Thoughts on this first Tuesday of Twenty Thirteen

Happy New Year!!

Happy Birthday Mum E and Dad E…both my parents are new years babies and both born in the same year…what are the chances??

My maiden name begins with an E so I’ve always put it on the end of mum and dad to make of course Mum E and Dad E. genius don’t cha think?  😀

Annyywayy, let’s get back to my story:)

We usually don’t go out to celebrate the New Year , we often stay home, watch movies, eat, drink and maybe stay awake long enough to see the new year in.

Friends of ours invited us over along with approximately 38 others for a New Year celebration.

Andreas spouse “allows” pppffttt her to have a New Years party every couple of years. 🙂

I am so glad he “allowed” her this one!!  Andrea loves to entertain, is a fabulous cook, and a wonderful hostess.

She had prepared Lamb, pork, chicken, salads, potatoes and more, she’d made up cheese and cracker plates with home-made pickles and varieties of nuts and other munchies.

After dinner there was of course dessert, she’d made cheesecake, apple crisp, chocolate mousse pie and about 4 other delicious looking pies and cookies.

We all had a wonderful time , Kevin made sure that everyone’s glasses were never empty and was a gracious host as well making everyone feel at home.

We all pitched in and helped with the tidying up, and then congregated downstairs alongside the wood stove to keep us warm and watched the countdown to the New year on tv.

All of us were given tiaras with New Year across the front, party hats, noise makers, and champagne that had been chilling in the “Canadian cooler”  the snow bank and anxiously awaited the countdown.

Many of the men were wearing their tiaras , I wish I had some photos to post I’ve never seen anything so funny and my Paul is just over six feet tall quite a big guy proudly wearing his tiara with all his other buddies!  Kevin and Andreas new dog Casey joined in on the celebration by adorning a tiara himself.

Finally the clock struck 12 and a brand new year began, and with that came hugs, clinking of glasses and my favorite part the smooching :).  What I loved the most about last night was being together with our good friends and  meeting new ones.  Paul and are very blessed to have the friends that we do!!

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I also need to apologize to Paul, I was not the easiest date to take out last night, as I have mentioned in a previous post or two I have gained about 25 pounds and my wardrobe is quite small, I had worked yesterday, and have been suffering with a very sore back for the last few days and I have a strange rash adorning my neck like a hideous necklace…I was a bit of a brat before we left, “I have nothing to wear”, “I look awful”,”I think I’m just going to stay home” poor guy 😦  He was quite patient with me and said lets just go over for a drink and then we’ll come home…well as it turned out he was the one waiting in the car for me last night, even had to come in and find me to say for the fifth time “let’s go”. 😀