Category Archives: Personal

Sunday Coffee – See Y’all on the Other Side!

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Thistle

<– Last coffee in Massachusetts! This was my favorite mug in my counselor’s office. If you can’t read it, one side says “Freudian Sips” and the other says “When you say one thing but you mean your mother.” Ha! So … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Seeking Comfort

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Thistle

Moving across the country without any outside help from family/friends = stressful. Last year, this was slightly easier. We stayed at my dad’s house while we packed the last of our old house into a storage shed. We had beds … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – The Whirlwind Begins

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Thistle

Actually probably technically, the whirlwind began some time ago. However, it’s beginning in earnest this week. Tomorrow, we close on our new house. Two weeks after that, we begin our cross-country move. Yesterday, we gave away our couch. The apartment … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Niagara

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Thistle

<– Guess where I bought this mug??? CANADA!!!!! That’s right. Last weekend – our last three-day weekend before we move across the country – my family decided to road-trip across Massachusetts and upstate New York to visit Niagara Falls. None … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – The Next Great Adventure

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Thistle

It’s been a long time since I posted on my personal blog, Boston Blooming. The reasons for this are twofold. First, the blog’s original intention was to catalog my family’s move from San Antonio to Boston, from the time we … Continue reading →

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Operation Girly-Girl

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Thistle

I mentioned a few weeks back that I was doing a personal project in April that involved “dressing up like a traditionally-gendered girl” every day this month. The project was meant to focus on two things that I would very … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Spring Break

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Thistle

This past week was spring break here (much later than I’m used to!) and we decided to spend the week traveling around to all the little New England states we’d never been to: Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – The Great Laptop Kerfuffle

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Thistle

Back in June 2013, I got a new laptop. It was a PC, running Windows 8 – the first Windows computer I’d had in over five years. I’ve never really been a 100% Windows or Mac person. There are things … Continue reading →

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Ten Fun Vacation Things

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Thistle

Second week in a row when the Top Ten Tuesday topic doesn’t really work for me, so instead, I’m going to recap the recent four-day visit I had from my very good friend Stephanie! In no particular order, my top … Continue reading →

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San Antonio Vacation

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Thistle

Back in December, I went to San Antonio for a week to visit with friends and family. It was the first time since we moved to the Boston area in early August, and it was lovely to see everyone again. … Continue reading →

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