Years and years ago

So here is my answer to Jill O-
THIRTY years ago I was-
Four years old and living the good life. I didn't worry about anything but having fun! I loved to play in the dirt hill in the empty lot behind my house. We got dirty all day- and so did all the neighbor kids. Moms would yell out the back door for dinner and all the kids would scamper home. I wish we had such freedom for our kids these days

TWENTY years ago-
I was a beautiful 14 year old--NOT! I had boy hair that was tightly permed- talk about frizz! I thought I was a good seamstress so I took Home ec-- and won honors for a skirt I sewed. It was only years later that my mom told me that my sewing was so horrible she would take my project and resew it while I slept!

Ten years ago-
I was working at a junior high as a librarian. I never knew that I liked libraries so much! I love the possibilites of books and what lies beneath. I loved to organize and reorganize the library, moving book cases and rearranging things. I discovered my love for moving furniture around every few months. I loved helping the "library" kids that didn't have friends and would come to the library to feel connected to me and the recent book find they were excited about.
I was pregnant with my first child and was so excited! My hubby and I were so in love and thrilled with the new chapter of our lives. We were shopping for our first home and thrilled about life.

Five years ago-
I was just beginning to understand the stay-at-home mom thing. I had a 4 year old and a 1 year old. I lived in a fabulous neighborhood with wonderful high-spirited gals around. We would linger outside our houses just to be able to talk to neighbors and be social. We would wake up at 6 am and workout together (I mean really workout, not just the talk and walk thing. We actually did the workout thing every morning cuz we liked each other! I would find random parks around the valley and have people meet there, and the people came! It was a wonderful time that I miss every day of my life. I really miss how we would go to enrichment meetings that would end at 9pm and stay until 10:30 yaking and laughing- and our husbands put the kids to bed and went to sleep themselves cuz they knew we would be late.
My hubby was working on his bachelors and working full time- I do remember having the nights when both the kids and I were crying, but the hubby locked himself downstairs to study- and how jealous I was of him! But, even though life was stressful, the wonderful friends I had made me so happy!

One year ago-
I have 3 kids that are so different from each other. My oldest is mellow yellow! My middle is Princess everything, and my youngest is a stinker that is sooo independent! I decorated my house all year long and was always on the lookout for second hand things that I could revamp and put in my house. My hubby refinished our kitchen and my kitchen table, built a fabulous pergola on the back deck and dug a trampoline hole in the backyard. I have a great garden and front yard full of amazing flowers. I have a few good friends, but I am not nearly as social as I used to be! I started becoming addicted to geneology and visiting libraries:)

Next year-
I will find a talent that I really enjoy. Maybe I will find something to do with my 3 days a week without kids since the youngest will be in preschool. I will really enjoy doing big kid things with my big kids- like going on hikes and vacations that don't require a stroller!

In five years-
Maybe I will work, maybe I won't. Maybe i will have a crazy hair and discover something about me that I didn't know and develop that. I will be almost 40 and have a teenager at home! What a change!