were in San Diego for spring break, had had a beautiful dinner, gone on a horse and carriage ride by the bay and when he popped the question back in our room, I said yes and then threw up the rest of the trip.

4) The day our dog Charlie died a few months back.

5) My grandpa's funeral and being the only person in the family who wouldn't go look at his body. Loved him soooo much, but just don't get that at all.

6) Our last day in Hawaii on our recent trip. Smooching as the sun set while valet was grabbing our car so we could head to the airport. Bittersweet.

7) My wedding day.

8) The day my mom had a stroke back in October. Worst phone call of my life to date.

9) Katie's first "big show" - she's the first of our kids to perform and watching her do it was such a "proud mom moment".

10) How much we hated the Disney Cruise on our honeymoon. LOL.

[Robin Carlton]

OOOh vanessa - I love your "world" events like 9/11 and Obama being elected.

[nesser1981]

Thanks Robin.

Love yours too. I'm still stuck on my last one.

[heathergw]

We went to Disney World for our honeymoon... we pretty just stayed at Epcot to avoid all the kids, lol.

I love the lists you guys have!

[jessica31876]

1.the day my husband and I got married

2.the birth of my three children.

3.the day my neice and nephew died in a house fire.

4.the day my nephew came back to see us after being put up for adoption and being gone for 18 years.

5.the day my husband and I seperated for a year

6.the day we reconciled and I moved back home .

7.the day my daughter did her solo performance at school. She dedicated the song to me as a combination brithday present and mother's day present. She sang one of my favorite songs called "Only Hope" by Mandy Moore. She was amazing.

8.the first time I voted in a presidential election. I was 32 years old. I just never really got around to registering and going in to vote was such a big deal for me (even though the person I voted for did not win)

9.the day my mom died. We had not talked for a really long time because honestly my mother was never really a mom to me. It still was a painful thing to go through because it meant I would never have the relationship with my mother that I longed for.

10.the car accident my husband, son and I were involved in on November 23rd, 2008. I have pain in my neck and headaches as well as numbness from time to time in my arm/hand. The guy who hit us lied and so its been a long drawn out ordeal because of his lies.

[nesser1981]

I did my page, I'm still trying to figure out that last one.

I feel like I want it to be another event in History.

[scrap2day]

Originally Posted by nesser1981

I did my page, I'm still trying to figure out that last one.

I feel like I want it to be another event in History.

Oh Vanessa that page is awesome!

[nesser1981]

Thanks, I want to finish it. LOL!

[jessica31876]

I have a few more that I would never forget.

Hurricane Charley and Hurricane Andrew...

when the shuttle blew up on take-off. I can remember nearly every detail of that day.

then the explosion when the shuttle was coming in for a landing.

the day we made our final payment on our mortgage. I cannot say how much of a relief it was to know we owned our home no matter what happened.

in a few months I will be able to add the day my daughter graduates high school.

[rochelle789]

Any school/job related events you could add as the 10th?

[nesser1981]

No, I guess the day I got of the Air Force could count. I guess that was important. LOL!

[crecia27]

Originally Posted by nesser1981

Thanks, I want to finish it. LOL!

Didn't you live in Alaska for awhile? (I hope I'm not thinking of someone else!) I know one of my 10 will be the day I left for Alaska - I just knew I was going off to a barren wasteland! Of course the day I left there could be on the list too!

[nesser1981]

yeah, I did live in Alaska for 3 years. I'm thinking I might put my first day in Japan, I just have to find a photo to scan.

[scrapperjade]

I haven't looked over the portfolio yet, but these are the top 10 things that popped into my mind:

1) Moving to where we live now when I was 13 years old (it was a hard move)
2) When my BFF's dad was accused, then found guilty, of being a child molester
3) Being there for my nephews birth
4) My nephews diagnoses of Leukemia
5) My engagement story
6) My wedding day
7) Moving back to the small town I was raised in (and the feelings it brought)
8) Finding out I was pregnant
9) Having my first ultrasound
10) Seeing Avalynne for the first time

[jaylensmom]

ok my life sucks big time because i'm struggling big time with this one

[emmasmommy]

1. the day I realized I was adopted
2. the day my dad called to tell me I was an aunt
3. the day I miscarried
4. the day I knew I was pregnant with my girls
5. the day I say my girls for the first time
6. they day my mom had her knees replaced
7. the day I had my gastric bypass surgery
8. the day I fit into a size 8...no more double digits
9. the day I got back together with my husband
10. my wedding day

[sprauncey1]

My problem is narrowing it down! I apparently have a really good memory and probably could come up with 100 things I could not forget. DS#2's first year of life would take 10 all by itself! I do like how you all combined the kiddos births since they are all very important, but you don't necessarily want to rank them one over another.

[carriesmom]

Let see...

1. My wedding day
2. Carrie's birth
3. Molly's birth
4. Day I quit my last job.
5. Day I got into law school
6. Day I passed the bar
7. Day I got into my first store CT
8. Day my grandpa died
9. Day I found about Carrie's allergies
10. Day we moved into "our house."

I could do more.

[nesser1981]

I finished.

