S' Long, '06

I might watch Garrison Keillor live from the Ryman Auditorium.

It's be like Lake Wobegon South,

kimmi 57 said:

--a traditional cornbeef brisket with fresh carrots and cabbage.

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I think I just threw up a little !

For me it's a quiet evening at my mother's house, playing cards with her, sis and stepdad. Then Monday is a quiet day at home napping and sitting around wondering if there's something more constructive I should do.

And wishing someone else would brave the frosted outdoors to wash my car, so I could start the new year with a nice, clean car.

Happy New One, to you, too

alleycat said:

I might watch Garrison Keillor live from the Ryman Auditorium.

It's be like Lake Wobegon South,

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Ooo! OOO! What station(s)?

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:

Ooo! OOO! What station(s)?

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Great Performances on PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/phceve/

If they show scenes outside and you see a tall guy staggering up the hill while singing You Are My Sunshine . . . well, uh, never mind.

Anything has to be an improvement on last New Year's Eve. My eight yr old vomited guacamole Doritos as the ball dropped, I was six months pregnant with number five, then number three puked cherry pie all over the carpet at 12:04am.

This year I'm handing them all barf bags and going to bed early.

Ouch. I'd run away from home!

New Year’s Eve I’m staying home. I want to stagger to my bed when I finish two bottles of wine after the Bears’ game.

New Year’s Day I’m getting together with friends and their families to drink, eat and play Texas Holdem (I teach the kids) to 4:00 AM. The one thing I dislike is gifts. My friends buy for me, which I tell them not to so now I have to go out and buy for them. Hello… there’s only one of me and then their families. This is one bad thing about being single – I get screwed when it comes to gifts. I feel better. End of rant.

I wish everyone an AWESOME 2007.

kimmi 57 said:

- a traditional cornbeef brisket with fresh carrots and cabbage.

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You sure you don't have your holidays mixed up? That's a St. Paddy Day meal.

We're going to see the Harlem Globetrotters. Then we'll probably watch the ball drop at my inlaws.

alleycat said:

Great Performances on PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/phceve/

If they show scenes outside and you see a tall guy staggering up the hill while singing You Are My Sunshine . . . well, uh, never mind.

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Well that does it, I'm putting this on my DVR list !

MidnightMuse said:

Well that does it, I'm putting this on my DVR list !

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Coyote Ugly is just down the street. Along with the Wildhorse Saloon.

Beer.

I will be at my inlaws on New Year's Eve. They now live in what used to be their weekend home all the time, which is at a lake, with a bunch of other retired people. These people have what they call "The Slab" where they go to party. I'll go there for my required 30 minutes, pack my daughter up and go back to their house, before the smoking and the drunks get really bad.

Last year, DH stayed until after 1 a.m., and we didn't get to celebrate together. This year, he pretty much knows he'd better be back at the house in time for us to celebrate New Year's together.

Probably not much of anything.... maybe some writing and that's probably about it.

My whole clan is heading off to the land from whence we came, New Jersey.

We're going to visit my sister. January 1 is my parent's 39th anniversary. We all get together every year and have a dinner/gift night. It's our answer to Christmas. (We don't do the whole x-mas thing.) We'll have a big turkey dinner, pop champagne, watch them open their gifts (shh, I got my mom an iPod) and play Clue, Rack-O, or Trivial Pursuit until we pass out from the food coma.

Saritams8 said:

My whole clan is heading off to the land from whence we came, New Jersey.

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I'm sorry.

I'm working...again. This will be the third year in a row. Two years ago it was so slow we ate ice cream sundaes and my partner brought in his Playstation and we played some game where I kept getting shot.

Last year, it was so busy I thought my head was going to explode by 3am. It was crazy busy. Apparently, all the drunks decided it was a free for all. We had assaults, B&E's, drunk drivers...you name it, it happened.

We're just waiting to see what happens this year...

New Years Eve I'll go out for a drink or two with my brother and his partner, then make myself scarce before midnight so they can do the whole kissing thing when the ball drops without me standing there--there's just something inherintly depressing about watching your baby brother get all cuddly with his significant other on new years while you're single. Actually, there's something icky about watching your brother get all cuddly period.

New Year's day I'll open the shop a little late and go to my parent's for dinner--ham and black eyed peas.

Happy New Year!

Alia...I hope that next New Years will be better for you I spent many holidays single and it's not fun...

We'll probably just stay home and enjoy whatever howie cooks, which is always yummy - either turkey or ham. Then we'll enjoy the tv fare and see the ball drop at l2:00. Geez, I don't know if I can contain all my excitement. LOL. Happy New Year's everyone. Be happy & safe.

aspiringwriter said:

Alia...I hope that next New Years will be better for you I spent many holidays single and it's not fun...

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Thanks!
It's definitely not a lot of fun to be single on New Years, but on the up side, all my immediate family members are in happy long term relationships and it's comforting to see and know that. I'd rather start the New Year feeling sorry for myself--I can do something about that--than feeling bad for a loved one and being able to do very little about it.
Plus, I enjoy being single on the whole.



And I have this bridge . . .

Hope that you have a good time on New Years

Where does the bridge go to