what are your new year's eve plans?

[orleans]

i don't have any--in case you wondered

[bluesbassman]

1. Staying out of trouble.

Sometimes I succeed.

Happy New Year orleans!

[orleans]

44. thank you. hope you stayed out of trouble. i know i did. (perhaps unfortunately--lol) n/t

[tinymontgomery]

2. Going over to the neighbors

About 10 of us are getting together 3 doors down and having a game night. Everyone is bringing a different game to play. We don't do the out on the town thing.

[seaglass]

23. That sounds like fun, wish I had neighbors like yours. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Shove a bunch of Valium down the dog's throat

and then sit and listen to a zillion fireworks going off till 3 in the am, the usual.
Same plan for the next day.
dog goes nutz at fireworks, runs around the house barking like mad, then dives under my desk.
Which is not big enough for him, but he manages.

[Ramses]

7. lol..your first sentence made me laugh hard

[LiberalElite]

22. Maybe you'd be interested in

this? I don't have a dog (just cats) but I've seen this mentioned here & there.

http://www.thundershirt.com/Product/Thundershirt.aspx?item_guid=ad60b946-f758-45e2-a589-331dda09637e&gclid=CN_Xi8iw8MICFVNp7AodVVMAjQ

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. Tried it.

What happened was...I got him when we moved into this house, and a few months later, on Christmas Eve, the neighbor across the way put on a huge fireworks show. It was like something I have seen in cities, for god's sakes. Colorful AND noisy.
The pup had been on the back deck with us, the sudden commotion scared him, he ran into the house and under the couch.
And thus a phobia was born.

Well, around here there are fireworks on Christmas, and on New Years, and sporadically during the week between, and there are dove hunters in the fall,
plus occasional gunfights among the drug dealers on the other side of the hill, all those sounds carry, and he goes nutz.

Then there is the usual storm season, lots of thunder down here.
So the vet gives him Valium.
It stops most of the drool ( Goldens drool a lot) and reduces his fear.
But one of us still has to do night watch when the storms and/or the fireworks hit.

[LiberalElite]

27. Holy crap -

must sound like a war zone at times.

[dixiegrrrrl]

28. I hear just a faint popping noise with the gunshots

The are sporadic, and over quickly, maybe once a month. Good news is the police respond pretty quickly.
Of course, the dog hears them even if I do not, and starts barking.
and he hears the thunder when the storm is 40 miles away..I have tracked that..amazing hearing.

[LiberalElite]

30. Wow. - poor doggie. Doesn't get a break. nt

[orleans]

48. we had a dog that was so afraid of thunder & fireworks (the booms & bangs)

and neighbors who set them off on new years & 4th of july

one new years i was blasting the tv, the speakers on the computer with music, & had a loud fan running just to try & block out the sound

then one night my dog ate half a chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting a little neighbor kid set on the ground. that night there was a horrendous storm & my dog didn't care a bit. the vet said chocolate has a calming effect on dogs. and milk chocolate isn't that bad for them (compared to dark chocolate)

so after that, when a storm was coming we'd give her a three musketeers bite size and that REALLY helped her out a LOT!! she didn't get sick, and she didn't get all crazy/shakey/nervous from the storm & thunder. apparently it's a little known fact. ask your vet--it might be better than valium for the pooch.

[dixiegrrrrl]

49. Interesting...

thank you for that info.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I'll be spending a quiet evening at home with the Gang of Fur.

[ChazII]

9. My plans are similar

my fur kid and my fur grandchild will be here while my son is at work.

[dixiegrrrrl]

25. "the Gang of Fur"

I am SO stealing that!

[avebury]

5. Staying in with my furbaby.

Besides, it will be just way too cold to go anywhere anyway. I am pretty much hunkering down until at least Sunday.

I am using my time to just relax and read.

[easychoice]

6. LOL --> my big plan

[KMOD]

8. I was planning on hanging out with

you, orleans, here in the lounge.

No plans for me, either.

[applegrove]

10. Going to family. We‘re having hors d‘oevres

as a late supper. Three of us. I‘m so glad I‘m at the stage in life where I feel no pressure to do something on any specific night. But this will be nice.

[shenmue]

11. Watch TV, drink toast, sleep

[orleans]

45. i assume you meant "watch tv, drink, toast, sleep"

but at first glance i was going to ask you how you drink toast...

happy new year

[Ramses]

12. festivities and drinking

What else

[Agschmid]

13. VEGAS!

[csziggy]

14. GOing to have a quiet evening at home with my husband

Being glad it was his LAST day of work. As of 6 PM tomorrow, he is done with the corporation where he's worked for the last 10 years!

