Happy New Year!

I've been waiting to post about New Years until I had photos ready.  Surprisingly, I didn't take one single photo but my friends did so I was hoping to have those to share and I don't.  But we must carry on and be timely so here I go with what I have.

I was invited to a New Years Eve party at Gayle's house.  Gayle is the Mom of my friends.  She is like the Mom to everyone.  We call her Momma Gayle and the kids call her Gramma Gayle.  She opened her home for a big party.  I wasn't sure what to expect as far as people but most dress in glitter or shiny stuff and there ended up being probably about 50 people there.

For some reason, I stayed in the kitchen all evening.  Course, that is where the appetizers were and I found a good chair.  There was all kinds of crowding and befuddling going on elsewhere.  So the kitchen was probably an okay place to be but I didn't get to mingle much.  I had a pretty rough day...or days leading up to the party.  I honestly didn't feel much like going but I figured I would go for a bit, not sure I would make it to midnight.  It was a great thing I went and helped pull me out of my funk.  At 11:30, I was still going strong so I decided to stay to ring in the New Year.  Surprising enough, I didn't drink any alcohol but a sip of champagne at midnight.  Turns out that was good because there were tons of cops out when I drove home.  I had brought a thermos of cranberry juice and a can of sprite.  I told people I was drinking cranberry vodkas.  No one questioned me and I felt like my non-drinking self fit in.  So that was perfect.

Kimberlee, me, Kim's hair, Cousin Ryan, and Koli

New Years Day, I slept in and had a lazy day.  We have spent the week trying to eat some of the left over food from Christmas.  We finished up the ham yesterday.  I'll have to survey what else is left that isn't past it's prime.  I was toying with making Egg Nog milk shakes today.  Very funny is we ended up having 4 gallons of milk left for the 2 of us.  One 1/2 gallon expired so we tossed it.  We drank an entire gallon yesterday before it expired.  I'm sure I will pee milk today.  I must remember to not order more milk delivery for Monday.

I don't think it has been a huge secret that Philip and I have not been getting along well.  December has been a very challenging month for us and ended with full fireworks and crowning glory.  But we  have talked lots and are working to heal our hurts and move on.   Made it very difficult to enjoy New Years and all the festivities.  I believe a huge influence was his girlfriend.  Raising a teen is tough work.