Seeing as the "Noughties" (horrible term, that) are coming to the end, what is your top moment of the last ten years?

Mine is meeting my boyfriend back in 2002 (internet)/2003 (real life)

hmm...the evening of the 10th January 2006 must come close to highlight of the decade for me...

Probably last year when I was working abroad, and actually getting off my rear and doing 3 skydives

read the left hand side details of all my posts, noodle

Four years next month. Might have a forum party

I can't pick just one!!!

I have two highlights

20.30 hrs 12th August 2002 - the birth of my daughter.

Life has not been the same since.

31st December 2009 - gaining my degree.

Having Jen in 2000.

Landing my first and second proper jobs in 2000 and 2001 respectively. It's been downhill ever since.

The highlight of the decade has been Retiring --> taking up the flute --> meeting up with you lot!

I turned 20 at the end of 1999 so the last decade for me was about being a 20-something: not anymore a poor student with no money to my name, but also no big responsibilities (like children or big mortgages). What could be better?

Not a lot

...well if you can have two !!

my daughter was born 9.15am 30th September, 2002

(after losing the baby due 23rd March, 2002)

and discovering that I was allowed to do something for myself, and therefore beginning piano lessons, which has led to the big wide world of music

Mine has to be being offered my place at college and handing my notice in at work my god that day was funny lol

It's been a decade of such extremes that I guess the highs stick out even more....

Restarting learning the recorder in 2003, finally cracking the grade 7 gremlin in 2004, reaching that only-ever-dreamed-of grade 8 in 2005, ATCL in 2006, LGSMD in 2008, the two latter being beyond anything ever dreamed of. Joining the fora and meeting some fantastic fellow musicians and making some very good friends who mean a lot well beyond the music too. Being invited to YAP and APs wedding belongs in there as well.

Edit: goodness me, how could I forget? Playing Bach's fourth Brandenburg Concerto, a dream of some twenty years' standing. Highlight of a lifetime, that .

I'll not go into the lows. Suffice it to say that they've none of them been linked with music, whereas most of the highs have .

Highlights plural rather than highlight singular:

Seeing my elder son selected to play Chess for England

Seeing my younger son in the title role of Jesus Christ Superstar

Being the headline act at a folk club for the first time

Rediscovering the piano and subsequently passing grade 8

Discovering the flute & passing grade 7 with distinction only 21 months later (the only distinction I have ever had in a practical exam)

Being involved in the Bowel Cancer Screening Program - it saves lives and is the best thing I've been involved with professionally.

My life sucks.

It can't be all bad when you can play the recorder as brilliantly as you do, and are able to give enormous pleasure to people like me who listened with great admiration to you at Dyrham last year.

I hope you get a better break this decade, Aeolienne.

Seconded. You play like an angel. Hope things look up for you very soon.
Bev

I loved the term

My highlight has to be meeting and later marrying Mrs Stetenorve

2000 - grade 8 violin and clarinet
2007 - graduating with my PhD
2009 - grade 1 and 2 piano

.... but if I had to only pick one I'd go for the PhD.

Probably getting my job in April 2008 - got me back on track after I went off the rails.

2001 birth of daughter
2004 birth of son
2007 birth of 2nd son
Dec 2009 sleeping through the night after 9 years!