UPDATE: Wow! This thing is taking off. I've found one fifth generation poster, and have enjoyed reading as many as I can. Good job everyone? Is anyone a tenth generation? Can you trace it?
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Quick: What were you doing ten, twenty and thirty years ago?
Ten years ago: I lived in Edmonds, Washington in a blue house with white trim. We had a white picket fence that Patrick and our friend Dave Spiro built. We attended Sunrise Christian Fellowship. I was newly pregnant with my third child, Julia, feeling sick to my stomach. I helped format newsletters and wrote in my spare moments. I was a full time mommy, and I reveled in taking walks with my friend Kathy. My closest most amazing friend was Stacey. My hair was brown, not blond. I was out of shape, but I weighed less than I do now (go figure). I loved to cook and I had an amazing group of really fun friends.
Twenty years ago: I was attending Pacific Lutheran University, majoring in English. I lived in a dorm and lamented dorm food. My dearest friend was Julie. We had amazing adventures together. I sang in coffeehouses, attended Puget Sound Christian Center, and was far too anal-retentive about grades. I was too skinny. I had a great group of Christian friends who prayed me through college. God healed me of much during that year of my life. I think that's the year (gasp!) that I got a perm.
Thirty years ago: I was in the fifth grade, with the meanest teacher of my elementary career. We lived in an old white clapboard house on several acres. In two months, my biological father would be dead. My best friend was Amber. I had horses, stringy hair, and was mildly interested in grades. I walked to school. We lived near a convenience store where I discovered the beauty and joy of frozen yogurt, way before TCBY made it popular.
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All right, I'm going to tag some of you. It's an experiment to see how many degrees we can separate (kind of like Kevin Bacon, only it's relevantblog). Even if you're not tagged, don't be crabby, just take up the baton and run with it. Here's what I ask: Have folks post their 10-20-30s, and then link back to the Mother Ship (http://www.relevantblog.blogspot.com/) or write a comment here, saying where you heard about this experiment and sharing where you blog. This isn't to build my empire, it's to find out how far we can expand the blogosphere. After all this talk about blog tours, it got me thinking. How many people can one blog potentially reach?
So here are my tags (7 girls 5 boys, 12 bloggers in all, like a mixed bag of disciples):
Melodee (loves dark chocolate like me)
Randy (a guru of marketing and fiction)
Jen (though she's like twenty something and has no thirty year history YET!)
Sandi (my friend who's getting her PhD...Go, go, go!)
Little Bridget (though she's a youngster herself...hey Bridget, you need to meet Jen, she's in Oregon right now!)
Anne of Not Green Bagels (who I will MISS when she moves)
Marcus (need more men on this... Marcus, meet Randy)
Ragamuffin Diva (who cheers me up with truth)
Spaghetti Pie (another youngling who makes great bagels)
Wildfire Rob (Now, Rob, think of this as an experiment in marketing. Oh, and meet Randy and Marcus)
Justin (Jen's hubby . . . Justin, say HEY to Rob, Randy and Marcus)
Ro (Ro, you know Justin. I thought I'd include a Dutchman(person) in this thing to make it international)
So let the linking and socializing and experimenting begin!
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Quick: What were you doing ten, twenty and thirty years ago?
Ten years ago: I lived in Edmonds, Washington in a blue house with white trim. We had a white picket fence that Patrick and our friend Dave Spiro built. We attended Sunrise Christian Fellowship. I was newly pregnant with my third child, Julia, feeling sick to my stomach. I helped format newsletters and wrote in my spare moments. I was a full time mommy, and I reveled in taking walks with my friend Kathy. My closest most amazing friend was Stacey. My hair was brown, not blond. I was out of shape, but I weighed less than I do now (go figure). I loved to cook and I had an amazing group of really fun friends.
Twenty years ago: I was attending Pacific Lutheran University, majoring in English. I lived in a dorm and lamented dorm food. My dearest friend was Julie. We had amazing adventures together. I sang in coffeehouses, attended Puget Sound Christian Center, and was far too anal-retentive about grades. I was too skinny. I had a great group of Christian friends who prayed me through college. God healed me of much during that year of my life. I think that's the year (gasp!) that I got a perm.
Thirty years ago: I was in the fifth grade, with the meanest teacher of my elementary career. We lived in an old white clapboard house on several acres. In two months, my biological father would be dead. My best friend was Amber. I had horses, stringy hair, and was mildly interested in grades. I walked to school. We lived near a convenience store where I discovered the beauty and joy of frozen yogurt, way before TCBY made it popular.