[aggiefamily]

1. Thanksgiving 1996- the day I knew I would marry Billy
2. October 3, 1998- the day I got married
3. September 14, 1981- the day my youngest brother was born
4. August 18, 1983, June 5, 2001, September 24, 2005 and September 13, 2008- the days of tropical storms/hurricanes
5. January 1993- the day I got my acceptance letter to A&M.
6. October 2009- the day I woke up
7. November 21, 2002- the day Garrett was born
8. March 2, 2005- the day Lance was born
9. July 1990 (ish)- the day I was baptized
10. August 23, 2010- the day my baby goes to kindergarten. (yeah, I know it is in the future)

[nun69]

I actually may have trouble narrowing it down to 10

1. Jan 08, 1991 - the day I joined the Navy
2. August 1992 - I found out I was pregnant with Sam and had to make a dreadful phone call to DH {just a boyfriend at the time} when he was stationed on the ship in Japan ...we are still together 17 years later
3. Dec 19, 1992 - my wedding day...it snowed
4. Apr 16, 92/ Feb 8, 01/ Jan 10, 06/Jul 20,07: the day all my children were born!
5. Jul 2001 - seeing my grandfather in the hospital {he passed away about 15 mins before I got there and I had flown all the way from Sicily with 2 kids to say goodbye} an dhearing my grandmother say {as she is holding my son who was only 6 months old} "one goes out of this world and one comes in"
6. Nov 30, 2008- the day I left my family for Kuwait {the hardest day of my life}
7. May 20, 2009- the day I found out that I made E-6 and I was on my way to Qatar for R&R....made my time in the desert bittersweet
8 Jul 10, 2009- the day I came home from Kuwait...the BEST day of my life so far!
9. Aug 10, 2009 - the day Matt and I took a vacation of our own with no kids and landed in Vegas!!!!
10. Aug 27, 2010 - celebrated my 40th birthday in Vegas with my best friends {future, but I know it will be a day I never forget!}

[dana]

i haven't thought about this yet - LOL - but i'm going to see what i can come up with right now ... i won't be able to do a page with pics because some of these are going to be from when i was a child ... (these are not in chronological order - LOL - obviously!)

1) the night i met my husband
2) the day i got married
3) the day i had audrey/the day i had juliette
4) 9/11/2001
5) the day of the blackout in NYC (and other cities)
6) my day i had my first 'real' kiss
7) the day we found out we would lose our second baby
8) the day i got a sunfish (boat) for my birthday (i had been BEGGING for months)
9) the day i got into college
10) the day i got my CPA

this took longer than i thought it would ... and i'm not sure if they'll be my final 10 ...

[joelsgirl]

Originally Posted by aggiefamily

6. October 2009- the day I woke up

Were you in a coma? I don't really remember that...

I LOVE this prompt because I have lots of memories that don't really deserve their own page but are still important to me. I had trouble limiting it to 10.

1. The summer before 10th grade talking with Craig Campbell about how everything would change when we went high school, and he put him arm around me and promised me that he wouldn't change...he then proceeded to spend high school in a drunken stupor.
2. The first time I went home in college only to find that I had suddenly become the queen of the world in my parents eyes and to realize that they actually weren't as dumb as I had always thought.
3. When I transferred to OBU and Dawn the girl tried to talk me out of joining her flag football team...and then became my vbff.
4. Trying out for the swim team my jr year of college, thinking I'd probably be pretty good...only to find out that they were nationally ranked and spending the next month learning how to survive daily drownings.
5. Going back to Jakarta a month after we first visited (and couldn't understand anything) and being able to carry on a conversation.
6. Stepping on a scale for the first time in over a year after we moved to Indonesia and realizing that my pants didn't fit because I had gained ten lbs...and the obsession with exercise and eating well that followed.
7. Looking at Jack for the first time and thinking, "THAT is what we've been waiting for?!"
8. Laying on the operating table getting my epidural to have Max and thinking that I was NEVER going to do this again because having to go six hours without eating was just unacceptable.
9. The first time I bathed outside in the village with a bak in a sarong...with an audience of like fifty people.
10. Waking up in our hotel room in Bali and realizing Jack wasn't in it...the worst fifteen minutes of my life were spent running hysterically over the grounds of the largest resort on the island trying to find my baby.

What can I say...I'm wordy.

[lovely1m]

Oh, this will be hard & good. Vanessa, your page is gorgeous!

[mummytothree]

1.May 1983: Flying off the merry go round in 3rd grade and hurting my arm. My mom and her BFF came to school to get me and all the kids thought I had 2 moms
2. December 31 1989: the day I first experienced "death" (the passing of my grandfather)
3. Aug 1994: Moving to North Carolina, many miles from home and all by myself
4. Sept 5 1997: The day I found out I was pregnant (and ummmm....unwed )
5. Nov 8 1997: my wedding day
6. The births of all my children
7. Sept 4, 2003: My oldest babies first day of school.
8. July 23, 2006: The day my sister in law lost her baby.
9. May 18, 2008: The day my older brother was killed.
10. January 19, 2009: The day found out I was pregnant with SURPRISE baby #5.

[kresta]

Originally Posted by aggiefamily

6. October 2009- the day I woke up

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[Priscilla]

yea ... I'm lost there Amanda ....

[aggiefamily]

Originally Posted by kresta

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Just one of those epiphany days. When you realize your purpose and actual do something about it.

[Lyd]

March 18, 1991: The day my mom and dad got remarried (to each other).
March 17, 2000: The day Brett and I decided to get married.
August 10, 2000: My wedding day.
September 11, 2001: A day I could never forget.
February 8, 2002: The day I sang in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
October 6, 2004: The day Sean was born.
July 22, 2006: The day Ian was born.
April 28, 2007: The day we packed our moving truck to leave Tucson.
May 30, 2008: The day I had my thyroid removed.
April 11, 2009: The day Raegan was born.

Now to get the layout done.