December to Remember

Well, yes, I know, we are in 2015 and I haven't even wished all of you a Happy New Year! 

 

Happy New Year!  Happy New You!!

 

Since I spent each day of December leaving my 31 Gifts, I didn't get around to writing about things we were doing as they were happening.  I won't bore you with every little detail, but want to share a few highlights.  For posterity's sake and all.

 

The biggest deal of December was our long-awaited Fleetwood Mac concert!!!  We bought the tix back in April and the time flew by with all we have seen & done in 2014!

 

Magical is the best word to describe the concert.  All the members were back together and each brings something special to the phenomenon that is Fleetwood Mac.  They played for over 2 hours, with Lindsay Buckingham on the stage for every song!  The sounds coming from those musicians was flawless!  They each are a master of the parts they play in this family, dysfunctional like most families are, of course!  I just knew that seeing and hearing, in person, the Goddess Mother herself, Stevie Nicks, would make me very emotional. The moment came when she began to sing "Landslide," a song which inspires tears when I hear it on the radio!!  We stood the entire show and sang and danced and basked in the glow of the history of the band and the part we now played in their storied careers.  They belied their ages.  They transported me with every song, every note.  Leaving me only to imagine the vibe of their shows in the early years....amid the drugs, the lovers' trysts, the heyday of the 1970's!  I truly feel blessed to have been in their presence.  They are, forever, real rockstars!

 

We also attended some holiday parties at the homes of new friends we have met this year.  Tina, whom we met at the end of summer, and Mylea, her girlfriend, hosted a little gathering and collected toys (we took a Monster High doll!!).  We got to hang out with our friend, Olivia, whom we met with Tina, and their friends, Antonio & Marne, whom we met at their home in the fall when we got included in their backyard barbecue.  I look forward to more fun times with all of these crazy folks!  And I mean crazy!  Each are hilarious and when they are together, it's a circus!  In a very good way!!

 

We went roller skating at Tracks!  Chris had never rollerskated until that nite!  What?!?  How does that happen?  Anyway, he continued to improve the whole time!  Only falling twice, but not injuring anything ~ maybe his pride a tiny bit, but I don't think so because there were others taking much worse spills than he.  I can't wait to go skating again!  Tracks does this every third Friday, with a theme.  It is a small space, tho, and I would really like to be in a true rink.  I will work on that!  My birthday, perhaps?  Last year, bowling, this year, skating!!! 

 

We walked both the Denver Botanic Gardens and the Denver Zoo for their winter light displays.  We both seemed to enjoy the ones at the Gardens a little more, but part of that I believe was our familiarity with the grounds, having never been to the Zoo until that nite and it was dark & very crowded. 

 

We attended a beautiful Christmas Eve candlelight service (9PM) at the oldest church in Denver.  Followed by an early (5:30AM!!) Christmas breakfast at Tom's Diner (because the neighbor's snoring woke us both about 3AM!). 

 

We enjoyed another holiday house party just after Christmas at the home of new friends, Beth & Markie.  We knew only a couple other people in attendance, at the beginning.  But by the end of the nite, we made several new friends!!!  Two, Ted & Dan, with whom we instantly bonded! 

 

The four of us hung out at Tracks on New Year's Eve and then met for brunch at Hamburger Mary's on New Year's Day (which turned out to last 3 hours because we can just talk & talk)!  I can't wait to see their home, which they purchased almost a year ago, and to continue to learn more about their lives, their travels and their senses of humor! (Ted sometimes does drag; who knows if we will get the chance to see it in person!)

 

That was our December to Remember.