15 Years Ago – How Life Has Changed

I saw this on Facebook and thought I’d put it on here instead, I love these memory lane type of memes!   Man, I’ve been meme-ing a lot lately!  Forgive me!

**** 15 YEARS AGO (1994) ****
1) How old were you?  — 18
2) Who were you dating?  —  Dana Reid
3) Where did you work?  —  Cotton Ginny (clothing store) in the Mayflower Mall, Sydney NS, Canada
4) Where did you live? — CAPE BRETON BABY!!  North Sydney, NS, Canada (with my parents)
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? — Neither
5) Where did you hang out? —  Tony D’s, Smooth Herman’s, Capri Club, Simon’s
7) Who were your closest friends? —  Dana Reid, Peggi, Shaneen (BEANS) Jessome, Tony D, Xander Soldaat (who would have thought he’d be my husband one day!)
8) How many tattoos did you have? — One
9) How many piercings did you have? — 9
10) What kind of car did you drive?  —  1993 Mercury Topaz
11) Had you been to a real party? —  When was I NOT at one!
12) Had you had your heart broken?  —   No, but it wasn’t long before I did
13) Were you Single/taken/Married/Divorced? —  Taken
14) Any Kids?  —  Nope!

*** 10 YEARS AGO (1999) ***
1) How old were you? —  23
2) Who were you dating? —  No, but I was only 2 months away from meeting the love of my life!
3) Where did you work? —  GE Capital (Esso and Petro Canada CC Center), Markham ON, Canada
4) Where did you live? —  Garden St. Whitby ON, Canada
5) Where did you hang out? —  No one place really.  With friends, wherever they happened to be at the time.
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? —  Neither
7) Who were your closest friends? —  Chris Caprio, Diane Forstner, Xander Soldaat (who I was only 2 months away from meeting for the first time face to face)
9) How many piercings did you have? — 9
11) Had your heart broken? —  Yeah but I was over it by then
12) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? —  Single
13) Any Kids? —  Nope!
14) What kind of car did you have?  Red 1996 Mazda Mx3 (Precidia)  – MY BABY! *Sniff*

*** 5 YEARS AGO (2004) ***
1) How old were you?  — 28
2) Who were you dating? —  My husband?
3) Where did you work?  —  Actually I think I was working at a call center here in Rotterdam this time 5 years ago! It was short lived though, the place was a disaster.
4) Where did you live?  —  Same place as now.  Rotterdam, The Netherlands
5) Where did you hang out?  —  Oh at home with hubby mostly
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses?  — Neither
7) Who were your closest friends? —  Oh jeez, 5 years ago?  I can’t remember.  I don’t think I had anyone I’d consider a really close friend at the time.  I just knew some people.  My only real friend was my husband.
9) How many piercings did you have? — 12
11) Had your heart broken?  —  Not since the last time
12) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? —  MARRIED! :)
13) Any Kids? —  No, but we were trying… and failing miserably.
14) What kind of car did you have? —  None, don’t remind me.  I’m repressing it.

**** TODAY (2009) ****
1) Age?  —  33
2) Where do you work? —  I like to consider myself a domestic engineer… *cough*
3) Where do you live? —  Same place – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
5) Who are your closest friends? —  Hubby, Penny, Heather, Lynda, and Paule
6) Do you talk to your old friends? —  Yes!  Thanks to Facebook!
7) How many piercings do you have? —  11
8) How many tattoos? —  2
9) What kind of car do you have? —  Silver 2006 Renault Clio, I can’t drive it though. No Dutch DL.
10) Had your heart been broken? —  Nope, not lately!
11) How many kids? —  None, we’ve given up.  Our dogs are our babies!
12) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? —  Happily, Happily, Happily Married!