Ring Out the Old

Once again, it's New Years Eve!  And once again I can't believe that another year is over.  What happened to my year?  How did I manage to spend 366? 

It was a busy year.  Challenging, sometimes stressful, but also wonderful. 

In January I finished my thesis, submitted, was given the nod to graduate.  I took over the books for Andre's business.  Our mixed curling team managed to finish out the year in the B division!  Started picking up the pieces that we'll need to finally renovate our kitchen.  We spent the most beautiful week ever in Newfoundland over the summer.  Andre hired his first employee!!  And we've had the best Christmas-New Year's holiday we've had in a long time.  Restful, tasty, and full of friends and family. 

Our New Year's plans are pretty simple.  We're going to cuddle up in front of the TV at some point tonight and just relax with a bottle of wine or some beer (and knitting).  At midnight we'll watch the New York ball drop, and then probably just crawl off to bed.  I think we're getting too old for this!

New Year's day used to be one of the only days that Andre and I could guarantee having off together.  The result is a carefully crafted tradition of us kicking back and just being together.  In the morning we're going to get up whenever we feel like it.  We're going to have Irish cream in our coffees.  We'll break from our tradition briefly to leave the house to feed a friends cat, we normally don't go out at all.  Then it will be home and back into the pjs.  We'll light a fire in the fire place, cuddle up again, and try and put a dent in the Big Bang Theory marathon from Boxing Day that has consumed our PVR.  At some point there will be pizza for lunch.  And that will be the only time we answer the door.  It's going to be amazing. 

I'm setting up my nest for tomorrow.  My big comfy chair has a carefully positioned table carrying a selection of key knitting paraphernalia - like a tape measure and darning needles.  At some point today I'm going to round up some of the UFOs lurking around the house (so far a pair of socks and another pair of mitts) and try and get them wrapped up.  Once they're done, I'm going to work up the nerve to start the body of my Viticetum coat from Knit Picks. 

In short, it's going to be epic. 

So I bid you a safe and happy New Year!  And we'll see you on the other side.