New years

LameWolf

Ah. now, if we're talking resolutions, the last time I made one was over 30 years ago, and I've stuck to it ever since. It was to make no more new year's resolutions.

Islandmaid

Hopeing this will be the first new year in a good few that we won't be called out for emergency taxi services for the kids (18,20 and22).

We are spending new year with a few good friends, prebooked taxi home, kids will have to fend for themselves this year

monnagran

The best NewYears were when I was a bell ringer.

We used to ring the bells half muffled for about half an hour before 5 minutes to midnight then a couple of the men used to fly up into the belfry and take the muffles off the clappers, race back down again and on the stroke of midnight we let rip and a glorious peal would announce the arrival of the New Year.

These days I go to bed with a good book and with a bit of luck don't wake up until the next morning.

x

Schoolworker

For hogmany we go to neighbour house this year and it will be our turn next year. We have been doing this for the last 6years so we have adult company and the kids are happy playing and putting g on a show for us until 12modnght when they start to get grumpy due to tirdness and then we walk he me to bed.

prosaver

LameWolf wrote: »

Ah. now, if we're talking resolutions, the last time I made one was over 30 years ago, and I've stuck to it ever since. It was to make no more new year's resolutions.

that probably why you dont here much of them now..

like the 3 wishes thing with the genie and magic lamp
my wish number 1,
I wish my wishes never ran out

Dustyblinds

We don't make a big thing on new year, usually have a nice meal or takeaway and a few drinks in front of the telly watching jools holland, see in the new year with a whiskey for the oh and Aldis fizz for me, then bed. This year we probably won't even have a drink as the oh is on antidepressants so neither of us have had any alcohol since he was prescribed them.
Neither of our kids have been ones for going out partying at new year, ds sometimes goes out but usually comes home just after midnight complaining about the crowds etc. Don't know why he bothers :rotfl:

loocyloo

we've taken to going away in the campervan overnight! (although as DD & DS turn into older teenagers, I don't know how long they'll be coming with us, or if we'll dare leave them home alone! )


find a nice quiet site ( with electrical hook up! ), preferably with a decent view, or near the beach and get there mid afternoon on the 31st. have a good walk and then back to the van for nibbles ... IF allowed, we like to sit outside round a firepit, or we sit inside with a heater on!


we chat, listen to the radio and play card games, and at some point eat the hotpot I made earlier and had been sitting in the slow cooker for several hours before we left ( last year I took the actual slow cooker with us, and plugged it in, to continue cooking till we were ready to eat! ) Hotpot is DDs favourite meal, and seems to have become tradition!


we usually just make it to midnight, and then go to bed.


In the morning, it is lovely to wake up somewhere with a good view and usually another good walk!

melanzana

We go to the local pub about 7 pm for a drink or two. Then at 8pm, the party people arrive. It is so fascinating to watch the style, the high heels, the general mayhem!

And then we are home for nine and snuggle in. Always watch Jools Holland. Tradition!

And yep, we have a drop of champers at midnight. Have to do the old trick of sticking a teaspoon in the neck of the bottle, as one glass is all I can take. I don't really like it!! but again, Tradition!

Spendless

Schoolworker wrote: »

For hogmany we go to neighbour house this year and it will be our turn next year. We have been doing this for the last 6years so we have adult company and the kids are happy playing and putting g on a show for us until 12modnght when they start to get grumpy due to tirdness and then we walk he me to bed.

We do something similar and have done for some years. Take it in turns to go to a friend's house. Started because of us having children, too young to take anywhere and difficult to get a babysitter. Their son is older. Whoever hosts buys the food and some of the drink. Guests contribute by bringing some drink.

Leave just after midnight and watch the firework displays on the way home.

This year DD is in panto and will be performing her last show on NYE. Thankfully it isn't our turn to host, so we can go from watching her to our friends. Unsure what 16yo son will do. He's still too young to go anywhere, but unsure he'll want to either stop home alone or accompany us. He'd have preferred us to be hosting this year, but it's not feasible to swap.

kerri_gt

We alternate between going to the local pub (when OH gets his way) and pjs in front of the telly (my choice...or rather I'd rather be in bed asleep) I find NY entirely depressing, paying to get into a venue you don't have to any other time of the year, being stuck there or paying to get into somewhere else, the enforced sense that everyone must have a great time (invariably means not), the random hugs from strangers, taxis fleecing you to get home, tidying up the next day after Xmas then back to work, bills, and likely a long month until pay day.

I actually much prefer going out on New Year's Day if like this year there's an extra bank holiday as it's much more relaxed.

This year we're out at a function at midday so fingers crossed I might get my way and be asleep by the time the bells toll.