This year's Lairnia Summary (Part 1)

What's Lairnia, you ask? Well, if you've been following my tweets over the New Year holidays, you already know, but if not, here's the slightly longer explanation. For over ten years now, my husband and I have had a New Year's tradition. We build ourselves a "lair" in the living room - in front of the TV and underneath the Christmas tree - and we "check out" of society. We don't make plans to go out and we try not to answer the phone. It's our time to stay in bed and watch movies.

At first La...