Welcome to Jenna’s Journal! I thought we’d ring in the new year with some auld lang syne, some memories of New Year’s Eves past.
My Five Top New Year’s Memories
1. 1st New Year’s Eve at Disney World. I’ve been to their fireworks display several times, but the first time I went it was so freakin’ bright I closed my eyes because I thought I was going to get a retina burn! LOL
2. 1st New Year’s With Baby. My daughter was born just a few days before New Year’s Eve and so the doctor decided to discharge me from the hospital on New Year’s Eve. We went home, stayed up until the ball dropped and went to bed. The next day we found out the hospital I’d been discharged from had caught on fire just hours after I’d left.
3. Moving Day. I moved in with my soon-to-be husband on New Year’s Eve. There was last minute packing and it got later and later. He kept calling me, insisting that I be in the house with him before the new year came. I made it with about 20 minutes to spare. We then celebrated with champagne.
4. Another New Year’s Eve at Disney World. This time my husband had broken his ankle and was in a wheelchair. We couldn’t get a motorized one that day, so I had to push him all over the park. Epcot does NOT lie on flat ground! And again, the fireworks were spectacular.
5. New Year’s Eve Party. My senior year in high school I decided to have a New Year’s Eve party. It ended up with about four kids showing up so we sat around and watched Dick Clark on TV and drank sparkling grape juice at midnight. I have not had a New Year’s Eve party since.
Leave me a comment below with your top New Year’s Eve memory and YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS to be entered in our Grand Prize drawing as well as my own drawing for a signed print copy of my historical novel Only Scandal Will Do. (Mine includes international readers!)
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For New Years I love to stay in with a nice fire in the fireplace, bottle of red wine and my iPod with all my favorite tunes from years gone by. Enjoy the new year.
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Thanks for the great hop.Happy New Year!
parisfan_ca@yahoo.com
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I have never really been one to celebrate New Years out, but the most memorable was when we had our youngest son home as a newborn. He was only a few weeks old. We stayed up until 9:00pm. Then collapsed due to the infamous sleep deprivation that comes with babies.
Mel
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We never do anything for new years so I don’t really have any memories.
Thanks for the great hop.
magic5905 at embarqmail dot com
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New Year’s Eve 1999 – everyone was freaked out about the year 2000 and the computers. Husband and I lived in Boulder, and we went for a walk at midnight in the snow and the world was absolutely silent.
jochibi AT yahoo DOT com
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New Years are very uneventful for me. I love to sleep.
Thanks for the fun and happy 2013!
zenfoxflower@Yahoo.com
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Happy New Years!
My most memorable New years is on my honey moon. Hubby and I were in Vegas at the Riviera Hotel Casino. We bop at the hop in a lounge and spent most of the time at the table gambling and kissing – LOL That was 15 years ago. Man what a wonderful memory. Wishing you a wonderful day and great new year.
mrsqueentutt@gmail.com
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Thank you so much for sharing and the chance!
Kassandra
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The last 14 have been spent with the hubs and they have been wonderful even when they are quite like this year 😉
Kassandra
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thank god u got discharged when you did! mrsbrinius@comcast.net
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I’ve never been a big party goer so I usually stay home with friends and family!
nikki.t.23@gmail.com
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Hi Jenna … I can’t believe you like Disney at new years! I went once on New Years Day and it was a madhouse. Don’t get me wrong, I love Disney – just not at this time of year 😉
My favorite New Year’s memory is just hanging out with my friends, watching football enjoying a few drinks, and watching the ball drop.
Here’s wishing you a great start to 2013!
Theresa Esterline
theresa.esterline@gmail.com
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Love the memories! Mine is a year spent on the lake, ice skating with a bonfire and having a good time with family and friends
staceyprice(at)gmail(dot)com
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Sorry no great memories here. Happy New Year.
Kit3247(at)aol(dot)com
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Just spending New Year’s Eve with family. Thanks for the giveaway and hope you have a great year.
divavixenqueen(at)gmail(dot)com
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My mom and dad were married on New Years day so we always had a lot of family, fireworks and food on New Years Eve! Thanks for being a part of the hop and I hope you have a great New Year!!
holly.collins1(at)yahoo(dot)com
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Thanks for the giveaway!
farrahsayyedATgmailDOTcom
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Great post, Jenna! Happy New Year!! 😀
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Those are some awesome memories… Mine is baking pies with my grandma one year at midnight.
Flowerlady_23@yahoo.com
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I CAN NEVER MEMORY OF NEW YEAR TAKES PLACE WHEN I WAS A WEE LASS I’ll SAY 6 OR 7pherhaps..:)AS THE EARLY MORNING NEW YEAR ARRIVED MY SIBLINGS & I N JOY SHOOTING FIRE CRACKERS ALSO LIGHTING SPARKLES OUT SI:DE ..Wooohooo! THAT WAS TRULY EXCITING LOADS OF FUN:)! HAPPY NEW YEAR:D GOD BLESS !
redz041@yahoo.com
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Thanks for the contest. We are big UCONN fans and spent New Year’s at a game, followed by a wonderful dinner out and then home to celebrate. Friends were with us and added to the fun.
debby236 at gmail dot com
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Thanks for taking part in the blog hop and Happy New Year. I don’t make resolutions any longer but one year my mom and I made one to eat more donuts that year. She cracked me up by bringing a new donut for us each week.
miztik_rose@yahoo.com
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Thank you for sharing your New Year’s Eve memories —
Here’s my New Year’s Eve ritual — every year, I spend that evening reading Tuesdays with Morrie — the sentiment and insights in that book serve as my compass for the new year.
Happy 2013 to everyone! Thanks for the great giveaway!
– Tin (khriscc at yahoo dot com)
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I never go to sleep until after the New Year begins. The last time I did was on the farm when I was twelve years old. I wanted to nap until it was time to get up to see the New Year in. I was awakened a couple of hours before midnight by Dad who wanted help to put out the fire in the hired man’s house. The two of us fought the fire until it was out. The fire department didn’t arrive until all they had to do was make sure there was no re-flash. Your number 2. significant New Year reminded me of that. I always feel that something bad will happen if I don’t stay awake.
Hope this year is good to you.
Ray
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Love your New Year’s Eve memories…I spent one at Disneyland with a friend from out of town
(missed my family), and spent another one out of the country with spectacular fireworks (really,
really missed my family).
Thanks for participating in this blog hop– a great way to start the year– and hope you and yours
have a fantasti 2013!
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