the NEW YEAR has started

I want to start off by wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your family, friends and loved ones.

LAST HOURS OF 2009:

So my last few hours of 2009 was spent baking and cleaning the house and preparing it for the new year. the baking wasn't so bad but the cleaning always gets to me but then again what had to be done was done.

Went to go drop off my order at then headed to my cousins house in P.V. where we where about an hour or so late and everyone was waiting on us to eat, felt bad because I did not know that they where waiting on us. But in the long run we had a great dinner with some good wine.

12:01 AND THE NEW YEAR IS HERE

Gathering up in the living room and raising up our glasses with some COOK'S CHAMPAGNE greeting and hugging everyone in sight for the new year. I'm not sure if I would have seen myself start the new year without the people in that room, it was a great turn out and had lots of fun.

Now after all that Family fun the COUSINS sat down in the dinning room table and decided to play KING ELEPHANT game (which we have not played in years and the only remembrance I have was loosing and hating the game, but then again I'm older now and should know better... Right??)

Now I'm not sure if you have ever played but its a MUST game to play... Drinking or not (I prefer drinking, it just makes things a lot more interesting.) now if you don't know how to play check out http://partygamestoplay.com/how-to-play-the-king-elephant-party-game/

now believe it or not but we started playing around 12 ish and stopped like at pass 3, I'm not complaining at all because it was SO MUCH FUN, got to see cousins drunk and take shots and at one point for a long time I was KING!!!! and that has never happened with this group before and I stayed as KING for a good amount of time ( YAY ME ) of course after some time everyone would start to gang up on me, but being a BIG BOY NOW I stood my ground and fucked up on my own... but all worth the time and drinks spent. By the end of the night we polished off a few family size wine and regular bottle wine and had a BLAST. Now after all that fun we called it a night and had a bite to eat and said our goodbye and wishing everyone a safe and blessed new year and headed home. (don't worry i dint drive home...)

Got home and greeted my Belle (Lab-Terrier mix dog) a Happy New Year and Happy Birthday.

Now looking back at last year and all the good and bad memories with family and friends and love ones, this year my goal is to focus on myself and start off with new slate. . .

HELLO 2010

HELLO TO A NEW START TO A NEW YEAR TO A NEW. . . joe