by Ira | Feb 14, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! It’s super late, so I’ll keep this one brief…but it was a wonderful day. We made ourselves dinner! Steak, potates, salad, and shishito peppers with a super fancy bottle of Napa cab. It was insanely good. Legitimately, insanely good. And...
by Ira | Feb 13, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
So…I want to make a fruit tart for valentine’s day. Liz and I are making it together, but it’s my idea, my initiative. Two elements can be made in advance, the pastry cream and the tart pastry dough. So, we decided to make those tonight. I’m positive we botched both...
by Ira | Feb 12, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
God, there’s so much I haven’t read. Sigh. I want to read so much more. And watch everything. And write everything. And get all of the housework done. And make all the money. Not as easy as it sounds. Impossible, even. But, here we are, trying anyway. I’m wiped. It’s...
by Ira | Feb 11, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Well…the Niners yet again have played in a super bowl and lost. We played well. REALLY well. Both defenses were elite. Both teams struggled mightily to score all game. It went all the way DEEP into overtime, but by the end, Patrick Mahomes had one more touchdown drive...
by Ira | Feb 10, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Tilde turned 12 today. She invited her entire 6th (7th?…pretty sure it’s 6th) grade class to the park near school, and they played capture the flag, the whipped cream game where you can’t use your hands and you have to eat a plate of whipped cream, ate pizza and...
