Barbara Thompson

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER, DONNA!! During pandemic, we had the wonderful opportunity to gather in our friends’ backyard to watch an outdoor movie. We used actual DVDs that we owned. It was fun to look to see what we had that each other hadn’t seen and share some favorites – […]

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Today I went to work in the morning (to learn how to high school) and then thought I should clean things up around here. I actually really like when things are tidied up. I find it restful. I sat in a chair for a while, then I went in the pool,

Monday, August 29, 2022 Today I thought a lot about our three year vacation plan. I’ve had a multi-year vacation plan in my head as long as I can remember. I enjoy the planning and imagining, and in order to get the best deals, you have to start early. Pandemic threw that all under a

Sunday, August 28. 2022 I remember when we got our first recycling bin for curbside pick up. I was so excited to be doing the right thing. I remember when I first got reusable grocery bags, and had to work so hard to remember to take them to the store. Reduce ReUse Recycle is seared

We celebrated with the traditional dessert – pudding stuff. Pudding stuff needs to be made a day in advance, so the pudding stuff makes the graham crackers soft. Think about that. When would you want your graham crackers soft? Only in pudding stuff, I think. When I was making it yesterday, I asked Keith if

Friday, August 26, 2022 Look at that picture! That’s build your own state fair right there. Dave brought me Usinger cheddar jalapeno sausages from Wisconsin and I got pretzel buns at Cub. There’s part of me that wonders why anyone eats anything else. Keith and I each had one (I shared!) for dinner, and saved

Thursday, August 25, 2022 Since David and I had such a good time at the Wisconsin State Fair, I asked him if he wanted to go to the Minnesota State Fair. It opened today. He decided this morning that that sounded like a good idea. I told him it would be crowded and very different,

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 We went to an outdoor amphitheater in Richfield to see a show that “brought to life the music and news of 1966 in a delightful, moving, and rockin’ show.” I got an email from the Illusion theater (because we have been patrons in the past) and it sounded intriguing. My brother,

I saw an article on my phone that promised to show me the perfect house for my Myers-Briggs personality type. I like houses. The problem was I did’t know my personality type. So I googled up a M-B type (free, instead of actual M-B test that you have to pay for) and took it. It

Monday, August 22, 2022 You’d think the picture of the day would be what I would write about, but I don’t have a cruise picture, because I am not on a cruise. I could just get a cruise picture. I will. I will go look for a cruise picture. Now you don’t even know what