12/30/10

1. Finishing reading the whole Dark is Rising series.
2. Getting Korean fried chicken delivered for lunch.
3. Catching up on Glee episodes.
4. Finally cutting down the one fabric-covered window that was already up and putting up another two in bedroom windows.
5. Putting in the waistbands on my two unfinished skirts from the skirt class.
6. Discovering that I did buy some light-colored cotton fabric, originally for lining my dress from the Make workshop class (that I think I'm going to just tear apart), that I've decided to use as underlining for the Crepe dress sew-along instead.

A year ago today.

12/29/10

1. Still getting an avocado on bagel for breakfast despite arriving at 9:40 because the cafe workers were a bit slower in putting things away and pulled out the dish of avocado for themselves as well.
2. Quiet day at work.
3. Lunch with ES and EM discussing favorite childhood books and going over the Newberry Medal winners list afterwards.
4. Long-awaited hour-long massage with Maurice. Excellent.
5. Dropping by the library to return some books and reading bits of Flowers in the Attic and picking up a compilation of the entire Dark is Rising series.
6. Getting my Droid back as my phone!! Went to the Verizon store to switch my number back to the Droid from the awful Moto-Q with its water damage spot.

A year ago today.

12/28/10

1. New purple snow boots acquitting themselves excellently, kept my feet warm and dry as I scaled the small mountains of snow and puddles.
2. After watching two totally packed PATH trains go by, a mostly empty one finally came in and didn't have to elbow someone's eye out in order to get on it.
3. Queues at work cleaning up pretty quickly, lots were just spam.
4. Taking the plunge and buying the serger, yay!!!
5. One of the avocados I bought last week finally ripe enough to cut into.
6. Achieving my goal of getting out the first wedding blog post since the last post from Dan over a month and a half ago.

A year ago today.

12/27/10

1. Winter wonderland outside our windows.
2. Dan's office closing so he could stay home with me today.
3. Breakfast/lunch of quinoa, poached eggs, special olive oil, spinach, and chives.
4. Munching on Dan's grandma's cookies throughout the day.
5. Watching more movies on TV, most notably the end of Made of Honor and all of Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
6. Finishing the maroon dress from my dressmaking class!! Now just need to take it to the drycleaner's to get properly pressed.

A year ago today.

12/26/10

1. Dad driving me back to the apartment just as the blizzard was starting.
2. Dan having braved the elements and hordes of other shoppers to pick up OJ for me from Shop Rite.
3. Leftover lasagna from Dan's aunt to supply us with meals.
4. Starting a pair of armwarmers (first knitting project in a long long while) from my ball of tiger self-striping yarn.
5. Finishing watching the disc of Project Runway that I'd had out since before the cruise. Season 2 was pretty awesome.
6. Dan keeping me company as I watched bits of 27 Dresses through to its delightfully cheesy end.

A year ago today.

12/25/10

1. Getting some money for Christmas from my aunt that I may put towards getting a serger.
2. Stopping by Dan's mother's side family Christmas and helping out with their turkey.
3. Hanging out with JW, catching up with her, discussing her wedding planning thus far.
4. Yummy homemade salted caramels from JW.
5. Putting together the same Times Square panorama puzzle as last year.
6. Watching a special extended edition of Jim Carrey's The Grinch on ABC Family, after we failed to find our DVD of it.

A year ago today.

12/24/10

1. Getting to the bank to deposit a large sum riiight before they closed for the holiday.
2. Dan sweetly having saved me a piece of the coveted pepperoni bread that his grandmother makes.
3. Having a blast playing Cranium with Dan, his sisters, cousin, and dad. My team won due to our superior die-rolling and pictionary skills.
4. Feeling really welcomed into their family.
5. Getting a copy of the CDs with his grandmother's recipes on there.
6. Getting Google Reader unread items from 1000+ to under 100.

A year ago today.

12/23/10

1. Fairly quiet day at work to close out the week.
2. Dinner of a cheddar and fig jam sandwich from Lucy's Whey plus coconut water (it's better than the last time I sampled this, I'll be picking this out more often now).
3. Getting to the hockey game right on time despite my detour to pick up a sandwich.
4. Dan bringing me key stuff I forgot to the hockey game for me (like my phone).
5. Though the Devils played horribly, at least there were multiple fights for the spectacle.
6. Finishing Intuitive Eating on the train and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake later in the night.

A year ago today.

