Barbara Thompson

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 We visited Cagliari on the island of Sardinia today. It was a beautiful 72 and sunny. For the first time that I remember, we did not sign up for an excursion. We set an 8am alarm, but I couldn’t get woken up until 9. We lingered over breakfast and finally walked […]

Monday, November 4, 2024 We are aboard the Island Princess for 10 days. A couple days ago we got an email saying that we had been upgraded from an inside cabin (cheap and dark) to a window room. I didn’t think I would care if I had a window – the example picture showed the

Sunday, November 03, 2024 Jet lag is going on here. I slept several half hours last night while listening and rewinding The Imitation Game. We landed about 11am in Rome, and figured out how to get to Rome train station. They don’t really seem to want to give you all the information you need. We

Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 We got a credit card that lets us into airport lounges (thanks Daniel). I was so excited. The first one we went to said we couldn’t come there until 3 hours before our flight. Since we had a 5 hour layover, that wasn’t yet. We went downstairs to try a different

Friday, November 1, 2024 We went to Cub to buy crackers on the night before Halloween and I insisted Keith get another punkin. He likes carving and for $6 he could have another one. He said he did NOT have any time – so much working and doing all the other things, but I insisted

Thursday, October 31, 2024 It was POURING when I went to work this morning – so hard I could hardly see the road. It rained until about 9, then it changed to snow. Obviously. Or not! It was 80 degrees TWO days ago. We went out convertibiling. Why can’t the weather just be nice to

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 I remembered that I hadn’t gotten a flu shot yet. I made an appointment at Sam’s club. We walked in and there was a table full of decorated punkins. I stopped to look at them, then realized I was in the way of the next people coming in. I apologized and

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 I got a letter from my sister yesterday. It was the best. I want to share, so here it is (with her permission). She was sending me something I left at her house, and I have taught her that you can’t send something without writing at least a little bit. We

Monday, October 28, 2024 There’s nothing like a bit of Shakespeare on a Monday night. The Open Door theater in Inver Grove Heights is close to finishing their run of MacBeth and we were front row center. Keith was appreciating the proximity to the actors – he thinks he could understand them (and therefore the

Sunday, October 27, 2024 Carla, Mark, Keith and I went to take a tour of poinsettia greenhouses at Gerten’s Garden Center today. Lou Gerten was our tour guide. We learned so much!! Their greenhouses are in use 12 months of the year – and he said that is very important because they are very expensive