Thursday, January 01, 2009

Happy New Year!

2009. Where did it come from? And where did 2008 go? It feels like yesterday - or at least just a couple of months since we celebrated New Year's Eve last time with the same good friends in our house. I guess time flies when you're having fun. Or are just way too busy... Hm...

We had a very nice ending of 2008 - even though I just can't get over the lack of fireworks and celebrations outside at midnight here on New Year's Eve. It just isn't the same here. And why would you want to watch a ball drop DOWN?? Shouldn't it be fireworks going UP?

Oh, well.

The good thing about celebrating New Year's Eve in California is that you get to celebrate it twice. At 3 pm (midnight in Sweden) and midnight. There is no such thing as too much champagne on New Year's Eve (we squeezed in the New York midnight too just for the heck of it). And thankfully my brother called at 3.10 pm from downtown Stockholm so at least I got to hear the fireworks.

3 comments:

Anna, Fair and True said...

Vad fint ni dukat! Perfekt med två (eller t o m tre) tolvslag! ;)

Saltistjejen said...

Oj vad festligt och vackert ni fixat bordet!!!
Och det där med fyrverkerier stämmer såååå väl. Det saknar jag på nyår i USA. Haha, iår var vi ju hos svärmor i Skåne och här var det rena Bagdad på gatorna runt 12-slaget!!!
Nästan lite för mycket med andra ord.
Men visst, det hör ju till.
Önskar dig och din famij ett riktigt gott nytt år!!!
kram!

JaCal said...

Anna - mycket! Roligare att skåla i champange vid 3-tiden än vid 12-tiden när man är jääääätte trött...

Saltistjejen - tack - det blev lite feststämning i alla fall - trots brist på fyrverkerier. Jag skulle nog gärna vilja ha det mer som i Sverige... ;-) Dito! Gott Nytt År!