READY...STEADY...GO-O-O-O-OOOOO!!!!!
WE'RE ON O.S. & WE'RE ALL OVER THE WORLD!
A NEW YEAR'S ON ITS WAY IN.
TIME TO BOOGIE TO A POSITIVE NOTE!!!!!!
THE CLOCK IS SENDING OUT THE OLD
AND WE'RE BRINGING IN THE NEW!
One for dear Fusie :
And one for sweet fernsy, cause we love her!
For the old Crankster, whether near or far!
(Don't forget you're driving later--but a number of us may choose to stay on here rather than driving, snuggle up by the fire, and enjoy a restful night's sleep in our fully appointed, comfy suites)
PEACE TO ALL IN YOUR NEW YEAR.
And this belated Entry from our Dear Monsieur Chariot, whose PM to me regarding this matter was stuck in a spam file. :(
This one's for Rita
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Whoo-Hoooo!!!
PAR-TAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
:D
i just left you a message over in your comments. :)
Lezlie
trig: Dude! :) Welcome to the Open Salon Festivity House and Beach Palace! While the dunes are snowed under, and the roads are messy, our pool's closed till next spring, and the outdoor sushi bar won't happen until June, we like to think it's a pretty special place.
CARKEYS, please!
And as soon as Fusun and I can get the details ironed out, she'll be the best watcher of the keys imaginable.
Oh--what'll you have? We've got it all.
Crab puff?
Fusie! **tosses trig's car keys to her**
Ready, dearie! Let's PAR-TAY!!
I may take a few requests before long. Be ready with those URLS, good people!!!
But here's your tequila. Here's to the New Year yet to come!!
jane: YUM! Thanks, hon! ;)
Musey: One margarita for vous! MWAH!
Lezlie: Movin' and Groovin'!! Yo shake that thang, woman!
Lezlie: Honey, this here's the Open Salon Festivity House and Beach Palace. All guests are invited to stay for the night! All rooms are ready. you're in.... let me see... **check a clipboard on the wall** room 213!
Fusie ♥
I brought the starbucks so that we all stay up :D
Stuffed mushroom cap?
Fusie: you go girl! Post that link! ;)
**Within a minute and a half, a fresh champagne cocktail is in Lezlie's hand**
hyblaean julie: Ooo!Bless you! You gotta soy mocha latte decaf I could chug???? Thanks, sweetie!!! :)
**Watches while her guests take their seats**
**Is hopeful of the safe arrival of on and all**
**Waves to Fusie sitting calmly with her lockbox and a soft drink at her side**
**Motions to the nearest waiter for service for her friend**
Here's a link to a wonky song - ENJOY ! ! ! ! ! ♥
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXVHITd1N4
Matt: She has your keys, too, doesn't she? The woman's a pro!
TINK!!! Our favorite party animal!!! Sashay that stuff all over the dance floor!
Look, Fusie! He's doing a moonwalk!
Wanna hear my retholuthions?(slurred speech etc)
**heads to the icebox**
**Whispers low in Tink's ear**
Oh. And look out for that guy over there with his tighty whities on his head. we think it might be Glenn Beck's (even more) evil twin!
♥ ♥
FERN-GIRL: SCROLL UP TO THE SONG I JUST ADDED!!!! ;)
PW:no retholuthions yet? Oh-K but they are going to pour out somehow.
I just heard the lead refrain from dancing on the ceiling or have I lost my damned mind, as alleged. Have I died or have we all finally made it to heaven??? PART-AYYY.
xoooo to each one of ya'll ya'll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcZRQhkE31I&feature=related
You're making me LOL a lot tonight , party princess /AKA PW partygoer.
Fusies soft drink is filled with secrets of the 300 proof variety. ahem.
Did anyone mix some of that Raki into my Java? Anyone ??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcZRQhkE31I
Our Fusie's got her job to do!
Oh, dear....At this rate, i'll need more help from hyblaean-Julie on those keys!
**Quickly retrieves the spiked drink from Fusie's hand, pours it down the wet bar sink, hands her a Canadian club Soda on ice with a twist of lime**
Wow! Gotta watch these people!
Sorry. :( :( :(
♥ ♥
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Tink, honey, your sandbox is down the hall, next to the men's room, in its own corner.
