Nothing special at the Smith's this year.  We invited another couple over for dinner, drinks and late night celebrations.  Sarah stayed up late (around 9pm) for her and enjoyed the extra PBS KIDS Sprout time before bed time.  We wish everyone well wishes for 2009.

I found an interesting quote given the state of the recent economic worries (which has created my increasing workload of new bankruptcy filings) by Kersti Bergroth, "It is difficult not to believe that the next year will be better than the old one! And this illusion is not wrong. Future is always good, no matter what happens. It will always give us what we need and what we want in secret. It will always bless us with right gifts. Thus in a deeper sense our belief in the New Year cannot deceive us."