Everyone Else Is Doing It

So I'm going to too! Yes, I am now on the new version of Blogger. New Blogger means new template, so I'll probably be tinkering around a bit more. I really like the fact that it makes it easy to create lists, and I also like the fact that the time will show when I actually published the post, not when I started it. For some reason, that always bothered me.

Christmas is almost officially over in our household. Mike took down the outside lights yesterday, and I took down most of the inside decorations. My village is staying up since that's really a winter thing, and the tree is still up since I ran out of energy. Christmas always goes by too fast. We went to Milwaukee and as always had a wonderful time. I got to spend some extra time with my family, and we also met Laura's fiancee's (Dave's) parents. They are great people, and it was fun to spend an evening with them. They brought over a game called Mad Gab, which was a hoot. You have to sound out nonsense words and guess what phrase they are. For example, Finned Easel turned out to be Vin Diesel. This would be even more fun if there was alcohol involved. As it was, we did pretty good.

We don't have any plans for New Year's. We usually don't do anything anyways. Sometimes I feel like I'm missing something by not going to a big party or bar celebration, but I'm not too big on getting drunk just because I think I should. That's not to say no celebrating will be going on tonight-if the wind dies down, we'll throw a couple of steaks on the grill. We have a bottle of champagne that may or may not still be good. We also picked up a bottle of Absolut Ruby Red Vodka, which tastes wonderful with cranberry juice. Gotta love Friar Tuck and the Saturday afternoon tastings!

Whether you're staying in or going out, have a safe and Happy New Year!