Happy New Year from Marissa, Peter, and Colin!

Unlike Christmas where it was warm and sunny, it had finally snowed about 3" Friday and so it looks a little more like winter now. But, I woke up to sleeting rain this morning as I greeted in the New Year.

Rick Downs joined myself, Marissa, Colin, Courtney, and Adrian for my little New Year's eve party.

They started arriving around 4:30 and we got right into the plates of turkey kielbasa and halipaneo cheese that I put out.

I was running a Harry Potter movie at the time, and all but Rick abandoned me as I began preparing dinner. I was fixing my special Rock Cornish Game Hens with a great sauce consisting of yogurt, sherry, wine, shallots, fresh tarragon, and a few other ingrediants. I also fixed up mashed Maine potatoes in herbs, and a great bunch of green beans sauted up in white wine, shallots, and herbs.

I had a nice inexpensive bottle of Michael Joseph Shiraz wine to sip as I worked away. I had a great time with everyone there, though it did take me from 4:30 to 7:15 to get everything ready. According to everyone, it was worth it. But hey, I always have a good time regardless!

While the great cooking event progressed, Marissa put on the movie My Super Ex-Girlfriend that she had rented. After dinner we ran the movie Step Up that Courtney had brought, and then we finished the night off with Terminator 3 - pausing briefly for about a half hour to listen to Dick Clark bring us into the New Year.