High point of your year?

dcbride86

Every Christmas eve, we go around the table and say one or two of the high points of our year.  It's always nice to remember the great things that happened.  So what are the high points of your year?

This year, my cup runneth over.  FI and I bought our first home (I love our tiny condo!), I graduated from law school, got a job, passed the bar, and got sworn in as a real lawyer - and I planned most of my wedding!!  I'm very lucky and happy.

flutteringinfl

Getting engaged was probably the high point of mine. It was the perfect moment during a really awesome mini vacation that would have remained awesome even without the engagement.

Runners up: FI and I went on our first cruise together, I met George Takei, and one of my best friends came to visit me and we went to Disney and the new Harry Potter area at Universal.

mrsk616

finally start looking at venues for the wedding, (kind of a small thing but it was fun) 

there is so many things i could name but that is one of the biggest points of me year.

littlemushroom

I married DH. That is the best thing of the year. I also got a great promotion at work way back in January.

buttercup1958

My high points are V and I celebrated our first year anniversary, my good inteviews with grad school, and V and I talking about the future. That made me really happy because we know for certain that this is it!  

beethery

This year has been pretty fucking rad. I got my ring and planned damn near everything out, plus we set a date and booked everything.

I think our high point this year was the Bar Harbor trip. It was really nice to take those days and hang out. We had a really good time.

kat1114

I guess getting married was pretty much the highlight of the year. I spent so much of my year planning/budgeting that it felt so good to finally celebrate!

It won't happen until next week, but I would like to add another highlight of my year will be our honeymoon! We are going to Cape Town, South Africa for 7 nights and 2 nights on a safari. I've only been out of the country once, and that was to go to Cancun last year. I'm super excited to be expanding my traveling horizons!

lyndausvi

Moving to the Aspen area.      It's been a great move for us.  I've never see DH happier in his job.  It's beautiful country out here.  People are really nice. 

novella1186

I initially thought it was getting engaged till I realized that actually happened at the very end of 2013. 

So, planning almost all of our wedding. 

Getting to know FI's family better, hanging out with them, realizing how awesome they are 

Getting hired into my company and being switched from hourly to salaried with a raise (happened last March, before that I was a temp) 

Finishing grad school and getting my masters 

Our road trip where we drove through (I think) 13 states, went into the mountains, drove on one of the most scenic routes in the world, and saw amazing things, plus realized we could spend about 30 hours in the car together and NOT drive each other crazy 

NowIamMrsKlein

Number 1 with bells and whistles: Got engaged!

2. Little sister got married

3. Became an aunt for the first time to the most adorable little guy ever.

SmileDamnit

Getting married to my awesome and often crazy-making DH, and having the perfect little gathering of our nearest & dearest in Montana (aka. God's country), with DH's Dad watching over us.

And the Bean. Being pregnant has been so much more enjoyable than I anticipated and as much as I miss my cocktails, it's been a true joy to cook this kid.

cupcait927

We bought our first house, got married, both of us got promotions and we adopted our little pup. H and I have been incredibly blessed this year and so thankful for all of the opportunities life has given us.

maeday2

I'm cliche. It's easily getting engaged. It signifies so much for our relationship and future together. 

We happily flipped 2013 the bird last NYE, so I'm happy to tell 2014 bye in a nicer way.

theartistformerlyknownas

This.

thisismynickname2

The high point of this year was getting married

DH and I both finished our second master's degrees, which is a big accomplishment of course, but it would feel more significant if either of us started seeing the benefits of additional education, which we have not, yet. Maybe 2015 will be our year for professional advancement. 

Jells2dot0

Tackling cancer and coming out ALIVE!!!

princessleia22

This really has been an amazing year. 

1.  I got married! Our wedding was awesome and the honeymoon was the best vacation ever. I really don't think anything could have been more perfect.

2.  My little sister got married! 

3.  I have had chronic back pain & have been on really strong pain meds for over 12 years (to the extent that we were discussing implanting a morphine pump).  About 2 years ago I started trying to reduce my meds (with doctor supervision) just to see what would happen, since I had been on such strong stuff for so long.  At the start of 2014, I was still taking 6 pain pills a day (which was a HUGE reduction from where I started).  A few months ago I found an awesome physical therapist with the hope that they can help and I set a goal of hoping to get off all meds by end of the year. And I am thrilled to say that I haven't taken any prescription pain meds in 4 days!  Still some pain, but it's tolerable and improving.  And I'm already noticing a difference in my energy levels. Even 6 months ago I would have said it wasn't possible. So, that is definitely a highlight of my year... or my decade.

climbingsingle

I got married!!

huskypuppy14

cupcait927 said:

We bought our first house, got married, both of us got promotions and we adopted our little pup. H and I have been incredibly blessed this year and so thankful for all of the opportunities life has given us.

Ditto! Except my husband was promoted the year before.

VulgarGirl

I dunno, I guess finally (and legally) marrying this chick I've been living with for a few years was pretty good.

Also I went on line and started posting on the internet forum thing. I dunno..made some pretty cool friends there. Bunch of women who are snarky as fuck, like to drink, and when it comes down to the nitty gritty totally come through for one another.

ElcaB

Marrying my husband, of course. 

Close second: Adopting our beautiful rescue puppy. 

vulpiepop

This year, I got engaged, I graduated college, and I moved across the country to be with my FI. There are a few other things but those were the biggest high points. It's been a good year

Couggal12

Getting married was definitely the highlight of my year!

ShesSoCold

We got married this year. Everything else sucked. 

chibiyui

Definitely the whole married thing. 

New car was pretty sweet too.

Oh! and having some of my student loans paid off. We still have one more loan, but I started the year with over 100k in student loan debt, and I am finishing the year with less then 20k. 

flyingfoxes

Having my FI come home from Afghanistan and making our home together. 

slothiegal

I think learning to scuba dive and completing my first half marathon would be my highlights.

(Oh yeah and got married and went to Fiji, that was pretty cool too, I guess.)

FutureMrsN3312

In no specific order:

Moved in with DH (then FI).  It was great to live in one spot and not live out of our cars.

Got married!!!!

Had my first plane ride (to Aruba for our honeymoon)

Got pregnant!

ETA: I forgot my furbaby! We rescued the coolest puppy ever

kat1114

chibiyui said:

Definitely the whole married thing. 

New car was pretty sweet too.

Oh! and having some of my student loans paid off. We still have one more loan, but I started the year with over 100k in student loan debt, and I am finishing the year with less then 20k. 

You are my hero. I'm in the 100k+ student loan club, and my plan of attack is to wait for it to be forgiven in 25 years. Kidding...sort of.

chibiyui

kat1114 said:

chibiyui said:

Definitely the whole married thing. 

New car was pretty sweet too.

Oh! and having some of my student loans paid off. We still have one more loan, but I started the year with over 100k in student loan debt, and I am finishing the year with less then 20k. 

You are my hero. I'm in the 100k+ student loan club, and my plan of attack is to wait for it to be forgiven in 25 years. Kidding...sort of.

Yeah. Well. It really helps when you marry someone who has no student loan debt of his own and makes bank. So. You know. I kinda cheated there.

vikinganna87

-Traveled overseas for work for the first time! Spent a week in Europe visiting customers; traveling mostly by train and even saw some good friends along the way.

-Learned how to dig myself out on my own -some of the time- after getting stuck snowmobiling.

-Got engaged!

-Spent quality alone time with my 92-year old grandfather

-Recently feeling VERY loved by two of my close friends - one traveling far for my wedding, another flying to my bachelorette - and by my FSIL who's sweet, warm, selfless and would do anything for me/us.