Barbara Thompson

My brother, Dave, came to our house the night before the BMW motorcycle rally started in St. Paul back in 2014 (I think). He and I Google Earth-ed the state fairgrounds (that seems like it should be capitalized, and maybe italized, the State Fair Grounds. Okay, maybe not) to figure out where he should pitch […]

You dress all in white, you bring all (ALL) your own stuff (food, chairs, sparklers, whatever you need), you wait until 6:30 to find out where the event is being held, then have a great time. Woohoo!

We sat down to eat lunch and I was facing the front door. I took one bite, and said, “Keith, there’s a guy in the front yard.” I say things like that (when there is a guy in the front yard) because I am not very interested in interacting with random people (front yard or

I am sooooo aware that there are so many things I don’t know. I absolutely love learning how much other people know. Keith has been suspicious that there is some kind of leak in the pool since last year. It had to be a small leak, since it continued to be questionable whether or not

We were heading home today, but not before we stopped over to John’s for lunch. My brother and sister ordered wimpy little medium sized root beers. Keith and I ordered large mugs. The very friendly worker told us that they didn’t have large mugs (I was thinking…but I always have a giant mug) because the

About a week ago, I randomly thought, “I wonder if Josh Groban is touring this year.” I looked it up and it said he was in Milwaukee June 21 and tickets were $30. What? We investigated. He was performing at the amphitheater at the Summerfest grounds, and there were indeed tickets as cheap as $30.

Milwaukee is the frozen custard capital of the world. Frozen custard is made like ice cream, but everything I have read says frozen custard includes eggs yolks whereas ice cream doesn’t. I have a hard time believing a couple egg yolks makes all the difference. Frozen custard is soooo much better than ice cream. I

The day started at a screech. I woke up with a Charley horse in the top of my foot. And a Charley horse in the side of my foot. And a Charley horse in the back of calf. It hurt so much. If it stretched one way, it was excruciating in another direction. I thrashed

I made a family reunion. It was today. I got to meet this delightful young man. I would say more, but I am sunburned and tired, so, good night.

We were on our way to Madison and decided to stop at our favorite fast food place, Taco John’s. ( McDonald’s might be my favorite restaurant, so I am not sure how that works.) I have eaten at Taco John’s a LOT of times, (starting in 9th grade when I was in the musical Guys