New years rundown.

We invited my niece and nephew over and they brought their kids ages 1 and 3.

I put out chips and dip and made queso in the crock pot. I made home made buffalo wings, cheese tray, fresh fruit, ham, hummus etc...

My nephews family all have celiacs disease where the can't be anywhere near wheat or flour. To make matters worse the baby is lactose intolerant as well.

So whatever I cooked had to meet special criteria. I don't mind, I'm used to dealing with food issues.

My nephew brought over some games for the Wii and I learned to play guitar hero. It's actually a fun and challenging game. They were telling me there is a huge number of youngsters rushing out to take guitar lessons after playing this game, then quitting after one day when they realize that learning to play a real guitar is hard work. It figures...

Both my Wife and Niece had to work till about 7pm so when they showed up I broke out the refreshments and we all snacked on the buffet while the kids played video games and ran around the house screaming and hitting each other with plastic swords.

About 10pm we sat down and played 20th anniversary Trivial pursuit and polished off about 4 bottles of champagne. It's not my favorite drink but I'm damn tired spending every holiday being a damn bartender and not having any fun.

The women got tipsy, I just was relaxed and had a good time. My alcohol tolerance is pretty high so unless I work really hard at it, tying one on really takes a lot of work.

By midnight everyone was tired and ready for bed. My nephew doesn't drink, so he drove everyone home.

I was in bed by one. It was a pretty good night overall.

Found this pic while I was cleaning out a drawer. It's from about 1972... I'm the one WITHOUT the freaky shirt.