Forgoing my usual Thai takeout for NYE.For once, I'm not socked out with a cold and I'm feeling cheap. But I am having miso with cabbage and spinach, because I haven't felt right all day. I'm a little afraid the crick in my neck is actually a precold symptom.

And I made cookies.

Rose's daycare teachers use "booty" regularly, and it always strikes me as odd, since I do think of it as a somewhat sexualized term. So I can see where your sister is coming from, meara, even if it does seem to be commonly used.

Huh, my corporate holiday present arrived. Everyone in the company was given a fitbit Charge wristband.

Wanna trade? The Theatre's namesake gave us a DVD (Goodman history or home movies? I'm waiting for someone else to watch and report) a logo'd pen with a LED light and a logo'd keychain. Last year was wine.

I wandered in to work around noon, but I didn't leave until 7. What is wrong with me?

I got out a few hours early, took the dog for a walk and did some weeding.

Now it's off to dinner with some family friends, and then maybe a party. Should be a fairly quiet night.

Happy New Year, Buffistas!

t throws confetti all over the thread

Imma gonna carry one box of cookies out to the field for the fireworks. The other is for a brunch I hope to attend as long as I don't wake up sick.

We didn't get a corporate gift per se, but everyone in Operations got a frittata pan.

I bought one of those for myself last year, so this one will be going to my sister. Who makes a lot of frittatas. So it all works out.

Last year we all got asparagus steamers, which I also already had, but the gift one was a different style so I decided it was okay for me to have two. I might need to steam a whole lot of asparagus, after all.

OK, time to make some black-eyed peas, etc.

I don't think I'll be staying up to watch the ball drop this year. Instead I'll get a jump on the new year by hiding in bed asleep and surprising it early in the morning when it has a hangover.

I'll be initiating Yosemite download and going to bed after watching the fireworks. Hopefully it'll finish by morning.

I just got home. After a few years of dragging ourselves out, my friend C and I almost accidentally discovered that going out for early drinks and then retiring home to our respective dogs and couches made for a good entry to the new year.

I still need to schlep the dog out. Anyone want to come by and do that for me?

Or I'm impatient and start now. 2 hrs download to go....