Hope this is a blessed year for you all!

::wakes up from sleeping on the couch for the past 30 minutes::

Happy New Year!

Mom and I toasted my grandma, ate our lucky chocolate piggies, and banged pots and pans in the drive way

::peels herself off the couch and stumbles into bed, hopeful for what 2008 will bring::

Dip, you're too wild. Did you dress up the dog in beads and a party hat?

Happy New Year, everyone!!!

I hope 2008 brings beauty and happiness to us all.

RECIPE FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Take twelve whole months.

Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate, and jealousy.

Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.

Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or thirty-one different parts, but don't make up the whole batch at once.

Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.

Mix well into each day one part of faith, one part of patience, one part of courage, and one part of work.

Add to each day one part of hope, faithfulness, generosity, and kindness.

Blend with one part prayer, one part meditation, and one good deed.

Season the whole with a dash of good spirits, a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of play, and a cupful of good humor.

Pour all of this into a vessel of love.

Cook throughly over radiant joy, garnish with a smile, and serve with quietness, unselfishness, and cheerfulness.

You're bound to have a happy new year.

Awe....