i can’t believe it’s already 2006. we had a fabulous new year’s eve here in georgia. the night started off with a group of our friends gathering at our place for pizza, and then after about an hour of eating, chatting and watching the cats chase the light of a laser pointer, we headed to the irish pub here in town. we love it. it’s got such a cool ambiance.

we got fun party hats.

my friend stacey came down with jon for the night. it was so much fun for the four of us to hang out again. we don’t get to do it often enough.

tim, one of joe’s friends from high school, came up with his fiancee, mindy. they’re great, but since they live an hour away we don’t see them very much.

joe’s friends brandon, jon and patrick from the local paper were there too, and patrick brought his girlfriend, so we had quite the group. this year we were actually able to all have seats. last year it was so packed i had to sit on joe’s lap and a couple people in our group had to stand. at midnight we all watched the ball and peach drop in new york and atlanta on tv and toasted the new year with some pretty nasty champagne. it was a great night.

but the highlight? brandon, joe, patrick, tim and jon singing “we didn’t start the fire” by billy joel during karaoke at the pub. enough said. 🙂