HAPPY NEW YEAR! YOU’RE INVITED!
Never has it been so much fun to be a homebody on New Year’s Eve! Sitting home and wondering how you can pass the time with fun people from around the globe without leaving the comfort of your desk chair?
Wonder no more. Join the happy crew in the Mudflats chatroom! If you were not aware of the Mudchat, it’s simple. Two clicks. First click the sidebar where it says Mudflats Forum. Then once you’re there, look in the very upper right corner. You’ll see some teeny little words. Wear glasses if you’ve got ‘em. You’ll see where it says
“Open 24/7 – The Mudflats Live Chat”
Click on it and there you are at a virtual New Years Eve party. If you’re a registered forum user you can have your own name. If you’re a guest or unregistered, you’ll get the name “MibbitUser” followed by a number. Then enjoy the virtual party by typing in the empty field below the chat, and hitting “Enter.”
And don’t forget to look outside at the beautiful “Blue moon.”
May you all have a happy, healthy, prosperous 2010, and may we all gather here on this day next year smiling.
Use the comments to wish your fellow Mudflatters a Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, AKM!! Thanks for keeping us all sane!
Happy New Year from the Kenai Peninsula!
Thanks for making me proud to be an Alaskan, AKM.
As John said it best:
Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
Happy New Year AKM & Mudpups! (from the north gulf coast Alaska)
Happy New Year and thank you to all the wonderful people here.
AKM – words can’t express
Snoskred – xxxxxxoooooo
Ann Strongheart – Love, blessings and gratitude
Happy New Year to all the wonderful people here and to AKM and all her staff at “Mudflats Central”.
CRFlats….thanks for those beautiful lyrics. Here is a nice vid of John singing it.
Enjoy. Wishing a safe and healthy, happy new year to all!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okd3hLlvvLw
o.k. mudpuppies, i need some help here…
i’m trying to sign up for the forum, i can do everything up until it comes to”password” is it name? just throw some thought out there.
Whew! It’s crowded over there (in chat)…but fun! Must head on out for our family moonlight picnic to ring in the new year. Love to all Mudpups from the North Gulf Coast of Alaska. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year from the Constitution State!
CRFlats and seattlefan, thank you so much, so beautiful.
I tried to do chat, clicked the mibbit thing w/# , typed at the bottom and didn’t know how to make it ‘go’ from there. Must be something I should click on??? Had a panic attack while reading and decided to go to bed. I can’t deal with that kind of stress anyway (speedtype/talk?) but I love you all.
Hoping to see an awesome pic of the Blue Moon since it is hiding here in my neck of the woods.
Happy New Year to everyone from beautiful Colorado and the blue moon shining off the Christmas snow! May the events of 2010 make us all happy!
35 minutes to go!
Happy New Year AKM and all the mudflatters! Clear skies and blue moon here. 44 degrees and 30 minutes left in 2009 here in Arizona.
Happy New Year to AKM and Mudflatters far and wide!
In 2010:
May $P continue to sink with the weight of her clay feet…..
May PO and our country continue to rise as Hope Floats….
Happy Mew year! erm Happy New Ear! erm… BINGLE JELLS!
Palin’s Twitter tweet: “… under an amazing,beautiful full red moon…”
Joel 2:31
Not yet New Year here in Hawaii. Brian is lying on the beach, enjoying the quiet surf.
Happy New Year!
That eclipse this morning was wonderful – with the pink & blue skies over Sleeping Lady – we watched from our building’s top floor in downtown Anchorage.
We had a blue party tonight – blue candles & incense, blue sparkling juice, blueberry cheesecake, vegetables with blue cheese dip – this is fun! now the neighbors are starting the fireworks, gotta watch…
Bright Blessings to everyone for the coming year!
Happy New Years Everyone!
8 more minutes and all our Alaska friends will be doing the countdown.
It’s been a wild last year, looking forward to more zaniness in 2010. So many swell people I’ve met and enjoyed. Thanks for all the fun AKM, Snooz & Mudflats Central!
Happy New Year from Cape Town.
happy new year from los angeles
Happy New Year from the Puget Sound, Washington state. Hubby and I toasted in the New Year, then he headed for bed while I’m still wide awake. So I was taking some photos of our lovely Christmas tree since I’ll take it down tomorrow.
