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THIS IS ME, DRINKING MY WELCH'S BUBBLY LAST NIGHT! LOL

We are such Party Animals here....LOL....We "popped the cork" on the Welch's, poured ourselves a glass, and settled back to watch the Three Stooges marathon on the tv. Hubs lasted until about 10:00pm, but I lasted until 10:30pm. That is a record for me!

WOO-HOO! 2009 is now just a memory....2010 is here!!

This morning, I was up at 6:00AM!

Not by choice...

....but by necessity. Sheba decided that she needed to go potty and I heard her hop off of the bed. I knew that if someone didn't let her out, she would use my carpet as her potty! UGH!

So, since Hubby was still sleeping, I decided I'd better get up. I trudged down the stairs, with her prancing and dancing beside me, not very happy to be up at this hour. I opened the deck door and stepped outside, and the stillness of the new day, and a realization that it was a NEW YEAR, almost took my breath away.


It was so quiet, so still, so serene, and even though it was COLD (-1 ), I stood there for a moment and took in the beauty. The moon was still out and there was a soft glow everywhere. Even the cruncy snow looked (almost!) pretty at that moment. I could also hear music. It was playing ever-so-delicately, almost angelic, and for that particular moment in time, I got a clear picture of what "Peace on Earth" really meant.

I figured out that the lovely sound was coming from my neighbor's wind chime, but I prefer to think that it was the sound of angels singing.....I know....I know.....wistful thinking, but hey, a girl can dream, can't she!! :)

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Let me know how your New Years Eve went...Was it fun and exciting? Did you stay at home with the family or go out "on the town?" Fill me in on all the details?

BOY + PAIN = GROUCH

Thanks so much to all of you who commented or e-mailed me about teen son. The good news is that all is going well and he should be able to start walking on it today! YIPPEE! He also gets to take the monster-bandage off of his knee, SHOWER (this is a huge deal....he did not like washing up at the sink yesterday!) , and then he can just put small bandages over the incisions.

Yesterday was NOT fun....NOT AT ALL. Thus the name of today's post! HA!

The weird thing about this whole knee problem of his is that the small tear isn't what was causing his knee-locking problem. It was the bands of scar tissue, from a previous tear, that were the culprits.

At some point in time, according to the doc, he tore the meniscus. There was some bleeding in that area, but the tear healed. But, scaring occurred. Everything was okay, until he incurred a slight tear in a different area. That tear, along with the bands of scar tissue, did not co-exist together in peaceful harmony!

Today should be a better day for him. He doesn't want to take anymore pain meds, because they make him all loopy and give him a hangover feeling. I told him that plenty of people around the world will be feeling just like him tomorrow morning! LOL

May all of you have a wonderful New Years Eve spent with family and friends. I bought a bottle of Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice (I am a total weenie when it comes to alcohol...I can't stand it!) and all of us will "toast the New Year" at around 9:30pm, because that is when I go to bed!

Did you know: Auld Lang Syne literally means "old long since," but a more English translation would be something like "long long ago" and the song is generally interpreted as a call to remember long standing friendships. (thanks bing.com!)

Let's Raise a Toast to All of Us to Ring in 2010 (I'll raise up my glass of Welch's!)