Category Archives: Personal

Wellness Wednesday #45: Nimi

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Thistle

February hasn’t gone well in Mandaland. I had the one, brief spurt of energy on the second, and tried to keep up the momentum, but some health issues got the better of me. I’m in the process of working with … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Time to Get Away

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Thistle

I need a vacation. As it turns out, I’ve run into a very solid weather-related wall. When the temps don’t rise above 10 degrees, I don’t go outside, not even to check the mail. Anything between 10 and 20 degrees … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Fight, Flight, Freeze

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Thistle

Not long after my sixteenth birthday, my mom moved us to a new house across town. My sophomore year wasn’t quite over, and it was a big upheaval that I dreaded. Part of moving in was to bring all our … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Comfort Things

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Thistle

Coffee. Family. Bubble baths. Libraries. Pizza. Kitty-snuggles. Harry Potter. Chocolate. Board games. NCIS. Massage. Sunsets. Spaghetti. Friends. Audiobooks. Stiffs Inc. Thrift stores. Geography. Lists.

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2017 Goals

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Thistle

It’s that time of year! Time to decide what I want to accomplish in 2017. Last year, I didn’t make any goals, and I really regretted that. Even in years where I only focus on one section of my goals, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Putting 2016 Behind Me

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Thistle

Let me start my first post of the year by joining my voice to the many shouts of HURRAH that 2016 is finally over. Woohoo! Yay for the first day of the new year! Have you heard the superstition that … Continue reading →

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The Best of 2016 (non-book)

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Thistle

I think it’s no secret by now that 2016 has been a really hard year for me and my family. A year ago, after another really hard year, I sat down and made a list of the best moments of 2015. … Continue reading →

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Seventeen

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Thistle

On this day in 1999, Jason and I stood before a judge and said, “I do.” The last seventeen years have had their ups and downs like any marriage. We’ve worked our butts off and sobbed our hearts out at … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Looking Back on My 2016 Goals

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Thistle

It’s that time of year – time to look back on the year’s goals and look forward toward the new year’s goals. It’s the time of year I think of as being represented by the Judgement card in tarot: a … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday #38 – To Style or Not to Style

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Thistle

A year ago, I was in a place where I struggled between wanting to focus on weight loss and wanting to learn body positivity at my current size. Trying to do both was very difficult for me, and I ended … Continue reading →

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