And I decided to watch Coraline. About ten minutes into the movie, I heard a helicopter overhead. Right after that, I saw a spotlight in my backyard, which is totally fenced. I stepped out on the back deck to check out the helicopter then realized that if someone was in my yard that wasn’t a good idea.
Helicopter kept circling and then four police cars (no lights)came down the street, turned the corner down to the dead end. Whoever they were looking for must have gone elsewhere because they left after about five minutes. Some neighbors across the street were outside, but I decided I was better off staying in the house. I think. I’d really like to check downstairs, but, well, maybe not.
I swear, my husband can sleep through anything. So annoying.
This is a rather creepy way to start the New Year.
I’d better fix a pot of tea. I doubt that I’m going to sleep any time soon.
Pat – Do you have a gun under your bed in a box? That’s were us Alaskans keep out, you betcha!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Bring it, 2KX! We’re locked, loaded and ready!
LOL- Luckily for me there are no guns in the house. I wouldn’t know what to do with one anyway and would likely shoot myself in the foot. Things seem to be quiet, except for all the traffic from the New Year’s Eve partiers who are now making their way home. No more scary lights shining in my back yard at least. Whew.
i ended up sleeping through the New Year
Hope everybody had a great night !!
Happy New Year from NC. I’m still recovering from last night in the treehouse. So many people, so much fun, too much drink. What a wonderful way to spend New Year’s Eve, watching it become 2010 across the world. I lost count of the number of New Year’s, I actually celebrated.
Happy New Year from down here in Texas!!!!!!
Rabbit, rabbit and Happy New Year to all!
Had a quiet evening at home with dear husband but we both managed to stay up till midnight, that’s quite a feat these days.
happy new year from raleigh nc. i slept through the festivities, kind of a tradition for me. they say there’s some COLD weather coming this way but apparently no snow, and no temps below double digits. am i the only one who believes that this is the last year of the decade, and not the first of the new?
Just checking in to wish all of you a happy and healthy new year! We had a wonderful snowfall on New Year’s Eve here in Boston so now everything is covered in a light blanket of white. This should make television viewing of the NHL’s (National Hockey League) annual Winter Classic outside game all the more scenic. This year’s game will be played at Boston’s historic Fenway Park and features the Boston Bruins vs. the Philadelphia Flyers. Tickets are more scarce (and costly at more than $ 1,000.00 a pop in some cases) than for the World Series despite the fact that more than 40,000 will be sitting out in the cold for about 3 hours. Nevertheless, there is a winter festival-like atmosphere downtown today. The game will be broadcast nationwide on NBC at 1:00 pm EST.
Welcome to 2010, everyone! Picture-perfect morning here in CT today!
Welcome to 2010 everyone! I wish Joy, Love, Peace, Health, Happiness and Prosperity to everyone.
Happy First Day of 2010 !! Wishing everyone a year filled with laughter, happiness, a few interesting mysteries to keep us on our toes and always, much love .
My morning greeted me with a choir singing , “Seasons of Love ” from the musical , “Rent”. ( on tv. not right there in my bedroom. that’d give me a stroke )
What a way to start the year ! If you haven’t listened to the song in awhile or haven’t heard it yet, here ya go : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8iTeDl_Wug Seriously – just perfect!
Missed the chatroom festivities. I had an alarm set so I could be there for the EST ball drop but all it did was scare the bejeebers out of me and then make mre realize how cozy it was under the blankets. I wished you all Happy New Year though before drifting off again.
Off for coffee !!
Beautiful day here in Arizona. Let the football games begin. May the Big Ten win em all. Sadly, my wolverines didn’t make it to the big stage. Happy New Year everyone.
Clear and cold here in New Mexico, but beautiful as always. Went to bed way before midnight and woke up sick as a dog this morning. Nothing serious, I hope…just a bad cold, but no way to start a new year. Happy, happy everyone.
Happy New Year! Despite the downpour people were out in force lighting the skies with colour and noise. Was suprised that the fireworks worked. It was nice. Couldn´t wait to get done with 2009. Not my best year!! This one is already better. I´m here to celebrate it!
