Barbara Thompson

Sunday, February 19, 2023 My alarm went off at 3:05am and Keith said, “Your alarm is going off.” I said, “I know.” I didn’t know. I was out cold. We tried going to bed early, and Keith was sound asleep 1 minute after his head hit the pillow. I watched the clock for 90 minutes. […]

Saturday, February 18, 2023 We are leaving tomorrow! I am excited. I woke up excited. Then I was tired. Then I was excited. Then I was tired. I was so tired that I sat down on the packing bed (Alexander’s bed with all the suitcases and stuff) and just fell backwards. I was so tired

Friday, February 17, 2023 The big band Keith plays with (After Hours Big Band) played at the MN music educators’ conference tonight in Minneapolis. Tom and Louise were nice enough to come down to listen. The band sounded good. We had lots of people to chat with – because there were musicians all over the

Thursday, February 16, 2023 I was off to my favorite elementary school today to be the music teacher. I walked into the room and was met with the fabulous sight of pianos! Pianos with little color coding stickers on the keys. I was excited! I immediately envisioned myself using the pointer to point to colored

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