Barbara Thompson

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 My 60 birthday tulips have just brought such a bright happiness to our house. We never have fresh flowers, because for most of the time we have had kitties. Kitties like to put their hands in vases, which makes the vases fall over. Some kitties like when the water comes out […]

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Happy Valentine’s day! We went to see the play To Kill a Mockingbird and it was terrific. I realize my theater reviews just consist of me raving by giving non-specific words like terrific, but there you go. It was three hours long and went by in a flash. Considering I’ve read

Monday, February 13, 2023 Benjamin and Sean gave us a pizza oven for Christmas and tonight was the first time we tried it. What a win!! The internet convinced me that there was a steep learning curve – both for making crust that worked in a high temperature (900degrees) (pffft compared to a glass furnace)

Sunday, February 12, 2023 Last February 12, I wrote my first blog entry. We were at the airport, awaiting our flight to Wales. It seems both a million years and five minutes ago. I wish I had started the blog a week, or a month, before we left, because everything was so up in the

Saturday, February 11, 2023 I really like cherry candy. I think cherry lifesavers are my favorite candy. Except for cherry licorice. Or caramels that I make. Anyway, Brach’s makes these cherry hearts that come out around Valentine’s Day. Or should I say way before Valentine’s day, because if you wait until you think of Valentine’s

Friday, February 10, 2023 I really didn’t want to go to work today. I don’t know why. I had the day off yesterday and wallowed in my life – hot tubbing, reading, writing letters, eating candy – all the amazing things that do not involve any cleaning or general chores. There was no reason at

Thursday, February 9, 2023 We went to the Fitzgerald Theater (ya know, F. Scott was a local boy) tonight, the same theater we saw The Princess Bride a few weeks ago. We don’t think we’ve been there in over 20 years, so that seemed odd and fun. The show was part of our Ordway series.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 We went to see the estate planning lawyer today. He is a really fun guy to talk to. We talked estate planning (as planned) and we talked about travel. He said he had five couples in in the past week who are retired and don’t know what to do with their

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 When you spend money at the Mall of America pre-Christmas, you can earn rewards – tickets to Camp Snoopy* (the amusement park), Fish at the Mall** (the aquarium), Something Else***, or a mall tour. We picked a mall tour, because we love a tour of anywhere. We were the only people

Monday, February 6, 2023 The big band that Keith plays in – After Hours Big Band – played at Hopkins High School tonight, as the closing act to a three school jazz band concert. I really enjoyed the one band that had a giant instrumentation – apparently everyone in band is invited to be in