12/22/10

1. Dan finding and bringing the other two suit jackets with him to work, even though it made him late for his usual train.
2. Mentoring discussion with MF on how to talk about career development with my manager and how to bring up concerns about a project I'm not at all involved in.
3. Bringing Dan's suit jacket to the tailor and finding the cost of alterations to be less than previously expected.
4. Getting honey roasted peanut butter from Manhattan Fruit Exchange for EM and for myself. Omg, best peanut butter I've had in my life.
5. Dan continuing to accompany me on running errands, including picking up library books.
6. Using up the last of my Wageworks card money to get epsom salts for when I start Crossfit and get incredibly sore again and first aid tape.

A year ago today.

12/21/10

1. Early morning meeting that I wasn't entirely prepped for getting rescheduled to tomorrow.
2. The really good kind of working out shoulder/neck soreness during my chair massage.
3. Discussing MF's serger with her boyfriend after seeing the same model in today's Gilt sale, but it's cheaper and comes with free shipping on Amazon.
4. Successfully setting in the sleeves on my dress on the first try in class!
5. Another student lingering in class long enough for me to be able to finish most seams on the serger.
6. Dan letting me have his grandmother's pasta fagioli for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/20/10

1. Morning not being too busy, which was nice for this first full week of all hands on deck for phones.
2. Getting in an escalation before leaving the office.
3. Much of the work day taken up by the volunteaming event we went on, volunteering at the NY Food Bank's warehouse in the Bronx.
4. Got to the library in time to pick up a couple books on hold.
5. Dan being a fan of the risotto leftovers for dinner as well.
6. Getting into a total sewing groove and getting a lot done (at the cost of staying up until 3...), including getting the invisible zipper in on the first try.

A year ago today.

12/19/10

1. Apartment to myself for most of the day with Dan at his dad's for the game.
2. Making a big brunch for myself, with eggs, roasted peppers, and my favorite type of home fries.
3. Getting two big loads of laundry done, though it took 3 hours with the dryers being used by someone else and having to run multiple loads.
4. Cleaning the apartment in between doing laundry.
5. Getting handsewing mending done on some of my dresses while watching shows on Netflix.
6. Risotto holding up quite well as leftovers, since the texture thickened further.

A year ago today.

12/18/10

1. Catching up on sorely needed sleep after the holiday party late night.
2. Spending most of the day on the couch.
3. Making this tomato and sausage risotto, which has a whole bag of spinach in it.
4. Roasted red peppers coming out really well.
5. Discovering that just baking stale bread in the oven and sprinkling some spices on it was pretty much sufficient for decent croutons to munch on.
6. Watching Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and having related dreams afterwards.

A year ago today.

12/17/10

1. Finding out that EM got herself home ok. Should've gone to the bathroom to look for her, but I'd figured she'd slipped out quietly (rather than taking a brief nap on the tile floor...)
2. Everyone sitting around going over silliness at the holiday party last night.
3. Getting the fun event for next quarter to specifically note a non-drinking fun event.
4. Manager coming by and expressing his pride that we all made it in (unlike many of the other teams on our floor) but then also urging us to go home a bit early if we could.
5. First knowledge transfer from SL.
6. Mom coming by to drop off temporary replacement phone.

A year ago today.

12/16/10

1. Unnecessary meetings getting canceled.
2. Goat cheese sandwich from Amy's Bread for dinner, spotted by BB.
3. Getting ready for holiday party at MG's with AJ and BB, chatting and gossiping away.
4. Dancing the night away at the work holiday party.
5. Excellent hors d'oeuvres, including mini po boys and gourmet mac & cheese.
6. Eventually getting home despite PATH train taking forever and successfully pulling my vintage dress over my head without ripping it.

A year ago today.

12/15/10

1. Grabbing avocado and bagel for breakfast.
2. Getting my list of accomplishments done in the morning.
3. Accompanied by BJ and DM to pick up some alcohol for the evening festivities.
4. Goodbye party for SL, though slightly awkward, was still sweet.
5. Grabbing dinner with EM and DM.
6. Trying on my party dress for tomorrow night and eventually successfully took it off on my own as well without tearing anything (not much give)

A year ago today.

12/14/10

1. Doubling up on leggings and breaking out the fur coat for the first time this winter being effective in combating the cold.
2. Avocado and bagels still out at breakfast at 9:30.
3. Further catching up on work email and such, getting things under control again.
4. Lunch with BB and MG.
5. Getting through sewing class just fine (even serged the side seams on the dress) even though I'm pretty far behind.
6. Discovering a little bit of spinach at the back of the fridge to throw into the soba noodle dinner.

