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Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a nice weekend. We started out by walking midday Friday in the 50 degree weather. Ugh. I would like some snow please. When we were done we decided to do a drive thru date. You go to a different drive through restaurant for each course. (App, entree, side and dessert. You're supposed to do drink but we didn't get a chance because we had a grocery pickup.) It was a fun idea but I'll tell you with the current great resignation/staff shortages, this will not be a quick date. It was fun but took like 45 minutes even though the four places were within a mile of each other.
Of course, there isn't a person alive by now who doesn't know 2021's final shitty blow...
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We got Paramount+ free trial so we could watch the Real World Homecoming earlier in the week so we spent most of the night watching season one of the Real World which we both remember watching together when we were in the first 6 months of our dating life. It brought back so many memories. About 30 minutes before midnight we synced up Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve 1981-1982. That's right, we had a WAAAAAY better time watching a 40 year old dip into the new year. We were secretly hoping that we'd open the door and run into the street and see a Datsun whizzing by with women in heavy makeup and feathered hair hanging out the windows but nay. It was great singing to Rick Springfield, Alabama, Rick James and The Four Tops perform whilst watching Charlene Tilton and Tom Wopat host. We toasted with some ice wine from Niagara on the Lake and instead of it making me loopy, it made me tired and I was asleep within 10 minutes while the Mr fell asleep re-watching The Matrix.
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Sunday we stayed in bed and binged a little more Real World before grabbing lunch at the only crap show that was open around here because I forgot to put my pork roast in early. We watched (fast forwarded) through the Rose parade. It rained all day at a decent clip so going on a drive or going anywhere since every place was closed wasn't an option. We basically just hung out all day until it was time for the second to last Dexter at 12:01am. Man, they have a LOT to tie up in the finale and we both have theories of how it could end and will probably end. After that I'll be able to fully process whether they should've just let sleeping lumberjacks lie.
Sunday we slept in and I made breakfast. We got a little spittle of snow and walked in it at the park but it didn't last long. When we got home we played some Scrabble and Racko then just chilled the rest of the night. Scintillating. A pretty low key start to the new year but that's fine with me.
How did you start your new year?
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Happy New Year everybody! I am glad we started ours the way we did. It would have been nice to find ourselves in 1982 again but I am gonna give 2022 the benefit of the doubt for now, but I am keeping my eye on it!
ReplyDeleteGames and filet on the grill.
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I spent a couple hours in the evening at a friend's, but was home before 10 and in bed before midnight. I had my bedroom tv on one of the countdown channels, but fell asleep. Oops. Neighborhood fireworks woke me up with 20 seconds left on the tv countdown so technically I did ring in the new year. 20 years old me is kicking my butt up and down the street.
ReplyDeleteWe spent NYE with our best friends of 40+ years as we always do - except for last year. Just the four of us sharing pizza and homemade Mississippi Mud cheesecake (my contribution), good music and better conversation. We made a few toasts at midnight with a special one for Miss White. It was quiet and lovely. I wish you and the Mr. a wonderful and blessed 2022! 😊
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I did a luminary walk at a small local nature area, complete with roasted marshmallows and hot chocolate. I went home to make a bunch of food for a late NYE dinner with my husband and I think I got done at like 11:30 CT so we ate our way into the new year! I really appreciate being able to be quiet and purposeful about celebrations.
ReplyDeleteIt was a quiet weekend with cleaning up some Christmas stuff and then working the weekend for both of us. He was in bed by 8pm on NYE and I was asleep by 11pm I think. Only fireworks briefly woke me up. It's bitterly cold now so basically hunkered down until it was time to go to work again.
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