Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's...

...2006! Just doesn't sound right, does it?

Let's Do Lunch -
The day after C.A.V.E., we met up with the Expatters for lunch sans alcohol (at least for us) and peanut butter/chocolate fondue (that was the killer) at Restaurant Zur Harmonie. We hadn't seen the Expatters since August, and thought it was about time to put that streak to an end. I didn't bring my camera, or maybe I did...can't remember, but you can see a picture of us looking surprisingly none the worse for wear right here.

N.Y.E.E. -
Having had a full forty hours or so to recover after C.A.V.E., we once again put our stomachs and livers to the test at our New Year's Eve's Eve party. Mrs. TBF made WAY too many appetizers, including homemade gravlax or graavilohi as we Finns call it, which we put outside on the balcony before the party along with the refreshments in "nature's refrigerator". We had about twenty guests who barely put a dent in the food, but managed to polish off a healthy chunk of the bubbly. I even came up with a New Year's resolution during the party...

Henry mentioned that we need to plan more get-togethers with each other, so I resolved to call him, rather arbitrarily, at least six times during 2007. I'm not sure where the number six came from, but...there you have it!

New Year's Eve -
We arrived at John and Rammy's house (armed with leftovers from N.Y.E.E.) all refreshed after an afternoon nap (...another one of my 2007 resolutions: take naps). We actually brought the camera along, but it turns out that we didn't even take one picture. Our friend Alan took a bunch of pictures and sent them to me in pdf format, but I can't figure out how to import them into the blog. I'll add some later if I can figure out how to do it.

Needless to say, the party at John and Rammy's (as usual) was a lot of fun. It was the typical fun crowd of people all enjoying the Thai food that Rammy made. We sat around the dinner table talking about our resolutions, and then we'd, from time to time, just randomly start singing Christmas carols. It was a great way to start 2007.

Puzzled-
The first days of 2007 were spent just taking it easy. We broke out a puzzle of the pre-911 New York skyline and proceeded to fall into a deep puzzle-hypnosis. My sister called us on New Year's Day, a couple of hours after we be hyp-MO-tized, to wish us a happy 2007.

Sis: "Happy new year! What are you doing?"

TBF: "We're making a puzzle."

Sis: "Don't you mean that you're 'doing' a puzzle? We say, in English, that one is 'doing' a puzzle, not 'making' a puzzle. OH...MY...GOD!!! You're forgetting how to speak English!"

I guess I have to add "learn to speak English real good" to my list of 2007 resolutions.

Now, if only I could break away from this stinkin' puzzle!