Not even my mom would decorate this early.

#20: Read 30 Books… Enjoyed.

Hemingway approves.

#86: join a club

The Aster bought and revamped our former club.

Took a couple of years, but Covid finally caught up with Sonia. I assume I won’t be far behind.

Pretty crazy that a kid I grew up with is the manager of the year. Making Santa Rosa proud.

Two years ago, Hemingway had surgery for the forth time in five years to remove four more malignant tumors. He was also diagnosed with advanced heart disease with a heart murmur rating of 4 on a scale of 6. Yesterday, his doctor called with his annual lab results and said he had the bloodwork of a dog half his age. And the murmur regressed to barely a 2 out of 6. Benjamin Button, indeed.

#20: Read 30 Books

The fact that Hoover has outsold every author on the planet, I guess I’ll need to read all of her books. Wasn’t impressed with Verity, but this one was more authentic.

#89: Purge at least 6 hefty bags

Finally tackled the garage/shop. Purged everything I could (more than 6 hefty bags). Put up drywall. Added more electrical outlets. Built a washing machine stand and built in cabinets. Finally feels more like a proper shop, although the dream is a couple thousand square foot shop near a trout stream.

#20: Read 30 Books

Enjoyed all three for the most part.

Time to sleep.

Found a nice desk to catch up on some work.

Wine tasting to celebrate the last full moon of the season.

The villages built on the rim of ancient volcano.

#41: Three Beaches

Bill & Coo’s Coast Beach Club

3am for a couple of 50ish year olds. We’ll sleep when we’re dead.

#79: Visit an island

Mykonos, Greece

#95 Done: Three Museums

The Acropolis Museum and Parthenon

The 2022 Best Bars in the World were announced upon on arrival, and #13 (The Clumsies) and #14 (Baba Au Rum) were a mere two blocks away from our hotel.

#30 Done: Fly fish three rivers

The Yellowstone in Montana,The Provo in Utah, The White River in Arkansas, & The Owen’s in California.

#20: Read 30 Books

It was okay, but I’m not really a fan of ripped from the headlines type of stories.

It was finally tolerable enough to finish the front pathway.

I think they want to go back to grandma and grandpa’s.

#11: Fly fishing trip with my Mom and Jim

#53: Visit a National Park

Yellowstone! And although not on the list, we visited Wyoming, a state I had never been to. Only two more to go.

#51: Have a drink in a bar over 100 years old

Old Saloon, Emigrant, MT

#12: Visit an American City we’ve never been to.

Livingston, Montana

#83: Spend less than 4 hours a day on Crypto

Managed to accomplish this for the entire month of August. Will consider this goal accomplished if I can keep the trend going through September.

#20: Read 30 Books

Enjoyed.

#7: Buy a Shotgun

Went with a pistol grip Mossberg 500 JIC tactical shotgun.

This heat wave isn’t going away anytime soon, so I’ll work Batman hours.

They thought they were going to grandma and grandpa’s.

Wine tasting in 110 degree temps isn’t ideal, but really, nothing is.