Barbara Thompson

Burnt Chicken

Friday, June 27, 2025 Alexander heard of a new restaurant near his office called Burnt Chicken. He suggested we dinner there, so we did. Keith had a catfish po’boy, I had a shrimp po’boy, and Alexander had a Nashville hot chicken sandwich. We all enjoyed – but mine might have been the best (as voted

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Book Club

Thursday, June 26, 2025 The Backyard Book Club is an off-shoot of the Big Backyard, the group that began in pandemic to meet and just be with others outside. We have continued to meet indoors in the community room at a local grocery store over the winter. Today was supposed to be our return to

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Jaws too

Monday, June 23, 2025 I went to Jean’s backyard today for a gathering of former Woodbury Junior High employees. It was delightful. Jean had taken snacks to a church activity yesterday and wanted to serve us leftovers, making sure that we knew we were not leftover people. I was delighted to be a leftover person.

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IKEA

Sunday, June 22, 2025 We are going to build a pantry in the laundry room and are planning on using IKEA shelving. I suggested we go to the store to look at colors and sizes and make decisions. We had the brilliant idea of going when they opened, doing our looking, then coming home quickly.

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Fish Fries

Friday, June 20, 2025 I cannot stop laughing about that lady’s head growing out of Keith’s shoulder. I never noticed it when I took the picture (obviously), and I didn’t notice it when I flipped back and forth comparing the two pictures I took, but when I uploaded it here, it is all I can

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First

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 We had our first get together planned because of our 40th anniversary invitations to get together during our 40th year of marriage. EB and Drew and family planned our dinner at the Red Barn Pizza restaurant. Is that what it’s called? I don’t actually know. That’s what people call it. (Red

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