4/14/14

1. Still warm enough out not to need my coat at all during the day.
2. Getting my stitches out.
3. Finding the white half of my bento box container in the kitchen cabinet.
4. Dan cooking up pasta and heating up the Sunday sauce for dinner right as I got home.
5. Getting in a few good answers during the 70s movies round.
6. Winning bar trivia for the first time ever, thanks to the final question!

A year ago today.

4/13/14

1. Really fun time at a tortilla-making class at the Portland Homestead Supply store, lots of good tips for cooking tortillas, gorditas, and sopas.
2. Getting the 10% off discount on the tortilla press I bought from the store afterwards.
3. Beautiful sunny day out, opened up all the blinds to let plenty of light in to our place.
4. Hanging up and arranging a lot of the prints and bric-a-brac.
5. Cleaned up a lot of decoration detritus and packed it away into the basement.
6. Making sous vide pork chops for dinner.

A year ago today.

4/12/14

1. Dan giving me a ride to TEDx Portland.
2. Got an extra seat in the orchestra level with JS after the first batch of talks.
3. Managed to grab a Lardo sandwich box, which had a small but yummy prosciutto/fig jam/cheese sandwich, BBQ chips, and several small salted chocolate chip cookies.
4. Salted caramel ice cream from Salt & Straw during the afternoon break.
5. Meatballs in sunday sauce by Dan for dinner.
6. Caught up on The Mindy Project, Once Upon a Time.

A year ago today.

4/11/14

1. Accidentally sleeping in until 9 but feeling restored after that.
2. Pairing with GC on the GitHub pull request app in the morning.
3. Talking to BK and JC at lunch about the activities their kids do.
4. More excellent feedback for my talk for further fine-tuning.
5. Learning typography tricks from BM.
6. Staying at the office to fix up my slides further.

A year ago today.

4/10/14

1. Wearing my red flats.
2. Another beautiful day for cycling!
3. Getting a compliment on my black/white geometric pattern skirt from KM.
4. Talking to JS about Hackbright.
5. Grabbing some wings with pizza for dinner.
6. Not doing as badly at Dominion at the end of the game as I had thought I had been.

A year ago today.

4/9/14

1. Out of bed and out the door in 20 minutes to not have to rush in for the 10am meeting.
2. Lunch with AC, hadn't hung out with her in awhile.
3. Going to happy hour at 5 so we could go to secret Bailey’s which is a much nicer and light-filled space.
4. Biking home during golden light of evening.
5. Getting some discipline in to do the dishes and bring some stuff down to the basement before sinking into reading.
6. Reading Dreams of Gods and Monsters and finding it incredibly satisfying!

A year ago today.

4/8/14

1. Successfully getting through in the end to Chez Panisse and making a dinner reservation for my next trip to SF.
2. Another absolutely gorgeous morning to bike in.
3. Looking up at the clock in time at lunch to get up for a 1pm meeting.
4. Finished up adding photos and colors to the deck for my talk! Got approval of it from BM, too.
5. Having some time before needing to leave for class to eat my frittata and read.
6. Succeeding at a few moves I hadn't been able to get in past classes like climbed up 3 (1) levels and one of the backwards spins (by switching my grip).

A year ago today.

4/7/14

1. Absolutely gorgeous day, sunny and blue skies, didn't need a coat while biking!
2. Getting good advice from JC on sprucing up my slides.
3. Getting into a groove for working on my slides throughout the afternoon.
4. Scarfing down some mashed potatoes and cabbage rolls for dinner before heading back out.
5. Getting to the bar before the trivia started.
6. Finally getting to trivia night with Dan and VM/DC from work.

A year ago today.

4/6/14

1. Eating roast duck for lunch, with the dipping sauce that comes with it.
2. Discovering Robin McKinley released a new book a few months ago (Shadows) and reading it in one go.
3. Getting out to the Bike Gallery warehouse sale before it closed and picking up some spoke lights for my bike.
4. Dan cleaning up the kitchen before I went in to make dinner and lunch for the week.
5. Timing everything pretty well for the stuffed cabbage rolls and mashed potatoes for dinner, along with the frittata for lunch.
6. Not too terrible to clear everything out from under the kitchen sink since the faucet is leaking, but while lots of cardboard boxes needed to be tossed, there wasn't mold or anything like that at least.

A year ago today.

4/5/14

1. Cleaned up the kitchen.
2. Found the black elastic for my bento box after all! It had fallen down to a lower shelf.
3. Dan picking up a roast duck for me from Fubonn, had that with Swiss chard, fried eggs, and toast for a late lunch.
4. Getting a "jammer" (biscuit with jam in the middle) from Grand Central Bakery, deliciously buttery.
5. Catching up with AL.
6. Taking care of taxes to be paid and reconciling expenses for the past month.

A year ago today.

4/4/14

1. Getting up a bit earlier than usual due to Dan working from home.
2. Getting extra index cards from ELV to finish off writing up notecards for my talk (even though I didn't use them at all later).
3. Getting a lot of really, really good feedback on my talk for RailsConf--both in that it was in a good place currently but also very useful suggestions for improvements.
4. Impromptu happy hour with our team's Kraken rum in the lunch room.
5. Coming home to find that Dan had vacuumed.
6. Watching the Call the Midwife Christmas special.

A year ago today.

4/3/14

1. Dentist still seeing me even though I was late to the appointment.
2. Not having additional cavities after all.
3. #9 bus coming right away after all the bad luck with busses in the morning.
4. Remembering to put in my call to the doctor right before their office closed at 5.
5. Grabbing a couple slices of the plain pizza to save for Dan.
6. Getting through remaking the slides for my talk in Keynote and writing out what to say.

A year ago today.

4/2/14

1. KL letting me get breakfast first even after being a few minutes late.
2. KL doing a download of our deployments process so I actually understood it better.
3. Amazingly efficient visit to the dermatologist.
4. Stopping by the eye doctor to get my new glasses adjusted.
5. Wrestling the queue down to similar volume from last week when I took it over.
6. Re-reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

A year ago today.

4/1/14

1. Rubber bands seeming to be sufficient for holding my bento box together when I couldn't find the black elastic that came with the set.
2. Stopping by Walgreens and an ATM on my way to work.
3. Managing to get a handle on most of the urgent tickets in the afternoon.
4. Actually succeeding at climbing for the first time! And a couple new spins too.
5. Dan having the TV all ready and set on to Fox when I got home.
6. Double episode return of The Mindy Project.

A year ago today.