tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post2261865268767086148..comments2023-09-24T11:26:16.606-04:00Comments on The Middle Ages: HogmanayDeb and Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04444390852070865517noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-63144221091640947682011-01-01T17:23:47.643-05:002011-01-01T17:23:47.643-05:00Oh, I loved reading about Hogmanay! It sounds wond...Oh, I loved reading about Hogmanay! It sounds wonderful! I enjoy a bit of wallow with my cheer myself... some reflection... and I ALWAYS make resolutions. I try to make them somewhat flexible so there isn't a sudden instant of 'broken' from which I can't return, but still with measurable markers. I never stick to them 100% but the years I make none, I do a lot worse than the years I meet 30% of my goals. Possibly it is my love of lists... (and crossing things off them)Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-38420005552295918162011-01-01T10:25:23.091-05:002011-01-01T10:25:23.091-05:00omg, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RIGEL!!! I love that your bir...omg, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RIGEL!!! I love that your birthday coincides with New Year's Eve -- and I LOVE your resolutions! May you achieve all of your dreams and more. I hope it was an awesome day and night for you and that the next year will continue in that vein unabated.<br /><br />Lyndsie, cheers to your resolutions. They are as beautiful and sweet as you.<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!! XOXOXOBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020502430509158737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-41498365811177078992011-01-01T00:27:45.675-05:002011-01-01T00:27:45.675-05:00It's 11:27 here so it's 12:27 in Toronto s...It's 11:27 here so it's 12:27 in Toronto so:<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR, BARBARA AND DEB!!!!!!!!!!Rigelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-59630611716068517172010-12-31T23:21:22.756-05:002010-12-31T23:21:22.756-05:00Yes 2011 is going to be a great year. I am so read...Yes 2011 is going to be a great year. I am so ready and so excited for it to start. Every year I do make a New Year's Resolution. I post it up on my wall so I can see it,and so everyone else can see it. I may not always stick to it but I do make one. So this year is no different. My New Year's resolution well one of them anyways,is to be a better me. For me that means,doing things and trying things that I have been too afraid to try,or that I have been to busy to try.It's kind of a weird resolution I know but it is something that I need to do. And this year I believe that I will finally make that goal. I love to celebrate and make New Years resolutions. I celebrate by going out with friends and family. I want 2011 to come in with a BANG,and what better way to do that then to be out and count down the New Year year with your family and friends. <br /><br />By the way Love the card. It's so pretty..I hope you all have an amazing 2011,I have a feeling this is going to be the best year yet.Lyndsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474928538640746195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-87985261932251347502010-12-31T14:51:49.433-05:002010-12-31T14:51:49.433-05:00Well, New Year's Eve is my birthday. I'm ...Well, New Year's Eve is my birthday. I'm 38 today. Yup, I'm staring down the barrel at 40. I. Feel. Old. Tonight, my son and I'll head over to my best friend's house for a small gathering of families who'll stay up late nibbling on a table full of goodies, playing board games (we're viciously competitive at word games - no holds barred, hardcore Scrabble, Boggle, Keesdrow, etc.), Wii games, card games like Dutch Blitz (again, full contact and highly competitive LOL), and laughing. Oh, and R's sister is in town, and for my birthday, she's going to teach me how to bead an ear climber. New craftiness! Yeah!<br /><br />I rarely bother with resolutions because I'm cynical enough to realize that I'll still be fat and poor at the end of the year. I'm usually cranky about New Year's because a) I'm dealing with being a year older and b) it's got this bitter, weary sensation of, "Oh crap, here we go again." But, this time's is different. I'm making a resolution this year because heck if I'm going to reach 40 in 2 years with things sucking as badly as they have been in recent years. Nope. Nuh uh. Time. To. Kick. Some. Ass. Starting with my own.