by Ira | Aug 26, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Our driveway is full tonight of pea gravel. I have to rent a vibrating compactor first, but it’s all going into the parking space frame I made. And then the parking space will be done. Lovely stuff, pea gravel. I like it so much more than 3/4 stuff. I feels good...
by Ira | Aug 25, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
What’s my favorite time of day? From 10am to noon. If I’m watching sports during that time, HEAVEN. Oh, I love it so much. Beyond that, just the time block itself is always my favorite, even when I’m working. That’s the time where all the business of the pre-morning...
by Ira | Aug 24, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Didn’t do any work today, really. I spent it with Liz for the most part, which we haven’t done in a little while. That was really, really nice. Like, I wanted to finish Richard III. I’d read up to Act Five, but I hadn’t the time to actually finish it. So, I wanted to...
by Ira | Aug 23, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Tell about the last thing I got really excited about. This is an easy one: my birthday! I’m doing a little backyard movie night. It’s gonna be grand. I loooooooove doing backyard movie nights. We just haven’t done a ton of them lately because our front and backyards...
by Ira | Aug 22, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
A late Friday, as per usual. We watched Ponyo tonight, which I’d seen before when it first came out. I liked it more this second time around, which isn’t to say I didn’t like it the first time around. I did. I just remember feeling…underwhelmed by it? This time, I...
