Happy New Year!
Oh, leave me alone. I know I’m over a week behind in declaring “happy new year,” but it seems it hasn’t really started for me yet. How can that be, you ask? Well let me tell you.
Husby and I hosted Ruthie and Ray for the holiday edition of Dive Night, but not until January 3rd. And because the twelve days of Christmas are after Christmas Day (much to the confusion of many) we were still in Christmas mode after the new year. I wish I could give you a full dive night report but we were feeling so festive I didn’t take as many pictures as I should have. Our heavy appetizer pot luck was done in shifts, and unfortunately anything after the first shift didn’t get a picture. We had shrimp cocktail, meats and cheeses, pickled herring, artichoke dip, taco dip, the most delicious mini weenies wrapped in bacon and baked in a brown sugar glaze, mushroom tartlets, reuben spirals, cinnamon almonds, veggies and dip, and assorted cookies. If I forgot anything check the comments as Ruthie might add what my middle-aged mind forgot.
Ruthie’s signature taco dip.
Artichoke-Gorgonzola Dip
Succulent shrimp with mouth-watering cocktail sauce.
Assortment of dipping crackers and chips.
We also had champagne, wine and assorted beers. A fine time was had by all.
One night this week I made some really good seafood puff pastry things, but then I got sick. Husby said he felt fine, so I guess I can’t blame my cooking. But my stomach churned more than I would have liked and I stayed home from work the next day. And the day after! The thing is, all of the Christmas decorations were still up (except the tree, which came down on Sunday) so it felt like Christmas until today. Despite my sick day off work I managed to gather and pack up the decorations so once again the house looks like the house and not Santa’s castle at the North Pole.
Tomorrow I’ll be back at the day job. I’m not looking forward to it, but I’m glad I’m feeling well enough to go. Tonight I’m going to relax and try to get used to 2014.
So, again I say Happy New Year. I hope it’s going well for everyone so far.
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