Old Year's Night
So, its nearly the new year now. Just a few hours remaining. Time to brush up the last scraps of the old year and then plunge forwards into the new.
I have a bizarre need to enter the new year, with everything tidied away. Making the house ready for whatever life has in store for us in the 365 days to come. But I wanted to put down the hoover for a moment, to drop in and thank you for sharing 2007 with me. You've been such a shining beacon of friendship and fun during what has been a difficult year in some respects. Onwards and upwards.
Albert Einstein said:
I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true
assurance, because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy
of life and the joy of work harmoniously combined. Added to this is the
spirit of ambition which pervades your very being, and seems to make
the day's work like a happy child at play.
And that seems to me an appropriate thing to wish for all of us in the year to come. Happy 2008!
"Blwyddyn Newydd Dda" (have i said that already!??_
I wanted to say THANK YOU for your delicious blog over the last year...it has brightened many a heavy hearted day and one of the wonderful gifts of 2008 is the fact that you're on typepad! Bring on 2008 and all it can offer you...we still have our tree, DH won't pull it down untill tomorrow so i shall raise a glass to you with pine needles stuck in my socks!
xxx
Posted by: bigbucketgirl | 31 December 2007 at 18:09
Have a very very happy new year! Lucy x
Posted by: Lucy Locket-Pocket | 31 December 2007 at 19:06
Hi Ali
Happy New Year to you too!
My tree is coming down tomorrow... strangely, can't wait to see the back of it!
My discovery of your blog has made 2007 an easier year to bear...
T x
Posted by: Dragonfly | 31 December 2007 at 19:37
Happy New Year Ali :)
Tree will be removed as will all trace of Christmas related items on Thursday, boys back at school!
Thank you for being there, you are a star, and now I can comment easily, I will try harder!!!
xx
Posted by: raspberry | 31 December 2007 at 19:50
happy new year!, am jealous you've taken your tree down today. i wanted to but wasn't allowed, maybe tomorrow...
Posted by: lucykatecrafts | 31 December 2007 at 20:24
The tree is coming down tomorrow! The only problem is my hoover broke yesterday :-( The end dropped off ...which I think is terminal.
Happy New Year to you and your family - I'm so glad I found your very stylish and lovely blog. x
Posted by: Kitty | 31 December 2007 at 20:54
I've now seen it in writing that one blogger's home is tidied once a year. That is what I've always suspected!!!
Happy New Year to you and yours in your neat and tidy retreat (if only for a very brief period before the next crafting project commences).
Posted by: Grumpy | 31 December 2007 at 23:25
Happy new year Ali - hope it's a great one for you x
Posted by: julie | 31 December 2007 at 23:49
A very happy New Year to you and your family!
Posted by: June | 01 January 2008 at 02:01
Happy new year, Ali. Much love, laughter and creative time in 2008!
Posted by: Michelle | 01 January 2008 at 02:07
wishing you a wonderful new year full of happiness! looking forward to joining you on the creative adventure ahead : )
oh yes...i'm feeling the urge for a big tidy up here too! x
Posted by: kelly | 01 January 2008 at 09:46
Happy 2008!!
I become very attached to my Christmas tree and have to be told to take it down! I always have a little twinge of sadnesss when I put the decorations away and the house feels empty.It's funny how different people can feel about the same thing isn't it?!
Thanks for being here I love stopping by. xxx
Posted by: Kristy | 01 January 2008 at 10:44
love that quote. Happy New Year DomesticAli..here is to 2008!
Posted by: Tiel | 01 January 2008 at 11:31
I hope that 2008 is good to you, Ali. May it bring exciting opportunities for you and happiness for your family.
Posted by: Alice C | 01 January 2008 at 11:49
my husband had a go at me because I had the same 'urge'. I spent three hourse sorting out the boys room. I collected 2 bin liners of rubbish and feel sooo calm and full of achievement.
men. what do they know, eh?
Posted by: monica | 01 January 2008 at 16:56
2008 will be a good one, I can feel it. Happy New year! ps. I'm a post-christmas-cleaner too...just can't help it x
Posted by: Zoe | 01 January 2008 at 20:54
Happy New Year Ali, hope 2008 is a good year for you and your family.x
Posted by: French Knots | 02 January 2008 at 14:01
Happy New Year Ali, hope 2008 is a great one for you and your family xx
Posted by: driftwood | 02 January 2008 at 18:41
I totally relate to this. My decorations came down today, the house seems so much cleaner without all that clutter! Happy New Year!
Posted by: lina | 03 January 2008 at 01:42
I totally relate to this. My decorations came down today, the house seems so much cleaner without all that clutter! Happy New Year!
Posted by: lina | 03 January 2008 at 01:42
Thanks, Ali, for your wonderful blog, and happy new year to you and your family!
Posted by: Ginnie | 03 January 2008 at 06:47
What a wonderful wish for the New Year. I have been enjoying your blog for the past year, and look forward to seeing what 2008 has in store for you. Thanks.
La
Posted by: La c. | 11 January 2008 at 15:16