A Bittersweet Farewell to the First Decade of the 21st Century

Happy New Years Eve 2010 from The Pursuit of Mommyness!

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Cheers to you and your family! Here’s to a new year in a new decade and a fresh start! 2009 was a memorable one, but so was the whole freakin’ decade…WOW.  Let’s Recap 10 memorable events that occurred in the first decade of the 21st century:

1. Y2K did not destroy the Earth and Aliens did not take over. Many people had to return their excess supply of batteries and bottled water. 2000
2. September 11th Terrorist Attack worst terrorist attack on American soil-2001
3. War on Afghanistan 2001
4. War on Iraq 2003
5. President Bush Reelected for 2nd term 2004
6. Hurricane Katrina 2005
7. MySpace becomes one of the top websites in the world. and Bird Flu scare…(yeah, I didn’t remember that one, either) 2006
8. Barack Obama became 44th President of the United States 2009
9. U.S. economy suffered the worst recession in recent history 2009
10. Terrorist attack on U.S. Military Base, Ft. Hood 2009

Obviously, there were many more events that occurred in this past decade but if I sat here recounting all of them for you, I wouldn’t have time to clean the house…so if you want to share more events that I left out, feel free to do so with your comments!  Also, I am aware that Michael Jackson’s death didn’t make the list…oh well.

Not that it’s super interesting to anyone other than myself, but here’s the top 10 events that occurred in the life of Kelly Hupcey, founder of The Pursuit of Mommyness, in this past decade:

1. Disappointed that Y2K was uneventful, returned my extra batteries and bottled water next day 2000
2. Moved out of parent’s house and to a big city-San Francisco, to discover my dreams 2001
3. Parent’s divorced after 23 years 2001
4. Completed Fashion Merchandising program at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising-SF 2002
5. Got a job working for Sparks (the first alcohol/ energy drink)-lots of traveling, drinking and crazy Christmas parties-2004
6. Moved back to my hometown of Sacramento, after 5 years of living in San Francisco-tired of the lifestyle, wanting to settle down-2006
7. Met my husband the next weekend-2006
8. Turned 30 years old-2009
9. Laid from job due to economy-2009
10. Got married (to the hottie in the pic)-2009

So what’s in store for this great nation of ours in 2010, you ask?  How the heck should I know!

What’s in store for The Hupcey’s in 2010?  Maybe baby?  I guess you’ll just have to stay tuned.  Happy New Years 2010 everyone!

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