****
All right, I'm going to tag some of you. It's an experiment to see how many degrees we can separate (kind of like Kevin Bacon, only it's relevantblog). Even if you're not tagged, don't be crabby, just take up the baton and run with it. Here's what I ask: Have folks post their 10-20-30s, and then link back to the Mother Ship (http://www.relevantblog.blogspot.com/) or write a comment here, saying where you heard about this experiment and sharing where you blog. This isn't to build my empire, it's to find out how far we can expand the blogosphere. After all this talk about blog tours, it got me thinking. How many people can one blog potentially reach?
So here are my tags (7 girls 5 boys, 12 bloggers in all, like a mixed bag of disciples):
Melodee (loves dark chocolate like me)
Randy (a guru of marketing and fiction)
Jen (though she's like twenty something and has no thirty year history YET!)
Sandi (my friend who's getting her PhD...Go, go, go!)
Little Bridget (though she's a youngster herself...hey Bridget, you need to meet Jen, she's in Oregon right now!)
Anne of Not Green Bagels (who I will MISS when she moves)
Marcus (need more men on this... Marcus, meet Randy)
Ragamuffin Diva (who cheers me up with truth)
Spaghetti Pie (another youngling who makes great bagels)
Wildfire Rob (Now, Rob, think of this as an experiment in marketing. Oh, and meet Randy and Marcus)
Justin (Jen's hubby . . . Justin, say HEY to Rob, Randy and Marcus)
Ro (Ro, you know Justin. I thought I'd include a Dutchman(person) in this thing to make it international)
So let the linking and socializing and experimenting begin!
Labels: 10-20-30
78 Comments:
Well, I got the ball rolling over at Farm Fresh. This should be fun!
Am I really the first commenter?
Well, I'll be... (best read with a Southern accent)
Hooray Jessica! Thanks for participating and being the first one to comment. And, how cool that you tagged more.
Hey Mary...I didn't know you were from Washington (or at least grew up here). Me too... 10-20-30, what an AWESOME idea...10 years ago (well, actually it was 13 in July) I bought my wedding gown in Edmonds at Elaine of Edmonds. :)
I grew up in Snohomish (as did the three previous generations of my family) and went to college in Olympia at the Evergreen state college. Got married, moved to Louisiana, Georgia back to WA, then in 2000 moved to Montana (that's where I met my dear and lovely Tricia). Last December we moved back to WA and now live in Seattle.
Do you ever come back?
Mary, thanks for this opportunity. Just recently I started my blog and have been looking for opportunities to connect others to it. It's a devotional/refreshment type blog that I hope will minister to many and also help point unbelievers to the Lord.
Thanks again!
Carla couldn't leave a comment here, but check out her post at http://www.thespiritualmom.com/default.asp?id=10857&permid=451
Hi Mary, a different Carla here. What a fun idea. Thinking back puts it all in perspective. I've launched the "tag" at Carla's Writing Cafe (www.carlastewart.blogspot.com)and tagged an international reader, too - Izitjo from Australia. Can't wait to see what happens.
I'll get on this. I'll just go back 25 years instead.
A fun trip down memory lane...I posted over at www.sherritobias.com.
Thanks for the idea!
amyanne, yep, a Seattlelite. Born in Seattle, raised in Burien, Alki, Renton, Enumclaw and Issaquah. Graduated from PLU. Lived there until 31. Last time I was home was Thanksgiving 2003. It's pricey for a family of five to fly!
Cheryl, I look forward to your blog post.
Carla, thanks for all those viral links!
Bridget, GREAT pictures. You were (and are still) adorable!
Sherri, thanks for playing!
Yea! I got it work! Thanks Mary for leaving a message for me.
This is a great idea! I loved playing tag as a kid.
Thanks Mary for starting this round robin game.
Carla
www.thespiritualmom.com
Amyann:
Contact me so I can talk to you about Northwest Christian Writers. We're always looking for speakers and workshop leaders.
I followed your profile but didn't see your contact info--but of obviously I'm not very computer savvy.
See Mary--this game of tag is working!
Carla
carlawilliams@thespiritualmom.com
Okay, I'm in, but I'll have to do it tomorrow. Sounds fun!
Looks like I'm a second-generation poster. I found out about this from Sandi's blog and posted on mine at www.homeschoolblogger.com/3rsandahug. What a fun idea - and a great twist on the typical blog tags!
Karen in CO (3rsandahug)
Another second generation poster here ... I found you through Sherri Tobias (the center holds).
I played along here. This is really intriguing.
