Category Archives: Personal

February 2020 in Review

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Thistle

There are a couple months in the year that I expect to be insanely busy. Late November through December (holidays!), May/June (end of school!), October (October!!). What I don’t expect is for February to be absolutely nuts. February. Normally quiet, no … Continue reading →

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Cold Brew the Easy Way

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Thistle

Once upon a time – aka the fall of 2015 – I began to make my own cold brew iced coffee. I love iced coffee, and I’d found a recipe from Pioneer Woman that talked about how to make your … Continue reading →

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Monday Coffee – Joyous Tidings

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Thistle

I am writing this a day late after coming home from a weekend away for a special occasion. But more on that in a moment, because there are lots of joyous tidings in this post and I should start chronologically. … Continue reading →

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Favorite Photos of January

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Thistle

At the beginning of the year, I put up a post of my favorite dozen photos of 2019. I love photos. I have thousands of them. (Literally. I just ran a count and the estimated number by my computer is … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – January 2020 in Review

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Thistle

Let me just start by saying that January began on a wild, explosive note. I actually stayed up to midnight on NYE this year, and just a few minutes before the ball dropped, a sudden and excruciatingly strong migraine hit … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Planniversary

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Thistle

Jason and I celebrated our 20th anniversary back on December 22nd. One of my original goals of 2019 was to do something big to celebrate that anniversary, as we’ve never really done anything big for our anniversaries and it seemed … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Third time’s a charm?

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Thistle

Morrigan starts school tomorrow. On Tuesday, Jason drove him up to Kansas. We were both planning to drive him up together, but then the school required him to come mid-week for a second orientation (first time wasn’t enough?). That, plus … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Ash

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Thistle

If you’ve been following along with Ash’s story on Instagram or Facebook, I apologize for the repeat. Ash is my oldest kitty-baby, at 10 1/2 years old. He came to live with us in early November, 2009, when he was … Continue reading →

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Over the last decade…

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Thistle

I wasn’t going to do this. I’ve had so many wrap-ups and round-ups over the last two weeks…but dammit it’s the end of a decade and my 2010 to 2019 was INSANITY at times, so I’ve just gotta. 2010 When … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – 2019 in Photos

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Thistle

Originally, I didn’t plan to another type of 2019 wrap-up, but in the last hours of 2019, I made a photo array of my top 12 photos of the year. These photos were all taken by me, and I won’t … Continue reading →

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