I wanted to mark this first day of the new year with some wisdoms. Oh, I had great plans for yesterday. I would study philosophy, get wise, and then share all that wise with you. You’d step into 2013 thankful to know me and smarter and significantly more equipped to handle relationships and finances and parenthood and life because of the powerful advice I advised. But there was some couch shopping, an afternoon of hectic wall-gazing, and a night topped off with champagne and cough drops. I dropped the ball before the ball dropped at midnight, passed out like a Flu-ed floozy somewhere around 9 o’clock, and woke up smooth-throated, head throbbing, and somehow dumber than yesterday’s self.
Instead, I’ll leave you with this:
May this be the year you dance drool like no one’s watching,
accept your most jiggly bits,
and reach for the stars.
Happy New Year, y’all.
How did you spend New Year’s Eve?
*Back to regularly scheduled nonsense when this Korbel Menthol Eucalyptus buzz wears off.
It’s too early in the year for wisdoms anyway! I stayed home last night, watched a movie on Amazon Prime, watched the ball drop, and fell asleep on the couch. It was just my kind of New Year’s Eve.
Sounds lovely. We got all of our “out on the town” out of the way before 6 pm. Couch, champagne and the husband watching sports recaps was our wild night in!
My boy barfed at 11:50 pm. And continued to hurl all night long. Oy. I think he took “out with the old” too literally.
Happy new year, Tori. May our jiggly parts wiggle!
Oh Mother Barf, that’s awful! He is starting off the new year cleansed of baggage, so that’s something. Wishing him Saltines & Ginger Ale… and lots of Febreze for you.
Well, thus far he has made it to the toilet every time… so fingers crossed, this sucker will go away fast. Meanwhile, guess who isn’t going to school tomorrow?
Oh God, I forget your boy isn’t three. That’s my mom brain. I just assume everyone’s child is exactly the weight, height, age, and attitude of mine
When you said barf I pictured Thomas sick… in which case I’d need to go ahead and cover the whole house in a tarp!
I’m wiggling away!
Happy 2013!
Yes! I’ve been jiggle laughing all day. Sometimes the jiggle’s nice. Particulary in laughing. Makes it feel more substantial than a skinny giggle
I spent New Year’s Eve transitioning between the cold North and the wam embrace of my kids and grandkids and the sunnier, warmer South and the warm embrace of my husband and sloppy wet kisses of my furry four-legged kid. Not bad, I guess.
That sounds like a doozy in the best possible way
You gave me my New Year’s Resolution: I vow to accept my most jiggly bits this year!
Hope you feel well soon, poor thing!
Feeling WAY better than the past few days. I might’ve unlocked the curious healing powers of champagne and cough drops.
Happy New Year
That dog is the best looking thing I have seen so far today, much better looking than my face this morning!
Haha. He’s a happy thing, so that helps (and looks a lot better than my crazy face today, too) Happy New Year, Imi!
Jiggily bits abound around here! Sara and I spent the evening in bed reading. Though, amazingly, we managed to stay awake till midnight–something we’ve failed to do in recent years. Trying to get back in the swing of writing after a holiday break from the blogosphere. Hope to see you all sometime soon in the coming year!
Hugs,
Kathy
Yay! Cappy’s in the house! Hope your holidays have been wonderful and happy to see you back
P.S. Proud of your late bed time. One of these days I’ll train and train and try to make it to midnight!
happy New year
… i was with my family and my dog at home as i too wasnt well…nothign special…just ,met few special friends in evening..
get well soon and happy 2013 to you and your family
I should add that the champagne was passed around… my couch… back and forth with the husband. Hope you feel better soon & Happy New Year to you!
Happy New Year! Eat more cookies!
You don’t have to tell me twice
Done and done!
Went to bed at 10, woke up at 11:30, went back to sleep, woke up to a text from my son at 12:30, went back to sleep, woke up at 3:45 to my son coming home, went back to sleep, got up at 6 to feed kitty, went back to sleep woke up to my husband at 8:30 calling the cops because some idiot was hunting deer behind us on private property.
But I hope you feel better soon! What a crappy way to start the New Year.
Ickkkk. All those rude wake-up calls would make me grumpy. That might explain why I was a frown monster when my son was an up-all-night newborn
On the Flu front, I am feeling worlds better, just getting the last of the funk out of my system. Last year it was a crazy week in the hospital with pnuemonia, so I’m more than happy to have the Flu for a minute!
Sorry to hear you’re not feeling well. I hope you’re back to normal soon!
