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!)
Blurb for Only Scandal Will Do:
He has the woman of his dreams, but what price will he have to pay to win her heart?
Kidnapped and sold at auction in a London brothel, Lady Katarina Fitzwilliam squelches an undeniable attraction to the masked stranger who purchased her, pits her wits against him, and escapes him and the scandal that would ruin her life.
Unable to resist temptation in a London brothel, Duncan Ferrers, Marquess of Dalbury, purchases a fiery beauty. She claims she’s a lady, but how can she be? No lady of his acquaintance in polite society is anything like her. Then he discovers she is who she says, and that this latest romp has compromised her reputation. He knows how that is. One more scandal and he’ll be cast out of London society, but he needs a wife who’ll provide an heir to carry on his illustrious family’s name. He seeks out Katarina, intending only to scotch the scandal, but instead finds his heart ensnared. He’s betting their future he’ll capture her heart, but does he have what it takes to win the wager?
WARNING: A blade-wielding heroine who crosses swords with a master of sensuality.
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This book looks really good!
angiek@cfu.net
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Happy New Year!
I don’t have a good New Years memory they all equal the same trying to stay awake long enough to see the ball drop and not making it lol.
~*Drea*~
dreabecraft(@)aol.com
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My favorite New Years memory is the last night I went out with all my girlfriends when I was 24 yrs old. I went single that night and had a blast because I danced with so many men that night because I WAS the only SINGLE (not couple) girl there…lmbo
Happy New Year
Missie Jones
missie25524 (at) netzero (dot) com
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I was at my aunts for 2000 and we were sitting there and 2 streakers ran by 10 mins later 30-40 streakers ran by we joked about if they were early or late. Thanks danelle. chickyskitchen@yahoo.com
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I don’t really have any special NYE memories. They all tend to run together.
planterofhope at aol dot com
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I’ve had a few memorable New Years at the Sydney Opera House watching the fireworks over the harbour.
marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
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Thanks so much for the chance to win. It’s a great way to start the year. No major resolutions beyond reading a lot and staying active, but I hope you have a great year 🙂
Thanks again!
hisboywonder(at)gmail(dot)com
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Thanks for the giveaway! We stay at home and relax. New years day is for cleaning!
Hope you have a great year 🙂
hisboywonder(at)gmail(dot)com
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Happy New Year and thank you for sharing a piece of your heart and soul in each of your books in 2013!
angelheart618@gmail.com
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I’m not sure what my top New Year’s Eve memory would be. Maybe the one where my husband’s entire family was together to ring in the New Year.
shana7426@aol.com
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My craziest New Year was the one where I had to work on New Year’s Eve. Normally not so bad except I worked at a theatre in Times Square! Getting out of there was insane!!
grapeapril75(AT)gmail.com
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My favorite memory was when a friend of my best friend and I , for a Christmas gift got us a room near our favorite club and we spent that whole we partying like there was no tomorrow. We had tons of fun that NY’s but now I am just a homebody , chill with a beer or two and watched tv.
vampiremistress2010(at)gmail(dot)com
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My house was listed!! I am so excited to move it is ridiculous!
Michel_Lee_King(at)yahoo(dot)com
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I don’t think I have a favorite. Maybe when we went skiing after Christmas and partied their over New Year. On the other hand, quiet ones with friends over a pot of fondue were nice as well.
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My husband was gone a lot when he was in the marines so i have to say any new years that i got to be with him is a great memory… Even this year when we had sick house and ended up cleaning on new years and moving the livingroom around lol.
j.m.platt83@gmail.com
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Happy New Year!
chellesy.clay at gmail dot com
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I don’t necessarily have a favorite. We don’t go any where but as a family we watch the ball drop. It’s nothing special but we enjoy it.
beckerjo at verizon dot net
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All of my New Years were spent with family and too much food..LOL
Happy New Year
koonie2888 at yahoo dot com
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A really great party a couple of years ago.
Thanks and Happy New Year!
sqwalker2@hotmail.com
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No memory that stands out right now. each year is a memory that I cherish.
diane dot sadler at gmail dot com
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My top is the year I went to Disneyland on New Year’s Eve. I hope everyone has a wonderfully HAPPY NEW YEAR! My resolution is to finish unpacking from the May 2012 move to a new home and complete the last 25# of weight off of me.
Judy
strawberryrose@earthlink.net
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Eek! Not sure I have a top NYE memory. I don’t really do anything for NYE and usually am a home body. But I like the NYE when I am surrounded by family and friends – not at a party with a bunch of strangers.
Best wishes for 2013!
bas1chsemail at gmail dot com
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super kewl giveaway, thanks for participating! The one that stands out in my mind is the year I had the flu. My DAD went out til midnight, and I was asleep at 8PM.
jennirv4967 at gmail dot com
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Ok this may be sad to admit but not only am I a book-aholic, but also a JV otaku too. So I spent my New Years Eve catching up on some of my favorite manga series online!! LOL Maybe I need a new hobby. But then again–nah like me as I am!
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Thanks so much for a great beginning to a New Year. We just sit at home and watch the countdown and ball drop.
kp_kazamei(at)yahoo(dot)com
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