2002

Just reflecting on the year that just passed...

Got laid off
Got engaged
Got married
Dh found a job
Dh got laid off due to cut backs
Became a Godmother
Dh became a god father
Got asked to be a Sponser for my cousins confirmation
Got my Little Guy (my puppy)
Found LIWEDDINGS
Dh saying he wants to TTC
Gained alot of weight back
GOT A JOB!

I think thats it!!

Edited to say that these things did not happen in order.. (i get the feeling thats the way it looked from some of the posts below)

Re: 2002

Wow Suzanne, seems like you had a WONDERFUL year!!!

Let's see:

Turned 25
FH got laid off
FH got new job
Got Engaged
I got a raise

LOL! Not very exciting

Re: 2002

cute thread Suzanne!

Here's mine...

got pregnant
had my baby boy !
My twin sister had her baby boy !
Was prego with my sister
Was unemployed the whole year ! (got laid off in Oct 01, and got lazy in job searching and then got prego and REALLY slacked off in looking!)
My 2nd wedding anniversary (the day before I had my son!)
Went on a cruise to Bermuda (to celebrate our 1st anniversary ! )

That's all i can think of for now...
i'll add on as i think of em !

Re: 2002

Bought land in FLorida
Got engaged
booked hall and church
Lost job
Got new job 3 months later

I think that wraps up 2002 for me

Hopefully 2003 will be a lot better

Re: 2002

I had a great 2002 ...

Turned 26
Got married
Went on a two week honeymoon
Bought a house
Made so many friends on LIWeddings

I'm hoping for a great 2003 too!

Re: 2002

not to be a pessimist

but seems like lots of ppl became unemployed this past year

i'm lucky fi and i kept our jobs

how do you guys afford kids on only one income???? or want to have a child when your husband is not working?

we're going to close this year on a house and i can't even imagine the additional cost of a child above the monthly bills we'll be paying

it'll be a while before we feel financially stable enough to have children - i want them to want for nothing and start a college fund for them etc etc...

sorry if this offends...i'm just a realist

Re: 2002

lost 40 ibs
got engaged
quit my job
looking for a new job
found li weddings
introduced best friend to her boyfriend

Re: 2002

sparkles i am not offended at all. Its just the way the market and corporations are. I've been in the finance industry for 6 years and they got hit really bad. I worked for a credit card company for 5 years and a financial mangagement company for 9 months and I still have some friends at the credit card company and the company is still doing layoffs. When an industry gets hit, it gets hit really really hard. When Enron, Worldcom and other CEO's were exposed the people lost trust in their company and the trust of other companies causing people to be scared and jobs to be lost.

Its a tough market out there and when you work in a certain type of industry its a survival of the fittest.

Sorry if this post offended anyone.

Re: 2002

chipatrid:

i wasn't clear - i was not questioning layoffs cause i know that this year was horrible and those who kept their jobs are very lucky

what i don't get is how ppl want to have kids or manage w/kids in what is still a reallllllly expensive city on only one income

i just cant see having kids and not knowing how the rent or mortgage payments will factor into what we can or cannot do as a family or whether i can afford daycare, after school activities, music/dance lessons etc...

i definitely want children someday but when we can afford them!

those who already have kids must get by maybe scrimp a bit which isnt bad...but i still wonder how they manage...

Re: 2002

Let's see....

Started the year as a newlywed

Became addicted (although I'm still working on the official title) to LIW and made some friends

Got pregnant

Had miscarriage

Celebrated first wedding anniversary

Made even more friends on LIW

All in all, it was a fantastic first year of being married, even during our last couple of months of hell -- I love my DH more and more everyday and we were able to come through the bad times closer then we were before!!! He was my rock and still is!

I'm looking forward to 2003 and the baby dust that will hopefully fall my way!!!

Re: 2002

Bearsbabe, Baby Dust for you!

Sparkles ... I think a lot of people sacrifice to live on one income. My friend just had a baby and is staying home. She was a saver, so they have money saved up and she sacrifices on a lot of things. No Coach bags for her! Plus, they put a bigger down payment on their house when they bought, so when they had a baby they could do it on one income.
Also, it seems hard now, but it does get easier ... your salary today will be more in a few years. You always struggle in the beginning!

Re: 2002

Started 2002 as a Newlywed!!
Helped Mom and Dad pack up childhood home and move
Found out that Im going to be an aunt!! or
quit job (hated it anyway!!!)
got a BETTER job back in NYC
Bought our first home
celebrated our 1st anniversary in New Hope PA
celebrated the holidays in our new home!!

Overall, 2002 was a good year but I look forward to 2003!!

Re: 2002

Sparkles.,
I am planning to TTC as soon as DH finds a job that he loves.. He happens to be in a field where his past salary was over 6 digits.. I am happy to say that as soon as I have a child I will quit my job and stay home at least through the toddler years, then when my children go to school fulltime I will go back to work. I am hopefull obviously not definate, because you never know.. But if it was not the case with his salary at that range I would have no choice but to go back to work. However Daycare is VERY expensive (I have friends who have children in them) and if your not lucky enough to have relatives able to watch your children what else do you do.. I dont believe it pays to pay somone almost you whole salary to watch your children...

Re: 2002

2002 had it's shares of ups and downs but that which does not kill us makes u s stronger

Got pregnant
Had 3 miscarriages
My nanny died
We bought a house
Brandon and Steve are healthy
I still have a job (even after spending so much time on LI WEddings)

I made alot of new friends here

All in all I have a good life with a wonderful husband and a son who is the light in our lives. My husband is everything to me and so much more. I love him more as each day goes by. I am truly blessed

Re: 2002

Don't worry Michelle, I think 2003 is going to be a better year for both of us!!! I told you, new house, new baby!!!

Re: 2002

Got engaged first week of January 2002.
Got married
Made new friends on here

Re: 2002

Let's see....not a whole lot

Got married
FH got laid off
FH got new job
Both asked to be in my brothers wedding
That's about it ~ the wedding took over the year!

Re: 2002

Dealt with major stress from inlaws
Started new job
Found LI Weddings
Booked hall - FINALLY
Went to Disneyworld
Turned 25
Still dealing with crap from inlaws

I hope 2003 is better

Re: 2002

cute thread .. let's see..

got engaged and got my ring! (finally!)
turned 21 .. legal to do all those things i dont' want to do hehe
started wedding planning!
found LIWeddings!
went to vegas with my fiance and his family
started my last year of college! WHOOHOO!
found out my fiance has high cholesterol
my great metabolism finally turned on me and now i need to get my stomach back!!

ok there's so much i'll just stop now hehe

Re: 2002

Got new job
Got headache
Got engaged
Got headache
Had engagement party
Started to plan wedding
Got headache
Found LIWeddings
Got dirty looks from FH for being on this site all the time
Told him I had alot more headaches now hehe
Got a different job
got milk