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Sunday, December 21, 2025 This is Keith tonight. Barbara’s not feeling well. We went to The Wiz (traveling production) at the Orpheum. I never saw the movie (1978 with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson). Other than the two pop hits, “Ease on Down the Road” and “A Brand New Day”, the music is wholly unmemorable. […]

Saturday, December 20, 2025 The kids were the high point. Two three year olds and a new baby just make the whole thing fun. I loved the squealing when the grown up men (the dad types, not the grampa types) played hide and seek with the threes. I loved watching them dance to the singing

Friday, December 19, 2025 We’re having two parties – one with the guys and one with music friends. I made the grocery lists and really checked them twice. There are different menus, so there was a lot on the list. We shopped for three hours at Sam’s and Cub. We came home and cooked. I

Thursday, December 18, 2025 I came out of school today and everything was icy. I had to use the corner of the snow scraper to break into the ice on the driver’s window and slowly chip away. The windshield didn’t surrender at all. I am not tall enough to get any leverage, and it was

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Keith and I go to the Mall of America every year and walk around all day on one day and buy stuff. Sometimes for ourselves, sometimes for others. Today was that day. We had a great time – but we did have to sit on a bench a few more times

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Dan joined us in going to see Jeffrey’s band tonight at Stillwater high school. A bunch of other fun folks were there too! Erick and Daniel get all the gold stars from me for coming to all the concerts! I got to hang out with Adalynn before the concert while everyone

Monday, December 15, 2025 We went to our first Tonic Sol-fa concert in April, only to find out it was their last tour. We enjoyed it SO much. They announced a very short (4 shows, I think) Christmas tour and we jumped on it. I am so glad we did. I am just smitten with

Sunday, December 14, 2025 Last night about midnight, our very smart thermostat sent Keith a message that said the house was 5° colder than it was set for. Mmm. Set to 60, but only 55. Why do furnaces wait until weekend – one with the coldest temperatures – and when we are out of town

Saturday, December 1, 2025 It was -4° when I got up this morning, but that didn’t seem cold enough, so we packed up and drove to Duluth. Ha! It’s -11° (feels like -34°) now, so we are winning. In a dumb way. The big lake was steaming. It looked cool. We went to see the

Friday, December 12, 2025 I’ve been busy with working the past two weeks. Keith had a gig tonight, so I was home alone. I could have done laundry. I could have cleaned up our bedroom. I could have done a lot of things. I played this Christmasy version of the watermelon game. A lot of