<br /><br />My resolution for 2011 is to get in the damn TARDIS! For those of you who aren't Whovians, let me explain. The TARDIS is Time And Relative Dimension In Space - a blue, British, wooden police public call box that's "bigger on the inside" in which The Doctor travels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPajMRah4hI The regeneration of The Doctor prior to the current one played by Matt Smith was The Doctor played by David Tennant (Oh my daaayum! I want to explore every inch of that man! I want to make him moan, gasp, and arch his back and, anyway, moving along...). Over the regenerations, The Doctor has had a variety of travelling companions. Tennant's Doctor had Rose, Martha, then Donna. But, Donna (played by Catherine Tate) could've been the companion before Martha. She had an adventure with The Doctor after he lost Rose (safely tucked away in a parallel universe), and he invited Donna to travel with him, but she chickened out and said no. When he told her goodbye, he told her, "Be magnificent." And, frumpy, common, dull Donna decided she would be. Later, it's revealed that Donna has always regretted her decision not to travel with The Doctor and has been tracking his appearances on Earth and waiting to catch up with him again. She ends up reuniting with him and being his companion after Martha departs.<br /><br />My resolution for this year is to get in the TARDIS - to be adventurous and not live in regret. To do and not to wait. In 2011, I'm going to be very selfish. Well, maybe selfish isn't the right word. Assertive? Ballsy? My resolution for 2011 is to talk myself INTO things rather than talking myself OUT OF them. To be daring. And, to demand a better life for myself. To quit wallowing. To be alive again. Or, as the lyrics of the fabulous song Proud by Heather Small say, "You could be so many people if you make that break for freedom." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkysd9mQho<br /><br />And, on a David Tennant/Catherine Tate note, here's a giggle to start your new year. This is one of my son's favorite things on all of YouTube:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxB1gB6K-2A<br /><br />BTW, it's still my birthday for a few more hours. It's not too late to give me Tory Belleci. Please. That's one package I'd upwrap and play with A LOT.Rigelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-56405820019465746992010-12-31T12:28:48.399-05:002010-12-31T12:28:48.399-05:00It's me and the kids tonight, watching movies ...It's me and the kids tonight, watching movies and eating junk food (hubby has to work). But tomorrow we're getting together with friends to watch the Badgers play in the Rose Bowl (with more junk food). Happy New Year, ladies!<br />ericaerica and christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074820593371226159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-61446422194983606892010-12-31T11:55:20.077-05:002010-12-31T11:55:20.077-05:00Yes, 2011 is gonna rock!!
And, Kate, your cozy f...Yes, 2011 is gonna rock!! <br /><br />And, Kate, your cozy family New Year's sounds perfect to me. Grody-drunk-slobber: ewwwww.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020502430509158737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-77621014374835515972010-12-31T11:52:16.935-05:002010-12-31T11:52:16.935-05:00Good to see you gals back! I've missed you.
My...Good to see you gals back! I've missed you.<br />My NY's Eves for the past many years have been spent alone, or shall I say, the only person awake in the house. Hubby snoring, kids abed. Feeling I must be missing something, but knowing I'm not, not really. For *sure* I don't miss the community dances where every grody drunk wants to slobber on me at midnight! Blechhh!<br />Tonight both my sons are home, so we'll watch the Air Farce NY's Eve special together and then the new Shrek, with popcorn and pop. Simple, but sweet. A typical "movie night" around here; not that rare, but always enjoyed.<br />Have a good one, y'all!Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-79713304633851177972010-12-31T10:30:23.831-05:002010-12-31T10:30:23.831-05:00Sounds like you girls are going to have a fabulous...Sounds like you girls are going to have a fabulous New Years Eve!<br />Hope your first footer is everything you hope for. <br /><br />2011 is destined to be better than 2010. Here's to a fresh start!Hollye Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10184998678584429429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-13019622453319768312010-12-31T09:44:05.240-05:002010-12-31T09:44:05.240-05:00Madge I think the accounting sounds great! Then yo...Madge I think the accounting sounds great! Then you really do dive into the new Year with a fresh start. And after all,the rose parade and feast is in the mix too! Happy New Year to you m'darlin'.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-70876692721886059342010-12-31T09:36:30.179-05:002010-12-31T09:36:30.179-05:00Deb and Barb, I am so glad I have you both in my l...Deb and Barb, I am so glad I have you both in my life. I will celebrate that this New Year's. I usually don't even stay up long enough to officially bring in the new. I make no resolutions and traditionally I do accounting Jan 1. I close all my business dealings checkbooks and get ready to start the year with a clean book. I know anal right but it makes me happy. I watch a little of the Rose Parade some of the football and go to my neighbors for a feast. But most importantly I do accounting. My friend and family laugh at this but when taxes come in April I have relaxed since Jan 1. I try to stay in the present as I try to do always. Strange but true this day is a beginning and an ending all over checkbooks. Love to you and your families.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com