8/30/16

1. Feeling great on back squat, even with 5# more than when I last did 5x5 before the Rio trip.
2. Getting all the accommodations set for the Portugal/Spain trip, including having the Braga portion covered!
3. Patching up the nick on my pedicure.
4. Adding an avocado to my salad.
5. Selling my green bike.
6. Working with MW and KN around the Smurf Village mediascape.

A year ago today.

8/29/16

1. Wearing my Anthropologie blue tie-dyed maxi dress.
2. Speeding through the reading before book club.
3. Calling my grandma and making other phone calls.
4. Finding a copy of Calamity at the Albina library.
5. Frozen ciabatta defrosting pretty well after toasting.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

8/28/16

1. Cobbling together quick a good breakfast of breakfast tacos with fried eggs, leftover tortillas, sour cream, and avocado from Dan's groceries last weekend.
2. Using the freezer space to help preserve all the tomatoes and catching up.
3. Booking flights with points and AirBnBs for the rest of the Portugal trip.
4. Listing a bunch of stuff I'd been meaning to sell for awhile on craigslist and eBay.
5. Lamb stew in the pressure cooker coming out beautifully!
6. Starting Dan's Seinfeld playlist.

A year ago today.

8/27/16

1. Making it home safely with the chest freezer strapped in to the open trunk.
2. Going back to the gym and getting some lifting time, even though it was supposed to be closed.
3. MB/MP/K actually staying for a bit to help out with the chicken harvest.
4. Getting the hang of scraping out the lungs from the chickens.
5. Finding the Jade Night Market to be hugely expanded from that first year!
6. Getting two bubble teas from the Little Boba truck.

A year ago today.

8/26/16

1. Hearing back about a chest freezer on craigslist.
2. Figuring out how to fix some failing tests on open pull requests.
3. Decadent dinner of roasted bone marrow at Lechon, with CH in town!
4. Getting a small yellow watermelon in this week's CSA!
5. Meat in the fridge not appearing to have defrosted during the day of the door being slightly open.
6. Continuing to rewatch Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries episodes.

A year ago today.

8/25/16

1. Good lifting workout in the morning.
2. Remembering to bring a cardigan, my lacy white Modcloth one, for when it gets cold in the office.
3. Meeting up with JG for lunch at Mi Mero Mole, along with a few others.
4. Short support pairing meeting.
5. Enjoying the teaching style of a new-to-me dance teacher at Vega.
6. Biking home in the cooler weather after dark.

A year ago today.

8/24/16

1. Chatting with SN.
2. Researching AirBnBs for the Portugal trip.
3. Trying out new snacks at the office, like Chicago popcorn that mixes cheddar and caramel.
4. Getting a pedicure despite the late hour.
5. Putting away the clean laundry finally.
6. Social event scheduling working out.

A year ago today.

8/23/16

1. Sleeping in a bit to make up for the late night.
2. Another day on the cooler side.
3. Getting in time to pick up my lunch before heading down to 5.
4. Helping ND with practicing her talk.
5. Making it to lifting in the evening.
6. Getting the notice that the chest freezer on craigslist had been sold before we had started heading out.

A year ago today.

8/22/16

1. Waking up in time to remember my dentist's appointment.
2. Catching up with KY/EB at lunch.
3. Eventually figuring out the remaining changes needed to get the new Jenkins setup all running to push out the release.
4. Finding two options for bridemaid's dresses for DC's wedding.
5. Booking my flights for Portugal, with a lengthy layover in Dallas where I can crash with CC.
6. Finding the book I wanted from the library available as an ebook.

A year ago today.

8/21/16

1. Sleeping in!
2. Temperatures cooling off by a lot, compared to yesterday.
3. Dan going out to pick up groceries for me, even though I gave the list to him somewhat late.
4. Getting through the majority of the vegetables in the fridge with the squash gratin and tabbouli.
5. Picking another generous haul of tomatoes from the garden.
6. Discovering a blog that recapped re-reading all the Baby-Sitter's Club books.

A year ago today.

