4/24/11

1. Making a breakfast of scrambled eggs and home fries with onions, and stopping myself from totally overeating even though there were still some home fries left.
2. Finishing cutting out pieces for the Crepe dress out of fabric, just need to cut out a few of the facings on interfacing. Also, actually started sewing some of it!
3. 70 degrees outside = short-sleeve dress + bare legs + sandals. Like whoa.
4. Helping hide the eggs for the kids' Easter Egg hunt.
5. Briefly napping between the Easter festivities and the dance lesson.
6. Really successful dance lesson, footwork is much better now and it's more about developing arm strength and practicing posture and such.

A year ago today.

4/23/11

1. Getting pretty much all of the invitations we needed to mail out in time for the Saturday post.
2. Video chatting with AL to work on wedding website. It's really coming together.
3. Finishing embroidery for and assembling rest of invitations for confirmed addresses while watching Whip It and quite enjoying it.
4. Dan noticing Doctor Who as a sponsored trending topic on Twitter, so that we found out that the season premiere is on BBC America tonight. Watched that plus the Christmas special, which was quite clever.
5. Dan running out for groceries a second time in the day to get me OJ.
6. Finding my lost black sock in between the washing machines.

A year ago today.

4/22/11

1. BH covering an interview I had scheduled.
2. Resting up and working on the Crepe dress.
3. Trying out some of the pie pops and chocolates that our invitation designers sent over.
4. Having a good time in our mini-photo shoot with Kelly where she helped Dan practice relaxing in front of a camera some more.
5. My bridal bridge and future father-in-law coming over for the evening to help assemble invitations.
6. Finding an old, almost dried-out glue stick that was still usable enough to glue down the envelope flaps when the adhesive that comes on them didn't seem to be too strong.

A year ago today.

4/21/11

1. Lunch with AL and MG.
2. A fun meeting run by SS to discuss big feature requests under discussion.
3. EM being sympathetic when I wanted to rant a bit about being disappointed in people.
4. Finding two extra vases (though I later broke one of them...didn't cut myself while picking up the pieces though, luckily).
5. Dinner at Cowgirl with MF, SS, and EM, where we were relatively good about not just talking about work but shared a lot of stories.
6. Invitation designers just made it to the post office last night and sent me a tracking number, with the package waiting for me when I got home.

A year ago today.

4/20/11

1. Being the first to inform JM that some new reports we were supposed to test for UAT weren't actually ready yet, so she removed them from the UAT script.
2. Efficiently running the meeting so that we got everything of substance in on time.
3. My manager deciding to announce my new role (transition to another team) and ending the secrecy period.
4. Writing up new team meeting guidelines so that people would be more organized.
5. Getting some tags embroidered while listening to the fireside chat with Tina Fey. 
6. Getting myself to the gym and feeling quite good after the workout (a lot of rowing), even though it's certainly not my strong suit.

A year ago today.

4/19/11

1. Waking up without the alarm clock at 5:50, so less jarring than usual to get up for the 6:15 CrossFit class.
2. Really excellent workout today, and leaving feeling much less stress and much better about life in general.
3. Getting an email from the invite designers with the digital printed (farewell, letterpress dream) attached to a blue card for a border background, which looks quite nice. Also got the final versions of the map and more info cards.
4. Getting some embroidery done on the train ride in in the morning.
5. Still some avocado left at breakfast for a leisurely breakfast set to reading Pride & Prejudice on my phone.
6. Editing, printing, and cutting out the mailing labels for the invites.

A year ago today.

4/18/11

1. Wearing an old green top from Gap, fixed by the tailor to no longer have constricting cuffs, along with my repaired skinny jeans.
2. No calls came in during the morning shift.
3. Figuring out how to print in color when the regular printer I normally use just wouldn't print anything I sent to it.
4. Pretty light day overall, just a couple short meetings.
5. Dan seeing how stressed out I was by stuff to do with the invitations being delayed, so promising to help me get up for CrossFit in the morning rather than going tonight.
6. Dinner of meat sauce and noodles, with cucumber slivers.

A year ago today.

4/17/11

1. Making breakfast with Dan, with him on French toast duty on the griddle and me with my usual home fries.
2. Cleaning the apartment more quickly than I expected to.
3. Finishing up the lemon bars just in time, including cooling down time.
4. Girls at MG's birthday party hosted by AJ helping me punch out the holes for all the gift tags for the invites (!) while watching Babe.
5. LT giving me a ride home, so I didn't have to trek all the way to the subway and PATH stations.
6. Counting them up and finding that I had already embroidered over 10 gift tags.

A year ago today.

4/16/11

1. Rain held off while we were out and about in the morning.
2. Stopping in at my parents' and having lunch with them, and coming away with food (of course).
3. Making a groceries run in the suburbs.
4. Metting Dan's family dentist, Dr. M, and finding him to be really nice guy like they've always said.
5. Napping briefly in the car ride back.
6. Re-watching the last episode of North and South and starting the tv series Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles while doing wedding crafts.

A year ago today.

