Barbara Thompson

Sometimes it happens. And by that, I mean nothing happened today. It snowed, then it rained. Ducks came. Ducks walked around the yard. Ducks went. I went to work. The kids were kids. Keith grilled fantastic asparagus. We watched TV. He is working on taxes, because Surprise! It is April. I’m a bit under the […]

We got an air fryer. I know, everyone else already has one. I figured we were too old to need another way to cook, so we didn’t have one. But, we were at Sam’s Club last week and they had one on sale (SAVING! I love saving!) (Yes, not buying one is more saving. I

You know how your family has little sayings that no one else understands? We have a lot of those. A lot. Some are quotes from movies, some are quotes from 20-year-old internet cartoons, some I don’t remember where they came from. (The boys would know.) We also have a variety of good ideas, like building

Keith is arranging a song to play with the Mississippi River Brass Band on their Germany/Czech Republic tour this July. He has arranged lots of songs. He works at the computer (although I do remember the ledger paper/pencil days) and the song plays over and over and over as he figures out what he wants

This is Sophie. She has apparently melted onto the top of this chair, having a most delicious nap. She was not bothered at all by my wandering around – not even by my running a vacuum cleaner. I was babysitting her. She is my grandkitten. (Keith is not sure it is okay for me to

I sailed into uncharted territory today. Elementary school Art! Middle/high schools are distance learning today – just because, not because there is a Covid outbreak or anything, so my choice was a day off or elementary school. When I saw art, I jumped for it immediately. I’m so endlessly positive. That’s the only way I

I have subbed lots of 7th grade science, so I am very comfortable dropping into that class. We have a website of available sub jobs and when I saw one for a 7th grade science teacher I have worked for before, I grabbed it. I was more than a bit surprised this morning to find

We went to Hawaii in January. Our trip was two-fold – it got me to my 50th state and it used up our Disney time share points for the year (we have no interest in going to DisneyWorld – it seems to be overfull and has gotten even more ridiculously expensive). We stayed at the

Remember back in Wales when Keith could only work for 30 days, and I said he considered quitting? Well, some former co-workers from Thomson Reuters contacted him last fall and told him they would like him to come work with them. They were waiting for some things to happen in the company and we were

I went to give blood tonight. I get emails and calls from the Red Cross all the time, reminding me that I should/could/can/may/ donate blood. In recent years, they offer incentives – gift cards and entries into drawings and T shirts (I wear my regular white Red Cross shirt a lot because it is big