We spent New Year’s Eve with some friends we don’t get to see as much as we’d like, and I took my camera along for the festivities because I figured there would be some hilarious moments to document and treasure forever and for always.
And there were. There were tons of hilarious moments to document. There were marathon spades games that lasted until three in the morning. There were marathon Wii tournaments that lasted until a couple of five year-olds hit rock bottom and entered melt-down mode. There was lots of singing. There was a five pound Hershey’s bar.
There was homemade beef & broccoli and fried rice and salad and cheesecake, and then, around 1:30 in the morning, there was more beef & broccoli and fried rice and cheesecake. There were biscuits and chocolate gravy (YES. I SAID “CHOCOLATE GRAVY.” HALLELUJAH.) and bacon (BACON!) and this whipped honey butter stuff that flat-out rocked my world.
And then there were more cards and more laughs and more Wii games and more fun and by late New Year’s afternoon you have never seen a group of people who were more tired and more full.
And do you know how many pictures I snapped?
One.
UNO.
So here is my lone photographic memory of our 24-hour fun-a-thon.
For what it’s worth, it was the best guacamole I’ve ever eaten.
Happy 2009, everybody. May your new year be filled with, among other things, plenty of delicious avocados.
You’re welcome and amen.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
Oh my goodness…my Momma made me chocolate gravy and biscuits, just a few days ago when I went to visit…it’s a childhood favorite of mine!!
That’s a lovely pic of gaucamole. :)
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:36 am
love your photo:)
and guacamole is the BEST.
we eat a lot of it being in South Texas…LOTS of it.
it really is good for you, too….thats what i tell myself:)
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:40 am
aw, man…i was hoping for a shot of the 5 lb chocolate bar…what in the world!?!
the guac looks good though…
isn’t something how the Wii really does produce meltdowns…
happy new year!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:46 am
Oh my! I LOVE chocolate gravy and thought about making it for breakfast yesterday!
My grandmother used to make it for us all the time when I was growing up, and now she sends me a “mix” of all the dry ingredients. I love that she does that, even though I always have flour, sugar, and cocoa on hand.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:47 am
But at least it’s a decent-sized bowl of guacamole! I mean if it was a small, pathetic bowl, THEN I WOULD WONDER….
Also, The Chocolate Gravy took me back. The first church we worked at in Arkansas served up the gravy at every church function.
Those were special people.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:47 am
I love food, too. I didn’t even take one picture at our party, but there was this awesome Chocolate Eclair dessert that one of us had 5 helpings of… I will not name names.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:53 am
Sometimes I think a good guacamole is worth it’s own scrapbook page!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:55 am
I do that same thing. I went to a Christmas party last year and took my camera and didn’t get a single shot. This year for Christmas eve I handed the camera to my son and have a whole bunch of great family photos. I think I’ll be continuing that tradition from now on.
Happy New Year!!!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Um, I think the follow-up post to this should be the recipe for the Chocolate Gravy. And also the guacamole which you deem the best you’ve ever eaten.
My muffin top doesn’t really want it, but my mouth does. And my mouth wins.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 am
I, too, am fully expecting to see an imminent post including recipes for the guac and the chocolate gravy! Oh my, do I have to use a biscuit? Can’t I just drizzle it directly into my mouth??
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:00 am
I have never had chocolate gravy, but everyone seems to be talking about it these days. I love good old fashioned brown (it must be brown) sausage gravy.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:21 am
CHOCOLATE. GRAVY.
How have I missed this? We need a recipe ASAP.
As far as pictures, I think sometimes we can get so busy documenting things that we forget to actually live in the moment.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:57 am
Sounds exactly like my New Years…well, the lack of pictures part anyhow. I walked past my camera a bazillion times and never took a single picture.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:58 am
My daddy from Tennessee used to make homemade chocolate gravy and biscuits. Oh.my.word. He’s been gone almost nine years and I hadn’t even thought about chocolate gravy in years. Guess I’m gonna have to google that recipe! Thanks for bringing back the memory :-)
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 am
Oh yes! Every year should be filled with yummy avocadoes! And two words I’ve never ehard put together before are “Chocolate” and “gravy” – that sounds spectacular!
The only thing sort fo recembling a resolution that I made this year was to stay caught up with my blog. It’s new so it’s not like I’ve actually fallen down on it (not yet at least!). But I think somewhere in part of that resolution-but-not-really is to take more pictures. I’m the same as you – go to something spectacular knowing I’ll want pictures and then I take like 3! Siiigghhhh….
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
Look at it this way – you have your priorities straight – friendships, fun and love – well they have their place in life but oh my goodness a good bowl of dip – yeah baby now that is living! Glad to hear you managed to enjoy yourself just a tad – ain’t life grand?
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 am
Biscuits and chocolate gravy!!! Love it, love it, love it!
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
You know…I do love to scrapbook. But it’s so important to make sure we’re living the memories and not just taking pictures of them.
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 am
Looks like Great guacomole…. That is a new favorite of mine – do you have the recipe? I am still experimenting on mine.
Happy New Year!
DeeDee
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Boomama, your descriptions of food make me drool. I’ve ruined many a keyboard salivating over your descriptions. Going to google “whipped butter.”
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
That is hilarious! I do the same thing – I remember to take my camera but get so busy I don’t take any pictures. Sounds like you guys had a blast!
