Barbara Thompson

Monday, December 12, 2022 It’s not the 12th day of Christmas, but it is the 12th day of December – and my true love gave to me an estate planning class through community ed. It was so much fun. I bet you are not believing me and think that was sarcasm, but it wasn’t at […]

Sunday, December 11. 2022 Two parties on two consecutive nights is terrific! I slept in reallllly late (9:30) (9:30!!) (We went to bed at 1:??, so that was a solid sleep). I spent half an hour on my phone, wasting time, then suddenly remembered we were having another party and I needed to bake a

Saturday, December 10, 2022 Today was my favorite part of the December – our Christmas party with the guys (originally Benjin’s friends, now our friends) and their families. This year was extra special because TWO babies came!! It was the first time we got to meet Mac – who at seven months was completely charming

Friday, December 9, 2022 We laid in supplies tonight for holiday gatherings this weekend. I made a menu list, then an ingredient list, then a shopping list. I made Keith think of the same lists, and checked mine for complete-ness. We got everything on the list. And got home to think of a bunch of

Thursday, December 8, 2022 We went to the Ordway’s production of Beauty and the Beast and it was spectacular. When it started, I had a passing thought wondering how many times we have seen it since the original Broadway production came to Minneapolis in the mid 1990s. I wondered if I would not love it

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Glass just dripping off the rod…. Nope. That is not how the song goes. But it could. Tonight was the last night of glass class and we added color for the first time. After our initial gather of glass, we rolled our hot glass in frit (sort of like glitter, made

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 I rarely have a plan for the POTD, but this morning I thought I would take a picture of some of the artwork my 10th graders have done in the past couple days. Their assignment was to make a “tapestry” showing the reality of different aspects of life in the Renaissance.

Monday, December 5, 2022 I went to work, then I came home and stayed here. How restful that was. I made caramels. I found out that listening to an audiobook while you stir for 20 minutes makes the time way more pleasant. I think I should have figured that out 20 years ago.

Sunday, December 4, 2022 There were almonds! And I loved it. We went to the Norway House, a cultural center in Minneapolis, for their Gingerbread Wonderland. My friend, Carla, who is most excellent at planning adventures, suggested it a couple weeks ago. We gathered for a pizza lunch, with the most amazing cherry Bundt cake

Saturday, December 3, 2022 It’s not that you need a reason to invite people over, but if you put up holiday decorations, it’s nice to have someone see them. We had a busy day (a fair amount of time was spent in grocery stores while hungry. That is straight up a bad idea), leading up