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28 December 2009
Whatcha doin for New Years?→[More:]I am going with my bf to my uncle's house in the Berkshires while he is on vacation. I'm looking forward to getting out of the city and spending some alone time with the bf since he's been away with his family.
No plans. I kind of wish I did have something fun to do this year, but it doesn't look like it. I'm not doing any more highway driving for a couple of months at least.
Probably going to sit at home all alone and get completely shitfaced. And then listen to my downstairs neighbors fight, which is always a good time.
I only have to do this because my current cache of alcohol is rapidly exceeding the space for it in the fridge. (One crisper drawer and one spot on the door.)
I think a friend is having a small gathering at her place. Good wine, lots of food, and hopefully we will get the babby to sleep in a portacrib in her bedroom.
The restaurant/bar around the corner is having a party that a lot of the neighbors are going and it seemed like the path of least resistance (other than just staying home). It's maybe 100 feet from our front door so stumbling home at 1AM won't be too big a problem.
Going to a bowl game if I think I can tolerate the trip. Injured my abdominal muscles about two months ago and they are taking their own sweet time healing, so I have to decide if I can tolerate all of the walking and such. If not, I will be sitting on my butt watching TV because if I feel bad enough that I can't make myself go to watch a football game I sure as hell won't feel like doing anything else.
Not sure yet. There's always a big party on in east London, where a Scottish friend changes into his kilt and pipes in the New Year on the bagpipes. And a disco, and lots of people. It's a friend's birthday, but she's fallen out with someone who'll be at the party and she's already given it the 'I'm not going if he's going' malarkey. She's been a good friend though, so I can't not spend her birthday with her. This probably means we'll end up at a restaurant, my flat being unfit for guests right now, having been flooded and all.
I will probably take the kids to a Chinese restauarant we recently found. They have a deep-fried scallops dish that is beyond description. Also, they don't use peas and corn in their fried rice, and in the few dishes that use carrots or squash, they use them sparingly. Beyond that, it's just another night.
Same small party at same friend's house with same small group of people. This is nice and all and I love my friends but sometimes I yearn for change, for difference, for a party that contains a single guy I haven't ever met who is not clinically insane. Big dreams! Oh well. Starting next month my resolution is to get out to different places and meet some new people.
Celebrating the 4th anniversary of my dog's adoption and ignoring all of the crap tv. Probably won't bother staying up 'til midnight since I have to go work the morning shift at the clinic on New Year's Day.
Oh, I hear you, mgl. I met an interesting, attractive man at lunch on Christmas Day, but there's one aspect of his life which for me is a huge deal breaker. In other respects, he'd be great, and there was a lot of banter/flirting between us, but I can see that his situation would ultimately not be good for me.
I, too, plan to get out more in the New Year to meet new people.
I think I'm going to stay in and drink some of the champagne a family friend gave us as a wedding gift. (Husband has to work until 11:30 p.m.; he might have a glass when he gets home.) Maybe watch The Hudsucker Proxy or The Apartment, both favorite movies, both New-Years-y stories.
New Year's Day, some fantastic friends invited us to a fantastic brunch. FANTASTIC.
We are going to a friend's place for a get-together with a few couples. We're taking our tent, so I'll be able to drink for a change (because I am always the responsible one that drives the family home and puts the kids to bed). Not sure if that's a good thing. Must. Maintain. Control.
We will be at home and I've invited a bunch of friends to stop by. I'll fix lots of finger food and have champagne and everyone will bring their kids and they'll all be gone before 9pm. I'm so happy to stay home and hang out and be casual. New Year's Eve has never felt like anything special. September has always been the start of the new year to me. You know, a new grade in school, the seasons change .. something is different. So yeah, we'll be here, eating pigs in blankets, caramelized bacon and shrimp dip.
We are going to try and take EM to the local shrine at midnight and listen to the ringing out of the year. After we'll probably go to my husbands mother's place and have ozoni soup.
On New Years Day we'll be eating osechi (traditional New Years food) which I'm making for the first time! My husbands family don't do any of this stuff but I think it's important for EM to start experiencing some traditions.
Same thing we've done every year since moving back to Texas in '97: Going to Rosie & Emil's for their New Years Eve bash. That used to be like falling off a log when they lived half a block down from us, but then they moved to 8 miles from here. Then they moved again- more than 20 miles from here.
I hope they don't move anymore.
But I'm looking forward to their party; it's always first rate.
Against good common sense, I'm throwing a slumber party for six little girls, complete with dancing, dressup, and gourmet cupcakes. Plus, I'm transforming the entire den into one big bedsheet tent. I'm the king of bedsheet tents.
if the weather is ok, i'll be alone by ambleside pier in west vancouver where the cops set off all the confiscated fireworks from the past year. i like it there . when it hits 12 all the ships in the harbour set off their horns. its a pretty cool vibe
We bought good champagne and we're gonna put the kids to bed and drink it. But I'd rather be with gomi or ColdChef, because both of those options sound awesome.
And I agree with Kangaroo. The year starts in September. (And it ends in June. Summer is a strange limbo that exists independent of time.)
We make ridiculous hats with all of the leftover wrapping paper and ribbon and anything else we can find. We toast the NYC New Year at 12 EST, call all of our family back east and go to bed about 9:30 PST.
New Year's day we do collards, black-eyed peas and cornbread.
I wanted so very badly to be out of NYC ( I live 12 blocks away from Times Square and have had to show ID to be able to get home the past few years), but renovation issues mean I can't. I suppose my usual seeing a movie that runs past midnight.
I've got a choice between a potential vrakatar-hosted party or a party in NJ but I really hope the vrak one happens because I don't want to go all the way to Jersey. It would also be easier and more fun to bring my friend M. to the vrak party because even though he wouldn't know anyone at either party, I think he'd get along with vrak and friends better.
Just hope it doesn't rain or snow too much to not use the outdoor firepit.
I wonder if I can convince the BF to go with ColdChef's agenda instead of our planned "cook dinner, make a fire, drink champagne" evening.
The Tater Toss sounds especially fun, especially considering it will be done once already made up and hairstyled.
Bedsheet tent in the den? Further proof that ColdChef is utterly awesome! However I suspect a beauty makeover in his near future, like maybe New Year's Eve!
No real plans for me... might watch the countdown on TV. I might make some eggnog or mulled wine.
Heh. Tater Toss. You wind it up and throw it back and forth until the timer goes off. Simple, most old fashioned game. Girls love it more than the Wii. They want to play for hours.
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