I toasted the New Year at 10:30PM with a glass of chocholate red wine, crawled into bed with my book about Ellis Island, read a few pages, then the book hit me in the face, so out went the lights.
Hubby fell asleep on the couch.
This AM I and three kids are watching “Looney Tunes” marathon.
Can we all please call the new year “twenty-ten”?? It’s so much more compact that way.
HAPPY NEW YEAR AKM and Mudflatters!!
I was so ready for 2009 to leave and 2010 to arrive, I went to sleep @ 9:30.
Happy New Year, Y’all!
It’s so nice to hear from people all around the country, to know we’re not alone up here in the beautiful far north (pretty cold this a.m., about 5-7 degrees but clear and sparkly). It was a hard year for our State, as Ms. P. sure threw us under the bus, at the bus, after the bus and on the bus; I am so thankful for Mudflats Central and all youse out there!!!!!
Me and Mr. Terps sat out on patio and loved now brightly the white blue but definitely not red moon shone. Then climbed on the roof. We have this thing about climbing on roofs on New Year’s Eves. It’s a fairly long and incredibly cute story. Climbed down before having too much champagne.
Happy New Year all. Things to be thankful for in 2010? Sarah Palin will not be running for governor of Alaska!
Happy New Year from far southeastern Arizona. Lovely cold, clear night last night with bright light from the blue moon and great pyrotechnics courtesy of of neighbors just over the line in Naco, Sonora, Mexico. Here’s hoping for strength, unity, and vision in Twenty-Ten!
Happy New Year to all. If you can find it, my local (KY) NPR station just had a New Year’s Special from the Capital Steps. It was a hoot. Took on everyone including Sarah, Levi, and health care misinformation. A whole hour.
@barbara — you are not the only one, and chronologically, probably correct, but frankly the last 10 years have been so awful for so many people, I think we are all eager to call an end to the decade of Bush, 9-11, torture, war, and bigotry.
So, Happy 2010, all!
Oh, and great to see so many, including AKM in chat last night. Wish I was a few timezones closer to the action…
The second decade… I wish the best for all of us
No shame in being a homebody on New Year’s Eve! The die hards who want to brave the below temps in parkas up to their ears can take over. I watched the Newfoundland New Year’s countdown, Atlantic Time countdown, eastern time countdown in Times Square, and I got “tired” just watching. Yep, rather be in fuzzy jammies and a nice warm drink heralding in the New Year.
Happy New and Healthy year to all!
Beautiful, clear, sunny, crisp day in north central Illinois! The best to all for 2010 and the whole decade! I raise my (tea) cup to President Obama and all youze Mudpuppies here in Mudflats! (This is my belated toast for the new year since I fell asleep in front of the tv before 8pm; this, the fate of former Queens of Rock ‘n Roll! )
Happy 2010 to all from Pittsburgh! Today is my little shih-tzu, Sabrina’s birthday…happy birthday baby girl!!! A great way to start the year, baby ‘beena on my lap and her big brother Casey sitting at my feet. My little ones make everything more fun!
Football and black eyed peas today. Everyone have fun!
Happy New Year from New Jersey.
Happy New Year!!!
Even though it is NOW… the New Year..
There was an award given out to a ‘ certain person ‘ to go along with all of those other “#1 accomplishments of 2009″… it was a banner year…wasn’t it.
“…it was Sarah Palin who took the title dunce cap award of “Stupidest Celebrity of 2009”, according to a poll conducted by Stupid.com. ”
“It was a landslide victory for former vice-presidential candidate Palin, earning 48% of the votes, followed by Woods with a worthy showing at 20%.”
http://www.prweb.com/releases/stupidcelebrity/gaggift/prweb3395934.htm
( to quote from the movie “Ghost” ) Ditto.
Happy New Year everyone. Make sure to catch up on your laundry today for the best luck!
happy new year from oklahoma. just watched the rose parade…..wish i was there in person cause it is truly an unbelievably breathtaking experience.
good health and prosperity to all the amazing alaska bloggers and mudpups.
