End of the year--

It's New Year's Eve, and for the first time since the kids were little, we will be here celebrating alone. A nice dinner of Coq au vin, followed by a Lemon-gingerbread cake will be accompanied by a movie. After dinner I will begin Olivia's hat. I took over the mittens today and she was delighted--as much as a two-year-old can be delighted with mittens. I measure her head and will be making an 18-in hat. It should be a nice evening. We've already tried out the cake--had a slice late this afternoon--and it's a keeper!