New Years Eve...

For this New Years Eve it was just Daisy and I. I had been invited to a couple of parties, but with all the fireworks going off and Daisy being scared of them like crazy I couldn't do that.
In anticipation of the fireworks I took Daisy already out at 6 pm. At that time it was still fairly quiet. And we got a good walk around the block. Then I started to prepare dinner. I was making beef with several homemade sauces and Potato Salad and White Bread as sides. Turned out to be quite yummy and of course Daisy got a little of all that good stuff.
I had moved Daisy's doggie bed into the living room, placed it right in front of the TV and turned up that volume. That drowned out most of the sound of the small and medium velocity fireworks. But for the big ones it was pretty much no help at all. For Daisy that are always 2 terrible out as she is terrified of the loud fireworks and almost as jumpy as a virgin at at prison rodeo.
I was really glad when those 2 hours were over and only the medium velocity fireworks were still going off. I had opened right at midnight a bottle of champagne, but for some reason it hit not quite the spot. Daisy and I greeted the new year with a continuation of a Star Trek Enterprise marathon. But 3 am the sound of the fireworks had finally died down enough, that I could head out with Daisy for her walk before heading to bed.
All in all a fairly relaxing New Years Eve. And my usual concept of having Daisy hide between my legs while giving her lots of attention helped with all the crazy fireworks.