Barbara Thompson

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

Friday, December 2, 2022 Wir waren heute Abend auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt in St. Paul. Unser Freund Peter sang dort mit seiner Gruppe, den Minnesänger. I was thinking, and singing, in German tonight and you needed to be part of it. We went to the Christmas market in St. Paul tonight to hear our friend, Peter

Thursday, December 1, 2022 It looks like Christmas because there are presents!! My sister, Donna, made me an awesome advent calendar and I started it today (Happy December). I realize Advent truly start four Sundays before Christmas and ends the Sunday before Christmas, but ewwwwww. Who wants to do their countdown then? December 1-24 is

Wednesday, November 30, 2022 But it’s hot in the hot shop! We were off to glass class – slowly going down the interstate on the leftover snowy roads from yesterday. We learned how to sandblast a matte finish on glass and how to write on glass using a dremel, then on to the main event

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Snow was forecast for today. Keith set his alarm for early, in case he needed to blow snow before I left for work at 7:20, but woke up even earlier. Today is day two of my temporary full-time job and I was under the covers, hiding… wondering why I had thought

November 28, 2022 There is a house down the street and around the corner that has eight (8!) light up snowmen in their yard and I love them. LOVE THEM! There is one on the porch and there are seven in a row against the garage. There are white lights decorating their space and they

Sunday, November 27, 2022 And it’s still only November! Keith played a rehearsal with the Lake Wobegon Brass Band tonight. Of course, I went along. They have three Christmas concerts next weekend and we are already busy, so we can’t go to any of them. I was looking forward to hearing festive Christmas music. Mid-way

Saturday, November 26, 2022 I got an email ad today for a discount at a light display at Valley Fair. I thought we should go because it was SO WARM (48 degrees!) today and we could easily put the top down on the convertible and enjoy the display without having to crane our necks looking