New Year Greeting Thread

[R.B.]

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What ever you are doing and however you like to spend it have a great New Years Eve.

RB

[Mary Jo]

Thanks R.B. Happy New Year to you as well. We plan on doing our usual - a quiet New Year's Eve. We go to church first at 6:00. Then we go to dinner and either go to a movie or rent one. This year it was "rent one" because there was nothing playing we wanted to see. We were hoping "The Bucket List" with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson would be here but it isn't yet.

Happy 2008 to all - God's Blessings of Peace to each of you as we journey down this road called life.

Mary Jo

[Karen W]

We plan on a quiet New Year's Eve also. We are going to see a movie and then to our favorite place for dinner.

Happy New Year to all.

Karen

[caya]

Chinese food for dinner with our BFF and then renting a movie - Looking forward to better year in 2008 ...

all the best
caya

[Bill]

Growing up, my Mom's tradition was to always have pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Eve (she always cooked a pork roast in the oven) and as kids we were always made to take at least one bite, lol, as it would bring us good luck. Nikki, my wife, and I always continued that tradition; however, some years we would have kielbasa, and some years beer-brauts and sauerkraut, it's all pork, right? This year I think I'm doing Italian sausage in a skillet and sauer kraut. Uh oh, I just realized this whole topic is probably unsettling to alot of you, I'm sorry, but if you want to reply, I was curious as to the traditions you guys observe. Fight the good fight, Bill

[Lolly]

Happy New Year to All! Thanks RB for thinking of this, and your little animated icons here and on the Christmas thread are cute.

Not unsettling Bill, happy to share....We don't seem to have a food tradition now that I think about it, except maybe pizza. We TRY to stay up till midnight, but usually wimp out before then. Otherwise, we just enjoy sleeping in the next morning.

But pork roast sounds so good, I think I'll have to fix it tomorrow! We love it and haven't had it in awhile, so thank you :)

<3 Lolly

[Bill]

Hey Lolly! Glad to be of service, lol. Have a Happy New Year!

[Becky]

My mother's tradition is also pork and saurkaut. We have fresh ham roast but now that 2 of my daughters are vegetarians, we are having penne alla vodka on New Year's day. We are going to a dinner party at our lawyer's house on New Year's eve. I am looking forward to it.

Happy New Year to all my Sisters and Brothers here.

Love to all

[Becca]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

We used to have a full house with our and the children's friends in the evening with lots of food. Not anymore. This year a lunch meal out with our family in this area, then a quiet afternoon and evening with our 16 mo gr'son while the parents have fun.

Blessings to all of you.

[suzan w]

Going to friends for dinner and will probably NOT make it till midnight!!! Looking forward to a great 2008..."the world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning." -Ivy Baker Priest
Happy New Year everyone!

[RhondaH]

Tony and I have our regular New Years "date night" tonight. The Grand Rapids Childrens Museum has a party for the children from 6-8...it is SO fun. They have party favors for the children, food, and the usual activities. Then at 8 they have the ball drop (a disco ball). He and I have been going for the past 4 years, it is a lot of fun. May ALL of you have a blessed, healthy and happy 2008 (as well as many years to come). Take care and God bless.

Rhonda

[TriciaK]

2007 ended on a sad note as my oldest granddaughter passed away afterr fighting kidney failure for almost 10 years. She was only 33, and her husband had divorced her when she got sick. No children. My daughter, her mom, is taking it really hard and we are worried about her survival. The funeral was December 27 in Arizona, so we just got back from the trip. Not a fun way to end the year, but we all know she is in a better place and no longer suffering. So we will have a very quiet at-home New Year's Eve, just my husband and I and our little Basenji Keesha. Maybe some snacks and a bottle of sparkling apple juice! And we will make it to when the midnight ball falls in NY and then go to bed. Not exciting but we are so filled with gratitude for each other, our comparitive health and all our family. Oh, yes! The good news: our next oldest granddaughter gave birth to her 4th child, 2nd son, on Dec. 29, so life goes on. We have another great-grandchild due in mid-January, so at that point we will have the same amount of grandchildren as great grandchildren: 32 of each! Life is good and there is a lot of love to go around. I wish you all, each one, a wonderful new year with greatly improved health of mind, body and spirit. Hugs, Tricia

[sherri]

Happy new year to all and hope 2008 will be a better year for all the good people in the world. We go hiking at night and drink on top of the mountain with music and dance.

