Thursday, January 2, 2014

New Year - New Look

A Happy New Year to All!

I traveled to my sister's home in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, to spend New Year's Eve and Day.  She had invited a dozen or so of her single female acquaintances to join her for a Global New Year's Eve party, during which we would toast the arrival of the New Year in various parts of the world.  We had a glorious time, with delicious food and an ample supply of bubbly with which to do our toasting.

I was happy to have been included on the guest list for this event. Sister's friends proved to be delightful. All are retired from the work-a-day world but still very active in a wide variety of activities: writing, art, music, charitable foundations and the like.   Several of them had, in pre-retirement years, lived abroad: Pakistan, Kenya, Honduras, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and other places that I can't at this writing recall.  I had a wonderful time listening to their stories.

New Year's Day was spent in leisure activities including a lovely visit with some of my own dear friends who moved to the Village in late October last year.  

I arrived back home after dark, but in time to attend our Wednesday evening church service, the first service of 2014.

All in all, a wonderful day.  Thank you, Sister, for a lovely time.

Tomorrow is also a day.


7 comments:

Jackie said...

To be in the company of so many from different regions must have been a wonderful experience.
I do hope that your 2014 is a blessed and happy one. I send you warmest smiles and great big hugs.
Always,
Jackie

Snap said...

Happy New Year, Pat!

Hugs---

Arkansas Patti said...

So good to see you are back at the keyboard Pat. You have been missed.
That sounds like a really interesting group at your sisters. Love listening to others with different experiences to share.

Jinksy said...

That sounds like a great sociable start to 2014 ♥ Here to many more days the same. :0)

Pat - Arkansas said...

Thanks for the kind words, it was lovely having your here. Me

Meg said...

Oops. That wasn't Pat.

Pat - Arkansas said...

LOL, Sister Meg. You need to comment more, as yourself.