We ushered in the new year enjoying a progressive dinner with our neighbors. If you haven’t participated in a “roving” party, I highly recommend it especially if you’re able to walk from house to house. We volunteered to be the first house and, since we weren’t sure how many people would show up, we made enough food for an army (pun intended). We had a lot of leftovers which didn’t bother any of us a bit ~ everything was yummy even the next day. The “Berry” drink I made was a big hit. Red Grapefruit Vodka, Champagne & Cranberry juice. As one woman said “Quite lovely.”
My only resolution for the new year is to get more active ~ more cross-country skiing, racquetball, swimming, walking, etc. FM and FG enjoy downhill skiing so much that I’ve decided to give it another go this year. It’s never been my favorite sport ~ so many clothes, heavy boots, crazy other skiers on the runs and the cold. I’ll have to remember the good parts: that great “tired” but fit feeling afterwards, apres-ski drinks by the fireplace and the feeling I’ve actually survived to ski another day.
Any resolutions for you?
Displaced Beachbums 
The roving party sounds fun!! Especially with such an interesting beverage!
Downhill skiing is not my thing either. I’d rather sit by the fire with a hot chocolate and wait for my half-frozen, red-cheeked family to come in and join me.
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Happy New Year! FG looks good on those skis. Gosh, it’s hard to believe just a few short months ago she was making sand forts at the beach with the boys. All 4 of us have made a “resolution” to get more active this year. We’ve even started adding lots of color to our diet this past week thanks to the book I’m reading right now: What Color is Your Diet? You never know, we may end up going vegetarian yet!! 🙂
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I resolve to never ski again… hee, hee! Maybe I should make a resolution not to freeze to death in the next few months. That’s one I hope to be able to keep!
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