HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well a new year has begun once again.  What makes New Years Eve special?  To some, it is not.  They just carry on like any other day, then go to bed at a "normal" hour, wake up the next day and so on.  To others, it seems to be a rite of passage.  A new start so to speak.  To others, just another excuse to party.  Don and I are with the last two groups.  Going to bed before midnight, well that would be some sort of crime even though the punishment would be a good nights sleep....

 We had a lovely New Year's Eve.  We went to the dance in the park.  The place was packed.  The band was good and the food was wonderful.  A buffet was set up with multiple anti pasto dishes, cold salmon, chicken satay, wonderful beef tenderloin, shrimp, ah I could go on and on.  Then we come to the desserts,  mmmmm.

The music was by the Main Event Swing Band.  The theme was Jewel of the Nile.  The place was done up like and Egyptian palace.  We even had half time entertainment by a belly dancer.  (The guys liked that a lot!)

Here are our activity directors.  Also done up for the evening!

 

Every year there is an area set up for picture taking.  This year it was King Tuts Throne. 

Our manager, his wife and daughter were there, dressed in theme.  (They seem to like that although I don't know many guys who would be caught dead in that get up let alone go out on new year's eve!) 

Of course getting into the swing of things our "harem" of gals at our table had to go for a photo op.

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 Don and I took our turn as well.

So today is new years day.  A little tennis and a brunch for the 4.0 team and spouses.  Now to take Chrismtas down.....

I will leave you with these words that I found in our local paper:

"Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.  Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."

                                                                        -Denis Waitley

Way to go Denis!

May you all have a wonderful 2012!