Barbara Thompson

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Donna asked if the new rug was abstract or floral and I said, “Both!”

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 I bought celery over the weekend so I could make tuna noodle salad. I was motivated by seeing two cans of tuna while moving food around to different refrigerators. The big refrigerator swap was ours was coming with us, the new house’s was going to Maren’s old house, and Maren’s refrigerator

Monday, May 26, 2025 Happy Memorial Day. We spent the day planting the plants we got from Carla yesterday. It takes us a while to figure these things out – where should everything go?! We planted zinnia and salvia and Hosta in front, Asiatic lilies, tomatoes, peppers and Hosta in back, plus marigolds, something dark

Sunday, May 25, 2025 We were babysitting Sophie and Colby this weekend. Sophie was sunning herself in the window when we got there. We had lunch together, played with toys, and vacuumed up some fuzz. It was a nice together time. We picked up plants from Carla from her garden club’s plant sale. We have

Saturday, May 24, 2025 We bought a new big umbrella, because our deck is straight south and there are no trees. Free home delivery! We bought 270 pounds of sand to hold the umbrella stand down. It was damp and didn’t want to pour out the bag. We got some into the base, then had

Friday, May 23, 2025 We went to see Lolek, the story of Karol Wojtyla (who would become Pope John Paul II) suffering through Nazi occupation in Krakow during World War II and deciding to become a priest. Lolek was his nickname when he was a kid – Lolek the Goalie. The Catholic boys would play

Thursday, May 22, 2025 Keith went to a rehearsal tonight and I was sitting home alone, with so many things to unpack/put away, reading my book. I suddenly realized I could just walk next door and know the people there. Huh. I have not had a friend as a neighbor since Joanne Parker. She lived

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Quite some many months ago, I saw an ad for Stars on Ice and thought we should go. We have never been to an ice-skating show of any kind and I thought it would be fun. It was!

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 I got paid for doing nothing today. Wooohoooo. My first two hours were prep. This teacher does data support and gets two prep periods. I win. The 7th grade science classes were working on making stop motion videos of some process (predator/prey, photosynthesis, meitosis, and the like) they learned about this

Monday, May 19, 2025 We met Maren and Rob (who showed up with a check rather than a briefcase of money, much to my and Rob’s disappointment) (the banker asked if they were buying a house and offered congratulations. Rob said he wanted to answer that they were helping out a friend from Nigeria who