Hiya!
I got tagged by Sonja at Calacirian.
So I played along.
I titled it 10-20-30 Virus.
Not as upbeat as yours...oh well.
I'm interested to see how far this goes....
:)
Mary, finally got my post up late tonight over at http://cherylbarker.blogspot.com/
Not sure how many takers I will get since my blog is fairly new, but it will be fun to see what happens!
P.S. A confession -- I was late with my post because I really didn't understand this until later in the day after seeing what others had done :) Like I said, I'm new to all of this :)
i am such a pre-poster (i have my posts written for the next week already saved up and post-dated to publish)...so i shall answer here!
10 years.......
i was 17
i had just moved out...
i was living on my own...
managing a family christian store in north arlington.
no boys.
heart broken.
confused....
20 years.......
i was 7
um, i lived in the land of mccamey, tx, population 2300.
2nd grade honor student
i got my first c in a class
and was so, so upset.
i rocked on the piano
and beat up my little brother
30 years.......
my parents were just married and practiced making me. the succeeded 3 years later!
So I was tagged by Sonja and played here. Great idea.
Hi, Mary, I was tagged by Carla Stewart and tagged 6 more friends. What a great trip! Kind of puts things in perspective, though. Life is quite a journey!
I was tagged by Sonja and I played HERE.
OK, I'm in on this! It was fun looking how far God has brought me in my walk with Him. Thanks for the fun idea of strolling down memory lane!
I played here: http://big-city.blogspot.com/
Carla Stewart tagged me so here's my post.
Hiya!
Sonja tagged me.
I ran with it.
I've left my contribution HERE. I got the idea from Erin's blog.
Okay I want to play. I caught the virus from Beadguiling Designs (Jennifer Miller) who is a member of Flaming Hot as am I. We are a group of Lampworking Beadmakers. I haven't been blogging log but this sounds like too much fun. I'm older than all of you - so hold on to your hats. . . for more go to www.jackiemixon.blogspot.com.
Barry, you're a fourth generation 10-2-30er!
Jackie, wow, lampworking beadmakers! So cool!
Hi Mary!
Camy Tang tagged me, and I tagged a few others. I think it will be interesting to see how far it goes. People lead such interesting lives. Thanks for letting us become a proverbial "fly on the wall."
Heather
Hey Mary! Misadventures of the Dynamic Uno tagged me. It is up on my Mimi's Pixie Corner blog.
http://tagsandotherformsofmischief.blogspot.com/
I played along at www.clayinkpot.blogspot.com. Are you having fun reading all the stories or are you just counting responses?
Also tagged by Camy Tang!
Mine is here: www.judyh58.blogspot.com
by way of Mel's blog.
I do everything Mel says (except eat right.)
I read Melodee's blog and decided to do this one. Sounds like fun.
www.hawkinsquared.blogspot.com
I know you didn't tag me, but Melodee said we could link over here. This was a fun idea. Mines up.
virus post
Hi Mary,
I just noticed that you found my 10-20-30 that I stole from you...
Thanks for your comment. I still have the beautiful card you made for us when we were living through our house landslide disastor. Blessings on you in Texas.
http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/
i was tagged by Mary from http://homesteepedhope.com/
I live in New Zealand :)
jen at http://my3boysandi.wordpress.com/
Wow, folks, so far I've found one fifth generation poster. Cool!
And, I'm trying to read and comment on everyone's post, but it may become a hairdo where I can no longer do it. But I'm trying.
Hi, Mary, No one tagged me, so I just ran with it. (Not sure it was a good idea, revealing age and such!) I tagged others. Very interesting and I'm enjoying reading what everyone was doing all that way back then. Am I your oldest? Ack! Ack! But I feel so young. Sigh.
http://christianbookscout.blogspot.com/
I don't know about generations, but I read your blog, and your books! I played along here:
http://www.xanga.com/pattierwr/621881588/10-20-30.html
I was tagged by my friend at http://homeschoolblogger.com/3rsandahug/ Very cool stuff. Anyway, here is my entry http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/opheliag/409955/ Have a wonderful week!
Hi Mary, I've just found out about this from Cheryl's R&R (http://cherylbarker.blogspot.com/) and have posted on my blog (http://greatcomfort.blogspot.com).
Cheers!
Great game - thank you :)
http://oldfashionedgirl-uk.blogspot.com/2007/10/tag-10-20-30.html
Hi Mary, I joined in too! I came over from Mel's blog. It looked like so much fun. Glad to find your blog.
angie
I found this through Bridget Beth. Thanks for starting this Mary!!
