Well, my hope was that our daughter elope, and she did! They are very happy!

Is she back from the Panama cruise? How did it go?

I don't know if I responded to that post back last January, but I did resolve to try and be more in the moment, to notice and appreciate the people, the nuances, the small everyday joys as they happened, and I did. I have that same resolution this year.

Yes, they are back, local. We are seeing all the photos tonight at DH's birthday dinner, I cannot wait! They are very earnest, it's so sweet....after their premarital counseling they bought two more books to read about making a successful marriage.

Ack. Well, I did not go back to the gym, but DS asked for a membership for his birthday, so we may as well go for the family plan. I ran into my old trainer at school, and at least she hasn't forgotten me.

As for ".taking care of things", I at least got started. I have estimates for work on the house and work will start in the spring. I have not been back to the doctor, but something has come up that means I really do have to go. A couple of other things (see "discoveries") I am actually dealing with, but it is tough going. Feels good just to get the ball rolling, though.

Always good to look back and see that maybe we did more than we thought!

Ohhhh....I was the one who posted that. Well, I was just so-so on keeping my resolutions. I did try more yoga and meditation. It seemed easier for me to meditate regularly (nothing major, just 5-10 min every morning) when I was going to yoga regularly. They just seemed to go hand in hand. Then I did something to my shoulder, and I had to stop yoga. Still hoping to get back to both activities, because I do think they were beneficial to my mental health...just not for my wonky shoulder.

This fall, our family life seemed more "settled" than it had been for quite a while. Oldest DS found a job that seems like a good fit, second DS was feeling more settled in college, and DD was very happy starting high school. Then DH walked into a tree branch in Nov. and ended up at the ER and then had to see an opthalmologist every day for about 10 days, over Thanksgiving, to monitor the healing closely. That healed, although he is on an eye medication until spring! Then, a couple of weeks before Christmas, he woke up with a sore neck, which turned into a lot of pain plus numbness in his arm and hand...long story short, he has 3 herniated discs. So the last month has been a total drag for him, and for me to be honest! Meanwhile, DD is in a back brace for 4-6 weeks due to a gymnastics injury, so I am dealing with her both physically (driving her to conditioning and PT and now, accupuncture) as well as emotionally (it's a huge disappointment that she might miss her entire competitive season). So...see yoga and meditation. I need some of that again!

My new years resolution this year is to put all of this in perspective and hope for better health for my family!

And I still haven't looked into Invisalign. Doh.

I missed that thread last year, but my resolution was to cook more things that I like to eat ( as opposed to cooking primarily for my kids) and to get more exercise/time outdoors.

I did a so-so job of both. I have tried several new recipes and have also taken lots of time off cooking dinner altogether, and that has been good for me.

I did get more walking and hiking in, too, though I still feel like I could double it and not have enough. My 2014 goal was 100 miles with my son, and we were just under the wire but we did it. In 2015 our goal was 5 walks per month and we made it all but one month. Now he has longer school days and even more sports and I'm not sure what a realistic goal is but I'll be setting one.

MtRdRedux, I liked your resolution about spending time with your kids as people. Now that I have a couple who are young adults/college age, that's something to be conscious of for me, too. Once the years of driving to band or soccer practice are over, what shall we share? I know it did a lot for my relationship with my parents when I developed some of my adult interests in auctions, gardening, DIY, etc., that I had in common with them, and I look forward to getting to that stage with my own kids--although they all swear they will never garden, I can't believe it in my heart of hearts!