8/20/16

1. Going to lifting and completing the workout that my coach set for me.
2. Going to a dance class that re-taught a routine from a few weeks ago at a slower pace.
3. Dropping off the painting I bought in Rio at the framing store.
4. Getting myself to bike over to Gladys even in the heat to get the front basket and brakes fixed.
5. Stopping by Modern Domestic to pick up supplies for the jeans- making class.
6. Watching animated The Little Prince with Dan.

A year ago today.

8/19/16

1. Team lunch at Urban Farmer.
2. Remembering my American Airlines miles for researching flights for the Portugal trip.
3. Gulping down cool water at the gym after biking over.
4. Delightful massage that fully evened out my neck and back.
5. Making dumplings for dinner.
6. Not staying up late to finish reading Four Roads Cross.

A year ago today.

8/18/16

1. Lifting with shoulder press and back squat not being too difficult.
2. Learning that JK is more similar to me than I had thought.
3. Tomato/mozzarella/parsley salad on top of spiralized zucchini working out well for lunch.
4. Getting AH's seal of approval on the Nordstrom coat purchases.
5. The house being pretty cool inside, despite the hot air outside.
6. Pretty quick to can up the 10# of tomatillos.

A year ago today.

8/17/16

1. Succeeding in doing the half-up rope braid hairstyle.
2. Feeling pretty with some light makeup and the new pink/rose lipstick.
3. Returning purchases to Madewell during afternoon walk with DW.
4. Marionberry crumbles ice cream from Ruby Jewel.
5. Getting NW's help in modifying her tool to pull the data that I needed.
6. Remembering to stop and pick up mozzarella for salads with the glut of tomatoes.

A year ago today.

8/16/16

1. Using Amazon Prime day coupon to get Nong's delivered for lunch.
2. Finishing setting up our Jenkins jobs, with a decent amount of verifying that it would work.
3. Getting dinner at Masu with JG.
4. Brown sugar sour cream with peach jam ice cream, as well as s'mores, from Ruby Jewel.
5. Didn't heat up the house too much with roasting everything for making salsa verde.
6. Being careful for once when peeling hot peppers to not accidentally rub my face.

A year ago today.

8/15/16

1. Wearing my screaming eagle shirt for my first day back at work.
2. Getting a good amount of unpacking done in the morning.
3. Bibimbap for lunch.
4. Fitting the regular CSA and the 10# tomatillos CSA onto my bike.
5. Getting myself to lifting!
6. Fitting all the vegetables into the fridge.

A year ago today.

8/14/16

1. Getting a great omelet at the Cat Cora restaurant in the Houston airport.
2. Sleeping for another couple hours.
3. Passing time on the flight by watching The Avengers.
4. Coming home!
5. Dan going out to get me another watermelon and Ant-Man.
6. Having Dan's chicken stew for dinner.

A year ago today.

8/13/16

1. Fitting everything in my luggage without too much difficulty.
2. Getting one last fresh coconut.
3. Finding the artist along Ipanema beach with the painting of Cristo that I'd seen briefly the other day.
4. Great barbecue meats lunch.
5. Going to the men's trampoline event.
6. Picking up the rest of the items on my souvenirs/gifts list at the airport.

A year ago today.

8/12/16

1. Breaking out my screaming eagle t-shirt for the evening of USA cheering.
2. Walking around the botanic gardens with lots of interesting plants and trees.
3. Getting lunch at the garden cafe, with delicious cheeses.
4. Belting out "I'm Proud to be an American" at the tops of our lungs while walking through the Olympic park.
5. Dancing like maniacs at the "club" inside the park.
6. Getting on TV again at midnight beach volleyball!

A year ago today.

8/11/16

1. Successfully making our way over to the Equestrian Center, taking the commuter rail.
2. Finding the McDonald's in the Central train station and treating myself to chicken nuggets for lunch.
3. Skipping handball and taking a nap at the house instead.
4. Eventually succeeding at finding the right venue for badminton.
5. A Brazilian family taking pity on me and helping me communicate to the vendor that she hadn't actually sold me water yet.
6. Two of the badminton matches featuring players from the U.S.

