The Traditonal New Years Sugar High

OK guys! I love a new year full of possibilities and although I am not a big fan of the whole one year older thing or new year resolutions. I love the memories and the food! When I was younger, my brother J and I would be left at our grandparents condo with cousins while my parents, aunts and grandparents went out to celebrate at a special new years party or comedy club. 

We "kids" would all spend the day preparing for New Years eve by renting movies, (the breakfast club) and getting pizza or fried chicken from, Arni's/Rosie's, the general store down the street.  We would always stop at our favorite store, Chocolate Expressions and have the best most amazing chocolate covered huge strawberries and fudge. And of course we would stop at Pinocchio's Italian Ice Cream, everyone loved their awesome homemade ice cream and there was always a surprise M & M in the bottom of every cone. My flavor was Sanibel Crunch, vanilla ice cream with toasted coconut drizzled in chocolate and full of nuts.

Welcome 2011

To the end of the year and the beginning of a new one

I wish for you health, happiness and true friends.  May your hearts be full, may your hands never want and may your heads be full of dreams that will come in true as we welcome 2011

  

Thank you to everyone that reads and follows C.K.K.  I can't believe that Calamity Kate has been such a blessing to me in its short, 4+ months. Though Calamity Kate, I have made so many new and wonderful friends. After nearly a year of Not Just Vanilla, I left it in February, I vowed to never start another blog. The stress and the pressure were effecting my everyday life. I rarely got any pleasure out NJV. But by early August, I had enough and my fingers started to twitch. On August 24 I started Calamity Kate's Kitchen. I wanted to remain true to myself with out adding stress. Since this blog, other than cooking, is my only creative escape from life, I wanted to bring happiness and joy to me, myself and I only. I didn't want to care about comments or followers. This was just for ME. But in the end, I do care about comments and followers. Anytime someone leaves a note or finds CKK and follows, it makes my day. All I can say is... who knew that what was for me alone to love and escape to everyday, would bring such wonderful friends! 

Happy New Year to all of my new friends! 

Emily Miller
Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer,
With never a thought of sorrow;
The old goes out, but the glad young year
Comes merrily in tomorrow

Thanks to Roberta, the only twitter friend who makes me  laugh out loud!