7/30/11

1. Getting up early for a Saturday and making to the Met in time to be the second group allowed in to the Alexander McQueen exhibit. By the time I left, the wait in line was 2.5 hours.
2. Really well done exhibit, good use of different media, rotating outfits so you could see the whole thing, wind machine to show the movement, videos, etc. And of course, the clothes are just ridiculous and amazing.
3. Excellent pizzamaking class, the instructor was really knowledgeable, the setup was great, and I had a great time with AB as my pizzamaking partner. 
4. Sending off for AL at Pete & Elda's with Dan, AB, CP, and me.
5. Going to the shore at Ocean Grove and getting ice cream in perfect summer weather--warm but not humid, with a sea breeze.
6. Lying on the beach looking at the stars with all these old high school friends, and then remembering we could use the Google Sky Map app on our phones to identify constellations.

A year ago today.

7/29/11

1. Remembering to bring my bike in in the morning.
2. Getting in to the office in time to still get some good breakfast, despite having overshoot my stop and needing to walk back from 23rd St.
3. Hanging out on the 6th floor a bit during Friday morning mimosa hour.
4. Finding and filing more bugs during testing today.
5. Buying a new pillow at Bed Bath & Beyond.
6. Rain holding off until just about when we got home.

A year ago today.

7/28/11

1. Pulling together a new outfit combo of short gray/white tweed skirt over black capri leggings and dressed down with white linen top and big bright blue earrings.
2. Figuring out how to pull the last recon date data, all on my own.
3. Lunch with BB.
4. My sister finding the photobooth frame in the shed.
5. My version of this lebanese stuffed eggplant dish coming out quite well.
6. Watching the premiere of Project Runway.

A year ago today.

7/27/11

1. AM coming in for lunch with MG, EM, and myself.
2. Having SS's help going through vetting the rest of the clients on our list to create an upgrade schedule.
3. Weather being cool enough outside to cement my decision to go to the gym, where it wasn't uncomfortably warm.
4. Biking back just in time to bring over a load of heavy laundry to the dry cleaners.
5. Feeling great after the workout, lunges weren't as difficult as I thought they'd be.
6. Dinner of food leftover from last night, green beans, rice, and pork apple cinnamon sausage.

A year ago today.

7/26/11

1. Yellow scrambled eggs at lunch.
2. SS telling me she had trouble following the noon meeting as well.
3. DF showing me how to use VLOOKUP for the tenth time, setting it up to make the spreadsheet I was working on a lot easier to use.
4. Clearing out the fridge and using the food processor to mash up lots of veggies for the worms.
5. Cooking up some of the pork apple cinnamon sausage from the CSA and finding it to be quite delicious.
6. Putting new sheets on the bed.

A year ago today.

7/25/11

1. Breakfast of avocado bagel (first one in awhile) and a couple hard-boiled eggs.
2. My current manager updating me on what my previous manager told him about my strengths, including that I was pretty perceptive and self-aware.
3. Reading up on some documents while sitting in the massage chair.
4. Left the office late enough that I missed the rain.
5. Remembering to bring home both yogurt and Coke, for popsicles and cleaning the grease-stained pan respectively.
6. Using the massager to try to vibrate out the soreness from yesterday's class.

A year ago today.

7/24/11

1. Going to the gym in the morning and feeling great after the 10 minute workout. Rowing got subbed in for running in the warm-up, which was also nice.
2. Not running into much Jersey Shore traffic on the drive down.
3. Bringing laundry over to my parents'.
4. Dim sum with the fam.
5. Going to see my grandma for a bit.
6. Putting together a nice dressing of soy sauce, pomegranate balsamic vinegar, sugar, crushed garlic, and olive oil for the shredded fresh cucumber from my grandma's garden.

A year ago today.

7/23/11

1. Last night's dinner reheating pretty well for breakfast.
2. Getting a good amount of meat from the meat CSA, including 2 whole chickens, chicken feet, several packages of sausage, ground lamb, and pork bones for stock.
3. Dan carrying the meat back from the meat CSA pickup.
4. Making scallion pancakes.
5. Getting to see MG and AM's new apartment in Brooklyn--such high ceilings and so much space! And exposed brick in the living room/kitchen main area.
6. Having some quieter time at the end of the party to hang out with the hosts.

