Category Archives: Personal

May 2020 in Review

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Thistle

As my long-time followers will already know, May is always a tough month for me between the weather getting insanely hot and my personal PTSD issues. It was particularly tough this month as quarantine stretched into its third month, with … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Hail the Graduate

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Thistle

Fun little family history: My mom was born in 1957, and she graduated high school in 1975. I was born in 1979, and graduated high school in 1997. My middle son, Ambrose, was born in 2002, and he’s graduating in … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 11

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Thistle

It has been a whirlwind week, with the end of school, Morrigan applying for summer jobs (in this environment – eek), lots of virtual parties, and tons of insane weather. Summer is here, whether we like it or not (not, … Continue reading →

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Summer Break Quarantine Goals

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Thistle

I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t take any excuse to make goals, would I? Ha! Well, the boys are out for the summer, even though officially the school year doesn’t end until Thursday afternoon. Their AP tests are done, … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 10

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Thistle

I’m changing around the format of this as we’ve passed the two-month mark under quarantine and less is changing on a day-by-day basis. It’s still important to me to track all this, especially as the state government forces us all … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 9

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Thistle

This week, I began to focus on what life will be like moving forward in a pandemic, which I’ll discuss a bit more on Sunday. It reminds me of when I first began to KonMari my house in 2015 – … Continue reading →

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A Wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Thistle

Since Jason and the boys play D&D on Sundays, we decided to celebrate Mother’s Day a day early. Normally, we just do dinner out for Mother’s Day, but obviously that wasn’t happening during quarantine. So Jason asked me what I … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 8

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Thistle

This week, we began to lose our collective heads as our state decided that just about everything in Texas can open again. People have gotten over the initial fear of this disease and decided that it’s not worth being cautious … Continue reading →

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April 2020 in Review

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Thistle

Gah it’s been a tough month. April is nearly always a tough month for me because this is when the weather starts to transition into “summer” (aka “torture”) and we start hitting temps in the 90s and above. This year … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Favorite Photos of April

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Thistle

You know what? It’s seriously difficult to try to take daily photos while in quarantine and staying in your house. Make that double difficult when you spend one week of the month literally unable to even go out for a … Continue reading →

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