Barbara Thompson

Saturday, July 26, 2025 We went to the Phipps to see the ballet company do Cinderella. They were very good – particularly Cinderella (what pretty arms!!) and the godmother-ish character. The stepsisters were funny using no words, which is quite a feat. I took an illegal picture. I looked all around and no one else

Friday, July 25, 2025 Our friends Donna and Raymond threw us a surprise wedding, to celebrate our 40th anniversary year. We were met in the yard with our bridal attire, then entered with our distinguished clergyman. Imagine our surprise when our 4 attendants processed in from the dining room, all in our original sapphire colors.

Thursday, July 24, 2025 Update on the cake, since so many people have asked it. I slept very little last night, worrying about what I was going to do about the awful cake I made. Should I just take it and hope for kindness? Would the birthday person feel so disrespected? Where should I go

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 When you think you will just do something you haven’t done before and will need to take that thing out in public, you probably shouldn’t do that. You should probably do something you have a clue about doing. Last night we got home from Menards (we got a new light that

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 I went to St. Paul for some pictures of my heart. The new cardiologist needed to rule out anything physically wrong with my heart as he tries to figure out why I feel so lousy most of the time. Man, I should have been a med tech of some sort. I

Monday, July 21, 2025 Keith went up on the ladder to check out the gutters. There were a couple of spots that stuff had collected – not bad at all. He cleaned it all out. Now we have to wait for rain to see if it goes where it is supposed to go. It seems

Sunday, July 20, 2025 We went on a 40th anniversary activity with our friends Christina, Benjamin, and William. They live 2/3rds of the way to Duluth, so they thought it would be fun to go to Glensheen mansion together. And it was! We went first to the Little Mermaid restaurant in their town of Askov.

Saturday, July 19, 2025 I have an update on our Bed Jet. I have learned how to just turn it on and let it run on lower than high all night. And then I just sleep. It. Is. Amazing. The timer goes for 10 hours and today I slept longer than the timer. Win win

Friday, July 18, 2025 We were off to Anoka to see the Music Man (with a stop first to pick up Erbert and Gerbert’s sammiches for dinner in the car) tonight. It was wonderful. The whole cast was great, but there was a little (LITTLE!) kid in the ensemble who was outstanding. I couldn’t take

Thursday, July 17, 2025 We went to the black box theater at Artistry and saw a two-person show called Love and Baseball. Keith told me as were going that it was 90 minutes with no intermission. No problem there – I love not to break up the show. As we were walking in, after stopping