we hosted a new year’s eve party at our place. it was loads of fun! doors opened at 9pm. since new year’s eve celebrations tend to go a bit long, folks didn’t show up until after 9:30p. kyle and i killed time by watching the mentalist and cleaning the house. it was nice not have to frantically scrub and dust immediately as you come home from work! we had tons of food and drinks. just before midnight we walked up a few blocks to see the fireworks at the space needle at midnight. it was awesome. hot chocolate and cider, friends, family; the perfect way to enter the new year!

yoshi and me.

can you see the space needle behind us?
the next morning the girls came over for brunch at our place. paninis. mimosas. apricot cake. fresh fruit salad. caramel macchiatos. you can’t go wrong. it was fabulous and of course not without entertainment.our panini grill got a bit burnt and our kitchen filled with smoke. i tried to get our kitchen fan to open but to no avail. i did end up getting all the outside dirt and such onto the kitchen table, and quite possible a bird feather. but we didn’t let any of that prevent us from fabulous girl time. it was a perfectly relaxing new year’s day. oh and i also learned a tip about “seasoning my cast iron panini grill!” thanks yoshi

yoshi holding my panini as if to say "jacks is right here!"
and of course life just isn’t the same without some drama. it included the ER. yup, you read that right. one day into the new year and jackie is officially in the ER. turns out at the new year’s eve party at our place a friend opened a beer bottle but accidently broke the top of it off. glass was stuck on this tongue and lip ( i know, i shouldn’t be complaining). we got it out and he was fine. he’s a trooper, all 250+ lbs of him. it didn’t faze him one bit. well, a few of the pieces somehow managed to find it’s way onto our kitchen floor. with the slew of folks in and out of our place for the party plus the girls over for brunch the next day, i’m surprised no one else stepped on it. until this afternoon.
long story short, i stepped on it. tried to remove it. twice. broke a bit of it off each time with my tweezers and finally gave up. i called kyle who was working on his bike in the garage to come help me. we needed to go to the ER. turns out, it was indeed glass from Big Dave’s beer bottle. and it was indeed deep into my foot. the doc tried to pry them out with “splinter pliers.” though she was only able to get a sliver out. talk about painful. i think my face gave it away. or perhaps it was the death white grip on my ankle. she decided to take mercy on me and numb the area so she could “dig” it out. i can’t tell what was worse. the needle with the numbing solution or the thought of her “digging” around in the hole in my foot.
after 10 minutes of her “digging” and i mean DIGGING, she got it out. however, the numbing agent has worn itself out and boy am i in pain. secondly, i can’t run, bike, swim or climb for the next several days. there goes my new year’s resolution to get into a strict excerise routine. kyle was proud of me though. he said i was a trooper and was surpised i held up as along as i did. yeah, me too. the only thing that got me through a shard of glass, a sharp pair of tweezers and two needles? knowing that i could blog about this. so here’s some photos go along with the “story.”

the "small" but "deep" piece of glass

bored out of my mind in the room. note, i'm still in my PJs, and didn't even have time or a chance to put jeans on and grab a pair of shoes. i was hobbling with a slipper on my left foot and completely barefoot on my right foot.

the "splinter pliers."
while i was about to get admitted, hopping on one foot, a nurse took one look at me, told the front desk lady to have kyle check me in, got a wheelchair and i kid you not, within 30 seconds i was in an ER room. only to find out that since i couldn’t recall the last time i had a tetnis shot, i was getting one today. as if the piece of glass in my foot wasn’t enough, they had to stick me with another needle. at least i can’t climb since my foot and my arm will be sore tomorrow!
oh and not to mention we swiffered the house like the tazmanian devil when we got back from the hospital. only to have me step on another piece of glass after dinner. it was hiding in our kitchen rug. like i said, we like to kick the new year off with a bang. drama included.
we hope you had a great new years celebration. one that did not include shards of glass, a tetnis shot or a trip to the ER.