- Making a full breakfast of home fries and fried eggs.
- Not taking too long to clean the apartment, put away clothes from the last few days, and vacuum.
- Putting together an organized spreadsheet of picture frames to get from Ikea to properly frame my various prints and such.
- Talking Dan into finally buying one large rug for the living room! A black wool and jute chevron kilim rug from Overstock.
- Throwing together dinner in 30 minutes, including washing up dishes.
- French cheeses tasting at The Cheese Store in Hoboken, including a Comte that's really amazing.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
10/30/11
10/29/11
- Showered and dressed to get out the door by the time Dan pulled up with the car.
- Passing some time by playing foosball and ping-pong with Dan and PB respectively.
- Getting to sleep a bit on the drive back from Philly.
- Hot tea and spiced cider with rum at AJ's party.
- Wind outside calming down so we could just walk back to the apartment instead of taking a cab.
- Warm lentils as a perfect stick-to-your-ribs dinner to end the day.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
10/28/11
- Wearing the new wool coat and the bulky pink cowl I finished knitting a few weeks ago, since it was the coldest day in awhile here today.
- Dropping off a boot at the cobbler's to get the sole re-glued down.
- Not having to attend any meetings across the entire day.
- Going to see Being Elmo with Dan.
- RC bailing me out by calling up Dan to go watch Game 7 with him instead of me needing to watch it with Dan.
- Finishing off rest of spaghetti squash that I made last night. It reheated pretty well.
10/27/11
- Getting to the office in time for breakfast of yellow scrambled eggs and potato pancakes.
- Lunch with AJ after she was back in the office.
- AJ and EM both complimenting me on my gray sweater dress.
- Back-to-back chair massage with AS.
- Sufficiently warm with the navy blue military coat and sweater dress in the cooler temperature when I left the office.
- Picking up my new coat with shortened sleeves and dry-cleaning.
10/26/11
- Being able to zip up my Duo Bern boots over my Madewell skinny jeans!
- Being warm enough in a cozy sweater without a coat.
- Noon meeting ending early to meet up with AL and MG for a bit of lunch.
- Clearing out the maintenance tasks pretty quickly, fortunately.
- Pulling together a dinner from leftovers in the fridge and freezer.
- Dan keeping me company while watching TV.
10/25/11
- Getting to the gym in the morning for the first time in over a week. Good workout, too, with getting to do the same exercises as the barbell class they had last night and the rowing not being too bad.
- Finding a VC room just around the corner that I could duck into for a meeting.
- EM going a bit earlier to pick up the fruit than she had planned previously so I could leave the office a bit early.
- Fitting all the apples, my work laptop, and my purse into my backpack to bike home easily.
- Rest of red duck curry for dinner, plus making up some green vegetables in the fridge.
- Late evening meeting not going for too long.
Monday, October 24, 2011
10/24/11
- The dry cleaners recognizing me and pointing out additional stains on the blouse I brought in to clean. Also dropped off the new-to-me coat to have the sleeves shortened and the whole thing cleaned.
- Plenty of avocado left when I got to the office to put together an avocado bagel (no tomato though, that's a first).
- Finding an extra book ready for me on the hold shelf at the library.
- Figuring out a way to hang Dan's suit off my backpack so that I could carry it and walk my bike the rest of the way home to get it out of the predicted rain.
- Quiet evening by myself, reading and surfing the internet.
- Getting out the comforter as the nights really are getting to be cold enough to need it.
10/23/11
- Having a really fun time at our glassblowing class (wedding gift)! Didn't burn ourselves and it was a fascinating exercise in human ingenuity for this kind of craft.
- Getting back to the apartment earlier than I thought we would.
- Red duck curry with rice for lunch and dinner and reading Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone.
- Finding what I think are a few new small leaves on the latest rosemary plant. Fingers crossed that I don't kill this one too.
- Starting my new cheese & alcohol blog, "Did I like This?".
- Watching a DVD of home videos my parents made between July and November 1990. Hilarious and sweet.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
10/22/11
- Cleaning up the dishes going quicker than expected.
- Not missing anything in the morning (dropping off EN at the train station, me at my parents', Dan to the dentist) despite leaving the apartment a little late.
- Dim sum with my parents.
- My mom helping me return the big boxes of stuff to Nordstrom and J.Crew.
- Finding out that Coach stores will accept returns for store credit even without a gift receipt.
- My mom making my favorite meal for dinner: red duck curry with rice and papaya salad.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
10/21/11
- Nice enough weather out to bike to the station in the morning.
- Getting in to the office just in time before breakfast ended.
