What will you be up to on new year's eve?

Here's >>clinking<< back at you, M!

Somehow wound up with a houseful of people - The Puppies no longer are snoring - they're enjoying all the company (and couple of freinds' dogs showed up with their humans too). 'Bout 5 minutes to go here, snowing pretty good outside, windy - glad we're inside. Breakin' out the champagne in a couple minutes.

The very best way to introduce a new year, timber!

Enjoy!

Worry about the mess & the dishes later.

<sigh> well, it could have been worse! I spent nearly the entire day doing lesson plans (math!). I went to dinner with my parents. The place we booked a reservation for hadn't told us of the special menu and the special price per head. So, we left (we all hated to, but we had to - bad food for me, bad food for dad, too much food we wouldn't eat, too expensive anyway). We got a seat (barely) at Joe's (not exactly cheap itself, but very worth the price). I love that place. There was also a special menu, but not a special price. We all enjoyed our food tremendously and the atmosphere of the whole restaurant was festive, laid back, warm. Very nice. when we got home, I gotback to work. My mother went to bed 1/2 hour shy of midnight. I took a break from lesson plans at 10 til and toasted the new year with my dad while watching the fireworks in Boston on TV. Then I went back to work. I think I am done for the night (one more plan to go..... tomorrow).

Happy New Year to you all!

All's well that ends well, k!

But I'm curious .... how much time away from work do you actually get after Christmas/new year?

I know that this is not your big holiday season, like it is for many of us here in Oz ....

Happy new year to you, your family & your ravishingly gorgeous cat!

From school? At the elementary level just over 1 week - we worked on the 23rd and will be back on the 2. Colleges and unis get more time.

A bit ragged around the edges, too, I imagine?

Just as I thought. At around 9 p.m., we were watching the third disc in the Alfred Hitchcock, Second Season DVD. Next thing I know, it is 12:30 a.m. I run to the bedroom in a stupor, fall asleep, and did not get up until nearly 1:30 a.m., when I took a shower.

Ah, what an exciting life I lead.

A belated Happy New Year, everyone!

As exciting as mine, Phoenix.

The last I recall, I was reading quite a fascinating section of E L Doctorow's The March .... around 10:30 pm, I think.

Then I was woken up by much tooting & yelling outside.

"Huh? 207, I guess?"

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ....

Its past 8 am here now, so I think its a new year for most everyone on the board now ... so,

Happy new year everyone!!

(And yes, its been a long night, full of events cool and less cool the way a good new years eve party night is supposed to be. All in all its been a good one )

(But Im glad I took the 2nd off :wink: )

I think that you are off, by a few centuries!

Shows how unimpressed by it all I was, Phoenix!

I had a great time....lovely dinner, good friends, fireworks, sea.......


And a really great picnic today.....New Year's Day....here:

I was knitting a tea cosy.

x

Sarah, you couldn't knit me a WW, could you?

Bloody cold out there and I have to walk the dog.

I'm going to knit you one of these:

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer04/PATTthong.html

...for your Birthday.

x

Deb; is that you by that fabulous tree?

Nope.

Heehee...if you are still there, watch the avatar for a bit......it'll be me for a second.


Wet hair, bad phone photo, but moi.

Damn it, I must have missed it. Why not just send it by PM? I can be trusted.

OOH! Thank you!

Can you do me one in "extra shrivelled"?