Big hug,

[PinkGirl]

Happy New Year to everyone!!!

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[Joe]

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Lobster, Champagne and watch the ball drop in Times Square (The only one that counts ! ! )


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[Believe51]

New Years Eve will be spent watching movies and reminiscing about what a great life we share together. The menu will consist of Tequila Lime & Basil Chicken served over a bed of rice accompanied by side of broccoli, sweet corn and snow peas. We shall share memories and pray for our lost soldiers whether they were taken from us with breast cancer or not; there are many loves we have lost in our lives and New Years is just another moment in time that we make a special evening paying tributes to those we have lost and those who are still here. Sometimes we have had to set up an alarm just so we would not miss bringing in the new year!! Gotta stop the movies to watch the ball drop, right??? LOL!!

I am wishing that 2008 brings to us all which we yearn. May we find OUR cure or something quite close to it. So here is to another year, may we all find what we are looking for!!>>Believe51

[Believe51]

Sweetheart.......did you say 32 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren???? I have trouble keeping track of ONE!! God Bless you and your very full home and my deepest sympathies for the loss of your oldest granddaughter.>>Believe51

[Jean]

In the early years of our marriage my husband and would go out with a bunch of friends....then A.C. (after children) we began to have dinners with parents and bring in the New Year at home. Now our parents are no longer with us...so we are a small group..my son and his girlfriend, & close friends...

We always serve as one of our appetizer's small franks wrapped in dough on New Years eve...on New Years day I make a pork roast with sweet potatoes...so Bill, there must be something with the pork. Let's hope
that it brings us all the very best in Health!

Here's to traditions!
Happy New Year to All!
Hugs,
Jean

[juanita]

Quiet night ahead, dh has to get up early to be at work tomorrow, he works retail. He'll go to bed and I'm going to sit here at computer scanning and printing recipes for my older 3 kids who wanted copies of my recipes. Much faster than writing them all by hand.

[kimber]

Greetings everyone!! Jason and I head up to the Timberlodge and have dinner and drinks with our friends. Salmon and veggies! Thanks to RB we eat a LOT of salmon!!

God bless everyone! Here is to a great new year!
-kim

[Patrice]

Thank you R.B. A Happy and healthy New Year to everyone. I'm looking forward to that book!

TriciaK. - I'm so sorry about the loss of your granddaughter. There are no words.

All my best,
Patrice

[WomanofSteel]

Happy New Year to one and all! I received some wonderful New Year's news. I had my first test results since beginning on the hki-272 and my lung mets are gone and the node in my neck has shrunken considerably. Also, one of the largest masses on my liver went from over 10cm to a bit over 7 and there are no new mets. So, I am a happy camper this day. A happy and healthy one to all of you.

[Bill]

Hi WomanofSteel! Glad to hear the good news! That's the way to bring in the new year! Keep up the good work. It's always a wonderful thing to hear stories of success. Peace and love to you and yours, Bill

[Bill]

Tricia, I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I've prayed that you and your daughter and all of your family receive comfort and peace. Love to you, Bill

[Patb]

Happy New Year to all. Its getting close, just over two hours on East
coast. I'm having it all-- steak, lobster, red wine, cake or pie or both.
Cheers. I will toast you all. Good health and wonderful days in the sun.
patb

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

Tricia, Tricia... You never cease to amaze me. Your beautiful face delights me, as do all your posts. You are wise and one of the most grounded, balanced people I have ever had the honor to know. You are a role model to me! You have fought with all your mind -- body, mind and Soul. You have bent your mind about unwanted realities and found a way to make peace with them. You are obviously connected to your Truest Self, your Higher Self, and you just radiate glory. It would be impossible not to love you!