We had a few friends over, drank some alcohol, ate a lot, talked and laughed, played a silly game where we had to put a paper plate on our heads and draw a picture on it…. I lost but didn’t care.
Face doodling? That sounds like a game I want to try immediately
I’m feeling great today and wondering if champagne with cough drops in it isn’t a new miracle drug 
Happy New Year, Terri!
When I read your blog I am reminded that I was apparently not the only interesting and funny person to have ever graduated from CBU. Shocking, I know. Happy New Year and I hope you feel better soon!
Haha. There was always Brother Walter. He was funny, whether intentional or not
Happy New Year and may your 2013 get all kinds of Buc Wild.
I hope that funk jiggles on out of you, Tori.
We rang in 2013 in Milwaukee.
With a pitchy cab driver, yes? I have willed a good 98% of the Flu funk away I think. I’ll be back to break dancing and singing too loudly in no time
I spent New Year’s Eve at home after spending the two days prior being out and about all day. Some people like to keep the party going, I like to go home to recharge. At around 12:03 AM I heard fireworks going off outside and raced to the tv to watch the broadcasts but by then they were already over.
Cheers to a great year ahead and feel better soon!
Home time is always my favorite choice. And the fireworks? I guess I forget people don’t save those strictly for 4th of July. I heard a few going off next door and told Tom to call the cops. He thought I was being the grumpy neighbor. I thought somebody got shot!
Sickness is definitely something that best to leave in the old year. Hope you’re feeling better. We didn’t do anything exciting. I won’t blame it on the kids, either…we never went out before we had them.
I’m an anti-crowd type, so we never go to the big, wild parties either. Tom wanted to go to a favorite sushi spot but I panicked, realizing we’d have to drive and park and push through all the downtown weirdos to get there! Champagne on the couch and we felt pretty happy about it!
Ha ha ha! That dog picture is hilarious!! Love it!
I saw it and was like “Yes. I identify with you, dog.” I think I might print him out and frame him
Don’t sweat it. I took a couple of Philosophy courses in college and am no wiser for the experience. To me, Plato will always be a colored clay that kids play with and nothing more.
Haha. I like to mold my Plato into tiny fake plates filled with tiny fake hamburgers
Jiggly. Check. Drooly. Check. Now I need to reach for the stars and I’m set.
Happy New Year, Tori!
Star gazing gets tricky when you’re drooling. I can tell you from experience it takes practice
Happy New Year, Angie!
Sounds like I spent New Year’s aboard the same sickie-express you did. Minus the champagne. Let’s hope 2013 is HEALTHY!
AMEN! I think I tested Fate when I bragged on Christmas Eve that I didn’t get sick and almost die this year (as was the case with the Great Pnuemonia Mess of 2011). The Universe cackled and struck me with Swine Flu. Trying to be grateful that at least there’s still some checks and balances in the world
Hope you feel better soon, lady!
Ditto, at you both. Healthy New Year!
Not much differently that you… although most of my cough drop popping was earlier in the week, I was still exhausted and recovering!
This is the funk that will not quit! I was laughing at how tired I felt yesterday (from all the sick napping I’ve been doing)
Hope you’re feeling better!
I… um… I’m not sure I remember… exactly.
And not in the exciting ‘I’m not sure I remember what happened’ kind of way.
More in the, ‘I’m old so I can’t remember anything but I probably didn’t do anything too exciting’ kind of way. Anyway, wishing you and your family a very, very happy 2013 Ms. N!
What a great photo! If he can drool like no one is watching surely we can too!
Oh, my New Year’s Eve was a rockin’ event! I sat in bed, gobbling Vicodin and watching the original Twilight Zone – until I passed out around 11:30pm Eastern time! (Yeah, I am just THE party animal.
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I think that pooch is gonna be my official mascot for 2013. I even have a pair of goggles pretty similar to his! (And I have been known to drool too much …)
Hope you’re feeling better, and that 2013 is bringing you all good things!
I’ve already decided to order a cape. I’ll order you one, too
My New Year’s was all planned out to be fantastical too. Then my kid got lice. So it was less than fantastic. Love the picture! That pooch as potential in 2013! Best of luck to you in 2013 too!
I just had phantom itch reading about it. SO. SORRY. There is nothing fun about lice. For you, let’s act like the new year starts next week, fresh, clean, and totally lice-free
We had some sick ones here as well; hopefully it is not a tradition that we all share for years to come. Happy New Year…