Comments on: My favorite New Year’s Eve ritual http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual For writers, readers, and independent thinkers--book and story reviews by writers and readers, writers' motivational articles, war stories from the publishing trenches, literary trends, religious controversies, free chocolate, and more. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kelley http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11561 Kelley Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:28:54 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11561 Oh gosh, yes! It's the only way I get recreational reading in. It's the best way for me to get settled enough to sleep--forget about my own life for a while and dive into someone else's. But, it being only 20 minutes or so, this is the reason I don't often comment on the Tuesday Book Club. It kinda takes a while to get through one! (: Oh gosh, yes! It’s the only way I get recreational reading in. It’s the best way for me to get settled enough to sleep–forget about my own life for a while and dive into someone else’s. But, it being only 20 minutes or so, this is the reason I don’t often comment on the Tuesday Book Club. It kinda takes a while to get through one! (:

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11547 robin Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:47:16 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11547 Kelley, you stayed up until midnight? How romantic! And yes, semi-crazy. But what the hey--it's once a year. Now back to your early bedtimes with 20 minutes of reading before you pass out. Are you still doing 20 minutes this year? Kelley, you stayed up until midnight? How romantic! And yes, semi-crazy. But what the hey–it’s once a year. Now back to your early bedtimes with 20 minutes of reading before you pass out. Are you still doing 20 minutes this year?

]]> By: Kelley http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11527 Kelley Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:01:46 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11527 Happy New Year! This year, I think New Year's Eve was harder to arrange than ever. My girls need to be in bed no later than 8:00 and the little one gets fussy by 7:15, which made it tough to decide whom to hire as a sitter. Add our two best friend couples, with whom we've spent the Eve for five years now, and their children, and it was nearly impossible. But we made it out to dinner! Even though we went our separate ways afterward, we enjoyed our time together at the Japanese steakhouse, watching our chef work his magic on the grill and then savoring each bite. Then my hubby and I got the kids asleep and had a great evening together. And we actually stayed up until midnight. Idiots. (: Happy New Year! This year, I think New Year’s Eve was harder to arrange than ever. My girls need to be in bed no later than 8:00 and the little one gets fussy by 7:15, which made it tough to decide whom to hire as a sitter. Add our two best friend couples, with whom we’ve spent the Eve for five years now, and their children, and it was nearly impossible. But we made it out to dinner! Even though we went our separate ways afterward, we enjoyed our time together at the Japanese steakhouse, watching our chef work his magic on the grill and then savoring each bite. Then my hubby and I got the kids asleep and had a great evening together. And we actually stayed up until midnight. Idiots. (:

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11519 robin Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:21:32 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11519 Shai, Happy Birthday!!! Alkelda, thanks for the recipes! Those look great! Adrienne, I'll need a movie report tomorrow, please. Enjoy your lazing about. Lady T, I love that tradition with the money! Great idea! And I know you'll fully enjoy your Gilmore Girls fiesta. Yay! Patrick, drink responsibly and keep it clean. Vivian, have a great time with your movies. What fun! Shai, Happy Birthday!!!

Alkelda, thanks for the recipes! Those look great!

Adrienne, I’ll need a movie report tomorrow, please. Enjoy your lazing about.

Lady T, I love that tradition with the money! Great idea! And I know you’ll fully enjoy your Gilmore Girls fiesta. Yay!

Patrick, drink responsibly and keep it clean.

Vivian, have a great time with your movies. What fun!

]]> By: Vivian http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11512 Vivian Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:15:52 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11512 Love the traditions, Robin! My mom also made this fragrant Korean Good Luck soup. We would also get crisp dollar bills to encourage prosperity. Lady T, I love how your family puts the dollar bills under the doormat and slide back into your household. I think we'll do that this year. My husband and I are big movie people on New Year's Day. We've got a huge stack of movies for the whole family to watch tomorrow. Can't wait! Here's to an incredible New Year! Love the traditions, Robin! My mom also made this fragrant Korean Good Luck soup. We would also get crisp dollar bills to encourage prosperity.

Lady T, I love how your family puts the dollar bills under the doormat and slide back into your household. I think we’ll do that this year.

My husband and I are big movie people on New Year’s Day. We’ve got a huge stack of movies for the whole family to watch tomorrow. Can’t wait!

Here’s to an incredible New Year!

]]> By: Patrick http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11510 Patrick Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:56:39 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11510 I just picked up 3 bottles of sparkling grape juice which Melissa and I plan to pound back before midnight. Kinda been an annual tradition since Oliver has been born. I just picked up 3 bottles of sparkling grape juice which Melissa and I plan to pound back before midnight. Kinda been an annual tradition since Oliver has been born.

