Worst Decade?

This morning I heard a radio report that this decade is considered the WORST decade in the history of the USA. Wow, the worst? Now that's a statement.

Then I started to think about it ......... from 2000 to 2009

1. my mom died
2. my husband divorced me
3. husband married again
4. 9/11
5. sold a big home
6. got rid of lots of stuff so I could move into a smaller home
7. bought a little home
8. put a family dog to sleep
9. adopted two great dogs
10. left a job that I'd had for 28 years (with a commute of 1 1/2 hours, one way)
11. started a new job (with a commute of 2 1/2 minutes)
12. turned 50
13. started dating
14. stopped dating LOL
15. prayed through the illnesses of close friends
16. dealt with the death of a 26 year old co-worker
17. worked through the ups and downs of my teaching career
18. maneuvered through changing traditions
19. developed new traditions
20. sold a car that my husband had picked out
21. bought a car that I liked
22. sold that car
23. bought another car that I liked
24. went to DSL
25. went to Washington, D.C.
26. went to the Quilter's Hall of Fame
27. saw the Grace Snyder quilt
28. started to color my hair
29. learned to text so I could vote on American Idol
30. started to blog, tweet, librarything, goodreads, shutterfly, FB, im, skype etc.
31. developed a great bird watching retreat right outside my door
32. bought new windows for my home
33. discovered the beauty of Door County and declared it my "someday" home
34. learned to take really good pictures with my digital camera
35. quilted in a 12 million dollar mansion
36. discovered the world of NASCAR
    

more to come as I think of them ...........

I don't think of it as the worst decade maybe more of a formative decade ...........