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:12 pm
What is this chocolate gravy of which you speak? How do I get me some?
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I can’t get past the five-pound chocolate bar… kidding, right? They make those things?
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Ok, Soph, IN the picture, I spotted a game that NO ONE around here had ever heard of except the Swindoll family…PIT! Do you play Pit? Is that not the most hilarious game? It gets a WEE bit dangerous around here when we pull that one out….
Glad you had a great time on New Year’s; I only took a few pictures, but it will probably take a MONTH before I download them to my computer!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm
p.s. LOVE ME SOME CHOCOLATE GRAVY!!!
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Oh, yes. I spotted the PIT cards right away. They in themselves tell the whole story. I imagine “being hoarse” is part of it. LONG LIVE THE PIT GAME. We used to play that every New Year’s Eve night…back in the day when we knew how to have fun…
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Oh that’s rich! In a good way – at least, the priorities are straight going into the New Year! This makes my Seven Layer Dip look puny.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Glad to see in the comments that I am not alone…I have never heard of such a thing as chocolate gravy. Was the 5 lb. hersey bar involved in the making of it? And it goes with bacon?? My taste buds are all in a tizzy now.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Oh how I do heart avocados. That looks like some good guac to me! Mmmmmm….must. go. get. some.
I try to scrapbook but mostly it’s just another thing that pushes my guilt-button…the way the supplies stare at me accusingly, and the books are all such a long way from ever being done. Why don’t these kids stop growing and changing and doing cute things,already?
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Argh. I hate that I didn’t catch the fact that my old blog is linked in my comment above. Therefore I am amending it here. Even if nobody cares.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
mmmmm…guacamole, although I can’t eat much of it after overdosing during my first pregnancy! And is that Pit I see behind the guac? Our church group plays that game whenever we get together for a party. FUN!!
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Sounds like a blast!
Now I’m wondering if said chocolate gravy was made by a certain dear one, who shared said recipe in the cookbook…
I posted something for you on my blog–be sure and watch the Ben Stiller link. It’ll bless you, I know.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
PS Who needs scrapbooking, when you are living the wonderful memories? Savor those precious times!
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I’ve heard of the fabled chocolate gravy, but never had the privelage of trying it. I’ll have to just imagine…
And you know what’s funny? I AM a scrapbooker, and I took a whoppin’ ZERO pictures. Seriously sad.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:42 pm
PIT!! I love Pit.
So glad you had a great time with friends. We were fortunate enough to spend ours with dear friends also. So much fun!
Happy New Year to BooMama, BooDaddy and Little Boy Boo! (ha, I just thought of that. I’m sure you’ve heard it a few times by now!)
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I grew up eating homemade biscuits with chocolate gravy. But, here’s what’s realy good….pancakes with chocolate gravy! YUM!!
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Chocolate Gravy? Now that just sounds too good to be true! Wow! LOL@the one photo. But hey… good guac is good guac, right? :)
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:15 pm
HA! I’m the opposite at most events–I’m behind the camera so much that #1, I can hardly enjoy the event and #2, I’m never in any pictures!! Now people count on me to bring “The Camera.” That’s a lot of pressure. And I don’t even scrapbook!! heehee
Sounds like a lovely New Year’s! Best wishes in ‘09!
-Tabitha
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I have never had chocolate gravy, but I do love me some guacamole! I think I’ll go make me some right now. And I can do that, because I took approximately 10 pictures of all of Christmas and approximately 0 at New Year’s, so I don’t have to spend my time uploading and cropping and downloading and all that stuff. So, I can … eat!
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I’d give anything to see (taste) the chocolate gravy. I’m a southerner and we don’t mess with the sacred gravy. You’ve got me googling and callin’ people.
January 2nd, 2009 at 6:23 pm
I see you played my Dad’s FAVORITE game, never mind it scared the pjabbers out of my little 5 yr old self, PIT!!
Sounds like you had a splendid time, even if you don’t have the pictures to prove it.
Happy New Year!
January 2nd, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Choc. Gravy! Ummmmm…I need that recipe before my siesta houseguests arrive in a couple of weekends. (You know for that little Travis thing here in the ATL?)
And thanks to that one photo..I need to have the man make a run to our favorite mexican place… :)
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
This happens to me, too- I always have to steal everyone else’s pictures- I guess it means we’re enjoying the moment, though! :)
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:27 pm
The memories and lingering good feelings after the fun are better than pictures! Thanks for all the smiles, laughs, and meaningful ponderings that you brought to the internet world in 2008! Happy New Year!
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Haha, that’s great! Only one pic and it’s of guacamole!! Happy New Year!
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 pm
oh my gosh, i have been looking for a chocolate gravy recipe for several years! any chance you can post it? the grandmother of a guy i dated in high school made it every year and it is sooo yummy!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I love me some guac!
Happy New Year!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:57 pm
I literally laughed out loud. One picture of guacamole. Who does that? Seriously?
Oh, yeah. YOU and ME…Can’t count how many scrapbook photos I don’t have!
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:20 pm
What do you mean this is why you don’t scrapbook?! You could totally scrapbook that picture, alongside a recipe for guacamole printed off of allrecipes, and add maybe a cute sticker or two. See? All done. :)
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:24 pm
the only thing better than choc gravy is chocolate cobbler. Glad you had a great time. Am I missing something by not knowing what Pit is?