Barbara Thompson

Thursday, May 25, 2023 I loooooove to play in the fire hydrant water. I missed it. I was at work. Ah, work. It was an interesting day for me. I got the worst possible sub plan – have them work on the assignments that are due Friday/next Thursday. Some of them might be done. They […]

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Thirty years ago today we moved to Minnesota! We waited for the moving truck to appear- and waited and waited – until Keith finally drove away to find a phone (remember those days?) to call the company to say they were late. It turned out they were planning to be even

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 We met Alexander at the mall for dinner at Bubba Gump’s – successfully remembering to bring the gift cards (put in Keith’s wallet immediately after getting home from the last attempt). We celebrated Alexander getting a pay raise because “he’s awesome” and “when I’m gone for a day, things sorta fall

Monday, May 22, 2023 It actually came last Thursday, but there has been other stuff to talk about. We had hail damage last year and the insurance people gave us about 40% of what the new roof cost. Of course, they gave it to us last fall and it went into the checking account and

Sunday, May 21, 2023 Well, that was fun. It started off slowly. We parked in our favorite ramp, then headed toward the Target Center. We didn’t get far before the line to get in started. We waited about 40 minutes to get into the arena. The line outside was wildly long, stretching around the building.

Saturday, May 20, 2023 Our friend, Peter, is a volunteer docent at the science museum. He told us that there was a new exhibition of art and nature that he thought we would like. It is called Exquisite Creatures. We were intrigued, then captivated. I highly recommend everyone go to see the exhibit before it

Friday, May 19, 2023 Keith and I spent a lot of time in the lobby of the Fine Arts building at UWEC when we were in school. Chamber orchestra rehearsal was here tonight. We didn’t have time to stop at the hotel before rehearsal, so he went into the concert hall and I headed to

Thursday, May 18, 2023 I had a good group of 4th graders today in the library. It was the last book check out of the year for them, as well as time for them to work on their slide show of the ABCs of summer. This was an ongoing project they started last week. About

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 I have subbed four separate weeks for my friend whose mom had a stroke in December. Her mom is doing better than originally expected, which brought its own surprises and challenges, and I am so glad that she was able to take off the time to be with her. As far

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 I was working in an elementary library today, walking around the tables of second graders, helping them fill out facts about animals, when I saw a big spider on the ground. A really pretty darned big spider. I got a jolt when I saw it. The thing about spiders is that