So, how will you be ringing in the New Year?

[prolesunited]

After working through Christmas, I managed to wrangle the eve off (although I'm working the day.)

We're planning on a relaxing evening at home with my sister and her husband and maybe go see fireworks in a neighboring town.

And what will you be doing?

[KitchenWitch]

1. Asian Buffet baby!

Eat and be merry!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. I'm going to see about a girl.

[Goblinmonger]

44. How the hell did that movie

ever lose to the claptrap that was Titanic. I mean, really.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. I am going to the triplets' for dinner....

We are probably ordering Chinese food. A champagne toast about 8 (not for the triplets). Then I will come home to avoid the idiot drivers.

Excellent that you have the Eve off.

[SharonRB]

4. Governor Granholm's New Year's Eve party

and then her swearing in on New Year's Day.

Should be a great time with 1200-2000 of my closest friends.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. I am so happy that Granholm won....

Back in early September, I spent some time in the Holland/Macatawa area visiting with relatives. There were so many DeVos signs in people's yards (I saw exactly ONE for Granholm) that I really despaired. The other parts of Michigan did good re-electing Granholm.

[SharonRB]

7. I don't know what we would have done had he won

He would have been a total disaster! I love Jennifer -- I wish she could run again or run for president, but she can't do either. Maybe she'll run for senate or something down the road or be named to the next Dem president's cabinet or as some agency head. I just hope she completes her term, which means she won't be available until 2010.

She's just so warm and honest and instills a great sense of trust when you meet her. She has a lot of the same qualities that Bill Clinton has when it comes to connecting with people.

on edit:
There's always SCOTUS if an opening occurs at the right time!

[1gobluedem]

35. Say hi to my parents

They will be there too!

[SharonRB]

39. Tell them to wear a sign so I'll know who they are!

Have a happy new year!

Since we're going to the swearing in and the afternoon festivities on Monday, I'm going to have to set the VCR for the Rose Bowl, just in case. I originally wanted to be sure to be home in time for it, but it's not often that we get to attend something like this, so I'll just play it by ear. Maybe we'll just go somewhere near Lansing or E. Lansing to watch -- I'm sure it will be strange watching a UofM game in State territory if we do!

[Scout1071]

6. My friends rented a bar and hired a band. We are going to pah-tay!

[ornotna]

8. I'll be spending it with Donna The Buffalo

At The Coliseum in St. Pete.


The Coliseum


2 years ago


Last year

A good time will be had by all.

[LaraMN]

9. Got a sitter, going to a friend's party.

If I'm not still infested with illness.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Standard sacrificing of a city's worth of peasants, watching my 8mm's of the Big Bang

and absorbing the energy of a couple of stars to keep me going through the next year.

[Shakespeare]

34. Same here. n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

42. Well, then stay out of Delta quadrant. They don't need two of us burning out stars.

[Shakespeare]

54. Oh, you're no fun at all. n/t

[Fuzz]

11. Having a few friends over.

I'm making some food, punch, drinks, and popping a bottle of champagne at midnight.

We'll probably play a couple games and stuff and watch the 5 kids all 10 and under that will be here get wilder and wilder as the night goes on.

[Radio_Lady]

12. Checking into a Courtyard by Marriott, early dinner at a local restaurant.

I used to stay up until midnight, but rarely anymore. I might try it on Sunday night... To me, it's just another night. I say the year REALLY begins around September 7th, Labor Day, or whenever the grandkids go back to school, whichever comes first.

[carly denise pt deux]

13. same as usual

drink a couple of drinks before midnight, take a picture of my kids in front of the TV screen right when the ball goes down and the lights flash 2007 on TV, drink a couple of bottles of non-alcoholic champaigne with the kids, then hit the hay.

[seemunkee]

14. Dinnner out with some another couple

Kind of quiet this year. Usually one or the other of us has a party but we both decided to skip it.

[BarenakedLady]

15. Laying prone on my back

yeah, not that way...

With a bottle of champagne one one side and my dog Emma on the other watching Dick Clark (he is doing another year right?) on the couch.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. A bottle of sparkling wine, some TV

Then listen to the gunfire outside at midnight. Staying away from the windows.

[Deja Q]

17. Watching movies and crying

[BarenakedLady]

19. Call me

We can cry together!

[XNASA]

18. I will be on the roof of my house, with a water hose.....

Extinguishing embers caused by a wayward hoosier fireworks display.

There's no point in taking any chances.

[prolesunited]

20. Haha!

Hey, if you two aren't busy, you're welcome to come over.

