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We probably will stay home and have a Wii tournament. Then go out and watch the fire works at midnight (my neighbors like it to look and sound like WWIII) we have been sick so no big partying for us. I plan to sleep in and lay around and watch some cheesy movie marathon on TV:-) oh yeah and Indysteele I want to come to your house if eating coq au vin is a boring night for you !!!!Tri girl OMG you are a maniac polarbear plunge my hero:D Happy New Year everyone!
I'm having a smalll dinner party for my cycling friends. We'll have some hors d'oeurves - Spanokopita and something else tbd. We'll dine on standing rib roast w/ herb crust, Yorkshire pudding, roasted carrots, potatoes & onions. Dessert is Tiramisu and Christmas cookies. Lots of wine and champagne. Everybody will be walking home. Tomorrow we'll all go watch the Polar Bear swim.... ocean temps are about 40oF and all the bays and canals are frozen. Air temp will be in the 40s as well, maybe warmer in the sun.
Happy New Year!
Martha
Our usual MO is to watch an old classic movie and make a gourmet meal and stay off the roads. This year we were actually going to a party involving lots of food and wine and folk/bluegrass music played by the hosts and their band but alas, our weather - sleet, freezing rain, snow... forced a postponment until next Sat. Soooo, we are staying in, watching an old classic and making homemade pizza.
DH and I are going to a cycling buddy's house for a little while and then coming back to our neighborhood to finish the night out at a friend's house that is within walking distance! Don't know if we will make it to midnight or not. We are pretty wimpy about staying up late these days.
I had planned to head to church tonight, but then my voice dropped at least an octave, started coughing...so I am at home tonight watching Wild, Wild West. Getting ready to start a fire and open a beer - if I can stay up until midnight great, if not, then that is good as well.
Tomorrow is supposed to be 25 degrees colder than today, it couldn't last. Will head to the club tomorrow morning if I am feeling a little better for some exercise/endorphins, and tomorrow afternoon will go hiking with a friend. Not a bad way to ring in a new year!
Have a safe and Happy New Year, TE. :D Don't drink and ride ;)
I'm touching up the paint on the stairway handrail. Woopeeeee!
We didn't do much last night..no longer party people :o
I went for a NY dirt ride this morning-I was supposed to join the road group I ride w normally on Sat's but wasn't sure if anyone from the sub group I ride with would be there. I even found a coffee shop open! :eek: oooo..
It's a quiet spend at home w de man man day. Tomorrow i'm doing a short OWS http://openwaterswimming.com.au/defa...p?PageID=20634 & then quickly heading home to escape the heat. It's supposed to hit 40C !
I'm sitting in the bath tub with my motorcycle helmet on from 12 midnight thru 12:30 am. This town is not safe on New Years.
Well, NYE is a good night for driving the northeast corridor. There was very little traffic and no construction delays.
Now I'm watching the shows my dvr recorded while I was away and drinking Bailey's Irish Cream. I just had some really good carrot cake, too.
BTW my cousin gave me a bottle of good Jamaican rum. What's the best way to enjoy rum that's too smooth to bury in a pina colada?
Well, We made it to 9PM last night - what party animals we are! I did hear a thunderstorm at midnight that quashed all the firework festivities;). Guess that means the kids will be out tonight:rolleyes:
NY Biker there are many ways to enjoy a good rum! Rum mixed with your favorite fruit juice and perhaps some soda water, in apple cider and then heated (one of my winter faves), hot buttered rum with a dash of nutmeg and cinnamon and there's always the classic: rum and coke. Have fun experimenting! :D
I stayed up past midnight this year! After x country skiing almost 9 miles, I rested and then drank a cup of coffee at the beautiful Inn at Thorn Hill in Jackson, NH. Our reservation in the dining room was at 9 PM, so we sat in the bar for about a half hour and watched the various people... I made up names for all of them! Every night is a 3 course dinner at Thorn Hill, but it was a bit more festive on NYE, with decorations, etc. We were done around 11:20, so back into the lounge we went, ordered a split of champagne (actually Prosecco) and back to people watching we went. One couple looked like a much older woman with a younger guy, so I started calling him the gigolo. Silly, yes, but we had a good laugh. The next morning, on closer looking, I realized she just had an old fashioned haircut and clothes. Then there was the very inebriated couple, dancing in the middle of the bar, very aggressively swing dancing, bumping into DH's chair. Well, we watched the ball drop on the tV, finished our drinks and went to bed. Too bad I couldn't sleep!