Well Tree decided that she wanted to buy a toasting glass for each of our neighbors. And she wanted them engraved with their names.

So we went out and bought the glasses and then went looking for some of that glass etching paste. We eventually found the etching paste but all the stencils we could find were too big so we bought some mylar and I cut a stencil that said

"The REAL Millenium"
2001

But the mylar was too stiff and the etching paste got underneath and blurred the letters. It was now three in the afternoon and we had to leave by six.

So I put a diamond bit in the Dremel tool and engraved all twelve of them by hand, with that message on one side and their name on the other.

At six, all of us walked up the street to the Polish club where they had a roastbeef dinner and an open bar. We ate and drank and danced 'till midnight. At eight minutes past midnight we wished one of our neighbor's "Happy Birthday". We hugged everyone and walked (as best we could) back home.