[Initech]

21. I'm going to the Gnarls Barkley - Flaming Lips concert at USC

[Skittles]

22. I worked Thanksgiving, Christmas and I'll be working New Years too

so I will be working

[prolesunited]

53. I've worked all the holidays

EXCEPT New Year's Eve. Kinda sucks, but we can really use the money.

[barb162]

23. making dinner for a group of 8 or 9

[SeattleGirl]

24. Celebrating with my siblings and their spouses.

And leaving MrSG alone, which he needs.

[enigmatic]

25. doing my show

Nothing special; Mrs. E and I will be drinking champagne and chilling out while I do my overnight show. Very happy, very content..

[Nicole]

26. I have no idea

I have a dinner date. I don't know what he has planned for after dinner. I've got an overnight bag packed just in case I get lucky.

[UrbScotty]

27. Watching the ball drop on Dick Clark's show

...for the 12th year in a row.

[noshenanigans]

28. The airport- wee!

I'm picking up my friends, then we're going back to their place to smoke and drink things. I know it sounds bland, but since I watched the fireworks from the roof and got busted with some stuff not quite legal in California (or with a $200 fine) in my pocket I've been much more careful- er, boring.

[NMMNG]

29. I'll be working

[prolesunited]

30. Well

I hope you'll at least be earning some OT pay.

I work New Year's Day and will get double-time. That's incentive not to wind up with a hangover. Plus, I don't have to be in until 4.

[NMMNG]

41. True

I work New Years Eve-New Years morning 10p-10a then go back on at 3pm New Years Day. I'd love to get double time but time and a half will have to suffice.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

43. My dear Buffy!

Hey, sweetie.....you've not been here in the Lounge much these days, and I have missed you!

Didja get the card? Hope you liked it!

Happy New Year!

[bigwillq]

31. Not sure yet

Hanging with the man, I know that. But the rest is still undecided.

[Kat45]

32. I'm going to my boyfriend's house.

He's actually not working, for a change, so I'll go to his place. He's going to get a variety of interesting beers to drink, we'll have cheese and crackers with grapes and olives, watch the Three Stooges marathon (which we hope will be on this year), and watch the ball drop at midnight. This is the first New Year's Eve that I've had something to do in years.

[1gobluedem]

33. Having Christmas with my SO and his kids

He always has them on New Year's Eve so we do our Christmas then; presents, pizza, champagne (for us), and sometimes fireworks. We let the kids stay up as late as they want. It's lots of fun.

Or it will be as soon as I get all this stuff wrapped....

[Roon]

36. Like my 85-year-old Grandfather

I'll be in bed sawing logs. My Grandfather says he hasn't been up for a New Year in 25 years.

[Catshrink]

37. It's my BD -- so my plan is...

1) Watch John & Elizabeth Edwards on Georgie Steph in the morning.

2) Open my BD gifts (since last year, everyone has moved out of state so I'm alone this year . )

2) Make "Cool-Whip" dessert for my BD cake. It is totally awesome and bad for me, but hey, it's my BD.

3) Finish my kitchen/dining room floor. I've been putting it off since August and have been poking away at it all Christmas break. I'm almost finished!

4) Watch the Bears kick the Packers be-hinds and bid Brett Favre a fond farewell from football (I think this will be his last game, my guess is he'll retire after this year.)

5) After the Bears game, I'll either watch the 3rd season of Arrested Development or Casablanca and enjoy a fine brew.


Hey, it's only a day.

[lizziegrace]

62. It's official

Today's your birthday!

[Catshrink]

67. Thanks!

[scarlet_owl]

38. I'm going to my dad's house.

[Lyric]

40. Staying home and cooking.

I'm on pain meds, so no drinking for me. I am making pork cooked in garlic and sauerkraut, bacon mashed potatoes, and black-eyed peas cooked with the huge ham bone I had left after Christmas dinner.

[bikebloke]

45. Staying in

I might have a double feature video veg-out. Then to bed before midnight. Enjoy the peace while I can before the fucking noisy neighbour upstairs returns from holiday.

[tigereye]

46. making psari plaki and berry crostadas for dinner

(we'll see how they turn out!), then watching Lawrence of Arabia, then watching the TV festivities, and seeing how late the boy can stay awake!) We'll probably open a bottle of wine, and the kid can have a gingerale!




I can't remember the last time we went out on New Years - I think it was before the kid was born....

[momophile]

47. oh shit. is there going to be new year already?

crap. I'm not done with the last one...

