Barbara Thompson

Sunday, December 25, 2022 We had a wonderful day together. We hope you had a wonderful day, too.

Saturday, December 24, 2022 It’s Christmas Eve and the countdown calendar of gifts from my sister is empty. What an absolute delight it has been every day. As expected, I got 12 little puzzles (with no picture guidance) and unexpectedly, I got way better at doing puzzles!! I had so much fun doing them. I

Friday, December 23, 2022 It was COLD today. The blizzard winds didn’t really affect us beyond making the cold feel colder – the roads were a bit slick, and snow covered but blowing winds didn’t seem to be adding snow. It said the windchill was -39. We were discussing staying in all day, when we

Thursday, December 22, 2022 It’s Benjamin! He and Sean planned to come today, but then the big blizzard was coming and we told them to come Tuesday. Oh, wait. It was already Tuesday when we said that, so that didn’t work. We said, “Come Wednesday!” But it was late on Tuesday and getting ready and

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Today was the last day of school before winter break. Keith dropped me off at school so he could use the RAV4 out in the snow today – it is always lovely to be driven anywhere. Since we had a test yesterday in Human Geography, today I taught the 9th graders

Tuesday, December 20, 2022 We went back to Hudson (no scary roads tonight) to hear the Twin Cities Trumpet Ensemble, led by Keith’s friend, Jim, play a brass and organ concert. They had a fabulous announcer, Michael Barrone from MPR. The organist came out to play a solo piece and Michael was talking about those

Monday, December 19, 2022 We crept to Orchestra Hall tonight on the slippery, snowy roads. There seem to be too many slippery, snowy roads lately. There were several crashes (the electronic signs on the roads always use the term “crashes”. It makes sense – accidents is longer and probably doesn’t fit – but crashes sounds

Sunday, December 18, 2022 What a great day. We had a little present for Tom and Louise and asked to stop by, saying we didn’t have to stay long. Their response was come any time and stay long. We stayed long. We stayed the whole day! They got us a great new game, which we

Saturday, December 17, 2022 Yesterday, I got an update on my job. You will recall that I started off the year working half time – subbing for a friend on the days that chemo knocked her out. Those days became more frequent, and I added days to more than half time, until the start of

Friday, December 16, 2022 It’s been snowing for two days straight, so it seems unlikely that we won’t have a white Christmas. The temperature is forecast to drop to subzero (that’s below -18C, Sheila) by Monday, so this snow is going to be here for a while. We got a couple inches overnight and my