Happy New Year!

As 2011 was beginning to finish I heard on the radio stories about what different people do to celebrate a New Year. This New Years I thought I would tell you all the ways I never plan to celebrate the New Year.

#1. With Fire Arms. Rule #1 is always DON'T GET SHOT. This does not change on New Years for this girl. However in Colombia this is apparently the way to celebrate. Shooting loaded guns into the air. Not Safe. [Link].

#2. Polar Bear Dip. The idea of entering freezing cold water under any circumstances does not sound appealing. And no New Years Day does not make pneumonia seem worth it.

#3. Spend New Years in a Graveyard. I will not bring in the New Year with the dead as some would in Chile. I prefer to hang with those with a heart beat. [Link].

These three things you can be sure I will not be doing.

2011 was a challenging but great year. And if I look back. I don't think I would have had it any other way.

Joel and I spent New Years Eve first at a lovely New Years Party at his Sisters apartment, followed by a countdown celebration at Nathan Phillips Square [Something in my opinion you only need to do once].

And by far the best way to spend New Years Day, building a Ginger Bread Train. 

-T.