Squeak, YOU need a vacation, too! I hope your headache is gone.
Ruth, I thought you were eating AT the dump.
I like the dinner club idea, Jessica. Wildfire, please move to Ottawa before you start one up.
One year we did a New Year's Eve "neighbour thing". Four of us on one street (plus a bunch of other friends) took turns entertaining. It was fun! It was the year 2000. We had a hoot, and it was fun walking down the street in the snow to the next house (and the next mound of food)! Plus watching the festivities on television. There we were, a short walk from Parliament Hill, watching the hoo ha on TV. Sheer laziness.