Subdued Partying....An OxyMoron?

This is what our New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have looked like.


Our family went to Rib City Grill for a carnivore-delight type lunch.


We all left happy, though I could have eaten a few more pieces of their garlic toast.


We came home and played a game of Qwirkle (which we borrowed from my mom). Our game had alternate endings...Ending #1 Landon supposedly won by 5 points, Ending #2 I won (of course I am going with ending #2).


Randy cracked us up and baffled us at the same time by using this little throw (given to me years ago by Missy Claudia) as a shawl to help keep him warm...what the? He's a ginormous man, this seems like it couldn't possibly help.

We finally got to see the movie "Tangled" and were very happy with it.

After a stop at Costco, we came home to eat mozzarella sticks (our nod to party food) and to have a Qwirkle rematch. At one point Landon realized he was keeping score with a "Girls Rule" pencil.


We were all shocked when Whitney beat us all (by a lot). We don't want to discount her victory, but since she was surprised every time she scored big points we don't think it was a keen strategy that helped her win, but possibly the lack thereof.

After hanging out for awhile longer, I decided to end the year by treating myself to a book and an early bedtime (9:22pm)...what can I say, I had a headache and was tired?


We woke up to our windows frozen shut and some seriously cold weather.


We spent a couple hours taking down all the Christmas stuff, and of course I found the advent stockings and the ribbon I'd been looking for all month long! They were both in this box (with a stocking on it...hello!) which had been in a clear container I had checked multiple times; apparently it never occurred to me that those items (or anything else really) were in that box. Duh!


I don't see how I could ever forget where I put them, but I wrote a note and positioned the container facing out on the shelf in the garage (most likely this will mock me all year long).


I gotta text from my mom inviting us to join them (and everyone else it turns out) at JCW's for lunch. That place is crazy on a good day, so to be there with a party of 18 was kind of a joke.


We ended up having a girls' booth and a boys' booth and then had the kids scattered around at other tables. We were there for so long that the crowd thinned out and the little kids ran around obnoxiously for a bit.


While stopped at a red light a group of people on 5 horses crossed the street...I hadn't seen that before!

I have spent the rest of the day doing laundry, preparing a lesson for tomorrow (for my new calling) and jotting ideas for my other new calling (are you intrigued?). I am seriously bummed out that we are switching to 9:00am church tomorrow and am panicked that I have to have everything ready the night before; I have loved having the cushion that 2:00 church has given us.

**What did you do for New Year's Eve and Day?
Ever seen horses cross at a stop light?
Did you take down your Christmas stuff?
What time is your church tomorrow?**

Comment Window Tidbit: As if it wasn't sad enough that I have to go back to work on Monday, it turns out that Randy gets Monday off because New Year's fell on Saturday. $#@!