The Countdown Starts!

Hello!!

Hope you all had a very merry Christmas, complete with tons of family, just enough gifts, and enough food to feed a small army! I know we had all of those! Christmas so often leaves me feeling beyond blessed, a little spoiled, and a lot sad it's over! I love everything about Christmas, and the hubs and I never quite get enough family time. I got some amazing gifts this year from my family - an amazing Kitchen Aid mixer from the best momma in the world (I've named my mixer Lola), and a purse I've been wanting from my mother in law. See? Spoiled! (I prefer suuuuper blessed!)

Anyway, we are gearing up for NYE over here at the Connell house, and that means an annual tradition - the Connell family movie extravaganza!! Four years ago, my husband and I decided that we wanted to save tons of money and a huge headache by staying in on New Year's Eve. We make a TON of food, and rent 5-6 movies from Redbox. We wake up, eat breakfast, shower, put on clean jammies, heat up all the food, and start movie watching by noon! Saves us a lot of money, and protects us from the shit show of drunk drivers and idiots out on New Year's Eve. Typically, my brother comes over, but this year we have a couple of friends coming, so we will probably throw some Fact or Crap and Apples to Apples in the mix. 

Our menu for this year includes Texas Caviar (black eyed peas bring prosperity when eaten New Year's Day...setting some back for that!), my famous buffalo chicken dip, ranch bean dip, hot ham and cheese party sandwiches, chili, pigs in a blanket, monster cookie bars, and funfetti cake dip! We will also have champagne over popsicles! I am pumped! Our movie list right now is Silver Linings Playbook, After Earth, The Heat, We Are the Millers, and Now You See Me! Should be a great day/night.

I hope to take some pictures to post after the new year...we will are!

Wishing you a happy new year, full of life's most wonderful blessings, tons of love, and much prosperity. Bring on 2014!!