{"id":183,"date":"2010-01-02T22:19:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T04:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydnieann.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2010-01-02T22:19:23","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T04:19:23","slug":"all-is-quiet-on-new-years-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"All is quiet on New Year&#8217;s Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an eventful couple of weeks!<\/p>\n<p>Christmas in Greeley was relatively quiet and definitely white!! \u00a0(Think Colorado Christmas by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band&#8230; lovely!) \u00a0Tina&#8217;s sister and niece came up from Colorado Springs to visit on Christmas day (with tiny Jersey the chihuahua), and Lady (the giant St. Bernard) was here also, so we had quite the houseful of animals. \u00a0Tina whipped up a couple of magnificent meals &#8211; king crab legs on Christmas Eve, and ham, turkey, and all the stuff to go with them on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>My trip to Rock Springs was delayed by a day due to the closed highways in Wyoming, so I headed up there on Sunday morning. \u00a0I spent lots of time with the girls and mom and dad, and lots of time doing tech support on Rhiannon&#8217;s computer, Dad&#8217;s wireless network&#8230; \u00a0It was good to actually succeed at it though!! \u00a0I always like a good challenge. \u00a0Er&#8230; most of the time, anyway. \u00a0I had loads of delicious food &#8211; ham, lamb, pork, homemade chicken &amp; noodle soup&#8230; I pretty much had to roll myself out to the car when I finally left. \u00a0I also got to play some <a href=\"http:\/\/us.wii.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wii<\/a>! \u00a0Which immediately convinced me that I simply must have one. \u00a0So on New Year&#8217;s Day after I got back from RS, I proceeded straight to Game Stop and got rid of the gift cards I&#8217;d been saving for a special occasion &#8211; got a Wii, <a href=\"http:\/\/us.wii.com\/soft_wiifitplus.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Wii Fit Plus<\/a>, and a couple of games. \u00a0Still need more though! \u00a0Oh yes, I said &#8220;need&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pics of the Wii and dinner festivities at Randy&#8217;s house, and some of the girls and me at Mom&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"Slideshow\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"Slideshow\" \/><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"configurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcmd.shutterfly.com%2Fcommands%2Fpictures%2Fgetshareoutslideshowconfig%3Fsite%3Dsydnieann%26page%3Dsydnieann%26node%3D570\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.shutterfly.com\/flashapps\/flashslideshow\/Slideshow.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#869ca7\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><embed id=\"Slideshow\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shutterfly.com\/flashapps\/flashslideshow\/Slideshow.swf\" quality=\"high\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#869ca7\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" flashvars=\"configurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcmd.shutterfly.com%2Fcommands%2Fpictures%2Fgetshareoutslideshowconfig%3Fsite%3Dsydnieann%26page%3Dsydnieann%26node%3D570\" align=\"middle\" name=\"Slideshow\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; width: 425px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sydnieann.shutterfly.com\/570?eid=116\">Click here to view these pictures larger<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/os.shutterfly.com\/b\/ss\/sflyshareprod\/1\/H.15\/111?pageName=sharekey&amp;c1=pictures&amp;c2=embed\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also this year, I went out for New Year&#8217;s Eve for the first time since the Las Vegas Road Trip of December-January 1999-2000! \u00a0Tina and I went to the lovely and cool and classy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kresscinema.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kress Cinema<\/a>. \u00a0It is a gorgeous place that opened up in Greeley not too long ago &#8211; a remodel of an old downtown building into this wonderful intimate movie theater with a lounge and bar. \u00a0I&#8217;m SO not cool enough to hang out there, but I love the place anyway. \u00a0For New Year&#8217;s Eve, they had a swing band in the lounge, and showed <strong>When Harry met Sally<\/strong> in the theater. \u00a0Shockingly, I realized that I had never seen the whole movie!! \u00a0It was great and funny, with much better food than you can get at the local multiplex, and a terrific precursor to watching the ball drop on the big screen! \u00a0It was a nice low-key but festive New Year&#8217;s Eve, with a good excuse to get dressed up! \u00a0Here are some pics from that night:<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"Slideshow\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"Slideshow\" \/><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"configurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcmd.shutterfly.com%2Fcommands%2Fpictures%2Fgetshareoutslideshowconfig%3Fsite%3Dsydnieann%26page%3Dsydnieann%26node%3D563\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.shutterfly.com\/flashapps\/flashslideshow\/Slideshow.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#869ca7\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><embed id=\"Slideshow\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shutterfly.com\/flashapps\/flashslideshow\/Slideshow.swf\" quality=\"high\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#869ca7\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" flashvars=\"configurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcmd.shutterfly.com%2Fcommands%2Fpictures%2Fgetshareoutslideshowconfig%3Fsite%3Dsydnieann%26page%3Dsydnieann%26node%3D563\" align=\"middle\" name=\"Slideshow\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; width: 425px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sydnieann.shutterfly.com\/563?eid=116\">Click here to view these pictures larger<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/os.shutterfly.com\/b\/ss\/sflyshareprod\/1\/H.15\/111?pageName=sharekey&amp;c1=pictures&amp;c2=embed\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy 2010!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! It&#8217;s been an eventful couple of weeks! Christmas in Greeley was relatively quiet and definitely white!! \u00a0(Think Colorado Christmas by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band&#8230; lovely!) \u00a0Tina&#8217;s sister and niece came up from Colorado Springs to visit on Christmas day (with tiny Jersey the chihuahua), and Lady (the giant St. Bernard) was here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,6,21,7,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydnieann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}