In the past decade, Dan & I got our kitties Turk and Caico, got engaged, got married, built a house, struggled to get pregnant, got pregnant and gave birth to our handsome son Nicholas - which by the way, was the perfect end to our past decade :)
I surpisingly have worked with the same people at the same job for the past 10 years. The name of the company has changed along the way though - it went from being Telica, to being bought out by Lucent, to becoming Alcatel-Lucent.
Dan has worked at many different places as either a contractor or full time. He saw the rise and unfortunate fall of Avici Systems, a dream of retiring early sadly ruined. He sold off his multi-family for top dollar in this decade and also tried his hand at owning his own business. He bought and ran Elite Tan in Lexington, MA for almost 2 years before selling it off.
Since buying the house, Dan has made MAJOR improvements to it. He did the tile backsplash in the kitchen, built a sunroom, built a deck, put in a fence, finished the basement, put up crown molding and wainscotting in the dining room, built a mud room and added an additional deck this year. We also had a pool put in, had the front yard landscaped, put in a shed, and had stairs and a patio put in down to the basement slider.
We have been fortunate enough to go on lots of lots of vacations in the past decade:
ARUBA:
Wyndham (w/ Eric & Lisa)
ANTIGUA:
Sandals/Galley Bay
BAHAMAS:
Atlantis
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS:
Peter Island
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
Secrets Excellence
Iberostar Punta Cana (for Melissa & Dan's wedding)
GRAND CAYMAN:
Westin
GRENADINES:
Palm Island
JAMAICA:
Couples Negril 3x's (1x w/ Eric & Beth, 1x w/ Leighann & Scott)
Iberostar Rose Hall Suites (first family vacation w/ Leighann & Scott)
ST LUCIA:
Sandals Regency
TURKS & CAICOS:
Allegro (w/ Eric, Colleen & Frank)
US VIRGIN ISLANDS:
Wyndham St Thomas
Westin St John
CRUISE:
1 cruise to St Thomas, Puerto Rico, Dominica, Barbados, Martinique
MEXICO:
Cabo--
Dreams (w/ Erin & Dave)
Puerto Vallarta--
Gran Velas
Cancun--
Riu Cancun (w/ Joe & Melissa)
Mayan Riviera--
Barcelo
Iberostar Paraiso (for Aimee & Steve's wedding)
Cozumel--
Iberostar Cozumel
US:
- Disney (w/ Joe & Melissa)
- Busch Gardens/Tampa (to visit Dan's mom & stepfather)
- San Diego (La Costa was always a vacation away from home when Dan was working out there!)
- Vegas (2x's - Hard Rock and Paris for my 30th b-day, MGM Grand for Halloween)
- Martha's Vineyard (w/ Eric & Beth and Joe & Melissa)
- White Mountains (where we got engaged!)
- Nantucket
For girlie trips, I've done Chicago, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, Vegas (Venetian), Mayan Riviera (Barcelo), Cabo (Riu Palace), Jamaica (Sunset Beach for my bachelorette party).
For boys trips, Dan has been to Nantucket countless times, Cabo (Riu Santa Fe for Eric's bachelor party), Vegas (Hard Rock for George's bachelor party), and many many golf trips:
- Sunday River
- Mesquite, Nevada
- Utah
- California - La Costa, Torrey Pines x2
- Myrtle Beach x3
- Alabama- RTJ x3
- Hilton Head, South Carolina (Harbour Town)
- North Carolina (Pinehurst)
- MA -Cape Cod, The Ranch, TPC Boston, The International
- Foxwoods, Ct
So as everyone can see we've had an absolutely amazing decade!! We have been so fortunate to go so many places and live in such a wonderful house and give birth to an amazing child. We can only hope that the next decade will be even half as good :)
