Tag Archives: travel

Sunday Coffee – Unexpected, but welcome

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Thistle

Did you notice that I’m drinking iced coffee instead of hot, the way I said I would be? No, I’ve not already fallen off the bandwagon. (Heh.) But I am extremely anxious at the moment, and clearly I have successfully … Continue reading →

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Monday Coffee – Joyous Tidings

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Thistle

I am writing this a day late after coming home from a weekend away for a special occasion. But more on that in a moment, because there are lots of joyous tidings in this post and I should start chronologically. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Planniversary

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Thistle

Jason and I celebrated our 20th anniversary back on December 22nd. One of my original goals of 2019 was to do something big to celebrate that anniversary, as we’ve never really done anything big for our anniversaries and it seemed … 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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September in Review

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Thistle

Okay. This was originally meant to be a rest-relaxation-back-to-normal kind of month, but on the 1st, we basically had our house explode again, and then Jason’s car exploded a few days later. (Full details here.) An insane roller coaster of … Continue reading →

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Pacific Northwest Cruise – September 2018

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Thistle

Hey peeps! I’m home! Got a lot to catch up on, so I’m going to put all this in one post, and warn you all that it’s going to be very long. I’ve been trying to keep up with photos … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Japan, parties, construction

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Thistle

Morrigan has told us tons about Japan but he’s not really interested in sitting down to dictate stories for me, heh. The long and short of it goes like this: he loved the food, even the seafood, which surprised me … Continue reading →

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Off to Japan!

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Thistle

And he’s off! For the next week and a half, my oldest son will be in Kumamoto, Japan – so excited for this opportunity for him!!

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Wellness Wednesday – A Reminder

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Thistle

April 2012 – Cozumel, Mexico – 185 lbs (the line between overweight and obese for my height). Jason took this picture of me. I’d been so happy about my progress – down 75 lbs – but I hated this picture … 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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