A year ago today.

7/22/11

1. Finding a few people (LM, NG) in the 5th floor cafe to eat lunch with.
2. Pretty much free afternoon to work on what I wanted to.
3. Eating the now perfectly ripened peaches from the CSA earlier this week. I've been keeping them at my desk at work due to the fruit flies we've had at home.
4. Medicine cabinets in microkitchen having loratidine when my throat began to feel a bit itchy in response to the peach.
5. Using up a bunch of CSA veggies in this skillet eggs with squash recipe, throwing in some cubed roasted eggplant as well.
6. Clearing out my "interior design inspiration" category of Google Bookmarks to put in Pinterest instead.

A year ago today.

7/21/11

1. SS saying that she thinks my communication style will work well with ML.
2. Holding it together pretty well for an impromptu mentoring conversation with PH, after we cleaned up some loose ends.
3. Moving visual items from Google Bookmarks to Pinterest.
4. Dinner with EM as I stayed late to try to avoid the heat a bit more.
5. Cleaning up the apartment a bit with Dan's help before guests came over.
6. Seeing AB (f) for the first time since graduation.

A year ago today.

7/20/11

1. Finally managing to book my flights to CA.
2. Discussing the merits of Whole30 with EM and MG at lunch.
3. Tracking down CY to ask him some questions I'd had from over a week ago.
4. Staying a bit late at the office to try to avoid the heat.
5. Reading Bossypants.
6. Realizing I could use the spray bottle to dampen the newspaper in the worm factory when necessary.

A year ago today.

7/19/11

1. Meeting ending early so I had time to quickly grab some flatbread and bruschetta for lunch.
2. LM being really attentive and open during my ticket therapy session.
3. Extra bands available for the eng picnic.
4. Picking up veggies for the CSA on the way back from the picnic.
5. Worm workshop organizers making iced water and glasses available, which made a big difference in keeping cool in the heat.
6. Bringing home a pound of red wiggler worms for the composter!

A year ago today.

7/18/11

1. Buying and downloading the Whole30 guide.
2. Getting in a chair massage with AS to help with the sore shoulder and lower back from yesterday's workout.
3. Lunch with AJ/EM/BB and hearing about the crazy fancy wedding AJ went to over the weekend.
4. Getting all my errands done: library, threading, BBB.
5. Getting home and bringing my bike in before it rained.
6. Dan running out to get me some newspaper in order to start setting up the vermicomposter for the worms tomorrow.

A year ago today.

7/17/11

1. Getting back on the CrossFit bandwagon, buying passes for the next few months, and feeling great after the workout.
2. Dan braving the bees flying around and taking me to go get plants and potting soil from the 14th St. Garden Center in Jersey City, which had a surprisingly good selection geared at urban gardeners.
3. Dropping off a bunch of Dan's clothes at the Salvation Army.
4. Setting up the planter with 7 different herbs and replacing the dead basil plant in the pot with a mint plant.
5. Vacuuming the apartment.
6. Cooking a big dinner for the first time in several months. It came out quite well too, even with all the substitutions and additions that I made.

A year ago today.

7/16/11

1. Having enough time to get lunch at the food court before the movie.
2. Sharing the experience of the last new Harry Potter movie with AL. There were tears.
3. Picking up all the leftover wedding stuff and presents from my parents'.
4. Getting to see CS and PB's new apartment when we dropped off the kitchen stuff for them.
5. Getting dinner at a wood-fire pizza place. I quite enjoyed my pizza, prosciutto and arugula.
6. Organizing the wedding stuff we brought back and consolidating boxes while Dan went over to RC's for a bit.

A year ago today.

7/15/11

1. Not feeling too tired in the morning, even though I came home late last night.
2. Not getting any comments from my manager on needing more specific or better measurements for my priorities for the quarter, thanks to SH's help.
3. Finally sending away for a copy of our marriage certificate.
4. Finding out from RC that he's been working on and is almost done with a SME program that doesn't ask anything of me.
5. Dan asking me to and then reminding me again to print out a coupon for his oil change.
6. Getting dinner at the Taco Truck.