4/15/11

1. Finally hearing back from the invitation designers--I was starting to freak out a little.
2. Just making it onto the 6:30 train to Dunellen at Newark. The doors closed behind me after I grabbed my train ticket and ran in. Didn't even wait for my receipt to print.
3. Chatting in Chinese at the wake to the Taiwanese members of Dan's extended family.
4. Dan surprising me with maple sugar cookies from a TJ's run.
5. Catching up on my Google Reader a bit, after having neglected it for the last two weeks and getting the unread count to over 1000.
6. Stopping at a diner to grab some food. The food itself wasn't very good, but I was starving. We played with the tableside jukebox a bit, but its speakers were broken.

A year ago today.

4/14/11

1. Getting in to the office in time to give feedback on a new feature before their meeting reviewing said feedback.
2. Lunch with SN to catch up with her and talk through how she's going to prepare for being on a panel at this year's manager conference with its career development theme.
3. Really enjoying learning about the sport of roller derby at TE's knowledge share. Photos, videos, and demos that I even participated in.
4. Hanging out and chatting a bit with SP and RC at the unattended live ticket session.
5. Just managing to squeeze in all the errands I wanted to run before pre-marital counseling session #4, including picking up/dropping off stuff at the tailor's, returning the Tiger Mom book to a new-to-me library location at 23rd and 7th since the Jefferson Market one is closed this month, buying baker's twine, and buying envelopes for the invitations.
6. Getting to the gym a little early and feeling great practicing the snatch and after finishing the workout.

A year ago today.

4/13/11

1. Getting myself to class in the morning and feeling glad afterwards that I'd pushed through the early morning fog to make myself go.
2. Remembering to call my dad to wish him a happy birthday in the morning. He later thought to call me back to ask my opinion on different types of elastic for elastic waistbands in pants.
3. Getting some really exciting news from LW!!
4. Celebratory lunch with SS and MG.
5. Productive working session and training meetings in the afternoon, even though I'd only barely prepared a set of slides.
6. Hanging out with BK, AJ, MG, DF, and NE at Anfora, a wine bar we've been meaning to try out for awhile.

A year ago today.

4/12/11

1. Getting to my ob/gyn only a little late in the morning for my 2nd Gardasil shot, which was taken care of pretty quickly.
2. Finishing How We Decide at breakfast.
3. No attendance at office hours, so I could help MG prep for a meeting of hers later in the afternoon.
4. Making the decision to get into my pjs instead of going to the gym after getting pretty soaked walking home without an umbrella.
5. Indulging in some online comics reading.
6. Sitting down to do my finances and bills for the month.

A year ago today.

4/11/11

1. Getting an email notice that we were about to overdraw our joint account due to an automated credit card payment that I'd forgotten about and had already paid, but managing to deposit enough cash at an ATM to cover us until the usual monthly transfers over. Whew.
2. Getting together my presentation for the first training session just before it was due.
3. Excellent conversation over ping with PM.
4. Being able to watch the rest of North and South at the dentist's while getting my cavities filled.
5. Finally hunting down a pair of Real Straight Gap jeans in the darkest wash, size 12. Regular length, but should be easy to hem.
6. The engagement party MG threw for BB, attended by EM, AJ, and our new favorite female engineer, LT.

A year ago today.

4/10/11

1. Getting up to say goodbye to MS, and later CP, when they left.
2. Brunch at Marigold with everyone still around, including DL. BYOB mimosas.
3. Hanging out back at BB's, having said goodbye to AL, LW, and EN, working on the embroidered gift tags for the invitations.
4. Comfortable ride on Amtrak back to NJ, having a good talk with AJ along the way.
5. Coming home to Dan having made his grandmother's delicious lentil soup, but this time with chorizo, along with a roll of DL's bread.
6. Deciding to go to bed early and read a bit in order to catch up on sleep from a wonderful weekend.

A year ago today.

4/9/11

1. DL and BB making us all a breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, and freshly baked bread while we sat around their kitchen table in our pjs waking up and catching up. This might have been my favorite part of the whole bachelorette party weekend, actually, seeing different groups of my friends start to get to know each other.
2. A pretty warm, sunny day, good for going out walking, which we did a lot of.
3. Tasty pizza and beer at Dock Street. I understand now this classic combination, since it was done up a bit fancier than usual.
4. Hanging out at Bertram's Garden admiring both their flora and the river, though industrial Philly surrounded it.
5. Margaritas at Mad Mex and then EN showing us around the UPenn campus a bit.
6. The girls forcing me into regaling them with tales of my high school romances over a delicious dinner at White Dog. Also, CP catching a mistake the waitress made on our bill.
7. An extra one, since it's my bachelorette party weekend :) The 20 Questions About Dan game that AJ and MG put together and the ridiculous accessories AJ had brought.

A year ago today.

