A friend of mine and incredible scrapbooker, Nicole, tagged me for this experiment which was originally started by Mary Demuth. “It’s an experiment to see how many degrees we can separate. How many people can one blog potentially reach?”

Here it goes:
10 years ago–1997
This was a big year for me. I was 20, waiting tables at Carrows and translating as a bi-lingual aide at a local school district. I was working 2 jobs for no clear reason, I just loved the income and was taking a brief break from school, so what the heck! I broke up with my first true love and rushed into a relationship with the next Mr. Wonderful. Months later I found out I was pregnant just before learning how NOT wonderful my boyfriend was and got a glimpse at the next adventure coming as a single parent.

20 years ago–1987
I was 10, in 5th grade and had only lived in the Desert for a year so I didn’t have many friends. During the Summers we would always drive a few hours to Kern County to water-ski, fish, swim, and camp for a week. This year in particular we celebrated my Birthday at Lake Isabella. I will never forget the camp site, it wasn’t the place we usually stayed at, but sometimes mom and dad would take us there and we would get so excited because it had a tire swing and jungle gym. I remember getting my 2 favorite outfits that year that I wore until they were rags, :)

30 years ago–1977
This is the year I was born so I can’t say much about what I was doing, other than eating, sleeping and pooping. I was the youngest of three, and was born in Torrance, California. I was born the year Elvis died and at the end of the disco era but still learned to appreciate the great music of the times. No pic. for this one, which is probably for the best since I did not photograph well as a baby, lol.

I am tagging Jessica the Rock Chick, and Shelly in an effort to keep this going, but totally understand if you are not interested in participating. Otherwise I look forward to reading yours.