**As an aside to her friend** Fusie, how much has he had already? Better get some coffee in him, stat!
The name of the game is...Snaps!!! ;)
Mini veggie quiche? Oh, and ya gotta try the new flaming rum punch the one male (we have one of each gender) bartender's devised! I had only a sip and it rocked me!
Without Rita there is no party, yo.
**slinking away.
♥
♥
sounds good on such a cold night!
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Not long now till you join us in 2011! YAY!!!!!
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2010/10/6/1286387335462/Paris-buffet-in-the-Latin-006.jpg
Fernsy why slink off, we have many things to discuss ..
Since this is a vicarious party I am drinking Clicho Yellow Label French Champagne and it is so damn good!
OK. Give me whatever you got PDub. hopefully a bit of Agave.
Rita: Nobody's driving back, PW has luxurious accomodations for us all, and your drink is coming right up.
Kate: What would your fancy desire, my dear - you've come a longer way from down under.
*Says she who toasted in the New Year with black tea!*
Hi, Tril. HugZ. Your poem still makes me shake.
♥
trilogy: Welcome! Have a seat! This here's our Open Salon Festivity House and Beach Palace. And you are welcome to stay the night or head for home with Cranky after he gets in.
puff pastry?
cyril: Welcome! Yes, there are two steaming hot cups, one marked for you and the other for Kim, should he want some. We've kept them warm for you.
Little Kate: So glad you could be here! Please, have a seat, and allow us to assist you in your every whim. I'll assign a waiter to your table immediately. **snaps fingers, catches eye of auxiliary wait staff**
zuma: I'll have to check into that a little later on. too many irons in th eold fire just at the moment. :)
rita: Excellent choice! My, aren't we the sophisticated palatte!! ;)
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@ Fusun: The fireworks in Sydney were wonderful! There's one thing for sure ... Sydney always throws a wow of a celebration. Nothing beats the backdrop of the Harbour, the Bridge and the Opera House on a beautiful summer's night!
♥
Meet Terrence. He is ready to serve, and can handle all the details for you.
I'll try and stop by here again before too long.
**Hands her guest the remote control for the solarium lighting and heat, both**
**Softly closes the door as she heads for the noisier part of the house**
PDub looking for the dance floor and some willing partner..
@ Fusun: Yes, Sydney is known for knowing how to celebrate in a big way. We're a very friendly and happy bunch down here generally ... we live in the 'lucky country' for sure!
Can I interest you in our salmon mousse? The chef's outdone herself!
**presses a note in his one outstretched hand which reads: "you have a message from me that might be worth reading, along with a second one, about due"**
Ooh, I think it's time to start on that champagne!
Good gracious! And we thought Tink would sleep it off under the punch fountain table!
I know Roam will bring her back.
Hi Lezlie ? Sober, see ? ( trips over tink )
1) Kim is here all the way from Down under BUT Rita is missing.
2) Tink has been into a number of things and is MIA
3) M. Chariot - did he pass out or just back to sleep?
xoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxo
Rock and roll everyone.
I hear fireworks have started already.
What have we got here? Tink! How high are you?
And Cyril! Does Julie know you go in for that sort of thing? Tut!
Now, both of you-march!
Girls, you had better clean up that mess you've made. And come back upstairs. Our friend Fusun is a tough task master. We'll see how your photo IDs measure up.
**Shaking head**
**Mutters to self**
No more poker in the basement!
Fusun, just 10 minutes away for you now? Is that right?
Where is Rita? Maybe she had a bit too much virtual champagne?
Happy New Year, all my friends of Eastern Time!!! Consider yourselves all hugged soundly!
Champagne or coffee, soft drinks for all!
Jane
Amy
Fusie
Matt
Cranky (in spirit)
hugggggggggggggggggg
And never brought to mind?
wish i could have a tequila shooter but i'm still [cough cough] trying too hard to breathe and am carrying a kleenex box in my tequila hand. booo hoooo.
when rita and xenon get back, they've got the spliffs!!
cheer for me when the ball drops, OK? i'm heading for the cough syrup and my nest of quilts. happy new year, evveeeee buddy!!!
xoxoxo
HUGGGGGGGGGG
THREE MIDNIGHTS TO GO!!!!
we love you
Where's the brie en croute? Champers anyone? I have a case of fussy pussy from the last Pirate Wimmin excursion.