Hey Mary!
I saw your comment on my page and commented back but wasn't sure if you saw it. Anyway, thanks for starting this,it was a LOT of fun. If you check back on my blog, it motivated me to post a LOT of old pictures I found. Such fun!
:)
Christie
My friend Kris just tagged me and I posted it on my blog. It was fun..had to do a little research for the 20 years, LOL.
http://sunshinydayswithkim.blogspot.com/2007/10/tagged.html
Kim tagged me, so it's making it's way around TX! Here's my blog....
http://ednred.blogspot.com/
Hi Mary, I found this on Mel's blog. It was fun! My post is up:) Thanks for the great idea.
Hi Mary!
I was tagged by Nina @ www.buzabouts.blogspot.com
I tagged 7 additional bloggers. This is a great experiment!
Inky Smiles!
Erin
www.inkysmiles.blogspot.com
Here is a link to mine
http://katieskiff.blogspot.com/
Okay, done. It will be up tomorrow on my Stewardship Living blog. Thanks for the tag! It was fun.
That was a great idea. It's always amazing to see where you are compared to where you were.
My friend Lydia (http://greatcomfort.blogspot.com) heard about this thru another blog.
God bless,
Mr. Keith
http://franksballad.blogspot.com
Tagged by spaghettipie at www.mehbidingmytime.blogspot.com
I think I'm a sixth generation infection. My post is here.
-Alan
If Alan is 6th then I'm 7th cause he tagged me. my post is here.
I was tagged by Sandi at http://www.sandiwr.blogspot.com/
I was tagged by Sandi at sandiwr.blogspot.com as well. My post is http://mghollis.blogspot.com/2007/10/ive-been-tagged.html
Hugs,
Melinda
I have no idea how many generations I am. But I just received the invite from The Queen's Creations and have passed it on!!
Melinda tagged me. Here's my link:
http://quiltingatasgaard.blogspot.com/2007/10/tagged.html
Thanks,
Giz
I guess I'm a seventh generationer... infect by Alan Knox.
My post is here.
Thanks,
Lew
The Pursuit Online Store
I got tagged by Melinda above. This was interesting because it made me remember good and not so good, and made me see how much my life has changed and been blessed since then. I wonder where I'll be 10 years from now???
Here I am
I got tagged by Giz at:
http://quiltingatasgaard.blogspot.com
I've been offline for a while but am back on and I'm gonna play! :) FUN!
I don't know if I am late in the game. Been tagged here in Germany. Tagged someone in Italy and another moving to Brazil. International is fun!
Giz tagged me. Sorry I don't know anyone to tagged. Giz tagged everone that I know already.LOL Here is my link.
http://friendshiparoundthefire.blogspot.com/
Ok, Giz got me too, I'm in California, I tagged a few, we'll see!
I'm new to blogging, but found this interesting. It seems you get so busy you forget what you were doing 10, 20, 30 years ago and responding to the challenge reminded me how far I've come!
I'm a native Californian, but spend time in Kingston Washington visiting a dear cousin.
I was tagged by http://burgeeblogs.blogspot.com/
and I played at
http://leahyourstone.typepad.com/laotong/
I tagged 5 other bloggers.
Very cool!
Hi! I got the tag from:
http://www.ringslikeabell.com/2007/10/29/just-checking-in/
and answered here :)
http://paperleisure.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/tag/
Hi Mary,
I was tagged by the lovely Rhiannon at RingsLikeABell.com. Here's my addition to the chain:
http://noordinarymoment.com/?p=373
howdy!
i picked up the trail at a friend's blog: http://www.esmon.net/?p=814
and here's my continuation: http://freundlyfolk.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/where-were-going-we-dont-need-roads/
:D
Giz tagged me through Dawn-Maries' blog. This was fun!
Here's my blog: http://quiltedtotes.blogspot.com/
Teri
Hi Mary, I clock in at six degrees of separation, if I count back along the tags correctly. You can see the chain at
my post.
You'll find that we lived in the same area 20 years ago, and we even share a very, very tenuous connection via PLU.
It was a fun exercise, thanks.
aaron@justaaron.com
I don't know how many layers mine is, but I posted here: http://poorinspirit.blogspot.com/2007/11/tagged-ten-twenty-and-thirty-years-ago.html
Hi Mary,
Thank you for the inspiration. I've posted my 30-20-10 blog post at my site http://www.amid.com/werd/its-that-time-of-the-year-again/
I timed it with my birthday so it became a retrospection post for me.
regards,
Rudy
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