A year ago today.

12/13/10

1. Only one call during phone shift and essentially just a transfer at that.
2. Long stretches of time in the morning and afternoon for catching up while sitting in the massage chair.
3. Mostly clearing out work and personal email inboxes.
4. Watching this HP fan video sent to me by AL and getting tingles up and down my spine.
5. Enjoying hanging around the apartment not doing much except watching Bones, even though I really should have done some sewing homework for the class tomorrow night.
6. Dan telling me about the Leonard Leap, which is the best thing I've seen in my life.

A year ago today.

12/12/10

1. Dan agreeing it's cold enough to run the heater.
2. Giving myself permission to just laze around and watch TV instead of being productive.
3. Dan reminding me to bring an umbrella with me, which came in handy.
4. Making it to MG's right on time even though the Verizon Wireless line was rather long when I went to go get my phone checked out.
5. Birthday dinner at MG's with AJ to catch up.
6. Really lovely and adorable sewing-themed birthday card from AJ.

A year ago today.

12/11/10

1. Beautiful, perfect 70s weather in Miami.
2. Seeing the FL apartment for the first time since it was being renovated. It's huge and really nice!
3. Vietnamese pho for lunch.
4. Hanging out at Starbucks on our own computers.
5. Dan making gingerbread as a birthday/"welcome home" present.
6. Finishing watching Star Trek with Dan.

A year ago today.

12/10/10

1. Boat docking at noon, so didn't have to wake up early to get off immediately.
2. Mom getting us a taxi to Paradise Island beach in an effort for me to go try parasailing.
3. Sheltered areas on glass bottom boat tour to protect from intermittent showers.
4. Seeing a rainbow through the mist.
5. Browsing through a local craft stand row on my own.
6. Stand up comedian being self-aware enough to poke fun at the ship's own ridiculousness, despite being part of the staff.

A year ago today.

12/9/10

1. Parents letting me sleep in while they went to breakfast.
2. Getting dinner at the French restaurant on board, which has excellent service. Foie gras for appetizer, duc du canard for entree.
3. Ordering a kir royale to go with dinner.
4. Amazingly rich hazelnut chocolate cake dessert thing.
5. Finding an excellent place right by the dance floor to view the "Dancing with the Epic Stars" show thanks to a British couple having two seats free.
6. Seeing a ton of birthday well wishes online.

A year ago today.

12/8/10

1. Going on a very guided scuba diving trip on St. Thomas and marveling at breathing underwater.
2. Sun coming out occasionally and showing blue skies.
3. Casual chatting with other people in the scuba diving/snorkeling trip but not feeling like it was too intrusive.
4. Getting a fruit smoothie with lunch.
5. Taking care of Christmas/souvenir shopping in one swoop at a store running a sale.
6. Enjoying myself at the comedy-magician show and parents also having a good time.

A year ago today.

12/7/10

1. Not feeling too tired despite staying up too late watching Bones.
2. Really excellent hiking tour of scenic St. Maarten coast (Dutch side) by an Argentinian-Italian former accountant guide. Not too fast or slow, interesting info on historical, biological, and personal levels.
3. New camera doing a good job of taking photos on auto setting.
4. Though it looked like it was going to pour, only ever sprinkled.
5. Getting BBQ baby back ribs for lunch at the place I picked out.
6. Getting online to be able to send Dan a quick birthday email message.

A year ago today.

12/6/10

1. Especially good watermelon at lunch.
2. Mom not getting in a bad mood from working out and attending seminars by herself.
3. Noodle dinner with baby bok choy.
4. Second City improv show containing pretty funny brief sketches.
5. Making fun of dad doing a sudoku puzzle slowly.
6. Asking mom about her experience going through the citizenship process while listening to piano lounge.

A year ago today.

12/5/10

1. Grabbing the last bit of breakfast food with smoked salmon on toast.
2. Reading Her Fearful Symmetry, the second novel by the author of The Time Traveler's Wife.
3. Dinner of grilled salmon, asparagus, and rice.
4. More dancers to watch at dinner.
5. Getting fruit snacks after dinner and avocado slices on crackers.
6. Sleeping on the firmer sofa surface.

A year ago today.

