Tag Archives: Sunday Coffee

Sunday Coffee – Dream House

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Thistle

In early 2006, Jason, the boys, and I were living at my mom’s house in southeast San Antonio. Jason was commuting 1-1.5 hours each direction to work, making his day about 12 hours long. I was home alone all that … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – And Then There Were Four

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Thistle

Morrigan left home this week. Let me take a moment to have that sink in. Morrigan left home. He didn’t leave for two weeks for Japan. He didn’t leave for a week on the Appalachian Trail. He isn’t coming back … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Sooner Than Expected

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Thistle

The week started on a surprising note. Morrigan got a call from the nuclear coordinator at the navy with the news that his security clearance had gone through and he’d be shipping out in October. We were told that we’d … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Money, and Debt, and Panic

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Thistle

One of my big goals this year was to work to get our family out of debt. For most of our marriage, Jason and I have managed to stay out of credit card debt. In fact, from 2006 until our … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Oh the Places I’d Go!

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Thistle

Last week, I started making a list of places I’d love to visit, and it kinda turned into a bit of a mini-bucket-list. I know it’s a long shot that I’ll get to visit everything on this list, but it … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Downton Abbey

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Thistle

Ah, Downton Abbey. For years, I resisted my friend Karen’s insistence that I would love the show. Then one day back in early 2014, I saw the first two seasons on the Express shelf of my library, and checked them … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – All the Little Things

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Thistle

So many things are happening, so this will be more of a list post, trying to wrap my head around stuff, plus celebrating some fun new things! Morrigan was told that his March 5th ship date is probably pretty first, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – RIP XIV

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Thistle

And it’s here!!!!! For the I-don’t-know-how-many-eth time, I’m participating in the Readers Imbibing Peril Challenge this fall. (I believe my first time was 2009?) For those who haven’t heard of this before, the RIP Challenge runs from September 1st to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Underwater Body Analysis

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Thistle

Have y’all heard of underwater body analysis? Basically, it’s a test where they use water displacement and other measures to determine body fat percentage, lean mass, resting metabolic rate, etc. It’s the “gold standard” of body composition analysis, second only … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Adjustments

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Thistle

Sorry to be quite absent lately. August has been a whirlwind so far, what with trying to figure out what Morrigan is going to do now and my body trying to adjust to a new medication. Fingers crossed that we … Continue reading →

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