"It's midnight in Paris..."

When it's five o'clock in the evening here, it's midnight in Paris, France. And at 5:00 this evening, we were at the home of our new friends H & K, along with a bunch of their friends.... and we were toasting the New Year. H invited us there for an impromptu New Year's Eve party.... she wanted to get together with friends, but didn't want to stay up till midnight-- and a lot of her friends don't like driving on the dark and winding country roads after dark (no street lights, and the roads are pitch-black).

So H came up with a last-minute idea yesterday-- to have a New Year's Eve party at her house, with everyone arriving at 4:00, and toasting the (Paris) New Year one hour later at 5:00. It was a lot of fun.... we met some very nice people there, and both my husband and I said the same thing to each other as we were driving home: Now we can have our parties again--- we just met a bunch of party-people like we knew in Clear Lake. Taa-daaaahhhhhh!!!

Here's to another year..... I hope it's a good one for us all....... and it will be, because every moment is a miracle.