A year ago today.

7/14/11

1. Dan reminding me to send him the info on my health insurance plan.
2. Shiatsu massage with AS.
3. Really productive meeting on giving my ideas for what documentation should be accomplished next.
4. Our boss coming along for our happy hour and buying us a couple rounds.
5. Dinner of good pad see euw with duck, not overly greasy or salty.
6. Deep and long conversation with SS and JM about anxiety and meditation and being neurotic.

A year ago today.

7/13/11

1. Seeing that it was worth it to stay up late the night before watching the recorded training sessions.
2. E being so nice as he helped us figure out the issues as we learned the SalesForce integration.
3. Working through our Q3 priorities as a group with SH leading the charge and being direct about what we needed to put down.
4. Successfully pushing over a test opportunity and then updating with the proposal line items.
5. SS taking over figuring out the feature group stuff that I was having trouble figuring out.
6. Getting it together to email the ladies who'd been interested in my leftover wedding stuff.

A year ago today.

7/12/11

1. Not raining in the morning, so could still bike to the PATH station and back.
2. Got into the office with just enough time to grab breakfast before meeting with BB.
3. Finally getting to mailing out my engagement ring for maintenance and re-sizing.
4. First week of the CSA fruit share, and we got blueberries in addition to apricots and red currant berries!
5. Dan making chicken pot pie for dinner.
6. Successfully linking and updating my personal Mint account.

A year ago today.

7/11/11

1. Helpful and informative review session in the morning of the starter doc.
2. Lunch with MG/BB/AJ, catching up.
3. Helping MG prep for a difficult call with a client.
4. Getting questions from the newbies during my office hours.
5. Dan saving me the rest of the risotto for dinner.
6. Watching some Mad Men episodes with Dan.

A year ago today.

7/10/11

1. Not sleeping in too much despite staying up late last night.
2. Putting away luggage, organizing the storage underneath the bed, and vacuuming the apartment.
3. Finally getting to the enormous amount of laundry I needed to do.
4. Realizing that we could place the Ikea Poang chair back in the corner of the room and get rid of the old wingback armchair to fit in the herb garden container against the wall.
5. Dan making a TJ's run, bringing back snacks.
6. Dan making dinner of sausage, tomato, and spinach risotto with perfect amount of seasoning for my tastes and using up the spinach from the CSA this week.

A year ago today.

7/9/11

1. Catching up on sleep after suffering jet lag the past few days.
2. Lounging around for most of the day.
3. Unpacking and setting up the food processor and stand mixer.
4. Assembling the standing herb garden I've wanted for years, which I first saw at The Small Object. 
5. Making dinner for myself out of the entire zucchini from this week's CSA, with almonds and cheese.
6. Dan coming up with idea of sunflower seed butter on toast for a late night snack.

A year ago today.

7/8/11

1. Scrambled eggs with red peppers at breakfast.
2. Team meeting ending early.
3. Getting an email from SH complimenting our work on the next release's feature list.
4. Remembering to print out some stuff at the end of the day.
5. Not getting totally drenched on the way home and wrangling my bike inside.
6. Making the last of my frozen pork & chive dumplings for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/7/11

1. Recapping the wedding with AJ and MG at lunch and getting reassurances that people had fun.
2. Helping JD with two different tickets.
3. Grabbing dinner at work and eating it by myself.
4. Dan being home to receive another unexpected UPS delivery, a KitchenAid food processor from his mom!
5. Dan helping me with tagging wedding photos on FB.
6. Getting comments and likes on those photos almost immediately.

A year ago today.

7/6/11

1. Catching up with MG and learning that the boys thought the last communication skills session wasn't as good as the first more due to factors outside of my control.
2. Getting a good start on my resolution this quarter to pay full attention during meetings and not mess around on my laptop.
3. Working with RK and SS on the design of a notepad feature and coming up with a few creative solutions myself.
4. Cleared out unread emails in work inbox by the end of the day.
5. Salad of spinach and other vegetable topped off with meatballs that Dan had made.
6. Getting to sleep at a reasonable hour.