- Having a great time shopping the Manhattan Vintage Show with EN, she scores lots of nice stuff that fit her perfectly and I managed to find a coat. Also proud of myself for putting back a dramatic forest green coat that I really like but was just a little bit too small in the arms.
- Talking over some recent life stressors with EN and getting sage advice.
- Getting Thai food delivered in.
- Re-watching a Project Runway episode with EN, talking over this current season and finding we agree in our opinions of most of the remaining designers.
10/20/11
- Finding out about my sister winning a big regional tournament!
- Managing to fit all the CSA groceries and my purse in my backpack to bike home.
- Not getting hit by a car in revenge after I had a shouting match with its driver.
- Dan patiently listening to me rant and rave about people who annoy me.
- Last package from a large Nordstrom order waiting for me at home.
- Watching Project Runway and being right about the results of this finale part 1.
10/19/11
- Remembering to bring in the old computer to swap it for a new one.
- Decision to wear yellow rainboots came in handy.
- Feeling pretty comfortable throughout the day in leggings and red Tsubo wedge shoes, after I'd gotten them stretched by the cobbler a few months ago.
- New device's box fitting inside my yellow flip & tumble bag.
- Picked up a book from the library.
- Wiling away the evening lounging on the couch and watching TV.
10/18/11
- Bern Duo boots with green plaid dress, gray leggings, and red leather Madewell belt.
- Getting to the office in plenty of time to grab breakfast before the 9am opening talk.
- Really productive meeting with JE to get out responses on the feasibility of recent feature requests.
- Managing to keep up with taking notes during the very active feedback and Q&A session I attended.
- Coming home to two large boxes of potential wool winter coat replacements from Nordstrom and J. Crew.
- Catching last week's Psych season premiere episode.
10/17/11
- SL in town and joined us for lunch!
- The names I came up with for some new blogs I want to write being available on blogspot for me to register.
- My manager reassuring me that it was ok that I shot off my mouth a bit yesterday in the skip-level.
- Finishing off the Bed Bath & Beyond wedding gift card by purchasing a Bodum knife block and a Cuisinart sharpening steel.
- Getting home just in time for an 8pm meeting after running errands and getting eyebrows threaded
- Snipping off some fresh herbs (parsley, basil, dill) to mix into Trader Joe's tomato soup, topped with slices of bread made yesterday and more cheese.
10/16/11
- Vacuuming the apartment not taking too long.
- Successfully hemming two pairs of Madewell jeans, one by actually cutting into it because it was too tapered to while actually cutting them, rather than just folding them under, and hemming the denim pair the usual way.
- Brisk but sunny weather outside as I biked to various errands.
- Finally checking out the Hoboken Cheese Shop, nice selection of stuff and it's really not that far (5 blocks away).
- Making up a couple loaves of bread using the artisan bread in 5 minutes/day technique.
- Vanilla beans purchased over three years ago still being really fragrant for making vanilla roasted pears with CSA pears.
10/15/11
- Making chive and pork dumplings for breakfast/lunch.
- Dan making it to Rutgers to pick up some library books and to Princeton library access office in time, despite me making us 30 minutes late in the morning.
- Pumpkin spice latte from coffee shop in Princeton.
- Having AB's company while browsing the White Elephant Rummage Sale in Princeton.
- AB teaching me to make broccoli and cavatelli, which isn't too complicated overall, actually.
- Dan making some tea for me when I got home with a bit of an upset stomach after eating some dark chocolate ginger candies from Trader Joe's.
10/14/11
- 9am meeting getting rescheduled since everyone else was late too.
- Grabbing enough avocado to make up an avocado bagel.
- Good flatbreads at lunch today, there was one with lots of spinach on it so I felt like I got more vegetables in.
- Ibuprofen knocking out my headache and allowing me to summon up motivation to tackle my long to-do list at work.
- Calling ahead to getting dinner at The Taco Truck, making it ready for me when I got there.
- Lazing around watching TV in the evening.
10/13/11
- Getting up and going to the gym in the morning.
- Putting together an outfit with my new black Duo boots, gray leggings, and circle print green vintage dress.
- Being able to grab a single seat on the PATH to sit down and have plenty of room to put band-aids on my feet where the boots were rubbing uncomfortably.
- Dan sending me an email remembering our 8 year dating anniversary :)
- Finally getting over to Re/Dress in Brooklyn to try to sell some of the stuff I cleared out from my closet.
- Not missing the PSEG technician or the UPS delivery.
10/12/11
- Snagging a double-shift chair massage session.
- Grabbing lunch with AJ.
- Cleaning up the desk next to me and returning some of the Converse-replacement rejects, even as a different pair of shoes I ordered yesterday got delivered.
