New Years Eve 2010!

Well, so far today has been a good day, I have with my hubby's help, managed to get all the washing done,  stripped beds, got the house cleaned right through, and am now chilling before going to get ready to celebrate the start of 2011!!  We are going to our favourite Chinese restaurant tonight, the River Avon, in town! We go there so much that we even get Christmas presents from them, which is really a lovely gesture! The food is always good, the atmosphere is wonderful, and they always play music, do Auld Lang Syne at midnight, and then we all have a bit of a dance!! Just hope I am able to do the dancing!!  I am determined to beat this illness, and to do that I have to keep going, which sometimes is very difficult!
I am also looking forward to tonight because our youngest son Luke and his girlfriend Abby, plus her mum Les, dad Steve and brother Sam, are all joining us, and then coming back here to stay the night! It should be a really good fun evening!
I slept really badly last night, as I had the 'irritable legs' side of fibro, and I could not lie still for long!! Every time I tried to turn over my knees, ankles and hips hurt, and as I could not take any pain killers, I just had to lie there and drift in and out of sleep! But the good side of that is I was up early this morning so I may get a nap later, that will help me to stay awake this evening!! Don't want to fall asleep in my noodles!!!!
I have been thinking a lot today about my family, or lack of one!! My husband, two sons, one nephew and one niece, plus my hubby's brother, auntie, two cousins and their families, are all the family I have left! Not that there are not more alive, I have just chosen to have no contact with my 3 sisters, one brother, and the rest of their offspring! It is quite a long story, so maybe one day I will tell you about it all, but as it is almost 3 years since I last saw any of them, perhaps that will tell you that it is not something that is likely to change (and nor do I want it to, I have not missed all the bitching, moaning and back stabbing one bit!!!!).  My nephew (my sister's yongest son) and my niece (my brother's daughter) have chosen to keep in touch with me, and as adults that is their choice, and I have also given my two sons the choice to keep in touch with my family, but they have decided not to! So sad really, they are missing out on being in touch with all their cousins, but the hurt and wounds are too deep for them to ignore! Anyway, I digress from my thoughts, I was sitting thinking about the wonderful parties my parents used to have on New Years Eve, my mum was Scottish, so New Year was always a big occasion, and where we grew up there were a lot of Scottish friends nearby, so our home became a house full of fun and laughter, my mum singing 'Que Sera Sera', my dad singing 'To be a Farmer's Boy' while making all the animal noises, oh how I miss those simple and wonderful things, now parties are all high tech, with Wii party games, and I have been warned that when we get back tonight the Kinect will be on!! Well I won't be jumping about that is for sure, but I can certainly have a laugh at all the others!!!
I am going to finish now and go and take a nap I think, then it will be time to get glammed up for New Year! I am looking forward to 2011, there are many things that make me happy, a few things that make me sad, but all of the wonderful people and things that I have in my life make me realise that I am very fortunate, and for that I will always be grateful! HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAY 2011 BE ALL THAT YOU WISH FOR AND MORE!