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Happy New Year 03 January 2004

Happy New Year to everyone. We had a great time in Florida with the hubby’s family. I even got to see my parents for a little while. It’s always an interesting time at the Bair family gatherings. This year, my husband’s aunt and uncle brought along 2 tibetan monks. They were fun to meet. They created art with sand and clay…beautiful pieces. I took pictures that I’ll post as soon as I get a chance, but I have no idea when that may be. One night we had 12 people playing Farkle with 2 sets of die going around. The linked page has one version. Our version uses 5 die instead of 6. It was great fun. We also got to make stuff out of wood. I made a spoon, a spatula and a walking stick. The walking stick was purely for the purpose of carving. I had so much fun with the spoon that I had to do something else with the knife. :P My MIL got a puzzle for Christmas so my SIL and I set out to conquer it. Yes, conquer it. It was a photomosaic dolphin. We started the 26th and worked on it for about an hour. It took us till New Years’s Day to finish it. My husband and I stayed up till 4am on Jan 1 to get it done. Everyone was extremely impressed that we finished it. My husband even took a picture of me putting in the last piece. I’m so glad it’s finished, I won’t be doing a puzzle for a while. That photomosaic wore me out on puzzles. :) On New Year’s Eve, we lit some fireworks…those were fun. We had several strobes that blinded everyone and several whistlers that were obnoxiously loud. The food was excellent and I may have gotten a few recipes out of it. All in all a great time, but I’m sure glad to be home.

I’ve decided to learn to crochet. My mom tried to teach me when I was little, but I couldn’t ever get the hang of it. I’ve been seeing all these blogs by ladies that knit, and I want to make some cool stuff so I picked up a book, some hooks and some yarn and have started learning. :) So far I’m doing pretty good. The book I have has about 12 lessons to teach you the different stitches and a few other things you need to know. It also has 19 easy projects to get started with. One is a beautiful afghan that I’m looking forward to making when I feel more comfortable with it. For now, I’m going to start with a simple scarf and the matching hat.