My husband and I have decided to scale back this New Year’s Eve……instead of going to bed at 9:30, we are going to bed at 8:30.  We are such party animals.  Years ago New Year’s Eve meant a night out, expensive tickets and babysitter, a new outfit, a hang over the next morning…………but now it is as it should be.  Quiet and reflective.  Each New Year’s Eve we sit down to a nice dinner at home.  We reflect on the events of the year and wonder what the next year will bring. We give thanks that each member of our family has survived another year, healthy and spared from any major upset.
When the kids were small, the refrigerator calendar recorded the events of the year. Doctor appointments, recitals, weddings, and birthdays were all scribbled and preserved on paper.  Now I’ll rely on my blog to help me capture the memories as the months fly by. As I try to remember the event of 2008, it seems like a blur as it past so quickly.Â
My father survived two major heart surgeries.  I gave up my sewing room, so my brother could move in with us for six months. My son started and ended the year with a new apartment and a new girlfriend. My daughter and her husband began a new business venture.  After years of my daughter’s nagging and encouragement, I began writing this blog.
Usually my husband works away in the summer spending the winter months at home. 2008 found him away during the winter and home for the summer, completely different from other years.   He was home when our beloved kitty Abby passed away.  Everything happens for a reason, sometimes it takes awhile to understand why.
 
Thank you for reading my ramblings, for taking the time to comment. May joy and peace surround you and your family in 2009. To each of you I’m sending this Irish blessing
Happy New years Mam.
Like you I scaled back many years ago.
Too many drunk drivers on the road so we just stay home and relax.
Thank you Mam! I have read Andreas blog for years and have seen her shopping when she lived in Miramichi I felt like I was spotting a celebrity I wanted to speak to her but thought she would think I was some kinda nut (and she would have been right) now I read you religiously and hope you keep posting. Hope your 2009 is the best year of your life, Marina.
Andrea has grown accustomed to being greeted by her firends…..after all she is a dead ringer for Angelina Jolie. My daugher, like her mother, loves to talk, you should have introduced yourself. Best to you and your family for 2009
Feliz año nuevo Betsy, to you and your family