Barbara Thompson

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Apparently tomorrow is National Barbara Day! Who knew? I did not. My friend, Jean, put it on her Facebook (probably just to celebrate me) (teehee) and I have confirmed with the internet that tomorrow is my day. Huh. I am definitely going to figure out something to do to celebrate. The

Monday, July 17, 2023 You know those little libraries people have in their yards? Down the street from our old house (which is up the street from our new house), there is a little puzzle library. It is super cute – with a bunch of Tolkien quotes etched on it. We came across it a

Sunday, July 16, 2023 Donna and Michael and Emma came! It was a weirdly cold morning (hello July, I’m looking at you. The south is melting and Donna has on a sweatshirt and PANTS), so we turned up the heater on the pool. When they arrived, we had late afternoon swimming and then (slightly warmer)

Saturday, July 15, 2023 I emptied our previous celery salt several months ago. I wish I could remember what I used it in. I thought I only used it in tuna noodle salad (you know, macaroni and tuna and celery and peas and miracle whip) (and celery salt), but that is a summer thing, so…huh.

Friday, July 14, 2023 I knew they were coming. I said I would be in the pool…and if I was asleep, they could dump me into the water – I would wake up. I swam a very few laps, then settled in for a sunny nap. I woke up after who knows how long and

Thursday, July 13, 2023 Shout out to Auntie Jayne on her birthday!! I hope it was a happy day! There were a lot of things today. First, I was out walking, because I am still practicing walking for Disney World. My goal is 15,000 steps each day until we go. I was walking around the

Wednesday, July 12, 2023 It was a happy Wednesday. We had a visit from our neighbors, Mark and Sue, and their kids (adults) visiting from London and San Fransisco. What could be better than seeing those kids? Seeing the kids they brought with them! Adorable. It was just wonderful. We also went to Tom and

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 Maren and I were out practice walking for our upcoming trip to Disney World (let’s face it – I’ve been sedentary since my heart went wonky 2.5 years ago. I was just assuming I would be able to walk around Disney World because I wanted to…then I realized that was really

Monday, July 10, 2023 We are not lawn people. I want to make that perfectly clear. We can barely keep the grass mowed often enough to keep the city from fining us; yet many years ago Benjamin accused us of being lawn people (because we had him mow the side yard three times in a

Sunday, July 9, 2023 Amanda brought whipping cream and a nifty whipped cream canister on July 4th and she forgot to take the leftover cream home. I considered making a cream sauce for pasta, then decided on an angel food cake. I was getting ready to bake it this morning when I had the great