Your New Year may provide you with something very special. Don't you doubt that!{{{{Fusun}}}}
More hugs.
(fussy pussy?)
When the moooooooon is in the seventh house...
wish you were all here
@Zuma: I love that song, let's join in while I get the Brie en croute and other crudites. My Revani should have cooled down by now.
Lezlie
hugggggggggggggggggggggg
Raising my glass to you dear lady.
Thank you PW - you ushered in the New Year with a great get-together.
Happy New Year everybody!
@ Oryoki: Pass me a sparkler, please?
@ PW : Before I forget or pass out - whichever comes first - I wish to thank you from the bottom of my ♥ for this beautiful party. You thought of everything, worked so hard and made this such a comfortable, frinedly place for us to hang around and have fun tonight in the warmth and safety of our faith in each other. Big hug to you, dear friend. ♥ May 2011 bring your heart's fondest wishes to fruition and allow you to enjoy each in best of health.
HEY!! Where's the DUDE himself????
What about scanman?????
@Kate: *Hugs*
My eyes are beginning to see double - not because of anything I drank, just monitor fatigue.♥
HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG to everyone.
And i'd get away from that Johansson girl if I were you. Cranky'll be back around shortly to pick people up who wish to return home rather than sleep in a suite. He'll be sore if you get too close to her!
I'd bank on it.
Lezlie
Linda: Are you willing to hang in there for me? Hope you'll be able to!
Just sayin'.
Who's next for midnight? When is it ... seven minutes?
You do a lovely party, PW - thank you.
And it's our Central zone, Chicago. IL., all of the southern states which had the worst of hurricane Katrina, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin--the list goes on. It's a big swath.
Many of our people seem to be on either coastline here tonight.
THere's GOBS of champagne, girlfriend! Do help yourself!
as I'm beginning to fade out slowly. It's 1 AM. Happy new year to all who will be embracing 2011 in the next hour or two. To meeting back in good health, cheers !
♥
And let me tell you , Rita, never give gnome coffee after he's had 3 glasses of champagne! That makes them silly as all get out!
(oh, Cranky!)
Haven't seen him in a while. Did you try his mega post?
Counting down. This party seems half dead. Zuma must have found somebody to talk with at that party at her apartment complex. Larry's been missing throughout. Amanda's gone MIA. Cranky won't be back till morning. M. Chariot's gone for the night. Fusie fell asleep. And I'm fading fast. Not used to keeping such late hours! haven't stayed up for a New Year's in quite a while. I usually sleep right on through it. I'm awfully glad to have experienced such a good time of it tonight. You've all been more creatively fun and enjoyable than I can begin to tell you.
Hope someone else shows up here shortly!
... Rita ?
... Kate ?
Let's all just put on Roam and move ( I'll explain later, Rita - where were you, anyway ?
our countdown to Mountain Time Midnight is at about 20 minutes1
And thanks for the shaken , not stirred, cocktails for our alcohol imbibers. Me, i'm on coffee, trying to keep awake a bit longer. It's along night for me!
My midnight next!
Kim, your tie's crooked. ;)
Salmon caviar? Fred here tells me it's just delish!
hey! Where's our Rita!
We'll be here Kate !
I said I'd explain all that later Rita. Anyway where did you get off to ? Mm ?
Sorry PW - poor form - been a bit of a mix-up here.
( Don't give Rita any more to drink, ok ?)
i just love that tune!
".... roam if you want to
roam around the world
roam if you want to
without wings, without wheels
roam if you want to
roam around the world
roam if you want to
without anything but the love we feel ..."
one for my baby and one for the road...
Sublime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7llu2aQRSQ
it's quarter to 3....
Okay. I'll be a good sport and take it with a good grace.
Thanks, mate. (or should that be matey?)
WOO HOO!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!
I'm getting misty eyed here.
WELCOME TO 2011!!!!!
Nice song, Rita - think we all could linger ... I haven't heard the Tom Jones yet ... ah, may need to rest by the fire with another of PW's "coffees."
I'm getting misty eyed here.
WELCOME TO 2011!!!!!
I thought i'd lost you guys for sure, along with old OS. Guess the Merger thing still creeps me out.
