We’ve had our pontoon for a few years and the hassle of taking the cover off and on each weekend was resulting in less trips on the water. This year we got a canopy! I’m so happy to put the boat cover away for the summer and we will definitely get more time on the water!

Black pontoon boat docked at a floating pier under a gray Porta-Dock canopy cover on a calm lake

Today is Boat Day 2021! I got the boat out of storage from LaCanne’s Marine and took it back up the Cannon River for the summer! This is such a fun tradition for me. The kids both made me cards to celebrate Boat Day!

Pontoon boat deck with gray upholstered seats and console gauges on a calm river lake surrounded by tree-lined shoresBlack Premier pontoon boat on a trailer outside a marina, with a Suzuki outboard motor and a person standing nearby.

Tammy put together her 50 Puzzle today. It was so rewarding seeing the final puzzle at full size. The images came out great. The little details all hit the right spots. The kids and I are proud of this one! Create Jigsaw Puzzles.com did a great job with it.

Completed 500-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring a colorful rainbow 50 design on a wooden table, with the puzzle box and a Lego build nearby.

Upcoming reading list: Klara and the Sun by Ishiguro, A Man at Arms by Pressfield, Evicted by Desmond, Radical Markets by Posner and Weyl. Excited to read all of them. 📚

Ten Richest Men, Thirteen Divorces

It seems completely predictable that Elon Musk and Larry Ellison would represent over 50% of all the divorces amongst the 10 richest men.

My daughter is taking drivers ed., and the classes are online so we can all hear. I can report that just like the 1980s, drivers ed. is mostly filled with content to scare the crap out of you. They haven’t done the screening of “Death on the Highway”, at least not yet…

I love seeing the constant innovation in Drafts! We now have Drafts Capture for the Web? I never considered this but there are a number of times when adding a draft from the browser would be handy. Great product Agile Tortoise!

App Store Subscriptions

I did an audit of my App Store subscriptions recently. This seems like a good process to do on an annual basis.

My annual subscriptions totaled $309.06 (including taxes). This includes subscriptions to 16 services including: 1Blocker*, Albums*, Darkroom*, Day One, Drafts*, iTunes Match, mPaceline, NoMoRoBo (multi), Overcast, RadarScope, Tweetbot*, Unread*, Weatherline, and YouAte. * denotes family subscriptions.

I also have five monthly subscriptions for $79.55 (including taxes). This includes JAXJOX, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+, and Apple One Family Premium. Those add up to $954.60 a year.

So how much are App Store subscriptions costing me a year? $1,263.66. They all add up! 💸

I did cancel a handful of subscriptions. These are all subscriptions that I use so I’m getting value from them.

Fabulous performance from The New Standards at Crooners Supper Club tonight. It is so great to see live music!

See list of The New Standards shows.

Look up. 👀