Our real celebration will be on New Year's Day when we drive down to the coast to go birdwatching and just hang out.

[fizzgig]

15. sister and i are seeing mockingjay early tomorrow

then i'll pick up some beer, put up a batch of chili and spend the night in with the husband and fur turds.

[betsuni]

16. It's New Year's Eve here now,

and I just ate this, Osechi, traditional Japanese New Year's food, but it was from the store and too sweet and now I'm gassy:



My favorite seasonal thing, pickled octopus:

[dixiegrrrrl]

26. Is there not a custom of something about balloons ?

Seems so nice and peaceful.

[betsuni]

32. My stomach is a gassy balloon, that's all I know.

It's after midnight and the husband suggested we walk to the local temple to pray for good luck in the coming year. Nope, it's cold outside and the bed is warm and the temple gods do not care.

[vive la commune]

17. Not much

I will probably watch the countdown with friends and drink a couple of glasses of wine.

[bigwillq]

18. Going to a house party.

Should be fun.

[BlueJazz]

19. Probably either do the astronomy thing or just read a book.

[orleans]

46. what's the astronomy thing? n/t

[BlueJazz]

50. Get out my 12" scope and mount and stay up half the night looking at planets, double stars..

...and galaxies.

[Major Nikon]

20. Whiskey

[LiberalElite]

21. Watching The Honeymooners Marathon

[HERVEPA]

29. Dinner out, then blues concert/dancing at World Cafe Live in Phila.

For once I have a date on New Years Eve!

[Earth_First]

31. Dinner with my brother and sister in law early...

Afterwards, we will retire to our place for a small gathering of friends and view the Webcast of Phish's NYE performance from Miami, FL.

It's a NYE tradition in our household!

Enjoy the festivities, be safe, be well...

[frogmarch]

33. Watch TV.

The last time I went anywhere on NY's Eve was 51 years ago. I was 20, single and had a date with a real cool cat named Spider. We went to a dance at Terrytown Arena in Scottsbluff, NE. Fun.

[orleans]

47. since you're crying i'm wondering if it isn't time to give spider a call. ??? n/t

[LiberalEsto]

34. Reading the notes in the gratitude jar

All three of us -- me, my husband and adult daughter -- were depressed and unable to feel any holiday spirit at the beginning of December. Daughter has serious depression and was hospitalized in late November.

So I set a jar on the table, along with a pen and some small slips of paper, and told them that this was a gratitude jar. You write down something you're thankful for, and put the paper in the jar. I got the idea from our older daughter, who used it successfully with a spoiled kid in her last nanny job.

Neither of them felt like doing it, but I left it there and wrote something every now and then. Then I reminded my husband to try adding something - if only to make an example for our daughter. He started doing it too. After a couple of weeks, with no prodding from us, our daughter was adding to the jar, secretly, at night. Now the jar is full of slips of paper. We will take turns reading them to one another tonight right after dinner.

[MerryBlooms]

35. Slot car racing, listening to music, pulled pork sans/slaw, and having a few drinks.

I got my husband a slot car set for Christmas, and we've been having a blast. His order of some additional track and cars came today, so he'll be excited.

[RebelOne]

36. None. I will drink my bottle of wine

and watch the Peach drop at Underground Atlanta if I can stay awake.

[DinahMoeHum]

37. An early dinner, then a movie. . .

Into The Woods

then

home, listen to Radio Margaritaville (Sirius XM channel 31), a toast with rum at midnight, then a quick shower (to wash the 2014 scum off my body), then bed.

[KMOD]

38. .....

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looks like I now might have a pinochle game going on. That's how I will rock it.

[mopinko]

39. going to bed early. i have already seen enough of 2014.

gonna have some pizza and beer and hit the hay like it was any other day.
cry myself to sleep, maybe.

[dawg]

42. I hear you.

It's hard. Even when it's for the best, it's hard. I've been separated for four years now. Such a disappointment.

[HipChick]

40. Sleep...

I've literally been on a plane of some sort for over 18hrs

[femmocrat]

41. Watch the festivities on TV.

Like every other year.

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone!

[lastlib]

43. Got 'Cosmos' DVD for Christmas!

So tonight & tomorrow will be a 'Cosmos' marathon!

(If I get bored with it--fat chance--the 'Twilight Zone' marathon is on SyFy.......)