top ten tuesday

yesterday i said good-bye to the last day in my twenties.

welcome 3.0.

top ten memories that stand out from the past 30 years (in no particular order):

1. my 16th birthday party. [rollerskating, sleep-over, and all that good stuff.]

2. birthing my children. [the thrill and excitement of meeting them for the first time is unbeatable.]

3. being overly-eager to work early mornings at the coffee shop with this cute guy i had a crush on (which turned out to be my future husband. ha. it worked out, didn't it?). [espresso shots, upturned aprons, white, white legs-not mine, his...punch-drunk and running on caffeine and minimal sleep. we put on a good show for the customers.]

4. my wedding day. [gray, rainy seattle wedding. in august. perfect. and lots of other fun memories...it may require its own top ten!]














5. high school prom. [you can say what you want, but i had a great time on both my junior and senior year proms. but i don't recommend doing a 12K the day after.]

6. astrid's head getting stuck in between the bars of a gate at the cengkareng airport when we were little. [guess her curiosity got the best of her. sorry, sis...i had to put this one in. it's kinda funny.]

7. helping both my sisters from drowning in the pool (2 separate occasions) after falling in accidentally.

8. astrid being taken to the hospital when she was 5 (?) after she fell and hit her chin on the marble floor-stitches were required. [i remember being terribly upset and crying because she was upset and crying.]

9. the first day he said "i love you." [my stomach did flips and i was on cloud 9 (i suppose i still am).]

10. that crazy metallica concert that i wanted to go to in 7th grade but never did. [broken windows (including ours...i have a scar to prove it :) ), burned cars on the street...i guess some people that couldn't go didn't handle it too well.]