Just about an hour or so until the new year. We decided to stay home this evening and have a quiet time, but we spent the day driving down to the shoreline.

We made stops to take photos as the husband gave me a digital camera for Christmas and I really hadn't tried it out yet. He is forever taking photos because he paints from his photos and he is planning on starting some new paintings this week. So now we can take photos together, which was fun.

We ended up having a late lunch at a popular seafood restaurant and ran into some old friends of ours which was a very unexpected surprise!

As we were heading back towards home the sun was setting over Long Island sound and we just had to make a stop to try to capture it before it went down.

It was ferociously windy and cold by the water so a stop at Starbucks for some hot coffee and tea hit the spot before we made our way back.

We arrived home and welcomed our little "grand-dog" Tucker whom we are dog sitting tonight.

A very Happy 2k8 (urban word for today) to all!!!