]]> By: Lady T http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11507 Lady T Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:23:19 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11507 A New Year's Eve tradition in my house is to put money under the doormat(paper bills)and after the ball drops at midnight,to bring the cash back into our home,making sure to slide the bills across our doorstep. That way,we can encourage the fates to increase our financial fortunes for the year. My own personal tradition is to have a mini-marathon of my favorite TV episodes-I began it last year when ABC Family held an Ugly Betty Season One thon. This year,I received the first four seasons of Gilmore Girls on DVD(Yeah,me!)and plan to watch the following: "The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton" " The Lorelais' First Day at Yale" "Ballrooms and Biscotti(mainly because we got a huge jar of biscotti this Christmas and it would be fun to gnaw on a couple of them while watching this)" "That Damn Donna Reed(the first GG episode I saw that made me want to keep up with the show in reruns)" "They Shoot Gilmores,Don't They?" Big party,I know! Happy New Year,Robin and also to everyone else here:) A New Year’s Eve tradition in my house is to put money under the doormat(paper bills)and after the ball drops at midnight,to bring the cash back into our home,making sure to slide the bills across our doorstep. That way,we can encourage the fates to increase our financial fortunes for the year.

My own personal tradition is to have a mini-marathon of my favorite TV episodes-I began it last year when ABC Family held an Ugly Betty Season One thon. This year,I received the first four seasons of Gilmore Girls on DVD(Yeah,me!)and plan to watch the following:

“The Lorelais’ First Day at Chilton”

” The Lorelais’ First Day at Yale”

“Ballrooms and Biscotti(mainly because we got a huge jar of biscotti this Christmas and it would be fun to gnaw on a couple of them while watching this)”

“That Damn Donna Reed(the first GG episode I saw that made me want to keep up with the show in reruns)”

“They Shoot Gilmores,Don’t They?”

Big party,I know! Happy New Year,Robin and also to everyone else here:)

]]> By: adrienne http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11506 adrienne Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:40:11 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11506 Wow, I love that concept. If only I had been, say, reading blogs instead of lazing around all day yesterday, I might have read this in time to, you know, do some of that stuff. I did do the dishes. In 2008, I would like to have clean dishes. Honestly, I think I'd also like to laze around, so maybe it's all worked out for the best. My new year's tradition is to go out to the movies on New Year's Day. This is mostly because I have invariably stayed up too late on New Year's Eve and am kind of tired and useless the next day. Movies are good for that. Wow, I love that concept. If only I had been, say, reading blogs instead of lazing around all day yesterday, I might have read this in time to, you know, do some of that stuff. I did do the dishes. In 2008, I would like to have clean dishes. Honestly, I think I’d also like to laze around, so maybe it’s all worked out for the best.

My new year’s tradition is to go out to the movies on New Year’s Day. This is mostly because I have invariably stayed up too late on New Year’s Eve and am kind of tired and useless the next day. Movies are good for that.

]]> By: Alkelda the Gleeful http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11498 Alkelda the Gleeful Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:39:31 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11498 These are some lovely and refreshing traditions, Robin. I remember writing resolutions in my journal when I was a pre-teenager, but I don't think I've done that in years. What I do try to do each year is to serve black-eyed pea soup on New Year's Day. That's for good luck, or so I have been told: http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetables/blackeye.html These are some lovely and refreshing traditions, Robin. I remember writing resolutions in my journal when I was a pre-teenager, but I don’t think I’ve done that in years. What I do try to do each year is to serve black-eyed pea soup on New Year’s Day. That’s for good luck, or so I have been told: http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetables/blackeye.html

]]> By: Shai http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11497 Shai Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:12:52 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/life/my-favorite-new-years-eve-ritual#comment-11497 New Year's Day is my birthday so I go over to my parents house. I usually get a calander from my mom to start the year off right. We usually go to breakfast, but none of us have wanted to get out of bed that early anymore, so we are doing the dinner thing. Then we have cake and pull poppers in the back yard while the dogs go completely nuts inside the house! Gotta love family traditions! New Year’s Day is my birthday so I go over to my parents house. I usually get a calander from my mom to start the year off right. We usually go to breakfast, but none of us have wanted to get out of bed that early anymore, so we are doing the dinner thing. Then we have cake and pull poppers in the back yard while the dogs go completely nuts inside the house! Gotta love family traditions!

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