Ira Heinichen's Blog, page 71

Day 3,691: Trash

Tired, bit late, so it’s a swift one tonight.

Almost done organizing the finances. Not a banner year in that regard, but we SURVIVED. Of course we did. Bc we’re badasses 🙂

Joy is currently curled up HARD against me, which means it’s time for sleeps. Night night.

Day 3,690: Extraordinaire

A random video came up on FB tonight of this guy in Petaluma giving a tour of his massive Star Wars collection, and hanging in the background was this huge Millennium Falcon…and it triggered a memory for me:

I had a friend when I was younger who had the same giant model. It was HUGE. Six feet long, or somewhere around that big, pre-made with wires to hang it from the ceiling. And I remember he’d won it; he was a retired guy, a massive Star Trek fan and Star Wars fan, and he basically spent hi...

Day 3,689: Floating

A day of errands. Work permitted, thankfully. There were groceries to hunt down, returns to make, dog food to donate, a dirty car to wash, salads to procure. I started (ish) on the finances by realizing the estimated tax payment I thought I’d made I actually hadn’t. So, I made it, plus the one that was due at the end of the year. I got a quote for new insurance for the Coops, since our existing insurance is almost three times more expensive than it was last year, and it was EXPENSIVE last year a...

Day 3,688: Fresh

Fresh sheets. Did the laundry today. Fresh Ira. Took a shower before bed.

Glorious.

I really want my rhythm back. I’m going to try and capture it tomorrow, or at least start it. I’ve been getting up on time. But, I’ve fallen into a loathsome habit of going back to sleep. And by “loathsome” I really mean “deliciously cozy.” I get to have a little second sleep with the pups. I love it. But…sleeping is not writing, and I need to get my ass in gear on this next book. I have several of them to ...

Day 3,687: Cozy

I don’t know why, exactly, but tonight is a cozy night. The coziest night I’ve felt in a while. Pups are extra snuggly. We watched a movie together and I ate spaghetti and had a glass of wine. And now we’re in bed, gonna go to sleep early, and maybe read for a bit. Just…cozy.

I miss Coco. Been thinking about her a lot lately. Just…missing her. I miss being able to show her how much I love her multiple times a day. I miss how cozy she felt at all times. I was never alone, because Coco was alwa...

Day 3,686: Butter Horse

Wow. We watched the first genuinely, bonafide, no-excuses, terrible Hitchcock movie tonight. It was…wild. Nonsensical. Trash. Had to happen eventually, I guess.

Anyway…it is late, so this is a short one. Night night. More tomorrow 🙂

Day 3,685: Dry-Ass Cookies

Sigh. So…I learned something today: when measuring flour, you must scoop with a spoon into your dry measuring cup, then lightly level off. If you scoop it straight from the bag, like a dumbass, your baked goods will come out dry af.

I knew it was off as soon as they started cooking. I could smell it. They didn’t smell like chocolate chip cookies, they smelled like bread. I thought maybe it was because I used baking powder instead of soda. No. I got that right. Or maybe I’d used too little but...

Day 3,684: Steak!

I did it. I cooked myself a steak dinner.

Set off the smoke alarm. I’d even opened up all the windows and put the central air fan on in anticipation…but it wasn’t enough. Not by half. Sigh. Whoever thought microwave stove hoods are sufficient for cooking should be…well, not shot, but certainly something less violently-bad. It’s so stupid.

It turned out okay. Our smoke detectors are hooked up to our security system, so the monitoring company was calling me as I was a minute or two away from...

Day 3,683: Quality Ingredients

So, I want to learn how to cook a steak in an iron skillet. We don’t have a grill. That’s fine. We so rarely eat grill-able stuff, at least in the quantities necessary for a grill. So…a skillet. It’s enough for Liz and I to make a dinner to share. That’s what I want to learn how to do.

I also want to figure out a really, really excellent chocolate chip cookie recipe. Tollhouse is all fine and good, but I want something excellent. The kind of chocolate chip cookie recipe that has people being ...

Day 3,682: Billions

LONG workday today. A good one. But, long nonetheless. It felt normal, which is exactly what I needed. I didn’t quite get to bed when I wanted to last night, but better prospects tonight.

Joy just curled herself up into the blanket on the bed. Like, under the blanket. She’s passed out now, sleeping like the little wild lady she is. She’s ONE today. This is her exact birthday. We know that because of the sham rescue we adopted her from (…she was 100% sold to us from a breeder, even though they...