Make a wish… and watch it drop with the confetti from Times Square tonight!

On December 31, 2013December 30, 2013 By Barbara StroudIn THOUGHTSLeave a comment

Whew, this post concludes year THREE of daily posts. I didn’t think I would make it through year one… but TWO and now THREE… WOOHOO! Thanks for reading!!

Each year, at the Times Square Museum and Visitor’s Center you can write down your wishes and they appear on a wall for all to see… if you aren’t in the NYC area, then you can submit a wish online via the link below!

How cool is this??

CLICK HERE TO MAKE A WISH AND HAVE IT DROP WITH ONE TON OF CONFETTI ON NEW YEARS EVE (TONIGHT!)

From TimesSquareAllianceNYC.org:

Virtual Wishing Wall

Can’t make it to Times Square? No worries, your wishes can still fall from the sky this New Year’s. Just submit your wish, your dream, your first, online. We will print it onto a piece of confetti for you, so that no matter where you are on New Year’s Eve, your wish will be part of the Times Square celebration. Happy New Year

Wishing you a safe and Happy New Years Eve!

F L A S H B A C K

O N E Y E A R A G O… Well it’s New Year’s Eve, Where did the year go?

T W O Y E A R S A G O… Challenge Complete!
Catch you back here tomorrow!

Well, it’s New Year’s Eve! Where did the year go?

On December 31, 2012December 9, 2013 By Barbara StroudIn THOUGHTS4 Comments

Snow by Lawren Harris – Image: CaliforniaArtClub.org

I swear the older you get the faster time flies and the older old is. Think about it… when you’re young you think 30 is old, then you turn 30 and suddenly 50 is old. Then you turn 50 and 90 is old. Ha ha… The year flies by faster and faster, it’s crazy! Remember waiting for Christmas to come? It seemed like it took forever… now it seems as if it’s only a few months away (stores putting out Christmas items at Halloween surely doesn’t help!).

Take this time to enjoy ringing in the New Year! For me, I likely won’t make it until midnight and I’m ok with it, ha ha… Happy New Year’s Eve!

Catch you back here tomorrow! Be safe!

New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall – Times Square, NY! Make your wish now!

On December 18, 2012December 18, 2012 By Barbara StroudIn THOUGHTS4 Comments

From TIMESSQUARENYC.ORG – they are doing this again this year… the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall. You can submit your wishes (write them on paper) if you’re in NYC, or you can submit them using the link below and your wishes will be dropped at midnight in Times Square on New Year’s Eve! It only takes a second… and it certainly can’t hurt! Good luck with those wishes!

From TIMESSQUARENYC.ORG

Your wishes for 2013 will be added to the confetti that flutters down in the heart of Times Square on New Year’s Eve!

Each year people from around the globe write their wishes for the New Year on pieces of official Times Square New Year’s Eve confetti. Whether it’s a personal goal, a dream for the future or doing something for the very first time, these wishes will be posted on the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall located in the Times Square Museum & Visitor Center(7th Ave between 46th & 47th Streets, open 7 Days a Week, 8AM – 8PM).

The wishes are collected at the end of the year, and added to the one ton of confetti that flutters down at midnight onto the crowd gathered in Times Square in celebration of the New Year.

BUT WAIT… still good news if you’re not going to be in NYC! I did this last year… and mentioned it on my blog… how cool is this??

Virtual Wishing Wall

Catch you back here tomorrow!

POSTADAY2011 Challenge complete! THANK YOU WordPress!

On December 31, 2011December 22, 2011 By Barbara StroudIn THOUGHTSLeave a comment

Let me start by saying… HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE! Can you believe how fast time flies?? I want to send a quick Thank You to WordPress… Last year I decided to figure out what a “blog” entailed… why not spend some time each day and see what happens? Can’t hurt, right? After a lot of research I decided on a WordPress blog, and let me say… I’m happy I flew with WordPress! I created this blog on January 1, 2011, and planned to do several posts a week. Then I noticed WordPress had a POSTADAY and a POSTAWEEK challenge… Ok, now my interest is really peaked… a POSTAWEEK challenge really isn’t a challenge for me since I feel I can ramble on about pretty much anything, and doing so only once a week is too easy, but EVERY SINGLE DAY?? Eek, that quickly started to become a challenge. It wasn’t the topics it was the time it took to research and to figure out WHAT… once I have the WHAT I’m set! WordPress has a blog you can subscribe to that gives you ideas of a topic to write about each day, they ENCOURAGE you to write. I would have to say I am THRILLED with WordPress. They strive to be the best and to constantly improve the best of the best. I have contacted their support a few times, and they are wonderful, they respond quickly, and let me just say… they are called HAPPINESS ENGINEERS for a reason! Who couldn’t love that!

Keep it up WordPress… I’ll be with you next year! A big thank you to those of you who have spent the time to follow this blog throughout the year, I have met the coolest people this past year! I’m looking forward to next year… OK, y’all, have a wonderful New Year’s Eve… be safe, don’t drink and drive… call a taxi or have a designated driver! Catch you back here TOMORROW!

Image via tribulant.com

New Year’s Eve… make a wish!

On December 29, 2011December 20, 2011 By Barbara StroudIn THOUGHTSLeave a comment

NYearsEve MakeAWishWall — Image: timessquarenyc.org

I ran across something neat that is going on in NYC… The New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall. You can write a wish on a piece of confetti and it will be dropped at midnight… wishes have been collected throughout the year… AND if you aren’t in NYC, no worries, you can submit a wish online, they will print it on confetti and it will be dropped with the other wishes… How cool is that?? Here’s a blip from their site…

Your wishes for 2012 will be added to the confetti that flutters down in the heart of Times Square on New Year’s Eve!

The wishes are collected at the end of the year, and added to the one ton of confetti that flutters down at midnight onto the crowd gathered in Times Square in celebration of the New Year.