Friday, May 12, 2023 Happy Birthday, Mollie! It is finally warming up and it was time to start the pool pump. The thing about the pool pump is that it doesn’t really like to start in the spring. Each year we had lived here, Keith has come in and said, “I’m not sure I’m going […]
Thursday, May 11, 2023 Almost every night Keith has to remind me to write the POTD. You’d think I would remember it after this long, but no. I’m usually half asleep on the couch and he says he is going to practice his trumpet while I write the POTD, and I just squint at him
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Winter last for a long, long time this year, and then summer started. Spring is a myth. Tom and Louise were ready to fire up the projector and we were ready to join them. We had talked about how much we like Tom Hanks, and Louise and I decided it was
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023 We went to the Mall of America! When it was Christmastime, we were at the MOA spending money. Well, we were shopping for presents, but you earn Camp Snoopy wristbands or admission to Aquarium World (these are not the actual names of the places. I am not keeping the names secret
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Monday, May 8, 2023 This is my 8th day at Lake Middle school in a row. They have been very welcoming and have invited me to all the treats and special-nesses. Today was the first day of teacher appreciation week and I was invited for doughnuts and fruit for breakfast. It was a delicious suprise.
Sunday, May 7, 2023 We went to see a show called A Billy Joel State of Mind last night. It was really good. You can see from the potd that they had a ton of people involved – lots of musicians playing to a sold-out crowd. We were once again at the Phipp’s theater in
Saturday, May 6, 2023 Happy King Charles III Coronation day! I went to bed just before 10:30 last night, which is a solid hour or more before I usually go to bed, and set my alarm for 3:55am, which is almost exactly two hours before I usually get up. I figured it wouldn’t be hard
Friday, May 5, 2023 I was invited to come for snacks to celebrate Cinco de Mayo by the principal this morning. I was delighted. I have been subbing for my favorite math teacher as she recovers from surgery. I subbed for her a few days earlier in the month, then started a week ago doing
Thursday, May 4, 2023 I wore my Baby Yoda shirt today in honor of Star Wars day. All of the kids I saw wearing Star Wars shirts came up to me and said, “May the Fourth be with you,” which I thought was wonderful. I was a huge fan of the original Star Wars. Huge
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Remember when I was out with a broom, brushing heaps of snow off the crabapple tree? I may have saved some lower branches, but one of the upper ones did break. We didn’t even see it at first, but it was definitely broken. Keith hasn’t had good enough use of his