Hoe Are You Spending New Years Eve?

[E-lad]

While most of you don't write abut personal stuff, I love to hear about customs and personal stories. Fuck me.

I have a dutch oven full of sauerkraut, pork, hot dogs and kielbasa on the stove. #2 daughter and #3 son are here with two of the grand kids.
We never know who might show up. New Years eve is a grab bag of sorts. Nevertheless, it is one of the holidays that I do the exact same thing for over thirty years now.

We've considered going out to one of those high falooting parties, but never got around to it.

What are you doing?

[IntellectualNinja]

Nothing.

[E-lad]

Nothing.

????

You can't be doing nothing. !!

Let's bring in the new year at SMRT! Run through the neiborhood with your clothes off! well, that might e a bit extreme.

In any event, We're here to say, Happy new year!

[E-lad]

Nothing.

No,,,No... You are spending New Years eve with the SMRTies!!!! Get with the program grl!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

[Whateverman]

While most of you don't write abut personal stuff, I love to hear about customs and personal stories.

This is one of the reasons I write so much, Froggie. I look for opportunities to share the personal stuff, rather than babbling about abstractions.

I'll tell you how I did spend my New Years Eve. I've known my core group of friends for over 30 years now. One got married to a wonderful person, and the two of them have become the focal point for most of our gatherings.

I spent friday night and most of saturday at Eric and Jen's house. We had lots hats, a keg of Sierra Nevada pale ale, a booze luge (and a motley assortment of libations to go with it), fireworks, a raffle, a fresh ham dinner, music of all sorts (some performed live by our jazz band), and lots of memories - some documented (fortunately and unfortunately) by video.

Even as we spend less and less time with each other because life pushes us that way, I swear we're growing closer and closer in spite of it. It was a great time.

It's sunday morning, and I'm still a little groggy...

Happy New Year to you and your family, Dale!

EDIT: I've spent several New Years doing nothing. To be honest, it didn't bother me too much.

[E-lad]

Sounds like great fun WEM!