New Year's Eve...

When I was single, New Year's Eve meant the world to me - time to ring out the old and ring in the new with friends, catch the eye of another person that could bring a spring to your step and cause your heart to skip a beat... have fun while reflecting on the old.

Ever since I got married, though, New Year's Eve has been very mellow. They have either been spent at a friend's house, dinner and a movie, or, every once in a while, apart. Yes you read right - apart. My husband travels for a living, and there are times when he is away on New Year's Eve. I prefer it when his trips end with him coming in on New Year's Eve, but for those times where he is on the road, I would try and meet him, only if I can get back to our home without too many headaches.

Well, tomorrow night is one of those circumstances where I will be able to join him on New Year's Eve. He has a layover in Raleigh, NC that is on the long side, and I will have no problems flying back here on January 1. What makes this special is that we will be celebrating with a bunch of his co-workers who also will be staying at the hotel. I like the people that he works with - they're fun-loving, positive folks who like to get silly every once in a while. This trip will also allow my husband to use his digital camera, which I got him for the holidays. It'll be the first time that I am not photographing something - I will actually be IN the pictures *lol*

My overnight bag is packed, I have my tickets in hand, and I have my camera just in case something goes wrong with his. I am not taking my laptop, as I don't want to schlep it for 24 hours. If I really feel the need to go online, I can always use his.

Oh well... time to sign off and get some sleep!

First Post is the Hardest *lol*

One of the New Year's resolutions that I have made for myself is that I am going to try and blog every day. Sometimes the posts will be thoughtful, sometimes they will be silly, sometimes they will be connected to something on either my Facebook or Twitter accounts, sometimes they will be me bashing something that I read/saw/heard...

Well... here goes nothing!

This Jersey Girl likes: all sorts of music, movies galore, traveling, photography, cooking (I have a Personal Chef business on the side), reading, blogging, NCIS, CSI Vegas; watching "classic" reality shows like "Survivor", "Amazing Race", and "American Idol"; some of the newer reality shows like "Shear Genius", "Project Runway", "Tabitha's Salon Takeover", "Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency".

This Jersey Girl cannot stand: people who talk on their cell phones while driving WITHOUT the use of a hands-free device like a Bluetooth (c'mon Charlie Crist - where's the legislation on this one?), people who drive slow in the "fast lane" and then get all pissy when you pass them via the middle lane (move over buddy, that's why they call it the FAST lane!), Dubya (how many days until he's out of office?), "Neighborhood Nazi's" (we live in a townhouse community, and lord knows there's a number of them running around!).

This Jersey Girl supports: the war in Iraq (bring those boys home NOW - they never should have been there in the first place!), equal rights for ALL (I want to see people who live alternative lifestyles be able to get married just like everyone else), peace in the Middle East (Israel deserves to be a nation, just like Egypt, Jordan, and Syria), Obama's Presidency (I am so glad to see that there will be change in Washington - that and I'm glad that his girls are attending the school that one of my cousins is an alumni of!), Unions (hubby's job is supported by a Union, and I love what they have been able to accomplish).

This Jersey Girl misses: real NY bagels from H&H Bagels, Russ & Daughters, GussPickles, Knish Nosh, Bischoff's Ice Cream, Johnny & Hanges Hot Dogs, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, Lincoln Center, Broadway Shows, NYC during the Holidays, Museum of Natural History, her grandmother's Rugelah and Mondelbrodt, her mother's Standing Rib Roast, her grandmother's Jello Moulds, and Anna's Potato Latkes.

In a nutshell, that's me ~ who I am, what I am, what I support, and what I miss.