#28: Achieve 20% yearly gain on day trading account

Up 28% in August. Will need to average that for the next four months to cross off this goal. And I’ll need to do it entirely with crypto. Today I liquidated my day trading accounts, because day trading requires too much math, and I hate math.

#20: Read 20 30 Books

Benign, but entertaining.

#31 Done: Fly Fish Three Rivers

Epic Day. 15 fish caught between us.

Sonia and Kim were gracious enough to allow my brother and me to escape for a few days to fish in Utah.

Headed back home. My least favorite season in California is fire season.

Couldn’t have been a more beautiful three days in Bend. New construction is booming, and home prices are sky high, so we’ll continue to travel until we find that under the radar gem.

A nice tributary of the Deschutes River.

Getting my legs compressed while Sonia gets electrocuted.

#56: Cardio

Incorporating some tennis into the routine.

#56: Cardio

Week 5 is in the books. Mostly uphill.

#20: Read 20 30 Books

Enjoyed this one.

#94: Las Vegas

Back to Vegas and the trade show for the first time in a year and half.

#17: Achieve 20% yearly gain on day trading account

Stopped the bleeding with a modest 9.63% gain in July.

Still celebrating Sonia and Brit’s birthdays.

Celebrating four July birthdays in Malibu.

#20: Read 20 30 books.

Excellent writing saved this sub par story.

#56: Stay the night lakeside

An impromptu 2 night trip to fish Lake Casitas in Ojai. Didn’t catch anything but a good time.

Maybe she’s getting dementia, but Sonia suggested we go on a last minute fishing trip for her birthday. Bring on dementia.

#39: Watch a Sunrise

5:30am hike to counter the weekend shenanigans.

#62: Buy Sonia some fiscally irresponsible shoes 

#14: Celebrate Sonia’s 51st like it was her 50th

Karaoke for the win

#25: Document 25 recipes

American Wagyu Steak Sandwich

Ingredients

1 Snake River Farms waygu rib eye

Smoke Mafia Steak rub

Sweety drop peppers

Onions

Serrano Pepper

Creamy queso sause

Buttered soboa bread

Get the cast iron up tp 600 degrees and add a spoonful of pure tallow.

For the perfect medium-rare (less emphasis on the medium). Start with the sear.

10 seconds on the fat cap.

80 seconds on each side.

Into the oven at 400 degrees for two minutes, forty second.

Into a covered resting pan for four minutes.

Time to build the sandwich.

Best Saturday breakfast of the year thus far.

#20: read 30 Books

Like his other book, The Martian, this is science fiction heavy on the science. I loved it.

#51: Cardio

Brittany and I committed to five hikes a week for twelve weeks. Today we checked off week one.

#76: Three Master Classes 

One down, two to go.

#45: Three Beaches

Celebrated George’s 30th in Santa Monica with pizza and a silent disco.

#25: Document 25 Recipes

Needed to harvest some of the crops, so I made a tomato relish to snack on with some chips.

• 1 cup tomatoes finely diced
• 1/2 cup yellow onions finely diced
• 1 jalapeño pepper finely diced, seeds removed
• 1/2 tsp celery seeds
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp red wine vinegar

#48: Go to a Giants Game

Bad guys won, but I hardly cared.

#20: Read 20 novels.

Changing this to read 30 novels. Excellent writing. Subpar story. Would love someone to say the same some day.

Another one spent with the kids. Lucky parents.

Picanha with some home grown chimichurri turned out perfectly tonight.

#20: Achieve 20% yearly return in trading accounts

Broke even with stocks, but down another 28% in crypto. Overall, that puts me at a brutal -50% YTD.

#20: Read 20 Books

Missed the mark for the me.

Good to be back.

#1: Accumulate one Bitcoin

Bought the dip, but I don’t expect I’ll be able to hang on to it for long in this market.

Congrats on winning the Girls 15 State Cup! Huge accomplishment.

A rare event for Dad to have all five kids at the same time.

Same goes for his grandchildren.

Someone may have had a bit of gas.