I'll be packing...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

48. Working tomorrow,

then I will go home, nuke a TV dinner, and go to bed by about 10:30.

[alarimer]

49. I'll be alone as usual

But that's okay because I won't have clothes to wear since the airline lost my bag. Well I got the other one but it's still more fun to say I have no clothes.

I think being alone on New years is worse than being alone on valentines day. At least it is for me. A new year should be optimistic and hopeful. Instead I am sitting here down in the dumps because I am all alone.

[Maddy McCall]

50. Party at my house with some close friends.

They'll bring their kids--the kids will romp outside, and we are going to play darts, poker, and probably have a few beers.

[crim son]

51. Cooking, then eating.

Lobster! with all the requisite side dishes, homemade cake and icecream for dessert. I did my partying last night so me, my kids, and the STBE will probably just sit around and stare at one another until midnight.

[Fox Mulder]

52. At home and by myself.

Once again...

[Deja Q]

55. Screw up my sleep pattern, exercise until my muscles tear,

and hope all the work into putting myself back into shape and eliminating my state of obesity will not have been in vain.

[u4ic]

56. Not much

Unpack from my trip, call a few friends, catch up on all the news I missed over the past few days. Perhaps watch some of the 'Just For Laughs' New Year's Eve special...

[RFKHumphreyObama]

57. I’ll be spending it with my BIL’s family

My BIL phoned up today and invited me to a family gathering at his cousin’s house. So I’ll be spending it in the company of good friends

[neweurope]

58. We'll be spending New Years Eve like always at the stable,

watching our horses. They don't like all the noise and run around like crazy, and I want to at least be there to be able to call the veterinarian if necessary. It won't be too cold this year but I hope it won't rain. Not much fun standing in the rain for two hours mumbling "whoa boy, easy there"...


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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[LostinVA]

59. Haruka is coming here to spend it with me

She's on the road as I write this.

YAY!!!

[Heidi]

61. Does this mean

you're no longer interested in corrupting me?

Happy New Year, LostinVA, and have fun, both of ya.

[LostinVA]

68. There's always room for corruption

Just more of the platonic type of corruption... like making you shop at Wal-Mart or something.

Thanks, and Happy New Year's to you and CMW, too.

[crispini]

60. Yoga class baby!

Start off the new year with goooood vibes!

[tyedyeto]

63. Working

I work at a private club and there will be 350 people dining and dancing the night away.

[Fredda Weinberg]

64. Saving the world

I was remembering Ruth Klein. My mother had sent me to help her as soon as I was old enough to be useful. Miss Klein made a crack house into a community garden and breathed life into neighborhood that had been slated for demolition.

It's startling, really, to consider that she passed away unnoticed - a situation I now find intolerable.

She made it look easy and as it turns out, it was. You just have to want to make a difference. Think global, act local and the advantage we have now is the medium in which we are communicating. It holds the power to revive her spirit.

Happy new year and may we all find peace.

[hippywife]

69. Hugs for your efforts.

May you have many successes.

[Fredda Weinberg]

72. I spoke to someone to tonight who knew Ruth Klein!

Talk about happy new year ... we were talking about appreciating real estate values and networking application requiring her professional qualifications and I mentioned Sheepshead Bay and the police station that closed there. Who else would understand how that result came about? But Robin knew of her by reputation.

Talk about immortality! And we met bringing modern Internet service to FDNY, finishing this year. Our efforts in the public interest serve beyond our tenures.

I have my master's now. They tell me it was completed in record time, but I'm postponing the PhD for professional reasons. Honestly, it can wait.

But the big success tonight was finding someone who knew my dear friend. If anyone was a true god mother, Ruth Klein was there for us all.

[hippywife]

73. Congratulations

on your accomplishments and hooking up with someone who can truly appreciate your heroine!

[NewWaveChick1981]

65. Staying at home and watching some lame ball-dropping TV show...

Wait....let me rephrase that...

Mr. NWC is so incredibly boring that he doesn't even want champagne. His big New Year's Eve thing is to change the calendars at midnight.

[imperial jedi]

66. staying home and

having a Brother Cadfael marathon. Usually I watch I Claudius but thought I'd do something different this year.

[hippywife]

70. If I'm still awake:

GARRISON KEILLOR'S NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECIAL

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/phceve/index.html

[NC_Nurse]

71. Hang out at home, worry about my kids who will

probably be out partying. They all call me when they get home so I know they're okay.

Happy New Year!