Happy New Year to Everyone! I remember AKM teasing us with the secret contents of a mysterious envelope, details to be revealed in the New Year! It is officially 2010; please give us a hint! When can we expect the tantalizing details????
Happy New Year AKM and all Mudpuppies!
From all of us at palingates.
Check out today’s Dunesberry. He captured SP in 4 cells.
Happy New Year from the Garden State! Overcast here, but there is a pretty frosting of snow from last night.
Thanks to AKM for keepin’ it real, civil and smart. And to all the Mudflatters for their passion and patriotism!
Happy New Year and hope everyone has a better 2010
thank you problem child. i guess it’s just the little anal girl in me that must remark upon it. or maybe it’s the old lady in me not quite ready to mark yet another decade in my own life…
R’ipley in CT – doing my laundry will ensure good luck? can it be this weekend or must it be today?
sandra in oregon – doonesbury has been priceless this week: see them all http://www.doonesbury.com/
R’ipley in CT
Laundry? Good luck?? Do you have to do ALL of it or would one load work?? I’m tossing in one load but sheesh…….I really don’t want to do all of it….
Happy New Year to everyone.
While I was out hunting and gathering, Mr. Terps started …. some laundry! Does that mean 2010 will be prosperous for us? Or will it mean we will simply start it out with non-smelly clothes, which is a good start?
Oh, I was out hunting and gathering ingredients for killer 5-layer nachos, if you must know.
Go Team.
Im sorry i missed the chat last night.
I want to wish AKM and everybody at Mudflats a Happy New Year..
Luv U Guys…
Happy New Year everybody. (Yes, I know it is not really a new decade.) My resolution is to do my part to make 2010 a better year than the last one. Love to all of you; I’m glad for this big family.
Happy new year all you pups. This is the year of purple. Mix red and blue and what do you have? Mud pups! and what a beautiful bunch this is. Shhhh dont tell anyone but our secret handshake is a smile. Love always wins in the end.
Happy New Year, everyone! Here in the south, we have blackeyed peas and collard greens for “luck” and mine are cooking right now. : ) The peas represent coins and the collards greenbacks. While my family usually cooked them with “fatback”, I’m a vegetarian, so season mine differently, with a little cayenne in the peas and a small amount of vinegar and sugar in the collards. Yummy!
P.S. Collards contain lots of Vit C and calcium and I eat them all year. Some things from your heritage you just don’t discard–just the bad stuff.
that is a perfectly wonderful post, AKjah…thanks!
Granny68, I am cooking a pot of vegetable stock with collard greens and kale, red potatoes, diced tomatoes, black eyed peas, black pepper, and shallots to bring in the new year Southern Canadian style
I love the collard greens also and eat year round, but started this tradition recently for my husband’s sake. He has some Southerner in his genes, being born in Nashville and all.
Happy New Year everyone – and may we all prosper, live well, and love strong in 2010!
re: laundry luck
I guess if you do “some” of it with intention, you’ll ensure your good luck! The idea is that you are creating a clean start! I personally folded and put away about 4 loads on Thursday, before I even KNEW about the good luck it will bring!!! Woohooooo!!!
Get crackin’ people… the laundry fairy won’t wait! Perhaps you’ll end up finding all those socks you’re missing!
Happy New Year Puppies! What fun it is to “know” you all! And once again, on behalf of the entire state of Nebraska, I apologize for Senators Nelson and Johanns. Here’s a wonderful 2010
62 lexky Says:
“I’m sorry I missed the chat last night.”
You just might have gotten a word in – it was really full and really fast – my fingers are still numb.
Happy Happy everyone. We are SO SO fortunate that AKM lifted fingers to keyboard and engaged that amazing brain of hers. Here we all are together now, lucky us! Big thanks, AKM et all who do so much for this site.
Onward……
Happy New Year everyone- Enjoy your special day. It’s like starting a new slate.
