Category Archives: Personal

Wellness Wednesday – Eighteen Years

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Thistle

My oldest son turns 17 today (happy birthday, Morrigan!), which means that I’ve spent nearly 18 years as a mother (including pregnancy time). You learn a lot about yourself and about motherhood in that number of years. Here are a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – New Goals

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Thistle

This year has been a weird one. I made goals for myself back in December, only to immediately have a bunch of them thwarted when an MRI revealed that I had a broken foot and thus I couldn’t really exercise … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Settling In (Again)

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Thistle

It’s taken me much longer than usual to get settled into this house (unpacked, furniture arranged, decorations up, etc). Usually that’s a three-to-five day job. It’s just such a relief to get everything out of boxes and to know where … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – And After a Year…

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Thistle

Two weeks after our ill-fated move to Wisconsin last summer, my nephew Rory was born. September 9th, 2016. And of course, I was too far away to meet him in person, and too broke to travel back for a visit … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Turning Point

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Thistle

As I mentioned last week, the turning point of the summer came on July 31st. Three major things happened that day. First, I got a call about a job I’d applied and interviewed for at CVS and was offered the … Continue reading →

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Basement – Before and After

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Thistle

Back in April, when we began our basement remodel, we began with an eye toward putting our house on the market by the end of the summer. It takes time for houses to sell in this rural an area, and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Summer of Nightmares

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Thistle

Good morning from my new back yard in San Antonio! Well, my backyard last Sunday, when I planned to write this post, and when it wasn’t hurricane-weather outside, heheh. Only then I got interrupted partway through the post, and…well, you … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Break

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Thistle

Over the last couple months, especially this last month, I’ve had less time to spend on blog-stuff, and less motivation to go along with it. This has only increased as we’ve started remodeling our basement. With the boys getting out … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday #54: Mini-Retreat

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Thistle

So you may have noticed that the blog went dark for the last week. There were two reasons for this – one good, one bad. To get the bad one out of the way first, we had a tornado last … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Thistle

Morning to you all! I had a rough night – family emergency that’s now over and well but which resulted in very little sleep – so I’m once again keeping my Sunday post short. Hopefully there’s a nap or three … Continue reading →

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