- During the actual massage session, AS setting up the floor mat so he could do more work on my back and glutes.
- Grabbing dinner with RK and hanging out for a bit.
- Finally finishing up the bulk of the work on refreshing the upgrade schedule.
10/11/11
- Waking up in the morning before my alarm so had some time to spare in the morning to take some photos of the big pink cowl for Ravelry.
- No avocado when I got in to the office, but the potato pancakes that I like and yellow scrambled eggs were quite good and I didn't take too much and overeat.
- Finally, finally fixing the WebEx installation on my work laptop, without having to go to our tech support people, just followed the instructions from a page on their site.
- Picking up maple syrup and honey at the CSA to be able to toss Dan's pancake syrup.
- Feeling up all the nice fabrics (silks of all kinds, basically) at the DVF store after work.
- Hanging out on the couch catching up on Google Reader.
10/10/11
- Dan waking me up after coming back from moving the car so I didn't totally oversleep.
- PATH being surprisingly empty, I guess most people have off for Columbus Day.
- Getting in just in time to get enough avocado to put together with a hollowed out bagel.
- Having two lunches, one to catch up with Abby and one with Dan coming in since he had the day off.
- Ordering a few different coats and bags from J.Crew and Nordstrom with free shipping.
- Getting to the gym for the weightlifting class and totally exceeding my own expectations for how much I could back squat--5 reps at 143lbs. when I thought I'd go for 120!
10/9/11
- Finishing clearing out the closet and swapping summer for winter clothes. Really satisfying!
- Thoroughly cleaning and dusting the apartment and running a couple loads of laundry pretty quickly. The new washers are definitely loads better.
- Ribs coming out quite well. Used both leftover homemade BBQ sauce and a new dry rub recipe.
- Dan calling the fire department after the carbon monoxide alarm kept going off.
- First floor neighbor suggesting using a credit card to get past the lock to the basement of our building in order to shut the gas off.
- Getting back into the apartment after not too long and finishing off the bulky pink cowl that I started yesterday.
10/8/11
- Updating Ravelry with some photos of recent yarn purchases.
- Rescuing an avocado from going totally bad and making it with scrambled eggs and cherry tomatoes.
- Dan making pasta fagioli for dinner.
- Dan helping me wind the skein of really bulky yarn I bought yesterday.
- Deciding to get rid of quite a few clothes as I swapped out fall/winter stuff for summer stuff.
- Dan not being too mad that I started doing that not too long before bedtime, kicking up a lot of dust in the bedroom.
10/7/11
- Not being too late to a 9am meeting after arriving at the office just past 9 and then grabbing breakfast.
- My manager giving me a call in the afternoon before she headed to specifically say that upper management is really pleased with and recognizes my work on a product launch we had this week. Yay!
- Going to the Sew Fast Sew Easy store's closeout sale and picking up some yarn and sewing notions with pretty good discounts.
- Fitting all of that stuff along with the pears left at my desk into my backpack for biking back without too much difficulty.
- Lying on the couch and watching the rest of the episodes from season 5 of Psych on Netflix streaming.
- Dan passing along that his sister would like to ask me to be a bridesmaids for her if I would want to--how sweet!
10/6/11
- ML not seeming to be offended by my speaking up a lot during a long morning meeting to go over all the feature requests from a particular EMEA client.
- Returning a couple overdue library books while holding a walking meeting with MF.
- Getting confirmation from MF that I wasn't unusual in finding certain working relationships to be a bit difficult.
- Going to my first art gallery opening, at the Kouros Gallery (family friend of MF's).
- EM having enough cash to cover me at dinner.
- Catching the end of Project Runway when I got home.
10/5/11
- Getting to the gym in the morning for the 2nd day in a row.
- Having my laptop with me to squeeze in a bit of work when they made us wait around awhile after getting the flu shot, to make sure we didn't feel any side effects. I don't think I've needed to do that before when getting a flu shot.
- Lunch with the usual suspects--AJ/MG/BB--but also joined by AZ.
- Chair massage with AS.
- AJ's fashion show of loot from the Shareen Vintage store in LA, including two fur coats!
- The client CM being extraordinarily laid-back about not being able to log in to the product.
10/4/11
- Getting to the gym in the morning after deciding not to go last night.
- Got in a good workout where the pull-ups were actually the slightly easier part compared to the walking lunges/bear crawl bit. Also, wasn't the last one to finish.
- Getting an email from RL asking if EM and I wanted to go work out with him while he was in town. Too bad his schedule was too full.
- The old YT team being sweetly excited to see me at the demo meeting.
