New Year's Eve 2012 - Christmas In Connecticut

I've mentioned how much busier the time leading up to Christmas was this year.  Due to this Dale and I were way behind on watching holiday movies.  One of our favorites is Christmas In Connecticut.  Unlike other Christmas themed films like Miracle on 34th Street and It's a Wonderful Life, Christmas In Connecticut is a movie I didn't see until well into adulthood.  It was worth the wait.  This synopsis comes from imdb.com: "Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writers.  In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook.  But this is all lies.  In reality she is an unmarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg.  The recipes come from her good friend Felix.  The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his Christmas on her 'farm'.  Miss Lane knows that her career is over if the truth comes out, but what can she do?"

New Year's Eve 2012 - Candles

We had planned to go out for New Year's Eve with Julie and Regina but the plans fell through due to Julie not feeling well.  We decided to stay in like we did last year.  I lit lanterns and candles outside to try to liven things up a bit and be festive.  Our neighbor Deb thought we might be having a party later due to the lights and came over to wish us a Happy New Year since it looked like we were home.  We told her there was no party but invited her in to chat for a while.  It was nice to see her since it's been a while.  Neighbors always seem to disappear into their houses for the winter.

New Year's Eve 2012

Dale, Athena and I had a quiet and very enjoyable New Year's Eve.  We put together a grazing tray consisting of shrimp, herring, apples, grapes, carrots, broccoli, brie with fig jelly, and crackers.  We drank champagne along with it an managed to get quite full.  For dessert we finished off the pumpkin roulade that we had originally brought to Noel's annual holiday fete.

New Year's Eve Day 2012

Dale and I went to Pizza Luce in downtown Minneapolis on New Year's Eve Day.  It's one of my favorite casual downtown restaurants.  I had the mostaccioli and Dale had the lasagna.