A year ago today.

7/5/11

1. Calling the stores where we had packages returned to sender and all of them being really accommodating about re-shipping the packages.
2. Dan coming home early to receive all the backed up UPS packages getting delivered today.
3. Returning books to the library.
4. Only about 5 minutes late to meet EM for the CSA pick up despite the long line at the library.
5. Went to Bed Bath & Beyond and picked up various small items with the start of the BBB gift cards we received, including a strainer, locking tongs, and bubble NYC subway map umbrella.
6. Making it home on my bike with all the packages despite the bag getting ripped by the front wheel initially.

A year ago today.

7/4/11

1. Making pork & chive dumplings for breakfast and lunch.
2. Cleaning out the kitchen pantry and re-organizing it to fit the new kitchen gadgets.
3. Organized thank you note list for wedding gifts.
4. Mostly clearing off the coffee table of boxes and bags.
5. Dan going grocery shopping and making grilled chicken salad for dinner.
6. Getting my bike out of storage from the basement.

A year ago today.

7/3/11

1. Finding Dan's sunglasses in my backpack after thinking he'd lost them yesterday.
2. Luggage carts available at the YNR train station, making it a lot easier to get to the airport with my old suitcase that had lost a wheel in the morning.
3. Air Canada letting us check our bags quite early, giving us time to go visit the Olympic Oval in Richmond.
4. Doing a self-guided tour around the outside of the Olympic Oval.
5. Free wi-fi at the Vancouver airport.
6. Finding a luggage cart on the sidewalk at Newark so we didn't have to pay for one.

A year ago today.

7/2/11

1. Changing our morning plans to go through Gastown and Chinatown while it was still quiet in those neighborhoods.
2. Touring the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Garden, which is small but beautiful and peaceful.
3. Getting dim sum food truck food for lunch at the jazz festival in Yaletown.
4. Just making the B99 express bus to get to the UBC campus.
5. Finding the Museum of Anthropology quite interesting with all its 3D objects.
6. A couple ahead of us pointing out an otter nearby in False Creek as we were leaving the Olympic Village area.

A year ago today.

7/1/11

1. Pleasant seawalk bike trail in Stanley Park and comfortable 1-speed bikes.
2. Didn't die in the head-on bike crush with some hipster dude with an $800 bike going way too fast on a public bike trail.
3. Pretty good spot in front of a bus stop to view the parade.
4. A Star Wars club in the Canada Day parade.
5. Didn't wait too long in the line to get into the restaurant for dinner, even though they initially said it would be 30-40 minutes.
6. An attentive and smart waitress at dinner that actually won over Dan's trust concerning potential allergens in their food.

A year ago today.

6/30/11

1. Chocolate fountain at brunch.
2. Exit 109 New Jerseyan serving as a judge at the ship's Iron Chef competition.
3. Tango ballroom dance lesson going well and lasting almost an hour.
4. Party band playing good renditions of Santana songs before dinner.
5. Getting a 2nd and 3rd dessert at dinner of cheesecake and cinnamon ice cream to replace the weird 1st dessert I got.
6. Description of how chess is played in episode 3 of The Wire.

A year ago today.

6/29/11

1. Making it on time to the start and end of the tour at the Ketchikan stop.
2. Good Fuji Instax shots of totem poles in Saxman Village.
3. Addressing my onion ring craving at the Grille for lunch.
4. Finished shopping for souvenirs in the local craft shops: bear print, bear Christmas ornament, and "Bear Naked Chef" apron for Dan.
5. Dan finding a box of birch caramels at the last souvenir store.
6. Skipping last formal night dinner to attend the ship's iBroadway show, where there was one particularly talented singer.

A year ago today.