- Proving why I was right to worm my way into that meeting by being able to answer a good number of their questions.
- Grabbing dinner with AZ (visiting for the week), EM, and KV.
10/3/11
- Lunch with BB and AS.
- Contacting Groupon support and clarifying that our Hoboken Comedy Festival tickets should have also resulted in vouchers for another set of shows in NY.
- Bandwidth targeting issue getting treated urgently and taken care of by other people.
- EM sending over early the peer review she wrote for me, which had some very nice things in it.
- Ranting with EM about a stupid survey that was sent out and finding the resource where one of the questions asked was already answered.
- Getting some more votes on the fixit items I proposed.
10/2/11
- Being able to fall back asleep after Dan got up early and left in the morning.
- Taking care of internet stuff, paying bills, entering receipts into Mint, etc.
- Getting lots of laundry done.
- Having the apartment to myself for most of the day with Dan out.
- One fewer Giants game to listen to with Dan watching the game at his dad's.
- Excellent penultimate Breaking Bad episode.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
10/1/11
- Deciding to hold off on dinner before the show since I was still feeling pretty full from a late lunch.
- Remembering that I quite like alcoholic cider and enjoying a bottle before the show at Maxwell's.
- Getting in to the space early enough to grab seats on the semi-bleachers in the back.
- Enjoying quite a few of the stand up comedy acts, particularly the last one by Amy Schumer.
- Getting some pumpkin-sage ravioli for dinner at Leo's Grandevous, which was delicious and worked out quite well because I still wasn't that hungry. Normally ravioli comes in so few pieces that it's not satisfying at all.
- Getting home in plenty of time to catch the 11pm replay of last week's Doctor Who episode and then the midnight viewing of the season finale.
9/30/11
- Finishing up the two peer reviews I needed to write, not too far after the deadline.
- Realizing I needed to get started on the feature list for this release and getting a good amount done before the end of the day.
- Watching the first half of Please Vote For Me, recommended to me awhile ago by MG and AM and quite enjoying it as I got my teeth cleaned.
- The dental hygienist using photos of plaque on my teeth to show I should be careful not to let my handedness dominate my teeth brushing technique.
- Returning a library book to the 23rd & 7th location.
- Deciding to go back to work after the dentist appointment since I felt it was a bit too early to just go home for the day.
9/29/11
- Distributing all the muffins I made, a few at the early morning meeting but mostly later on the 6th floor, where NE actually called it as "Top 5 muffin."
- Talking JW into re-scheduling our afternoon meeting of reviewing updated feature dates since she was pretty sick and really should just go home, but that bought myself some time to actually get prepared for that meeting.
- Fun and quick lunch with AJ, discussing her slight dread/nervousness around waiting to get proposed to when she's not a romantic.
- Chair massage with AS.
- Picking up RK's weekly CSA which had lots of great stuff, including things that would keep for awhile like potatoes and shallots.
- Remembering to bring in jewelry pliers for EM to help her fix her necklace.
9/28/11
- Figuring out a way to set up our snippets group for minimal fuss in the email reminders.
- Getting a post-mortem on the EL call from AJ and SS picking up something to investigate further to prevent problems later on.
- Helping out with sim calls for the newbies and getting my feedback to them reinforced by SP.
- Managers deciding to cancel next week's monthly meeting.
- Made pear-ginger-lemon muffins for the morning meeting tomorrow.
- Found that I'd stashed the cupcake liners with the muffin pan (smart, self) and there were enough left still for the amount of muffins I wanted to make.
9/27/11
- Getting to the gym in the morning and finding pull-up portion of the workout to be easier than expected. Also, the other in the class cheered me on as I finished up.
- My mom being really quick to get back to me with the address of our apartment in Shanghai, which helped increase the odds I'd get budget to go on a trip to the office there along with the UX team.
- EM picking up the fruit this week and bringing the haul to me at my desk with ST as well.
- Tasting concord grapes for the first time and learning how to eat a slipskin grape. Also, they really do taste like grape flavor! That flavor isn't just faked and made up!
- Catching up with MS at dinner with MG. She showed us photos of her new boyfriend who is really quite cute.
- Getting a salad with some tasty duck as its protein.
9/26/11
- Lunch with BB and MG.
- Getting an reminder to sign up for free flu shots at work and snagging an appointment quickly.
- DC actually letting me to let me know that she did get to the sport medicine doctor to look at the cyst on her hand.
- Having box mac & cheese to give EN for dinner.
- Reading through the PSP directory that came in the mail and finding that someone I knew from our original class just started in the same job that I did!