A year ago today.

8/10/16

1. EN and I dragging ourselves over to the rowing arena despite the late night.
2. Going right back to sleep after getting home.
3. Napping/lounging for the rest of the day.
4. Getting it together enough to go out to the USA House again to buy some pins and t-shirts.
5. Stopping at a grocery store on the way back.
6. Watching plenty of Olympics events on Brazilian TV.

A year ago today.

8/9/16

1. Taking the bus shuttle up to see Christ the Redeemer with ML, instead of hiking.
2. Group consensus to skip the basketball match.
3. Making myself food at the apartment instead of going out to eat again.
4. Wearing my rose gold leather feather cuff from Argentina with my purple Modcloth romper for going out.
5. Local women being really welcoming and coming by to give us dance lessons.
6. Having such a fun time dancing, with the tables as barriers protecting against being too crowded.

A year ago today.

8/8/16

1. Having my new print scarf to protect against the sun.
2. Astoundingly different environment at the tennis matches, with a fight breaking out in the stands and lots of disruptions from the crowds.
3. Collecting more of the beer cups from those left behind by others in the stands.
4. Amazing atmosphere and crowd at late night beach volleyball, with music and dancing!
5. People getting screenshots/videos of us being on TV!
6. Didn't take too long to just walk back to the apartment along the beach.

A year ago today.

8/7/16

1. Finding and shopping at USA House.
2. Succeeding at getting in to using a restaurant's bathrooms.
3. Meeting VD and selling our extra gymnastics ticket to him.
4. Watching the U.S. women's gymnastics team in the qualifying round!
5. Meeting David Plummer's family while waiting in line for the megastore inside the Olympic park.
6. Getting to the grocery store with EN before it closed and buying vegetables.

A year ago today.

8/6/16

1. Seeing a Brazilian judoka compete, with the home crowd cheering her own.
2. Successfully getting ourselves to the different venues.
3. Getting a ham sandwich, water, and other snacks before going into the archery venue.
4. Watching a medal round, men's team archery!
5. Archery station at the venue, to try it out.
6. Seafood feast dinner.

A year ago today.

8/5/16

1. Getting onto the plane ok despite late arrival in the morning.
2. Reading the Harry Potter play.
3. Chatting up a Team USA staff member at the airport and getting our first pins!
4. Finding EN easily at the airport.
5. Sitting on the beach with caipirinhas and coconuts.
6. Going to watch the opening ceremony in the public square.

A year ago today.

8/4/16

1. Surprisingly fitting the four of us into the Fiat taxi, even with all our luggage.
2. Sleeping through pretty much the entire flight.
3. Being filled with a sense of wonder at Iguazu Falls.
4. Nice setup to get extremely close to the falls, just walking over flat bridges.
5. Taking a boat on the Brazilian side and going under the falls.
6. BBQ meat dinner, where the waiters bring platters of different cuts to your table.

A year ago today.

8/3/16

1. Getting myself to go lifting!
2. Buying pastries for breakfast from Ninina on a credit card.
3. Interactive exhibits (in Spanish!) at the Yoko Ono exhibit for MALBA.
4. Learning a lot of Argentine history at the street art tour.
5. Buying a print of the Molotov cocktail-throwing ballerina in teal and orange.
6. Really nice last steak dinner in Buenos Aires.

A year ago today.

8/2/16

1. Stopping to buy pistachios and tangerines in the morning.
2. Sun coming out during our biking and kayaking.
3. Enjoying the greenery during kayaking.
4. Having grilled meat at lunch.
5. Taking a nap after getting back from Tigre.
6. Going to a milonga (tango dance hall) and watching many champion dancers.

A year ago today.

8/1/16

1. Great breakfast at Ninina Bakery after the disappointment of not being able to lift.
2. Finding a working Crossfit gym to visit later.
3. Finally finding an ATM with cash.
4. Cute cats hanging out at the Ricoleta cemetary.
5. Seeing the amazing bookstore built inside an old theater.
6. Going to hear live music at a recommended bar.

A year ago today.