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Post by swamp on Dec 28, 2017 12:58:50 GMT -5
DH and i go to a house party, Redneck Surf and Turf.
The hosts cook walleye and venison, and the guests bring a side dish or dessert to pass. It's also BYOB. We usually play games, and after everyone has a few drinks, it's pretty funny.
DH also has a standing joke with the hosts were he hides oreos through their house. This year we're going to bring an oreo dessert.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Dec 28, 2017 13:03:01 GMT -5
In bed by 10. GS's will spend the night.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Dec 28, 2017 13:03:49 GMT -5
DH's oldest niece and his first god daughter turns 21 that day. She's having a party at home and has invited us. I assume we'll have games of some sort. We have a cabinet full now as I've been working on building up the collection. One of his nephews is staying with us for a few days. We pick him up from the airport that day.
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Post by chapeau on Dec 28, 2017 13:20:02 GMT -5
We were going to nearby big city where my sister lives for First Night, but since the high on Sunday is predicted to be 18, and the wind coming off the river will be brutal, we’re replanning. Probably games and football watching at sister’s house. I plan to let DD ring in the new year via YouTube sometime between 9 and 10 from an unrecognizable (to her) European city or Sydney. Then I’ll tuck her into the guest room and hope not to fall asleep myself. Sis is on call, and doesn’t want to “host”, so I’ll bring some snacks and I already have champagne. Sis’s neighbor, who my mom is related to somehow, invited us to her party, so we may hang out there a bit. It will be the second New Year’s Eve DH and I have ever spent together (he likes to go out and usually tends bar at his fire department’s party, I prefer to stay in), so I just hope to make it to midnight.
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Post by cael on Dec 28, 2017 13:44:09 GMT -5
Was going to do my hometown's kids first night in the afternoon, but since the high is 11 for Sunday, we'll see if I want to bother struggling to get the baby into his snowsuit to walk around, I'll probably just get some Chinese food and stay in. DH works all weekend so I'll barely see him, but the time & a half will be good.
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Post by NastyWoman on Dec 28, 2017 13:44:37 GMT -5
After a 22hour trip I will arrive home ~3pm. My best guess is that I will greet 2018 with my eyes closed and fast asleep
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 28, 2017 13:51:52 GMT -5
We have reservations at one of the casino's steakhouses. Reservations are early enough that we should be home before people start getting too drunk.
My plans for going to FL to hang with friends got canceled due to family issues.
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Post by giramomma on Dec 28, 2017 14:13:30 GMT -5
We have junk food night with the kids, and we'll watch a movie.
It's DH's night with miss M, so I'll get to sleep.
I might start a new project...
We live life in the fast lane....
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Post by kittensaver on Dec 28, 2017 14:16:17 GMT -5
Having spent both Thanksgiving and Christmas in the ER, I am hoping to stay OUT of there for NYE . . .
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Post by Opti on Dec 28, 2017 14:23:55 GMT -5
Nothing yet. I'm hoping one of the local towns might have some good first night stuff going on.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Dec 28, 2017 14:34:18 GMT -5
Some towns around here do some strange drops. Ours does a crab drop at 9 for the kids and 12 for the adults. Going to be too cold to go out.
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Post by Ryan on Dec 28, 2017 14:36:42 GMT -5
We go up to my parents lake house to do winter activities. We do the fake NYE celebration with the kids around 9 and then call it a night. I haven't stayed up until midnight on NYE in probably 12-13 years.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2017 14:37:13 GMT -5
Kids are having a party, so me closeted in my room with movies and or a book making occasional rounds...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2017 14:44:27 GMT -5
Getting the F outta town because my friend invited me to a small party where she is trying to hook me up with her rather unattractive cougar friend and thinks I don’t know that’s the intention, blech. I had forgot what it was like dealing with that.
So off to hang out with a couple old college buddies Fri and a hockey match with other friends in STL Sat with NYE there on Sun.
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Post by swasat on Dec 28, 2017 14:48:37 GMT -5
Heading back to Ohio on Friday to spend NYE with old set of friends. Its going to be bitterly cold there with the day temps in teens, so we'll all hang around in a friends place, eating and drinking.
Driving back on Monday January 1st.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Dec 28, 2017 14:49:02 GMT -5
After a 22hour trip I will arrive home ~3pm. My best guess is that I will greet 2018 with my eyes closed and fast asleep Hope it's been a fabulous visit with your clan so far!
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Post by cktc on Dec 28, 2017 15:28:53 GMT -5
We have some family/friends who do a birthday/NYE party every year. DH is going to drink some fancy whiskey with the host. I'm going to chase DS around for a few hours, eat then probably head home at 9pm to get DS to bed. DH will promptly pass out. I'll probably plot some goals for the new year, hopefully have a book to read. New Year's Eve has always been a massive letdown for me so I don't really try to plan anything exciting any more.
