Anyone have Plans For New Years Eve ?

[digitS']

Today is DW's birthday.

A tea-totaller, she is already up and has a cup of spearmint & chamomile. I may be having an influence in that she isn't drinking coffee.

She would not have taken kindly to me being hungover, this morning. Of course, 1 alcoholic drink makes me sleepy ... midnight shouldn't arrive 8 hours after sunset! Or, maybe it should, or sumthin. See, I'm confused without the partying ...

I blame @dickiebird and trying to figure out why he has DSL but no telephone.

Steve

 

[Smart Red]

Steve, perhaps the wires are still hanging, but the phone offices are under water? If DSL is coming from some other site it could still be up.

 

[Smart Red]

Give my best wishes to your DW, Steve. I'll charge you with making her birthday a good one, and expect nothing short of that.

Any problems with being a New Year's baby? I know my mom always hated having her birthday just before Christmas. As long as she celebrates -- starts her birthday party -- on the Eve, she should have plenty of folks to party with her.

No, hung over on her birthday would not be good. Course, as far as I am concerned, being hung over on any day is not good. Celebrating LIFE need not be done by dulling one's senses!

 

[digitS']

It sure makes it easy for me.

I'm already in some kind of a shopping mode, at the lowest rev but it's the best I can do. Most people consider the 7 days before New Years as a holiday. Her B-day fits right in.

Not sure how people outside the household feel about it. Seems easy for them to remember.

Steve

 

[Nyboy]

Red 3:30 is the most popular dinner time in Florida, seniors get the early bird special

 

[Nyboy]

I fell asleep by 10:30, was woken up by Midnight fireworks, Tx alarm kept going off but I waited till morning to check them.

 

[digitS']

Those Florida diners: It's because we are only eating twice a day.

DW was gone yesterday. I completely forgot about lunch. Of course, with Christmas candy and nuts, I wasn't hungry.

This was one reason I had the tape measure out and was mapping my 88' "track." She came home after 4 so we got around to dinner but sometimes don't. She had a good laugh to learn about my exercise program. What she has missed this morning is that I covered the distance of two football fields after breakfast ... single digitS' (outdoor temperature this morning ).

Steve

 

[digitS']

Watching the Rose Parade. Stanford University float and marching band just went by, spectacular! Here is a short clip from 2013:

I tell ya, I'm onto sumthin with this prancercise. Yeah, Stanford - these are the smart people! (I wonder where I can get an old sink ....)

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

Happy Birthday to your DW Steve! My FIL shares a birth day with her.

I actually stayed up until midnight. I am quite the party animal though so it's not too surprising. DH wandered off to bed before 10 since he can't hold a candle to my celebratory ways....Lets see....I sat on the couch while the tv played reruns, but I did catch an interesting PBS Outdoor Idaho program that I haven't seen yet.

Had my little laptop on my lap (natch) and somehow got involved with looking up my moms side of the family which led to all sorts of detours out to twigs of the family tree. I can never remember details of these ancestral things, but I do find them interesting and try to imagine their lives.

The homestead that Great grandma and grampa worked is still owned by a branch of that side of the family, and still being worked. That branch of the family had the foresight and resources to buy up a lot of the homesteads in that area during hard times for others. They are doing pretty well for themselves these days it appears.

I don't watch any of those New Years Eve tv things (yaaawwnn ) but for some reason old reruns of Burns and Allen are pleasant as background for a late night.

I did catch the neighbors fireworks display by craning my neck and peering out a corner of the window. It looked like a good one but was much too cold to shuffle out to the driveway to get a proper look.
So it was Happy New Year and somebody please remind why I thought I should actually stay up late.

 

[Smart Red]

That, my dear Thistle, is the reason you should not have been up so late. You need someone to remind you.