Category Archives: Personal

Happy Birthday Ambrose!

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Thistle

Sweet sixteen, I can’t believe it’s been that long! Happy birthday to my wacky, sneaky, self-confident weirdo child and may you always be as independent and self-assured as you are today.

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In Memoriam

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Thistle

My Uncle Jim passed away in the night. About a week ago, he left the hospital and entered hospice care in a nursing home, declining further cancer and blood treatments. I knew what that meant of course, but didn’t know … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Japan, parties, construction

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Thistle

Morrigan has told us tons about Japan but he’s not really interested in sitting down to dictate stories for me, heh. The long and short of it goes like this: he loved the food, even the seafood, which surprised me … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – So Many Movies

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Thistle

For years and years I’ve said I’m not really a movie person, and that’s generally true. I’m not sure why this year is different, if it’s my mood or the movies that are coming out, but either way, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Off to Japan!

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Thistle

And he’s off! For the next week and a half, my oldest son will be in Kumamoto, Japan – so excited for this opportunity for him!!

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June in Review

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Thistle

The month started with a bang: Going to Houston to visit my uncle (who has late-stage cancer). Discovering that our roofers several months ago not only didn’t do the job we paid them to do, but their negligence caused about … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Halfway Point

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Thistle

Since we’re now halfway through the year, I thought I’d do a quick halfway point check-in. I’m going to skip the rougher parts (those can be seen in individual month check-ins) and focus instead on my best-ofs for the year. … Continue reading →

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Uncle

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Thistle

So my uncle Jim was diagnosed with late stage multiple myeloma, a blood-plasma cancer with a max prognosis of four years. He’s not in particularly good health already, so he’s dealing with cancer and chemo on top of other complicating … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – House Update 2

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Thistle

Little has happened in the last couple weeks, but this is the gist: First, we got all our information to the USAA contracting department, who apparently went over the roofer’s heads and straight to their liability insurance. That seems to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Thistle

(My dad, me, my brother William, my sister Becky.) (Jason and our three boys.) Dads really are made for crawling on, aren’t they? Happy Father’s Day!

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