6/28/11

1. Going sea kayaking at Icy Strait Point and seeing whales up close!
2. Relying on Dan for most of the kayak paddling.
3. Didn't get too wet from kayaking, electronics all safe.
4. Rain holding off until right after we got back.
5. Attending three trivia events on the ship, all with rather difficult questions but we got a few good answers.
6. Surprise chocolate souffle dessert, still warm, that Dan enjoyed as well.

A year ago today.

6/27/11

1. Best sunny weather of the trip.
2. Skagway being a good landing port not to have an excursion planned, with free national park stuff.
3. Engaging 30-minute documentary about the Gold Rush.
4. Really excellent onion rings at lunch, freshly fried.
5. Getting down from a surprisingly difficult hike without either of us twisting an ankle or falling.
6. Picking up a puzzle for my sister as a souvenir.

A year ago today.

6/26/11

1. Really comfortable bikes and helmets for our Bike & Brew tour.
2. Very pretty biking trail route, 8 miles long but felt easy.
3. Seeing the Mendenhall Glacier at the end of the biking route.
4. Buying a fleece vest for my grandma, on sale.
5. Finding cheap non-jean pants for Dan
6. Good, fresh kettle corn from a stand in Juneau.

A year ago today.

6/25/11

1. Sleeping pretty well and waking up at a normal time despite no natural light in our cabin.
2. Interesting tour of the ship's kitchens ("galleys"), with chocolate covered strawberries at the end.
3. Taking it easy during the day, lying in bed watching TV and reading.
4. Saw seals in the approach to Hubbard Glacier. 
5. Listening to the audiobook of Messenger of Truth while sitting in seats by a window watching the glacier.
6. Skipping formal dinner night #1.

A year ago today.

6/24/11

1. Dan getting sufficient phone coverage to pull up our cabin number in order to check bags for the cruise directly at the train station in Anchorage.
2. Very comfortable leg room and breathtaking views on the train to Seward, including 3 bald eagles.
3. Good talk with Dan about how he planned the honeymoon.
4. Juicy caribou burger and yummy garlic-parmesan fries at Nellie's Roadhouse in Seward.
5. Finding out that the cabin's narrow twin beds can be merged to make a queen.
6. Dinner companions M & D easy to talk to.

A year ago today.

6/23/11

1. Getting out of the lodge in plenty of time in the morning before our day-long tour.
2. Our tour guide/bus driver on the Tundra Wilderness Tour having a dark sense of humor.
3. Seeing a bear (!) not too long into the 8-hour long tour.
4. Catching a glimpse of Mt. McKinley through the clouds.
5. Seeing a good number more animals, though the closest was a moose along the highway on the drive back to Anchorage.
6. Being right about the killer in Birds of a Feather, which we finished during the drive back.

A year ago today.

6/22/11

1. Dan not biting into the walnut from the sugar canister at breakfast.
2. Able to check in to our "lodge" (renamed motel) early.
3. Seeing caribou during the Natural History Tour.
4. Dan weathering my crankiness about a restaurant shuttle being ridiculously late extremely well.
5. Food at the dinner we ended up getting to coming quickly, in and out within 40 minutes.
6. Figuring out how to open beer with Dan's belt buckle.

A year ago today.

6/21/11

1. Waking up in time for free breakfast at the hotel, which wasn't too bad.
2. Dan going and renting a car from the airport while I stayed at the hotel.
3. Finally figuring out where the aux input on the rental car was, to play audiobooks off the Kindle.
4. Lunch was surprisingly good at a random lodge place we stopped. Rhubarb lemonade, mozzarella/basil/pesto/avocado grilled sandwich.
5. Dan getting some sleep in before the midnight sun game.
6. Seeing at least some baseball before the conditions got too miserable.

A year ago today.

6/20/11

1. Getting out of apartment with plenty of time in the morning.
2. Really delicious steel oatmeal with brown sugar and bananas from Jamba Juice! Must remember to get that for breakfast when at airports in the future.
3. No lasting damage from a flight attendant spilling hot tea all over my face.
4. The fried mini-doughnuts at the Daily Dozen at Pike Place Market.
5. Dan enjoying the Underground Tour.
6. Reading Birds of a Feather at the Borders in the airport.

A year ago today.