by Ira | Sep 5, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Did some research tonight with Liz for my backyard movie night party. PIZZA! Very important research. We went to a couple candidates for the big order. They were both good! Both pretty equally matched when it came to flavor and quality, just different styles. And I...
by Ira | Sep 4, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
This iPad is getting up there. I think it’s from…2017? The very first iPad Pro. Wait! No. Not the first. I had one of those, too. This was…the second? It was the first iPad without a home button. Pretty sure that was 2017, which is wild. I’ve written five novels on...
by Ira | Sep 3, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Workin hard out there! Literally. Getting up early and getting outside to continue getting our front and back yards in presentable shape. They’re close! We’re hiring a company next to haul all the stuff away. She expeeeeennnnsssiiivvvee…but it needs to be done. Has to...
by Ira | Sep 2, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
What does my ideal home look like? “Home.” That’s the word. As I sit here with Joy snuggled up into my shoulder, Liz outside in the living room watching the Love is Blind UK reunion, Coops down by my feet…this is my ideal home. Honestly. When I first saw the question,...
by Ira | Sep 1, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
It was a very productive day today. I did several things I’d been putting off and/or I knew was going to take it out of me energy-wise. We had some credit cards we no longer were using that I needed to call and finally cancel before their annual fees ticked over...
by Ira | Aug 31, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
It’s. Really. Hot. Hundred today. I think. Maybe 99. But ya. Tooooo hot. That sweltering season of summer has arrived finally. Right on time, really, but it was just so damn mild before. We usually have a solid couple months of high 80s/low 90s, but not this year. We...
