Category Archives: Personal

Sunday Coffee – Fourteenth

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Thistle

(It’s only fitting that there was a cat hair in my coffee this morning. Yes, I discovered it before taking a sip!) So in a small turn of irony, my 14th blogoversary is on the 14th this year, but instead … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Ice, Ice, Baby…

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Thistle

The plans for this week: Opening night of Laurence’s musical on Thursday, followed by performances 1-2x/day through Sunday. Hiking Government Canyon Friday morning. Heading out to the Japanese Tea Gardens on Saturday morning with some friends before my in-laws arrived … Continue reading →

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January 2022 in Review

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Thistle

It has been a busy and often odd month in the Gignacery. Jason and I have begun to experience what it will be like for us to become empty-nesters in a few months. Ambrose, after two fall semesters of community … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – An Interesting Development

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Thistle

So. My house is for sale. Not that one. I guess I should explain a little something. Jason and I have owned four houses in San Antonio (and six houses altogether). The one we owned the longest – from early … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Stuff 1/28/22

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Thistle

More insanity, more bullet points. Though not quite as much of either this week. Weeks 2 and 3 of January added up to over 80K positive covid cases in SA. As of Tuesday the 25th, there were over 125k new … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Winter Garden

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Thistle

Even in south TX, the winter garden is going to look different than the summer version. Most of our plants have gone dormant, or need to be cut back, though a few – copper canyon daisy, a few mums, a … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Updates – 1/21/22

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Thistle

Things continue to be interesting and awful and so yeah I’m doing the bullet thing again. My overall thoughts, though? I think Texas is telling Texas to hold its beer… Here are some examples of numbers seen in SA this … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Kinda

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Thistle

It was a bit of a hodgepodge week for me. Monday, I had to prep for a fasting SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth) test, which meant I wasn’t allowed to eat any dairy or fiber. The office wasn’t very specific … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Updates – 1/14/22

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Thistle

So yeah, I’m not resuming my Quarantine Diaries series, but a lot is happening right now, so I thought I’d bullet-point my way through this mess. My sister and one nephew officially have covid, thankfully mild, and thankfully my BIL … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week…?

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Thistle

I could add up the weeks since I last checked in and see where we’re up to, but I’m not interested in doing so. I’m not planning to return to weekly posts or anything, either. I just had a lot … Continue reading →

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