New Years Eve On the Mule In Texas

Well a happy New Year to all of you. I started to spend a quiet evening by myself as my brother went to our friends, Tom and Sheryl's for a few drinks. I was nicely bathed in a perfumed bath, comfortable in my jammies with a glass of pinot grigio and having called one of my daughters when my brother called me and said "Put on your coat and get my vest and come to Tom's...they have champagne! Well, I ran into my bedroom and threw on my jeans and a sweater, threw a comb through my hair, brushed on some powder, eyeshadow, mascara, drew on some eyebrows, brightened my lips and my brother then appeared and said I needed a heavy coat that we were taking the Mule (Kawasaki mule - off road vehicle). I pulled out my "Colorado coat" from the closet and pulled the hood over my head and we were off to Sheryl and Tom's house. Once there, we got out the champagne stems and toasted in the new year while some fool on TV raced his motorcycle over a football field. Then they called another friend in the neighborhood and we were off in the Mule to visit them. Karaoke was going on at that house and mule rides became popular immediately upon our arrival. We were there for a couple of hours visiting with them. We finally returned to Tom and Sheryl's and then home. and now I am ready for bed but wanted to wish all of you a Happy New Year before retiring for the first night of 2008. So may this new year bring all of you peace, joy, success, friendship, and love. and to quote Eric Clapton, "May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold - may you never make your bed out in the cold."