12/4/10

1. Finding what we needed in the hotel gift shop so we didn't need to walk 2 miles to the closest drugstore.
2. Getting on the hotel's free wifi to send email and check some Google Reader items.
3. Boarding the cruise without too much fuss.
4. Reading in lounge chair on sunny top deck to kill time before room was ready.
5. Tiramisu for dessert.
6. Mom getting picked out for Blue Man Group show and doing awesome!

A year ago today.

12/3/10

1. Managing to grab some of the "special breakfast" of cheesy grits and goat cheese scrambled eggs.
2. Manager not being annoyed about me being a bit late to our 9:30 meeting.
3. Last week's hours adding up to 80 exactly without trying.
4. Cobbling together answers to tickets right before I needed to leave the office.
5. Making it to meet my parents right on time at 7 without my phone and leaving the office a bit later than I'd planned.
6. Power outlets by our seats on the flight to Miami to be able to watch Project Runway DVD on my laptop.

A year ago today.

12/2/10

1. Pretty much all recovered from the soreness!
2. Picking up The Westing Game to re-read.
3. 12:30-1pm meeting getting canceled so I had time to squeeze in lunch.
4. Happy hour for BM with bar tab.
5. Dinner with AQ/AJ/MG/EM/SS at Cowgirl, laughing and commiserating.
6. Dan still being up to chat for a bit when I got home.

A year ago today.

12/1/10

1. Sushi for lunch.
2. Getting through a long client call without too many issues.
3. Talking to a really helpful woman on Cigna Pharmacy's support line.
4. Getting to the library and picking up a couple more books to take with me on the vacation.
5. Having some of Dan's dad's lentils for dinner, with the remaining homemade croutons.
6. Reading/wiki-surfing on the couch while watching bits of Tropic Thunder.

A year ago today.

11/30/10

1. Productive session in the morning discussing improvements to a getting started guide.
2. Feeling like I carried myself well when presenting some proposed workflow ideas to my manager.
3. EM pointing out that the Brave Girl Eating book I'd just finished reading has the exact same cover as Twilight with its apple.
4. Grabbing the last real (as opposed to cardboard) table in the sewing class even though I was slightly later than usual.
5. Sewing class teacher not being annoyed about me wanting to buy a zipper for the dress even though we were already past closing time.
6. Heating up remaining quinoa for dinner and giving the last biscuit to Dan.

A year ago today.

11/29/10

1. Getting to work not too much later than usual despite walking really, really slowly due to the soreness.
2. Getting a replacement sign-in application since my phone's dead.
3. Lunch with AQ to discuss improving communication skills, with helpful additional suggestions from MG and AJ, who didn't seem to mind when I insisted on keeping it a brainstorming lunch than a social lunch.
4. Getting all my phone shifts covered without needing to send out a mass email.
5. Snagging an hour-long table massage with a recently recommended masseuse to try to work through all my soreness.
6. Dan still willing to eat quinoa dish for dinner even though he'd accidentally heated it with the plastic serving spoon still inside.

A year ago today.

11/28/10

1. Not having to go anywhere or really do anything, so I could avoid moving around too much through the soreness.
2. Dan helping me vacuum. I really like it when it feels like we're cleaning the apartment as a team.
3. Dan going out on a grocery run.
4. Figuring out how to thicken the cornstarch paste enough to put up a test piece of fabric to one window.
5. Making a vegetarian quinoa dish for dinner, to offset all the diner food in the last few days.
6. Chilling out on the couch reading and wiki-surfing for most of the evening.

A year ago today.

11/27/10

1. Dan going out to get eggs and then scrambling a couple for me when I started stressing about already running late.
2. Seeing EM's friendly face at the Crossfit gym in Brooklyn.
3. The Crossfit coach taking mercy on me when I was the last one still struggling to finish the workout.
4. Amazing, amazing brunch at Egg: grapefruit, some kind of egg with cheese on brioche, sauted kale...other delicious stuff.
5. Getting a bunch of fabric shopping done at B&J.
6. Hanging out at the Marlboro diner with old high school friends.

A year ago today.

11/26/10

1. Falling back asleep after Dan went to work and I didn't have to.
2. Two eggs still in the fridge for my breakfast.
3. Getting some sewing done while watching the first disc of season 2 of Project Runway.
4. Getting a same day haircut appointment.
5. Seeing our wedding band play at a "gastro pub" in Byram and really liking their setup as a six-piece band with: guitar, bass, drums, sax, male singer, and female singer.
6. Dan getting us home in record time.

A year ago today.