A Fresh New Year

Okay, I've been encouraged to start a blog....so today is the day.
It was a wonderful new year's celebration at my home. Although it was typical that something silly like not being able to get the plastic cork out of the sparkling grape juice bottle occurred. I got the bottle out of the refrigerator with about 15 minutes left in the the old year. The silly stopper thing would not "pop" out of the bottle. I ended up using a corkscrew and poking a hole through the plastic and shaking out our toasting beverage like shaking oil and vinegar out of a salad dressing bottle. It was a good thing I started early. With about 3 minutes left in 2005, Jeff and I sat on the sofa and watched the count down, wished each other a Happy New Year and "clinked" our glasses in the tradition of letting the liquids mix together. A kiss followed with sincere "I Love You" statements.
Looking forward to the new year means we will celebrate 24 years of marriage in August. Our daughter will be 18 and graduating from high school. Those are the 2 biggest hopes and highlights that come to mind right now. I know there are others, as each day is a treasure and the laughter and humor of each day is something our entire household looks forward to. I hope to be able to share these experiences and maybe encourage or bring a smile to someone out there.