Barbara Thompson

Sunday, September 3, 2023 We were expecting company, so we cleaned up all the stuff that has been filling the kitchen island – mostly party supplies – cups, plates, drink dispenser – still lingering because I wasn’t sure I was done inviting people over. I figured this is the official end of summertime, so I […]

Saturday, September 2, 2023 I’m weirded out that it is September. I know everyone always says, “the summer went so fast!”, but it did! Alexander is gone for the weekend to Illinois, so we are babysitting the grandkittens. We were going to get up and go visit them this morning, but then I needed to

Friday, September 1, 2023 Yesterday I was making a TV show and today only one of my eggs had a yolk. How the mighty have fallen.

Thursday, August 31, 2023 Happy birthday to my sister, Donna, who has Covid. What a bummer thing on your birthday. Two evenings ago, our neighbor asked me if I would go on the TV show Pawn Stars and try to sell a book for him. What? The History Channel show Pawn Stars Does America is

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 I was sitting in a blue chair for a while, talking on the phone, when I realized there was a bird sitting just outside the window, looking at me. I looked at him for a pretty long time. I took this not so good picture of him, then I tried to

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 We went to the Lyndale Amphitheater to the Illusion Theater’s Our Big Fat Eventual Wedding, billed as “Allison and Leslie Vincent recount the rollercoaster of their engagement and planning a wedding in the time of COVID through music, storytelling, and comedy.” It was a very strange mash-up of two people just

Monday, August 28, 2023 We took the express bus to the fair. There is just no way you can drive there – total traffic jams and disaster. Buses started at 8am and we got there about 7:45. We were second in line and the bus pulled away at 8am. We scored a schedule for the

Sunday, August 27, 2023 I am now twice as old as Alexander. 🙂 We went to Red Lobster for all-you-can-eat shrimp, because shriiiiiiiiimp. I know, I am known as a seafood hater, but I like shrimp. We ate so much shrimp. It was fun. Last week Thursday, while we were in Florida, Alexander paid off

Saturday, August 26, 2023 What a glorious thing a day with no plans is. There is so much potential! I quickly learned that the day wasn’t completely without plan – Keith had a 9am rehearsal in River Falls. I decided to go along with him so we could listen to our audiobook and I would

Friday, August 25, 2023 Alexander came for pizza. We used a lot of flour to keep the dough from sticking to the peel and it was everywhere, but the pizza didn’t stick. He fell asleep after supper and then, because we were being quiet, Keith fell asleep. Then I fell asleep. Overall, it was a