Happy New Year!

Here we are... the start of a new year. Wow. I think I said it before, but 2014 flew by. Why does time go by faster as you get older???

Eric and I celebrated the New Year at the IMA (Indianapolis Museum of Art) again. We had a great time with it last year and thought it would be another fun night. They just make it so easy! Of course, we started the New Years Eve celebrating a little differently this year... at a Pacers game. After we watched the Pacers beat the Miami Heat, we went to our favorite 'local bar' (Plat 99) and had a couple of drinks before going home to get ready for the real event. It made for a nice start to the evening, though.

In true form, we didn't arrive until about 10:30pm. As you surely know by now, Eric can't stay in one place too long, just 'hanging out' and we didn't want to get to that antsy point. Not necessarily a bad thing. Of course, when we get there, we almost immediately run into someone Eric knows. That never seems to take long when we go places in this City. And in all fairness, he knew of a few people that would be at IMA this year. So it really was no a surprise.

We ran into a few people, and all the side talks and catching-up only allowed us time to get into one of the galleries before midnight. That is one of the cool things about this event... all of the galleries are open for viewing, even special exhibits. And that was the one gallery we made it to - the special exhibit for Georgia O'Keefe. But before we knew it, it was time to grab our champagne for the midnight toast.

At first, we just tried to find a space to stand where we could see things, but then we saw some 'fashion friends' across the way, and went over to toast with them. Funny thing is, we never heard a countdown and not even sure if one occurred. We were on the second level, talking, and then everyone was yelling 'Happy New Year!' We were on the second level, so we may have just missed it... and we looked down and saw there was a glitch with the confetti cannons, so surely there was a countdown... right??

After the toast was done, we wander down to the main lobby, where Eric grabbed some food and we let some of the crowd disperse before leaving ourselves. It was cold outside - I was not looking forward to going back out in that! But we finally did and just went home to crash.

I hope everyone out there in my blog world had a wonderful New Year's celebration, as well! And here's wishing you a happy a prosperous year ahead!