Barbara Thompson

Friday, September 9, 2022 I had to go to the school district office today to get my new ID badge. As I drove the road between Woodbury and Cottage Grove, I passed a turkey standing right on the edge of the road. Turkeys are so weird, because they are food, but sometimes they are on

Thursday, September 8, 2022 Alexander sent a message that he had heard the family was gathering with the Queen and I was sitting at my computer, looking for information when the Royal Family’s facebook page changed. What a sad moment. She welcomed a new prime minister two days ago, and today she is gone. How

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 I could not get to sleep last night – my brain would not rest, so the rest of me could not rest. Nonetheless, I woke up three minutes before my alarm. I considered skipping swimming my loops and dozing off for another half hour, but I firmly reminded myself that I

Tuesday, September 6, 2022 School year, that is. I like that I get two fresh-start-feeling times per year. I went to bed earlier than usual (meaning it was before midnight), but unfortunately then woke up earlier than usual – about 5 hours earlier. I thought about a lot of things (and tried not to) from

Monday, September 5, 2022 Happy Labor day – or as it is known in teacher-ing circles, the last day of summer. Keith tried to actually do some yard work, but I hassled him into going in the pool with me. I was yammering on about something while I was floating and when I looked at

We always have a bocce ball tournament on the 4th of July, but this year things went a bit differently because Keith had a concert that evening and the party broke up early. We had our championship prizes – which were still on the refrigerator – so yesterday I thought I would try to gather

Saturday, September 3, 2022 Keith went to a new ENT yesterday. He went to her because he could get an appointment in less than 6 weeks. He has seen many, many ENTs and always hopes that the next one will have some ideas about how to fix his head. He’s had a few with some

Keith wanted a burger, so we went to Culver’s. We agreed that we would just order whatever we wanted. That is usually Keith’s way, but I have to calculate cost and stomach space and healthy (yes, I know…it is fast food) and think a lot. We had a coupon for BOGO double cheese burgers. I

I was visiting my friend tonight while Keith ran errands. He came to pick me up. When I opened the car door, there was a treat just waiting for me! Ooooooo! Good n Plenty is the BEST! My friend, Maren, has labeled my chosen treats Old Man Candy. I don’t think she is wrong –

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER, DONNA!! During pandemic, we had the wonderful opportunity to gather in our friends’ backyard to watch an outdoor movie. We used actual DVDs that we owned. It was fun to look to see what we had that each other hadn’t seen and share some favorites –