Happy New Year!

[Jersey Nonny]

Any plans? Any recipes? Any Games?

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[Rusty Zipper]

Any plans? Any recipes? Any Games?

Scus'a me, i think it will be the one night of the year i will be Glum!

[espresso]

Originally Posted by Rusty Zipper

Scus'a me, i think it will be the one night of the year i will be Glum!

Why's that RZ?

[Rusty Zipper]

spressy

Scus'a me, i think it will be the one night of the year i will be Glum!

to keep it Green

[Jersey Nonny]

Originally Posted by Rusty Zipper

spressyto keep it Green

I think I've been here too long...I can't remember what I did last year, other than eat pickled herring. But, of course, I've done that every year for as long as I can remember. Which reminds me, I have to call my niece to bring some.

Funny thing is, I can remember many New Year's Eves when I was still drinking...but, last year nada! Guess it wasn't too memorable.

This year, as far as I know, probably bingo until 7:30...snacks in the lobby for a while...to bed by 10:00...watch the ball drop. Fall asleep and wake up in 2009. If I could, I'd get up about midnight and go up and down the hallways waking these deadheads up! What a boring group to spend the last night of 2008 with. Ah, well.

[Jersey Nonny]

Wassailing Song
(Scottish Song)
Here we come a wassailing,
Among the leaves so green
Here we come a wondering
So fair to be seen.

Love and joy come to you
And to your wassail too,
And God bless you and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.

Wassailing as a practice falls into two distinct categories. The House-Visiting wassail, very much similar to caroling, is the practice of people going door-to-door singing Christmas carols. In modern times, it is most commonly known through reference in various traditional Christmas carols (e.g., "Here we come a-wassailing / among the leaves so green"). The Orchard-Visiting wassail refers to the practice of singing to trees in apple orchards in cider-producing regions of England to promote a good harvest for the coming year.

[allport]

Jersey we do first footing at New Year, is that something people in America do?

[IO Storm]

Sober N' Clean Party..lots of food..big meeting. Dress to the nines.

Nice.




Hugs all around at midnight..

[Aysha]

I was in rehab last New Years. Not this year..Just the fam..food..and Rock Band..We good to go.

[Jersey Nonny]

I have my creamed herring...so, I'm all set.

Jersey we do first footing at New Year, is that something people in America do?

No, allport. In the past 10 years or so, a lot of towns have "First Night"...it's like a great big street fair with food and entertainment. They get really big crowds.

Of course, the big thing in the US is "watching the ball drop" in Times Square, NYC. A lot of places set off fireworks at midnight, too.

I always liked the song "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve."

Maybe it's much too early in the game
Ooh, but I thought I'd ask you just the same
What are you doing New Year's
New Year's eve?

Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight
When it's exactly twelve o'clock that night
Welcoming in the New Year
New Year's eve

Maybe I'm crazy to suppose
I'd ever be the one you chose
Out of a thousand invitations
You received

Ooh, but in case I stand one little chance
Here comes the jackpot question in advance:
What are you doing New Year's
New Year's Eve?

[allport]

First footing is when a stranger!(usually a neighbour, we are not mad) is the first person to enter your house after midnight.

They bring with them salt, coal and money and other stuff I cant remember to ensure the house will have food, heat and enough money for the following year.
It originated in Scotland and we stole it and changed it to suit our needs, typical English. lol

[espresso]

Can this young man first foot round my way????
Need cheering up

[Jersey Nonny]

And, the count-down begins. Just about 31 hours EST.

Classic New Year Wishes

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer,
With never a thought of sorrow;
The old goes out, but the glad young year
Comes merrily in tomorrow
Emily Miller

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a
better man.
Benjamin Franklin

A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
Edgar A. Guest

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called "Opportunity" and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.
Sydney Smith

Your Merry Christmas may depend on what others do for you. But your Happy New Year depends on what you do for others.
Anonymous

Every new year people make resolutions to change aspects of themselves they believe are negative. A majority of people revert back to how they were before and feel like failures. This year I challenge you to a new resolution. I challenge you to just be yourself.
Aisha Elderwynv

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, never in want.
Irish Toast

[least]

Nothing special, really. Might get some theatre popcorn and watch a favorite movie. Maybe stay up til midnight. Wake up in a new year full of new possibilities.

[Jersey Nonny]

Originally Posted by espresso

Can this young man first foot round my way????
Need cheering up

Only if this one can be the first to set foot in my doorway!

Yes...I like "older men"...well, older than your guy.

[espresso]

Originally Posted by Jersey Nonny

Only if this one can be the first to set foot in my doorway!

Yes...I like "older men"...well, older than your guy.

Ha Ha Jerz..he's 13/14 years' younger than me, but other than him and JLC (another UK comic) there's (a) not much eye candy around and (b) they're all youngsters.....
P.S. 11 hours and 52 mins to go here

[grateful2b]

I am going to spend a quiet one here...but will rustle up a plate of my favorite New Years tastys:
bacon dippers with a dollop of horseradish, Ketchup, and a smoked oyster...
how divine!
Happy New Years Everyone!

[allport]

Espresso, really Justin Lee Collins?

Thats worse than my friend who fancies Jimmy Carr!

Happy New Year anyway and I hope you have a good one.

[Jersey Nonny]

NEW YEAR'S QUOTES


Jay Leno
Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average… which means, you have met your New Year's resolution.

James Agate
New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

Eric Zorn
Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.

Bill Vaughan
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

Charles Lamb
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.

Oprah Winfrey
Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.

Mark Twain
New Year's Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.

Anonymous
Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits.

Joey Adams
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions!

Anais Nin
I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.

Oscar Wilde
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

Robert Paul
I'm a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser.

Anonymous
A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.

[Jersey Nonny]

And, the countdown continues...Eight Hours to go...Of course, it's already 4:00 a.m. January 1, 2009 in Australia!

This is the "older" man I was referring to. I had trouble coaxing George to go first footing. He's such a private person, you know.

[Jersey Nonny]

Not quite five hours to go...I'll see you Next Year!

[Jersey Nonny]

OMG...A new year, and almost 1/2 day into it already! How time flies, when you're having fun clean and sober!

Look for a new ABC game...blame Rusty Zipper!

[espresso]

Happy New Year jerz - great picture of George too!!

[Rusty Zipper]

jerz

Look for a new ABC game...blame Rusty Zipper!

[SerenityGirl]

Happy New Year Jersey!!!!