#1 in Progress

#1: Read 25 Books: Enjoyed

#45 in Progress

#45: 300 sales on Etsy. 158 year to date. Funny how those yearly numbers above worked out.

Happy Mother’s Day, Mama

Gentle as the dawn,Purest love I’ve ever felt,Home within your soul.

Happy Mother’s Day, Georgeanne

Chosen not by blood,You became the heart of home,Mother by your grace.

Happy 15th, Hemingway

In the movie, Project Hail Mary, the alien (Rocky) tells the astronaut (Grace) that he has a mate back home. Grace: How long have you been together? Rocky: 189.3 years. Grace: That’s a long time. Rocky: Is not enough.

#31 in Progress

#31: Try 5 Hypes Sandwiches in the LA. Tried the Flourintine import, All/ Antico Vanio in Beverly Hills. Excellent.

Celebrating Alex’s 32nd anniversary a couple of days early, having, what else, Korean BBQ.

Gwen in Hollywood

George and Summer treated us to an amazing dinner at Gwen for my birthday.

Steak Day For the Boy

He Didn’t Cough Once During The Cook

#1 in Progress

#1: Read 25 Books. It was ok, I guess.

Happy 60th, Knee

Should have been a hair stylist, mama.

#1 in Progess

#1 Read 25 Books. Mona’s Eyes had something, but didn’t hit the mark. Hoover’s recycled project was just bad.

X-Rays confirmed what we already knew… This boy is all heart. He made me promise that we’ll never go to the vet again.

#9 Done

#9: Make $1000 with an App. Still in extremely limited beta, but plugging away.

#5 Done

#5: Read a top 100 novel. So good. “I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil. . . . There is no other story. A…

Vegas

If it weren’t for the dinners, I’d never go to a tradeshow again.

#8 Done

#8: Build & Launch One App. After learning how to code over the last two years, I finally soft-launched Lay Flatly over the weekend.

#31 in Progress

#31: Try 5 Hyped Sandwich Shops Butchers and Booze in Glendale. An excellent pastrami for me. A beef dip for the Chicago girl.

#51 in Progress

#51: Try 3 New to Us Restaurants Matu in Beverly Hills. Great.

#31 in Progress

#31: Try 5 Hyped Sandwich Shops A Japanese steakhouse in Beverly Hills would sell a Philly cheesesteak only on Sundays for two hours. They became so popular that they just opened two standalone waygu cheesesteak shops in Pasadena and Calabasas. We waited an hour to try one, but it was well worth it. 9/10.

Michael helped make my dream of seeing the 101 freeway empty.

#1 in Progess

#1 Read 25 Books. Enjoyed, but unlikeable main character.

There were two major reasons I didn’t want to continue this blog. One was the maintenance. The second was I didn’t want to write about loss. Hemingway was at the top of my mind when I thought about this, but I didn’t expect to have to post about someone else so soon. I’ve known Michael Reagan for about a decade. We became actual friends…

#45 in Progress

#45: 300 Sales on Etsy. While super ambitious in a crowded marketplace, this is a creative side hustle for both of us. Sonia makes, alters, paints, or adds to most of the jewelry, and I handle all of the copy, photography and digital marketing. https://www.etsy.com/shop/PellissierDesigns

#2 Done

#2: Ring in the New Year. A fun night at the Magic Castle. After 17 years, I actually intended this to be my last post, but then my Aunt Ona called me today and I realized I needed to give it another year. Now I need to work on the list.

#28 Done

#28: Build an iPhone app. I’ve built five now. Four of them are business apps for our use. But this one was the most fun. https://shopcaddypro.com

Christmas

We started an ugly sweater gift exchange this year. Kennedy was probably the most horrified by having to wear her school’s rival sweatshirt. I drew Alex and he didn’t want to take his off.

#1 Done

#1: Read 25 Books. Ranked in order of my enjoyment.

#1 in Progress

#1: Read 25 Books. The man has become a master of writing unlikeable characters in boring and meaningless stories. He’s such a good writer that I always finish his books.

Celebrated the baptism of Ronald Reagan’s great-grandson, Stetson. Oddly enough, Sonia is the one who named him.

#1 in Progress

#1: Read 25 Books. Enjoyed

Halloween 2025

Bought 1500 pieces of candy and ran out at 7:45pm. Happy Anniversary to us.