New Year's Eve

[matriarch]

I will be alone ... and, most likely, asleep.

Wish I could whisk you over for an evening with us.

Last NYE,we were in Az, and had just driven back from the Grand Canyon. We had Becca staying with us, and we spent the evening at home, playing trivial pursuit if I remember, and drinking. A friend of Min's called in, and stayed until midnight. It was very pleasant and calm.

 

[Goldie Munro]

Me and my partner - watching films, drinking bubbly, trying to get hold of people on the phone - wish we were in Edinburgh with friends and family though!

 

[arienette]

Party with the boyfriend at a friend of his house...Getting completely drunk.

 

[Elsie Grey]

Going out! The Earl, I and our closest friends are all going out in the town closest to me then crashing at my best friends house. Should be really good!

Elsie

xxx

 

[oggbashan]

Remembering past New Year's Eves

When I was younger, I celebrated New Year's Eve by swimming on Bondi Beach at midnight (1961); with a beach party near Plymouth (early 1960s); by swimming in the fountains of Trafalgar Square (mid to late 1960s) and then drying myself and sundry young ladies in the back seat of my large car.

That car was equipped with a coffee maker, warm towels in a thermal bag, heaters in front and rear compartments, blinds on all the rear windows and on the divider, and a cocktail cabinet. Very useful after a cold swim.

Trafalgar Square isn't the same since Health and Safety concerns introduced crowd control, blocked off the fountains, and more people became fighting drunk instead of just happy. The steps of St Martin's Church were a useful retreat if carrying too many breakable bottles.

Og

 

[SlickTony]

When I was younger, I celebrated New Year's Eve by swimming on Bondi Beach at midnight (1961); with a beach party near Plymouth (early 1960s); by swimming in the fountains of Trafalgar Square (mid to late 1960s) and then drying myself and sundry young ladies in the back seat of my large car.

That car was equipped with a coffee maker, warm towels in a thermal bag, heaters in front and rear compartments, blinds on all the rear windows and on the divider, and a cocktail cabinet. Very useful after a cold swim.

Trafalgar Square isn't the same since Health and Safety concerns introduced crowd control, blocked off the fountains, and more people became fighting drunk instead of just happy. The steps of St Martin's Church were a useful retreat if carrying too many breakable bottles.

Og

When I was in London in '99, I went to a concert in St. Martin's. I was so impressed with that church. The size! The ornateness of the interior! I very seriously doubt that America has anything that compares to it, even in Philadelphia or Boston.

We are kidless for the first time ever this NYE; my son is off with the church Youth on a skiing trip at Timberline Four Seasons (I think) in W VA--from what I have heard about the weather, they'll be lucky if it's cold enough for the manmade snow to stay on the ground. What this means, of course, is that for once we won't have to set off fireworks in the cul-de-sac. It's not that I mind doing this, so much; it's just that when Henry is at home, we hardly have any other choice. These Asperger kids are dead serious about their traditions and rituals. This couple that lives a few miles away from us--the guy plays tennis with my husband--has invited us to do NYE with them. That's usually good for an inebriated good time. There'll probably be karaoke and margaritas. We might bring a bottle of bubbly. But he doesn't propose to get started till around 10:00, so we're going to go out to dinner first.

 

[Aurora Black]

I'll be enjoying a kiss at midnight from my lover, before he has to return to the base. He went to a lot of trouble to get a few hours' leave tonight so he could be with me to ring in the new year.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

I will be on my own, by choice. A steaming hot bubble bath with some essential oils, The sultry voice of Lisa Stansfield in the background, a chilled bottle of chardonnay, and some earth shattering orgasms . . .

Bliss . . .

 

[kendo1]

I will be on my own, by choice. A steaming hot bubble bath with some essential oils, The sultry voice of Lisa Stansfield in the background, a chilled bottle of chardonnay, and some earth shattering orgasms . . .

Bliss . . .

You'll not be alone...
I'll be there.


Have a great time.
I'm just about to head out into the gathering storm. 80mph gusts. Mm.
I'll hold onto my hat.

Ogg. I used to live just above Bondi Beach, and a wee while at Kilarney Heights. We used to go to the beach after school every day. Ahhh! Sandflies!

Love to all


Ken the evil Scotsman.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

You'll not be alone...
I'll be there.

To run my bath?

 

[cloudy]

I'll be doing basically the same thing I do every year...



... nothing.

 

[kendo1]

To run my bath?

Ah! Just the chance to do so...
Sweet scents, soft skin, hot... water bottles?

 

[kendo1]

I'll be doing basically the same thing I do every year...



... nothing.

But I'll be thinking of you.

No one is alone when the Scotsman is about.

 

[scheherazade_79]

I'm still around. Hope everyone who's gone out already is having a good time. I'm starting to get a little fraught because I'm having to multi-task. At the moment I'm cooking pizza, burning CDs, skinning up and changing into my warmest clothes all at once... which means I'll probably end up wearing the pizza, cooking the CDs and smoking my thermal underwear

 

[kendo1]

I'm still around. Hope everyone who's gone out already is having a good time. I'm starting to get a little fraught because I'm having to multi-task. At the moment I'm cooking pizza, burning CDs, skinning up and changing into my warmest clothes all at once... which means I'll probably end up wearing the pizza, cooking the CDs and smoking my thermal underwear

I'll drink to that.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

Ah! Just the chance to do so...
Sweet scents, soft skin, hot... water bottles?

 

[S-Des]

I'll be inside someone I love.

 

[feeeriek]

spending it alone at mom's cause she isn't here... my computer is temporarily dead.... am having stuff i like to eat ... and doing stuff that needs to be done while she is away

 

[rachlou]

On my lonesone, altho eldest daughter is here with her friend. They are far too busy to talk to me however; online msn buddies are more important than moi!

 

[tolyk]

I'll jsut be hitting the local nightclub.. as we only have one of them, it's the only place to party.. especially as I wasn't invited to any of the house parties my friends are attending, and I hate crashing parties, just not my scene... though if I get invited to any after parties.. I'm so there

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Happy New Years in 8 minutes to all my friends on the other side of the big water. Thinking of you now . . .

 

[Aurora Black]

Happy New Years in 8 minutes to all my friends on the other side of the big water. Thinking of you now . . .

What am I, chopped liver?

Almost 2am here. Great party.

 

[buxxxom]

Staying in this NYE. Happy New Year to you all. Wishing you all a healthy and peaceful 2007.

 

[oggbashan]

Night Club? Closed New Year's Eve

We have a new Night Club in our town. It opened about three months ago and is a great success.

But not tonight.

When they applied for Planning Permission to covert the premises to a Night Club they forgot to ask to open late on New Year's Eve.

They don't have to ask for a licence to stay open all night on New Year - every licensed premises in England can do that without asking - but they have to have planning permission.

They asked for a change to their planning consent - two weeks ago.

It takes three months to approve...

Oops!

Og

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I will be on my own, by choice. A steaming hot bubble bath with some essential oils, The sultry voice of Lisa Stansfield in the background, a chilled bottle of chardonnay, and some earth shattering orgasms . . .

Bliss . . .

I must be doing something wrong. When I'm alone, mine are never earth shattering.