Friday, January 17, 2025 I told my fourth-grade class in media today that Mrs. Simons was home not feeling well. Someone asked if she would be there tomorrow. There was a roar that tomorrow is Saturday, no one would be there. The girl shrugged and said, “I might be here.” Well played. No one likes […]
Thursday, January 16, 2025 I was driving home from work today and I saw diggers in the pond/swamp down the street and around the corner. What? Why? I stopped and looked. The diggers are sitting on the frozen pond/swamp, having evidently already dug up a bunch of dirt. I am not usually a very curious
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 I got a very exciting email from Dr. Jerry this morning. “Well, I recycled the Christmas tree on Monday. When I got to the lot at the park, there was one other person there – a photographer from the Record Eagle (our local daily paper), and he asked if he could
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 My phone said it felt like -20 degrees when the alarm went off this morning. I scrapped my plan to wear my new shirt, which is a bit lightweight. I went to get Carl Fredrickson and he and I went off to elementary school. Here are some of the things I
Monday, January 13, 2025 It was zero and felt colder, so we sent Keith out to get us McDonald’s breakfast before Gary and Julie headed back to Edgerton. He ordered in the app. He went to the drive thru ordering place. He stopped at the get your receipt place (he said no thank you). He
Sunday, January 12, 2025 We got up before sunrise, returned the car, saw the sun shine, and got on a plane. We flew to Seattle. I watched Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Yesterday, and most of Angels and Demons. (While holding my phone, because there are no screens in seatbacks and there was not even
Saturday, January 11, 2025 Keith and I walked over to the pool. It was the first time we had gone to see it. We saw turkeys on the way. I love those turkeys. It was nice – kiddie pool and hot tub and cute palm trees in pots and an exercise room and a pool
Friday, January 11, 2025 I had an idea when I woke up. I thought we should look for malasadas. They are a Portuguese doughnut (without a hole) that are apparently quite the thing in Hawaii. I searched and found a place 21 minutes away. It seemed a bit far to go for a doughnut, but
Thursday, January 9, 2025 We spent some hours on the balcony again this morning. It is so nice out. We have so many birds flying around; it’s wonderful. I am in love with the turkeys. They come around quite often and I just watch them. Some Nene geese came around to show us Hawaii’s national
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 We went to the only vanilla factory in the United States. It was incredible. I cannot say enough good things about it. We stopped at McDonald’s on the way for breakfast to try the Hawaiian big breakfast – eggs, rice, Portuguese sausage, and Spam. Keith loved it. Sometimes there are dogs