My followers know it’s been a very rough year for me. My Mom passed away two days after Christmas. Then we moved to Sandpoint Idaho 1348 miles away from California where my kids and my perfect little Alice live. Moving is hard. Moving is draining! Moving for someone who never throws anything away (yes, I am a hoarder!) makes it seem like the boxes will never stop appearing. Who knows when I’ll get everything unpacked? Add to that my anger and disappointment in how our contractor installed cabinets in the kitchen and my craft-room.  I just feel like 2018 needs to be OVER already. Then there is the whole friends thing! I don’t make friends easily. At 60 I feel like it’s even harder. When I had kids I found friends at the school, after school activities, the park! Even when watching Alice for her first 6 years I found friends to hang out with.  With a new town, a new small town at that it’s even harder. Then add the fact we are 5 miles out of this small town on the top of a mountain in the middle of 10 acres. Yup, a little on the secluded side. One more…