Hey 2009!

Happy New Year's Day! I hope that you had a great NYE.

We had a couple and their daughter over. We had also invited another family, but they bailed on us due to some husband/wife miscommunication. The made us a bit apprehensive because conversation with the first couple can be a bit one-dimensional. However, it turned out to be a fun night. Lot's of good food (by popular demand I made the xmas ziti), cards and laughs.

After our guests left at about 12:30, we cleaned up the kitchen, toasted 2009 and headed upstairs for a proper way to ring in the new year (heh).

When it come to holidays, New Year's is second behind Halloween in my book. Even though it's the middle of winter it always seems to be a nice day here (I think the Tournament of Roses committee has witches on its payroll to make it so) and there's TONS of football on. OK, this year the Rose Bowl (USC vs. Penn State) is the only intriguing game today, but still. It's a good excuse to get together with friends you didn't see the night before and hang out for the day. Funny, I seem to usually have a worse hangover on Jan 2nd than New Years day.

I still with the Vols were playing today, but that's life.

T minus 1 week for the NZS. The reality has definitely set in for him.