– By the way, checked out the Chinese zodiac for this year. Here’s the forecast:
The Year of The Tiger begins on February 14th 2010. Drama, intensity, change and travel will be the keywords for 2010. Unfortunately, world conflicts and disasters tend to feature during Tiger years also, so it won’t be a dull 12 months for anyone. The Year of the Tiger will bring far reaching changes for everyone. New inventions and incredible technological advances have a good chance of occurring. For all of the Chinese horoscope signs, this year is one to be active – seizing opportunities and making the most of our personal and very individual talents. Everything happens quickly and dramatically in a Tiger year – blink and you could miss an important chance of a lifetime!
Everyone is talking about black-eyed peas. Never knew about that being a New Year thing. I have some Anasazi beans in my cupboard, will that do? I’ll start them right now! Thanks!
HAPPY NEW YEAR Mudpups!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a semi-lazy New Years Day here in Ugashik, hard to be very lazy with a toddler and newborn LOL
Vic and I had great fun welcoming the New Year. The girls and I went to Vic’s house and had snacks and chatted in MF’s chat.
Well off to do dishes and laundry and clean house.
Happy New Year to Y’all!!!!!!!!
Lots of love and blessing from the Strongheart Girls!
Ann, CC and GG
Happy New Year everyone!!!
I just returned late last night from visiting family for the holidays. ALLLL my flights were on time (even connecting through Chicago!) and my luggage arrived at the same airports at the same time as I did! I’m taking this amazing and unexpected good fortune as a sign that 2010 will be a wonderful year for us all.
As a special way to start the new year, please take a few minutes to check out this website that a friend told me about. It’s set up by Xerox to send messages to members of the military serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and Asia. They will print out postcards with your messages and deliver them to our brave soldiers. The postcard artwork was done by children from all over the country and you can choose from many adorable designs. It’s all free and a great way to let the troops know we appreciate them!
http://www.LetsSayThanks.com
Gore Vidal being interviewed by Charlie Rose – being repeated on PBS here in Buffalo at 5pm.
REALLY good !
Sighhhh…….
I just checked out the local news station’s website to see what I missed while I was out of town. I came across a video of an interview of my favorite Sheriff Department’s public information officer, talking about New Year’s Eve safety. Very cute and a delightful way to start the new year!
(Should I stop drooling now???)
BuffaloGal- Guess I’ll have to throw this shirt in with my load of lucky New Year laundry!
Interesting that it will be the year of the Tiger. He is certainly going to notice a difference in income this year.
Envious of you with special New Year’s dishes. We will have the standard Oregon fare of salmon, rice, and broccoli. Wondering why black eyed peas are lucky and other beans aren’t.
Happy New Years to all the Mudpups from sunny Southern California. Enjoy all your families, festivities and food!
Hi all, watching the Rose Bowl – Don’t want to cheer for either team, but Oregon is from the Northwest and played a great game when they showed our Huskies (Washington) how to play football. The Northwestern Cats ran out of lives this morning (football at 8 am??), but they sure are an exciting team to watch (daughter a new NU Alum).
Sent an email to family last night (mostly repugs) about hope and peace for the new year. Can’t wait to hear the flack!
Thank you Mudflats for being there!!
Peace all
~~~~waving at pat! ~~~~~~
Waving right back atcha Justa! LOL!
Laundry on New Year’s Day – Many a mudpup will begin 2010 with clean clothes and good luck for the year. Yay !!!
Leenie17 – I’m pretty sure it’s good luck to start the new year drooling, ( as long as you have clean laundry ) Go for it!
Dang! I don’t have black eyed peas to ring in the new year. Is it wrong to cheat with refried beans ??
Happy NY from the Santa Cruz Mtns !! Go Gators !!!
Ann, I don’t know HOW you were able to type with one hand ! I can barely do it with just two fingers !
and a Well Wishs to Levi as he prepares to do battle with She who must Not Be Named….( bet it just sticks in her craw he’s getting a reality show, and she’s not ! )
Like Granny68 says: some things about being Southern just stay in your blood and you don’t throw them out: just ate my collard greens, blackeyed peas with hogjowl (I was raised REAL southern), fried chicken, cajun/creole rice and cornbread. But I rounded my meal out with a slice of rasberry cheesecake from Juniors in Brooklyn. A thoughtful client ordered one for me for the holidays and she knows how much I love NYC. It went well with my New Year’s Day viewing of part 7 of my 8 part documentary on New York City! Doing tons of laundry today and this made it more fun. Happy New Years to all Mudpuppies. Thanks AKM for being here.