- Being right about my sister liking this wrapped bracelet style.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
9/25/11
- Teaching LW to make bacon and omelets and having them come out pretty well.
- Though unexpected traffic from a 5K made us late and miss my 12:30 bus, the next one wasn't too much later at 1.
- Leftovers from dinner last night tasting just fine still cold.
- Time on the bus passing pretty quickly with a few naps.
- Being right about the smell in the apartment coming from the kitchen trash can, not the worm bin.
- Installation of the new showerhead with a filter going pretty smoothly.
9/24/11
- Randomly recognizing a classmate from our freshman year honors class in the crowd at the game and catching up with him.
- Leaving the football game early and going to the yarn store!
- Yarn store ladies letting us stay a little late to finish winding our skeins.
- Finding a Jeeves book at the Brookline Booksmith's Used Book Cellar.
- Really delicious Indian food for dinner.
- Starting a new knitting project while re-watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with LW.
9/23/11
- Just making the CT2 bus connection despite traffic along Comm Ave delaying the 57.
- Finding sauted spinach added to the lunch buffet as well as some pureed roasted butternut squash with pecans that was smooth and sweet.
- Catching up with DRW! I didn't realize before that we're similar in our general contentedness but sometimes worry about inertia.
- Got to haircut appointment late but he wasn't ready for me yet anyway.
- Not raining too hard on my walk back to DC's place.
- Eating up LW's chili and hanging around shooting the breeze at DC's place.
9/22/11
- Going to the gym in the morning and coming in under the slowest time for the workout from earlier classes in the morning.
- Health consultation at the office going really well! All my numbers like cholesterol getting loads better.
- Meeting with FDG and knocking out the details on a PRD.
- Bonine kicking in and internet connection on Boltbus staying pretty steady so I could be on the internet and get a good amount of email done.
- DC coming to pick me up from South Station.
- Discovering that Dan had tucked a little surprise/reward for finishing Whole30 into my luggage.
9/21/11
- Getting the thumbs up from my manager for my self-assessment after spending most of the day on it.
- Shiatsu massage with AS.
- Having an easy time talking to SN for our first monthly sync.
- Completed last day of Whole30!!
- Packing for the trip to Boston going pretty quickly.
- Finishing up the rest of the watermelon.
9/20/11
- Forcing myself out of bed to go to the gym.
- Feeling pretty good and not too sleep-deprived throughout the day after going to the gym, where I shared the class with one other person.
- Getting some online shopping done for other black boot candidates and a grow light for my plants.
- Finally ordering the custom lamp for my mom with photos from my sister's and my childhoods.
- Figuring out some good answers at the team trivia event tonight.
- Still some leftovers for dinner, yummy roasted vegetables.
9/19/11
- Getting direct advice from my manager on how to fix up my self-assessment to word it better.
- Getting to the library and finding several books on the hold shelf ready for me.
- Thought of a way to put the planter in the dining area to give it more light while still having enough room for the kitchen table.
- Making chicken stock with the remains of the roast chicken from yesterday.
- Making carrot fries and remembering to take them out before they burned.
- EM telling me some funny stories about her life lately.
9/18/11
- Dan coming to Maker Faire with me, where we saw 3D printers and a life-size mouse trap (like the board game).
- Really nice partly sunny weather outside.
- Getting home with plenty of time for the roast chicken and timing it such that dinner was done really early.
- Roast chicken coming out better than the last one after having been salted for longer.
- Roasted vegetables (carrots, butternut squash, cauliflower) coming out really well.
- Having EM and PJ over for dinner and crafting.
9/17/11
- Going to the farmer's market and picking up a large watermelon.
- Picking up new and healthy plants from the garden center.
- Oiling the planter to give it a darker color and more finished look.
- Even Dan saying that the planter looked better after being oiled.
- Being able to put the carpets back in place.
- Watching Doctor Who.
9/16/11
- Showing AJ that the new product isn't that different.
- Getting a response from MT to set in motion temporarily disabling the wrong queries in the tools system and setting in motion getting in the right queries, finally.
- Confiding in AJ and getting advice about how to approach MG.
- MG agreeing to a quick meeting and being open to the things I wanted to express to her.
- Hanging out with Dan for a quiet evening.
- Watching Silence of the Lambs through for the first time.
9/15/11
- Not too many issues while on maintenance duty.
- PD verifying my instincts on one of the tickets.
- Lunch with AJ and BB.
- Chair massage from AS.
- Grabbing dinner at the office after a failed trip to Re/Dress in Brooklyn (closed for repairs).
- Shooting the breeze with BL and ST in the 5th floor cafe.
