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.

#90: Host a party. Michelle and her family came in for a long Father’s Day weekend, so we had Friday night Family and Fajitas.

#20: Read 20 Books. Enjoyed.

#20: Read 20 books. Enjoyed.

Following in the footsteps of Westlake High Alum, Christian Yelich, Kaden killed his freshman year. And he did it with a 4.5 GPA.

This was clearly Hemingway’s vacation. He felt like he was back in Alaska. Rio wasn’t a fan.

#63: Visit a National Park

INYO National Forest

Nice spot to wake up.

#41: stargazing

Not my picture, but an accurate depiction of what we saw in the Sierras.

#38:  Buy some waders and boots

#31: Fly fish 3 rivers.

The Upper Owens River in the Eastern Sierra Mountains.

#20: Read 20 Books. Enjoyed.

Home grown zucchini. Store bought squash for scale.

Memorial Day weekend in Paso Robles.

#20: Read 20 Books

This one was a miss for me.

Congrats to my brother George for launching his beverage company. https://drinkhiyo.com

#20: READ 20 BOOKS

Not what I was expecting, but I enjoyed it. Fun fact: A small Florida college coach, with no prior success, rides a no name Sudanese recruit to the final four and Marquette signs him to a long term contract. And I totally believed it.

Finished the car port to match the porch.

After

Just sold my leased car of seven months back to the dealership and they wrote me a check for more than I owed. Buy semi conductors.

38: Plan a 2022 trip 

It’s a long ways off, but Sonia and I look forward to seeing some castles along the Rhine with my dad and Georgeanne in October of 2022.

Brother/Sister triple strike turkeys.