Category Archives: Personal

Sunday Coffee – Cat Drama

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Thistle

A good chunk of my readers probably saw what happened this week if they know me on Facebook. For the rest of the group, it has been cat-drama-central here in April! So remember back when I said Jojo needed to … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – New Motivation

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Thistle

So I mentioned this briefly in my March wrap-up, but I just had to write more about it because I’m so excited!!! In September, Jason and I are going on a cruise!!!! The longer story: Jason and I got married … Continue reading →

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Easter Shenanigans

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Thistle

It’s funny that Easter was on April Fool’s this year, because it feels a bit like the universe decided to play a little switcheroo trick on the Gignac family! To start with, we went out to my grandparents’ ranch in … Continue reading →

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March in Review

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Thistle

March was one crazy month! Good points and bad points, but overall it was a good one. To wrap it up: Goals The big goal I completed this month was that color-block afghan. I’m very happy for that to be … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Happy Easter!

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Thistle

I’m off early to my grandparents’ ranch out in Quihi, TX, so that my kids who are way too old to do egg hunts can still do egg hunts (ha!). In lieu of a real Sunday Coffee post, I’ll just … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Sad News

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Thistle

Hey everyone – I have sad news about Jojo. While we love him very much, he is not going to fit into our family. Honestly, I wish we’d tried integrating him into the whole house before we went through the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – The Joys of Home Ownership

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Thistle

Back in mid-2014, when we were selling our house in preparation to move to Boston, I made a declaration that I never wanted to own a house again. The amount of work we’d done on that house in nine years … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Laurence!

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Thistle

I know I just said that on Sunday, but I had to say it again. To my kind, gregarious, sporty, theatre-loving youngest son, happy 14th!

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Sunday Coffee – More Birthday!

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Thistle

I said it before and I’ll say it again – it’s birthday month in our house! Laurence’s birthday is coming up this Tuesday. He’ll be fourteen. The boy is taller than me now at 5’8 and nearing the end of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Birthday, Pop Con, Jojo

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Thistle

March has started out with a bang, y’all! Lots of fun stuff happening over the last few days, which is nice considering how rough February was on my family. It started with my birthday! My birthday’s on the first, and … Continue reading →

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