Another southern tradition for some (perhaps specifically cajun?) is to mix the peas and rice with spices, making hoppin’ john.
Go Gators benlomond! I need a recap on who here is a Gator – I think there are like 4 of us possibly?
Happy New Year to Everyone!
BuffaloGal
Leenie17 – I’m pretty sure it’s good luck to start the new year drooling, ( as long as you have clean laundry ) Go for it!
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Little did I know that I should have brought one of my great-niece’s bibs back home with me!
@#77 — ALL beans are lucky, not just blackeyed peas. In Italy and France, lentils are the bean of choice for New Year’s Day. Some other places, ceci (chickpeas). What they have in common is being round — coin shaped — which is why they’re supposed to bring prosperity. Coin or ring shaped pastries/breads (sometimes with saffron for a golden color, or with a ring or coin baked within) are common throughout Europe. So, the parameters for “lucky” new year food: round (coin-shaped) foods like lentils and peas, green foods like romaine and collards, golden foods like couscous and anything containing saffron (turmeric would work, too), foods that swell when they cook (beans, raisins and other dried fruit). Yummy, healthy 2010 to all.
@#27, I agree. We’ve ended a year, not a decade. I had to explain OVER and OVER in 1999 that the millennium was not ending (or beginning) on New Year’s Day 2000. We have (almost) a year to go for a new decade.
Health and peace to all. Considered joining Chat last night, but thought I’d be alone — should’ve known better!
Happy New Year to all!
#89 zyxomma:
Thanks for the bean info. I had lentil soup for lunch without even knowing – Hah! And the Anasazi beans are wonderful. I’ve been to Chaco Canyon and other places in New Mexico, so when I eat Anacazi beans I always close my eyes and pretend I am dining with the ancestors. These beans are supposed to be grown originally from beans found in an old pot at an Anacazi site. You New Mexico folks might have more on this story. If nothing else, it’s great advertising.
I am a product of a mother who came from Canton, Mississippi where I was born, but was taken to Saint Louis, Missouti, when I was an infant. I am the second born sibling and can bake a cake from scratch, shell peas, scale , gut and cook fish , cook a home made potato pie, make home made cornbread dressing, make homemade gravy, roast a beautiful turkey, cook a succulent ham, make a a home made banana pudding, make homemade cornbread, pick, wash and cook collard greens, and make homemade dressing.
I say all this because I am in all other ways a city girl who has had the internship of a country girl. So, my children and grandchildren feel like they are missing something if they dont have collard greens, macaroni and cheese, turkey, ham, (must have black-eyed peas, for luck) dressing, sweet potato pies, cheese cake, banana pudding and chitterlings on holidays.
But since I have my Mom’s recipe’s, ( Yum) I have learned (and with technology) I can give my city children and family,who doesnt live with me, country meals with less work Yes!
Missouri (sorry)
Spent yesterday under the weather, so I missed all the good advice for good luck. If I did my laundry today, could I maybe have 50% good luck?
well…on January 1, I threw in a load of laundry (mmmm….clean flannel sheets & pillowcases) and managed to get in some beans (huge vat of homemade chili at the food pantry along with loads of leftover food from the church’s new year’s eve party).
Stayed up late in the treehouse and met a bunch of sparkling new mudpuppies.
And I’m looking at the window now, watching huge fluffy snowflakes and dozens of cardinals feeding on the dried pokeberries.
2010 is off to a great start!!!
And in Japan, we eat kuromame, black beans cooked with chestnuts. Hubby made some this time. The other thing we Japanese do is eat noodles – so we ate soba (from Kumamoto, hubby’s family home area in Japan) (must slurp the noodle without biting for the good luck/long life), kuromame, kinpira gobo (burdock root, another long food item for long life) that I cooked. Of course, I don’t live in Japan, but in Florida’s panhandle, so getting Japanese foods like this is a challenge. We’re lucky to have a Korean and a Vietnamese grocery in town.
Happy New Year to all, may 2010 be a GOOD year!