I am, of course, deeply saddened by the loss of your oldest granddaughter and your daughter's ongoing struggle to somehow accept this harsh truth. Surely, her Spirit goes on, as death is not the end of our story. She still IS in the most sacred of ways, in the Spiritual Realm, apart from us, yet with you forever. And you will meet with her again, when it is time. NO RUSH!

Meanwhile -- how does one accumulate 32 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren?! How many children did you have?? Upon reading of just one great grandchild (your newest blessing!) I was covered in a shivery chill of sheer bliss for you. This is a dream and a goal of mine that I dare to harbor! Nothing is impossible, right Tricia?! How amazing Life is. Filled with drama, new life and the end of one (as we know it), yet I feel certain we move on, or *pass on* to another way of being, far more blissful and serene than we've ever known. We go *home*... And Life goes on...

Sending you my deep admiration, my sincerest condolences, my heartfelt congratulations and my prayers for you, and all of us, to enjoy a new year full of fresh possibilities we once thought unattainable. We are each so much stronger and braver than we ever imagined. In our darkest moments, this is revealed to us.

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HAPPY 2008!
Andi

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

PINKIE -- I PUT ICE TEA IN YOUR GLASS!

BILL -- *OUR* ONLY TRADITION IS TO FEAST (COCKTAIL FRANKS ARE A MUST!), DRINK (& NOT DRIVE) AND BE MERRY, GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE, NOT FOCUSING ON WHAT IS NOT TO OUR LIKING. AND WE CLICK GLASSES AND TOAST SPECIFICALLY TO A WONDERFUL AND FRESH NEW YEAR. WITH GOOD HEALTH BEING OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. HERE'S TO LOVE AND LAUGHTER, HARMONY AND HEALTH!! AND PEACE AND FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, TOO!! AS LONG AS WE'RE TOASTING...

WE WATCH THE BALL GO DOWN IN NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE (IN THE COMFORT OF OUR HOME) AND THEN KISS AND HUG EVERYONE WE CAN REACH -- AS THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT (IN OUR WORLD). I'M SURE YOU HAD A PRIVATE CONVERSATION W/NIKKI AT 12:00 AND SHE WAS WITH YOU...

IT NEVER FAILS TO FASCINATE ME AS I WATCH THE NEW YEAR BEING CELEBRATED IN THE MIDDLE OF MY DAY -- HAVING ALREADY OCCURED IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA, AND OTHER PLACES ON THIS VERY SAME PLANET, THAT ARE ON DIFFERENT TIME ZONES. IT MYSTIFIES ME... LIFE IS A MIRACLE! SACRED AND FULL OF REASONS TO CELEBRATE, EVEN AS WE MOURN...

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[fullofbeans]

Greetings to all of you!

I wish you all either great health improvement or a good continuation as well as lots of joy an hapiness for 2008!

We take 12 grapes and eat them at the stroke of midnight and during the following 12 bell ring each time making a wish as you eat a grape..

[Soccermom]

Dear Her2 friends,
We spent our NY EVE in front of the TV. DD (soon to be 15)just got home from a trip out West to see her half brother and SIL. She got to be in snow and ski for the very first time...how cool! Its been a long three years since my diagnosis to my recon and she has been a real trooper through all this upheaval in her young life.
I am recuperating from Stage 2 revisions ( DIEP reconstruction ,Dec 18th) and still have the dan*ed drains, so was just happy to veg in my recliner and Hang with my family (2 English Spr Spaniels, 1 Cat and DH,and DD)
May we all be blessed with a Happy and Healthy 2008...along with a CURE!


many hugs to you all,
marcia

XOXOXO