The bells at hogmany
Watch this postWhat do the bells at Hogmany mean to you? Well for me it means time to be in thought with all the loved ones who are no longer with me and have a right old cry once that’s all done its crack open the bottle and put the music on and have a wee party with the one person who means the world to me ( have you guessed) Yes it’s my lovely husband , so after a couple of hours of drinks we get all romantic and sing to each other oh the old spark is still there even after 42yrs so who says getting old means sitting in your slippers and watching telly Enjoy yourself you are never to old for anything so go on live a little and party wishing you all a great New Year .
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But you're absolutely right about all the rest. My Hogmanay is to sit in alone (but not lonely), doors locked and no lights visible, my message to the world being "Stay away, I'm not in!" On the stroke of midnight, I raise my glass (usually a single malt whisky, but sometimes a good port) and toast my lost ones. Sadly, I no longer have a partner and my daughter (39) is married and lives in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, and my son (36), not yet married, lives with his girlfriend in Dunfermline, Fife.
On New Year's Day, I go to my local for a drink with my friends and do my annual inspection of "corpses" - there are usually some very sad sights being propped up by the bar!!:-)
So, having just caught up with you, I hope it's not too late to wish you and your husband every joy and good health in 2013:-)