Wednesday, January 29, 2025 Today I was the music sub. I had Kindergartners through 5th graders. We drummed, practiced keyboard and ukelele, and worked on learning the names of the notes on the staff. We did all that in ten thirty-minute classes. Wheeeee! Kindergarteners are a bit on the wild side when you don’t have […]
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025 There is no before picture. Darn. Keith went over to Alexander’s to install the new sink and cabinet we got him for Christmas. They were about at this point when Alexander said, “We forgot to take a before picture.” Darn. It was ugly. I mean really, really ugly. (Sorry, Alexander, if
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Monday, January 27, 2025 What a good visit! I so enjoyed having Kristine pop in. We are so lucky to have technology that allows us to keep in touch with distant friends, but nothing is better than being together. I think my first flight by myself was to visit her, about 30 years ago. I
Sunday, January 26, 2025 Kristine came from Seattle on Friday night to do a puzzle contest with her sister Julie. They did not expect to win, and they were right. The winners did a 500-piece puzzle without a picture of the actual puzzle in 16 minutes. I do not know how those peoples’ brains work.
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Saturday, January 25, 2025 We were making a list of what we needed to get done today while Keith was cooking his breakfast (air frying two pastel de nata and making soda stream Mt. Dew) (not quite John Belushi’s original breakfast of champions, but so close). He was ready to eat when he said, “Do
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Friday, January, 24, 2025 I really enjoyed tonight’s play. The Root Beer Lady is at the History Theater for the next few weeks. It is a one woman show about Dorothy Molter, an independent soul who lived (primarily) alone on a 10-acre island in the very far north of Minnesota in what is now the
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Thursday, January 23, 2025 And it was a musical! We went to see Parade tonight at the Orpheum. It was part of the series, and I had not given it any thought prior to waking up at 4am and not being able to get back to sleep. I assumed it was about a parade. I
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 The trial started and ended. The jury listened to testimony from three witnesses. They heard the 911 call. They saw the photos. They went to deliberate. Keith was thinking not guilty at that point – especially since the jury had been instructed to understand that the defendant did not have to
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Can you imagine me on a jury? I’d worry about it for the rest of my life. It’s a good thing it was Keith who was called. He spent the morning waiting after being given instructions. He texted me at the lunch break, wondering if he should drive 30 minutes home,
Monday, January 20, 2025 Alexander sent this picture with the caption “Apply kitty directly to face”. Seems like a great way to help stay warm. Keith and I had the day of for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We agreed that we would not leave the house, because it was -30 degrees with the wind