4/8/11

1. Getting to the office, luggage in tow, with enough time to eat a leisurely enough breakfast.
2. Feeling pretty comfortable during my meeting with EM, ending up with him giving me some wedding planning advice. Hadn't really talked to him much before. Debriefed with BB and SS afterwards.
3. Good lunch with TO and AS about change history design. Food in 5BB was particularly good too, a Cobb salad with duck breast or something like that.
4. Comfortable ride on Amtrak down to Philly. Worth the ticket splurge.
5. Seeing all my girls come in for the night: EN, CP, LW, AL, and MS!! Haven't seen MS since graduation.
6. Chatting and watching Clueless to round out the night.

A year ago today.

4/7/11

1. Spending time preparing for some special work events while in the massage chair.
2. Getting good questions from SH and freedom to follow up with her afterwards on one of them.
3. Getting comforted by BB, EM, and Dan after the meeting with LW when I thought I'd totally flunked it.
4. Getting to the cafe after dinner is usually over but still finding enough food to cobble together a dinner.
5. That really cute Australian guy I've seen around a few times recognizing me from our last training class together and coming over to say hi briefly.
6. Dan promising to help me get up early to pack then instead.

A year ago today.

4/6/11

1. Actually making it to the gym in time for the 6:15am class.
2. The instructor helping me switch down to lighter weights in order to finish the workout.
3. Getting the final proof for the invitations, after researching whether I wanted to ask them to insert an Oxford comma.
4. Power lunch with my work girls (MG/AJ/BB/SS) to strategize.
5. Making it to MaximEyes just before they closed and even though all the lights were already off and the door lock, the guy came out after some knocking from me to let me in and give me my new glasses and contacts.
6. Having a really great time at the cupcake baking fun event, learning to frost cupcakes while enjoying a few drinks with coworkers. SS in particular surprised me with his sense of humor.

A year ago today.

4/5/11

1. Finishing Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother at breakfast.
2. Getting helpful emails related to wedding stuff from my old biology teacher MR and day-of coordinator, CC.
3. Figuring out how to get Chinese calligraphy online combined with a fast turnaround from our invitation designers.
4. Seeing JB and her baby boy come in to the office for a visit.
5. Getting lots of errand running done, including dropping off a ton of stuff at the tailor's, threading, and stopping in to Gap.
6. Getting a postcard and letter from AL, New Orleans edition.

A year ago today.

4/4/11

1. Getting in to the 9am phone shift actually before EM.
2. Finally finished writing peer reviews.
3. Getting to the gym just in time, I had had the foresight to bring my workout clothes to work.
4. Finishing the workout, a scaled down version of Murphy. It was tough.
5. Cereal for dinner, followed by chive pockets.
6. Practicing our first dance some more.

A year ago today.

4/3/11

1. Getting amazing hoagies at Paesano's. I got the Gustaio.
2. Sleeping pretty much all the way on the drive back.
3. Picking up two white kitchen chairs off Craigslist for free and getting rid of our purple rolling chair.
4. Watching Never Let Me Go and North & South while doing some more basting and cutting for the Crepe dress. Got into a pretty good groove with it, too.
5. Pulling out clothes to bring to the tailor.
6. Practicing our first dance steps with Dan.

A year ago today.

4/2/11

1. Waking up early and being pretty productive before heading out to Philly: did two loads of laundry, swept the apartment, did some more cutting for the Crepe dress.
2. Meeting the other, very knowledgeable partner of bario-neal and sorting out the details of our wedding bands, with some extra customization to match my engagement ring. Put down a deposit, they should be ready in about a month.
3. Dan just making the 4:14 train out to Lansdowne after dropping me off at Suburban Station, parking the car near CP's, and then sprinting over to catch the train at 30th St. Station.
4. Meeting BB's DL for the first time (and their dog Jake) and getting a tour of their beautiful house.
5. Delicious dinner and fabulous time with BB and DL at their favorite local restaurant, Sycamore.
6. Seeing PM and his girlfriend KA and hanging out with them and CP at a gourmet hot chocolate place.

A year ago today.

4/1/11

1. Delicious quiche and fingerling potatoes thing at breakfast.
2. Having a good group of kids come in for lunch and to visit the office from MG's friend's Teach for America class.
3. Finally using a kgbdeals coupon I purchased to get my first mini-facial in the East Village. Not sure it did anything to my skin but it felt relaxing.
4. Helping some Chinese tourists figure out their subway ride home (hopefully successfully).
5. Frying up some potstickers for dinner.
6. Playing various clip quizzes on Sporcle with Dan.

A year ago today.

3/31/11

1. Having breakfast with LW and having it go pretty well, I thought. She's a straight-talker, I like that.
2. Falling in love with SB a little with his dry sense of humor and honesty during the Q&A he hosted while in town.
3. Third pre-marital counseling session, discussing how I don't like it when Dan interrupts me and so I often don't listen and then he's frustrated that I don't listen. Went pretty well, I thought, we both have things to work on.
4. Shake Shack for dinner!
5. Calling SP when I remembered I'd forgotten to get back to a client to have her send out a quick email instead.
6. Deciding to give up on writing peer reviews after getting home and just caught up on blogs instead.

A year ago today.