Happy New Year!! Again. And Again.
What do you do when the New Year doesn’t give you a fresh start? You celebrate again!
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Tag: New Years
Gamin’ Up New Year’s
Party games! Games that can be played by seven or more people are perfect for your New Year’s. Here’s a list, what’s yours?
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Ringing in the New Year with Cards Against Humanity
Wow, for it being the gutter-minded-iest, rudest game you will ever play, it’s nice of them to give it away for free!
Continue ReadingChecking in on My New Year’s Tech Resolutions
We are nearing the end of March, and with a fourth of the year almost behind us, I think this is a great time to catch up on how I’m doing on my New Year’s resolutions. Not the regular resolutions …
Continue ReadingDon’t Make Hulk Wanna Smash the Internet
I hate New Year’s resolutions. Especially the part where the internet is flooded with copycat articles full of tips, tricks, top-ten lists, and celebrity declarations. The changing of the calendar doesn’t make the date special, and broadcasting their intent doesn’t …
Continue ReadingNew Year, New Resolutions
A year ago I shared with you my geeky resolution: to start writing in the margins of my books. I really thought I’d be able to do it, no problem. I wanted to leave a trail of bread crumbs behind …
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Kari Byron, Mythbuster Mom: New Year’s Resolution and My Drive to the Grocery Store
The luxury car weaving wildly through traffic, without using a turn signal, just cut me off. While I slam on the brakes, he is looking in his rearview mirror, without apology, to either see if I am mad or just check me out. I am grinding my teeth, trying desperately to hold in the tsunami […]
Continue ReadingAn Early New Year’s Kids’ Party
A handful of years ago I lived in Utah with four school-aged kids. My sister visited us from Dallas with her three school-aged kids. The oldest in the group was 13, the youngest was three. We happened to be together …
Continue ReadingEarly New Year’s Kids’ Party (Version 2)
A handful of years ago I lived in Utah with four school-aged kids. My sister visited us from Dallas with her three school-aged kids. The oldest in the group was 13, the youngest was three. We happened to be together the week of New Year’s so we decided to make it a big kid celebration. […]
Continue ReadingBaby New Year Celebrations and More Kid-Friendly Ideas
My pre-schooler is a good sleeper. Last New Year’s Eve I tried to let her stay up to ring in the new year. She was passed out solid by 10 pm. So I and a few of my friends hit the drawing board. My daughter is still young enough I have time to formulate new family […]
Continue ReadingHoliday Traditions and Monumental Moments
This has been the week for holiday celebrations. It is one of traditions and monumental moments for our family. It’s filled with tradition because for the twelfth or thirteenth year we did what we always do on Christmas Eve. It …
Continue ReadingNew Year’s Ball Drop X 11,000
Roanoke Ball Drop The Science Museum of Western Virginia in Roanoke, Va., is located on the fourth and fifth floors of a downtown building with an atrium. For New Year’s they encouraged kids and adults to line the stairs and …
Continue ReadingHappy New Year From GeekDad!
From the entire GeekDad family, here’s hoping 2010 (Y2kda? MMX?) is better in every unit of measurement you can think of! Here are a few things we’re looking forwards to this year as well: GeekDad 2.0: Hopefully will roll out …
Continue ReadingNot Such a Wonderful Life: Watching a Holiday Classic with The Next Generation
Sometime between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day each year, I pop in a copy of Frank Capra’s holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, and swim in the sentimentality of community. This season, my 9-year-old son jumped into the pool …
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