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...
by Ira | Aug 21, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
So…apparently arc fault breakers are a freakin scaaaaammmmm y’all. Wow. We had three of them fail within 24 hours. Three completely separate circuits. Electrician out almost all day trying to figure out what in the heck was happening. I definitely think the heat today...
by Ira | Aug 20, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
A well-used circuit in our house has an arc fault. We tried figuring out what was triggering it today to no avail…only to realize that there were more outlets on that circuit! One of which is a on and off flickering bedside lamp! Might be it. Won’t know until we test...
by Ira | Aug 19, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Making it a quick one tonight because I’m writing on my phone…Joy has decided to annex my lap, so no iPad with keyboard folio tonight, folks. Just Joy. Got the parking space all leveled. Put down the weed barrier. Don’t think I’ll get anything done tomorrow morning,...
by Ira | Aug 18, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Got up early and worked on the front yard. It was SWEATY work. But, better super early as opposed to when it actually gets hot. Still leveling. One corner left, though I think it will take a decent amount of work. The yard isn’t level, you know? It slopes down towards...
