Tuesday, May 30, 2023 About 6 weeks ago, the company that provides substitutes for our school district announced an incentive program. They had one last spring that gave us the opportunity to work lots of Mondays and Fridays and for special ed departments to earn bonuses. I got several. It was fun. This year was […]
Monday, May 29, 2023 Happy Memorial Day. We went to a garden center to look for perennials. We didn’t really find any, so we bought a whole bunch of annuals. Then we walked around, wondering where to plant them. It was very fun. The very first hole Keith dug he pulled out a spade full
Sunday, May 28, 2023 When Alexander moved into his house 4 years ago next week, he found out that the shower didn’t work in his bathroom. He wasn’t too concerned, because there is a shower stall in his basement (next to the toilet) (both just in the one room of the unfinished basement) that he
Saturday, May 27, 2023 We had to take a detour home from Alexander’s house today. As we were sailing along a street we wouldn’t normally drive on, Keith spotted this beautiful car and pointed it out. I said, “That’s pretty enough to turn around and take a picture,” so we did. We actually pulled over
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Friday, May 26, 2023 Several years ago, Washington County started offering food composting. We had a compost bin in our backyard for plant stuff, but this new opportunity included meat and bones and stuff that just does not compost in your backyard. It is so cool. We pick up free green bags and keep one
Thursday, May 25, 2023 I loooooove to play in the fire hydrant water. I missed it. I was at work. Ah, work. It was an interesting day for me. I got the worst possible sub plan – have them work on the assignments that are due Friday/next Thursday. Some of them might be done. They
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Thirty years ago today we moved to Minnesota! We waited for the moving truck to appear- and waited and waited – until Keith finally drove away to find a phone (remember those days?) to call the company to say they were late. It turned out they were planning to be even
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 We met Alexander at the mall for dinner at Bubba Gump’s – successfully remembering to bring the gift cards (put in Keith’s wallet immediately after getting home from the last attempt). We celebrated Alexander getting a pay raise because “he’s awesome” and “when I’m gone for a day, things sorta fall
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Monday, May 22, 2023 It actually came last Thursday, but there has been other stuff to talk about. We had hail damage last year and the insurance people gave us about 40% of what the new roof cost. Of course, they gave it to us last fall and it went into the checking account and
Sunday, May 21, 2023 Well, that was fun. It started off slowly. We parked in our favorite ramp, then headed toward the Target Center. We didn’t get far before the line to get in started. We waited about 40 minutes to get into the arena. The line outside was wildly long, stretching around the building.