Kim... coffee. perfect with Billie and the rest.....
Thanks, Little Kate. Your warmth is cheering here.
Just got off the phone with our youngest. All's quiet there. we had about 15 minutes of mayhem with fireworks here!
( trips again ... damn cat - tink,WAKE UP ! )
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
00-00-00-00 staying aliiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiii iiiiiiii iiiiive!!!
All night long.....
Can I crash ????
Thanks again so awfully much for gracing the fireside here and making this warmth last for those of us straggling. And what a great bunch to have around on such a night. Great people, greta writing, greta music, lovely moments for remembering, and all this because we have our spot in blogging heaven, right here online.
Hugs to everybody here. Including silly Tink.
Whatever has happened to Cyril? I thought he was with Tink?
And yeah, what did happen to Cyril? Kim, is he over at the Truckstop?
One midnight left.
which reminds me of a stephen Sondheim song. Be right back.
And, yes, JD, please make yourself at home. We've cups of tea or coffee, a little hair of the cat that bit us in the form of silly Tink, passed out, and the comfort and warmth of a fire with friends. have a seat.
Speaking of which, did somebody bring a box of chocolates?
I heard something about some necking going on in here?
Is it true....I hope!!!!!!
Just had another bad time of it getting in here.
So, before I worry I might not be able to post this comment in time,
HAPPY NEW YEAR to our WEST COAST OSers!!!!!!!
(TRANSLATION: ???)
And necking ... whose necking? Oh that Kim ... well we're not too sure what he was up to! And Fred ... well .... ahem!!!
40 seconds......30.....HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
WOOO HOOO!!!!!!
Asleep on my feet.........
Tell the cat I am NOT interested in necking with it..at least till it uses some mouth wash...
@ JD: A dance my friend?
**gives JD one quick peck on his cheek**
Dandy, not sure what the nature of your orientation is, so how 'bout a good old fashioned hug to welcome in the New Year by?
i'm about out of gas. HUGS everybody.
This PW has left the building!
2011! This is the best OS New Years Party ever, PW. You are the queen of partying and I bow before your greatness!
And as for the pecks on the cheek....talk about HEAVEN!!!
Thank you JD ... a slow dance it is. Happy and always smiling...
Cae for some punch?
No not that one.....Tink tinkled in it I think....
xenonlit: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Steer clear!
He's a bit of a character!
Thanks PW - sweet dreams, and a wonderful New Year.
( We'll put the cat out )
Needless to say..I was hurt.
I figured my disco was my IN !!!!!
Nite all. It is going on 3 am and I am snookered!
Great party...sorry to be so late getting here.
Happy 2011 !!!!
Goodnight PW! A wonderful party!
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!
("shuts Tink out and turns off the lights.......")
ssshhhhhh....there be sleeping bloggers here........... : )
Kim says, " You mean PW, and Fusun, and xenon & Leslie ?"
Rita says, "Yes, and ..."
"You mean Joan, and OUCH !"
" I was thinking more of jane, and Matt, trig and..."
"Kate ? OUCH ! Will you stop doing that ?"
one day, i'll have to move to australia or something...those are fireworks.
happy new year, my dear!!!
Have a great year. And may all your friends retain their Victorian looks.
I did. I got run over two and I could not calibrate my timepiece due to said Hippos.. What a party our richwoman threw.
And how come I feel slightly hung over after no alcohol whatsoev--whats this then?
A gnome hugging a grocery bag?
**Tiptoes a little closer**
What's in the bag, I wonder?
**Peeps carefully over the lip of said wrinkled but intact bag**
Swiss Rolls! But of course!
Oh, my...a trail of crumbs leading from here to the closet behind the punch bowl.....looks as though our Tink had the munchies and raided the gnome's goody bag!
anna1liese: So glad you could break away for a little while?
Coffee?
BTW, I just love what you had to say here:
"Perhaps wherever we are on nights like these, hearts connecting is what makes next breaths easier to take."
So tender. You really are a sweet one.
Thanks for the fun!
Speaking of which, we have a coffee bar here now. What's your pleasure?
Oh. A word of warning:
If you see a hamper of popcorn--or ANY popcorn whatsoever, DO NOT
EEK!! ;D
HAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
We're lucky nobody's called the Vice Squad on this party!