my pink life, mi vida rosada

So far....an update on New Year's goals: 1. One of the friends I thought I was getting closer to....canceled our last play-date, and it's up to her to reschedule...and I don't think she will.  You win some, you lose some...I'm not sure if I did something/said something/what happened....but I think that friendship, that was just starting to grow, is maybe not growing. 2. One long time family friend who has sort of come and gone over the years has come to eat with us twice!  Once in January, once in February, and I've just sent a message to invite her back in March.  3. I stepped out of my comfort zone and let a group of ladies that I sort-of-knew know that I would like to be invited along the next time they went out together....and they invited me, and I went, and I ended up organizing our next  get-together, and we had a lot of fun.  I have high hopes that this group of ladies will continue to go out together (and that I will continue to be part of the group!).

Wow, re-reading my last post from....two years ago...what an interesting way to start off the year! And to think I had remembered this space, this online journal of sorts, to come by and set some intentions for 2018. Here we are, finally with the last few boxes unpacked from the move in November 2015, with the family collage pictures finally hung up the staircase, with three children instead of only two.... My, how life has changed!  And also, my how life has stayed the same! I find myself looking forward to getting back into routines in 2018.  The beginning of this school year has seen lots of transitions in my family: new baby in October, public school (pre-K) for peanut, half day preschool for miss middle, retirement for my dad (coming up in...7 more days?), a new baby for my sister, a visit from the Chilean grandparents ending tomorrow....Some of these, handled gracefully, and some of them, not so much. Peanut has been struggling with following directions and being kind and