Good Morning to you all!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
Well can you believe that the Year 2000 has arrived? I remember, as I am sure some of you do, how I used to think ahead to 2000 and wonder what I would be doing and what my life would be like. Who would ever have thought I would be in the U.S.A, certainly not me!
We had a stupendous New Year party, one I shall never forget, which is as it should be. There was not a huge crowd of people, Robin, Dorota and their 2 boys, Sharon, Brett and her brother Richard and of course us... We had decorated the dining room with streamers and balloons and laid down a feast fit for a king. We made a punch which was a huge success, tasted like more all evening! Dorota makes the most divine "cake" with onion, hard boiled eggs, cream cheese and caviar which you spread on biscuits. Now I am not a huge fan of any of the ingredients but the taste is out of this world! We also had a cheese fondue, crudite platter, fruit kebabs, chicken and beef kebabs, chicken liver pate and some biscuits and chocolates. Jessica and Kirstin helped make all the kebabs, (they were all mini kebabs) blew up balloons and generally volunteered to help wherever needed all day. They were both so excited for the evening ahead, even more so than Christmas! I think that they were thrilled about staying up so late, there was no way that we were sending them to bed on this occasion! When Dave, Barbara, Alice and family popped over for a drink at about 11:15pm they must have thought we were all slightly mad, we had moved all the lounge furniture and were all dancing with the kids, swinging them between our legs and having a ball! They went home shortly before midnight to phone family in San Francisco. We watched the count down on TV, of course it was at Times Square and to everyone's relief no bombs went off. It was a very big fear here, they cancelled the New Year street celebrations in Seattle due to the threat of terrorist attacks. Of course the kids were exhausted and all went to bed at about 12:30 and we settled down to coffee and biscuits and sat around chatting until about 3 am. The kids woke up at 9:30 (Kirstin) and 10:00 (Jessica) and Malcolm, Sharon and Brett woke up at around 11:00. We had a lazy day, Sharon and Brett left at around 12:30 and I cleaned and vacuumed and finished tidying up. We invited Robin and Dorota to lunch, left overs of course, 2 quiches which had not been touched the night before, kebabs and salad. On Sunday we had a lovely day at home, the kids painted and I made a milk tart for tea. We watched a video and Malcolm and Jess played a couple of games of checkers. It was very peaceful and relaxing after the busy festive season. On Monday Jessica and Kirstin went back to school and I went back to aerobics and am rather stiff today! And I guess that covers my news for now. Hope to here from you all soon and I hope you all had an excellent Christmas and New Year! We are all very excited about our trip to S.A, it will be April before we know it! I am hoping to leave New York on about 7 April, Malcolm will follow a week or so later. So see you then! Well some of you anyway...
Lots of love Natalie, Malcolm, Jessica and Kirstin.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
Well can you believe that the Year 2000 has arrived? I remember, as I am sure some of you do, how I used to think ahead to 2000 and wonder what I would be doing and what my life would be like. Who would ever have thought I would be in the U.S.A, certainly not me!
We had a stupendous New Year party, one I shall never forget, which is as it should be. There was not a huge crowd of people, Robin, Dorota and their 2 boys, Sharon, Brett and her brother Richard and of course us... We had decorated the dining room with streamers and balloons and laid down a feast fit for a king. We made a punch which was a huge success, tasted like more all evening! Dorota makes the most divine "cake" with onion, hard boiled eggs, cream cheese and caviar which you spread on biscuits. Now I am not a huge fan of any of the ingredients but the taste is out of this world! We also had a cheese fondue, crudite platter, fruit kebabs, chicken and beef kebabs, chicken liver pate and some biscuits and chocolates. Jessica and Kirstin helped make all the kebabs, (they were all mini kebabs) blew up balloons and generally volunteered to help wherever needed all day. They were both so excited for the evening ahead, even more so than Christmas! I think that they were thrilled about staying up so late, there was no way that we were sending them to bed on this occasion! When Dave, Barbara, Alice and family popped over for a drink at about 11:15pm they must have thought we were all slightly mad, we had moved all the lounge furniture and were all dancing with the kids, swinging them between our legs and having a ball! They went home shortly before midnight to phone family in San Francisco. We watched the count down on TV, of course it was at Times Square and to everyone's relief no bombs went off. It was a very big fear here, they cancelled the New Year street celebrations in Seattle due to the threat of terrorist attacks. Of course the kids were exhausted and all went to bed at about 12:30 and we settled down to coffee and biscuits and sat around chatting until about 3 am. The kids woke up at 9:30 (Kirstin) and 10:00 (Jessica) and Malcolm, Sharon and Brett woke up at around 11:00. We had a lazy day, Sharon and Brett left at around 12:30 and I cleaned and vacuumed and finished tidying up. We invited Robin and Dorota to lunch, left overs of course, 2 quiches which had not been touched the night before, kebabs and salad. On Sunday we had a lovely day at home, the kids painted and I made a milk tart for tea. We watched a video and Malcolm and Jess played a couple of games of checkers. It was very peaceful and relaxing after the busy festive season. On Monday Jessica and Kirstin went back to school and I went back to aerobics and am rather stiff today! And I guess that covers my news for now. Hope to here from you all soon and I hope you all had an excellent Christmas and New Year! We are all very excited about our trip to S.A, it will be April before we know it! I am hoping to leave New York on about 7 April, Malcolm will follow a week or so later. So see you then! Well some of you anyway...
Lots of love Natalie, Malcolm, Jessica and Kirstin.
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