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Post by chiver78 on Dec 28, 2017 15:33:12 GMT -5
have a friend coming up from NJ for the weekend, we will either stay in and hang out with the pups and roommate or walk over to the VFW where Mr Guy is bartending that night and people watch. either way, low key and short money.
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Post by thyme4change on Dec 28, 2017 15:40:03 GMT -5
Good news about being out west is we can celebrate what I call NYNYE, or New York New Years. That way if I don't make it until midnight, I still say the ball drop and said "woo hoo". I was going to ask some friends over, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Dec 28, 2017 15:47:48 GMT -5
Homemade pizza and French champagne. We usually manage to make it to midnight, but not much past that. New Year's Day - nothing planned at all. I planned it that way.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Dec 28, 2017 15:57:17 GMT -5
I forgot we are going to dinner with DH's parents since we will be gone for his birthday. Or that's the excuse his dad gave when inviting us. Hope they made reservations somewhere. I should probably think about what to wear.
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Post by andi9899 on Dec 28, 2017 15:57:55 GMT -5
Staying home and watching the ball drop. Debating volunteering to work the next day.
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Post by weltschmerz on Dec 28, 2017 16:07:21 GMT -5
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Post by MJ2.0 on Dec 28, 2017 16:14:28 GMT -5
This year is my NYE with DS. I thought I had him last year. One of my friends is having a NYE game night and pot luck. I REALLY want to go but I can't. So I guess DS and I will grab dinner somewhere... or make homemade pizzas and dessert and watch movies until 9-9:30. Then I'll probably have wine and video games until midnight or I crash.
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Post by Tiny on Dec 28, 2017 17:08:15 GMT -5
I've got a fridge/freezer full of food, 6 pounds of Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee, a couple bottles of local distillery made gin, and 2 Fellini movies on DVD, Netflix streaming and I just signed up for an anime streaming service... I'm planning on living on the couch with my two cats (and sleeping as little as possible) from Friday at 7:00pm until sometime Monday evening. I'm actually looking forward to the solitude, purring cats, and never ending flickering of the screen(s) (laptop and/or TV)
The holidays did this Introvert in... I need to recharge.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Dec 28, 2017 17:15:54 GMT -5
If we end up heading to Cinci, we'll be heading home NYE am/afternoon. I'll then visit DM and hang out at home later with DH and the boys. Their bedtime is 8, so they won't be staying up for the ball drop. The adults may or may not stay up for it, either. I predict some bedroom TV watching and wine drinking, and wouldn't have it any other way, as it's freaking freezing here lately.
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Post by weltschmerz on Dec 28, 2017 17:28:27 GMT -5
I've got a fridge/freezer full of food, 6 pounds of Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee, a couple bottles of local distillery made gin, and 2 Fellini movies on DVD, Netflix streaming and I just signed up for an anime streaming service... I'm planning on living on the couch with my two cats (and sleeping as little as possible) from Friday at 7:00pm until sometime Monday evening. I'm actually looking forward to the solitude, purring cats, and never ending flickering of the screen(s) (laptop and/or TV)
The holidays did this Introvert in... I need to recharge.
Nice! Which ones?
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Post by Happy prose on Dec 28, 2017 17:56:33 GMT -5
We stay home every year, and my daughter and her husband come over. I make a bunch of appetizers instead of a dinner, and we play some games. Always fun, and I'll be in bed before midnight.
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Post by Tiny on Dec 28, 2017 18:25:10 GMT -5
I've got a fridge/freezer full of food, 6 pounds of Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee, a couple bottles of local distillery made gin, and 2 Fellini movies on DVD, Netflix streaming and I just signed up for an anime streaming service... I'm planning on living on the couch with my two cats (and sleeping as little as possible) from Friday at 7:00pm until sometime Monday evening. I'm actually looking forward to the solitude, purring cats, and never ending flickering of the screen(s) (laptop and/or TV)
The holidays did this Introvert in... I need to recharge.
Nice! Which ones? La Strada and Amarcord - I'm getting back tot he Fellini "catalog" - I started with La Dolce Vita about 6 years ago but wandered over into the German movies and then French movies and never got back to the Italian ones. (I love Ingmar Bergman movies and also Bresson and Cocteau!) and I'm thinking it's time I got back to Fellini
Yes, this is one of many explanations as to why I am alone in this world (ok, I have 2 cats).
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Post by weltschmerz on Dec 28, 2017 18:38:05 GMT -5
I love Fellini films. Satyricon and Juliet of the Spirits are my favourite.
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