new year's eve

for new years eve, we headed out to al and lotties. they always throw a great party. lottie's friend michelle was there, arianna, the dronens, the ochsners and us. we started the night with appetizers - quiche and bruschetta, then moved right along to a baked potato bar (yum!). we watched some of the nye coverage on tv, listened to lottie's new cds, and just hung out. it got to be midnight really quickly so we headed into the tv room, got our champagne, and toasted the new year. we took some pictures, hung out for a while, and then headed home around one. a pretty chill evening all in all, but a very nice time. we missed you all! it is funny how we just stand around talking... run into another room... blow noisemakers and kiss everyone... go back in the other room and stand around talking. the actual countdown doesnt seem to be a featured portion of the evening like it was when i was in grade school. a couple years ago we even missed midnight and had to celebrate the next time zone year change. hmmm... maybe because now i can stay up until midnight whenever i want to (not that i ever actually do that) and back then it was like one night only. anyone else feel the same way?