11/24/12

1. Going through all my Black Friday purchases to try them on again and savor them.
2. Dan running out to get the gift cards from the Cheese Store for Small Business Saturday.
3. Checking the hours for Mad One Jack's in time to get there to buy gift cards from them before they closed at 5.
4. Doing an inventory of all the pairs of pants I have.
5. Dan making sausage/spinach/tomato risotto for dinner.
6. Finding that Madewell is now carrying stuff in sizes 14 and XL, which is really nice (and a little dangerous) since previously their size L was just a little bit too small for me.

A year ago today.

11/23/12

1. Dumplings for breakfast.
2. Organizing stuff for all the errands that I had to run.
3. Finding a parking spot from someone just about to leave at the Grove, it was totally packed otherwise.
4. Extremely nice salespeople at Lululemon and J.Crew both.
5. Hanging out with Dan/SR/RC.
6. Matzo ball soup at Manalapan diner really hitting the spot.

A year ago today.

11/22/12

1. Pacing my food consumption throughout the day quite well.
2. Showing the wedding album around to the different sides of the family.
3. CS trying on her wedding dress for us, it's beautiful.
4. Working on a puzzle with the girls.
5. Snagging lots of great deals at the outlets for Black Friday, including All-Clad pans and twinkle lights for $4/box.
6. Having some of my sister's split pea soup with bread after we got home.

A year ago today.

11/21/12

1. Going through all the online shopping orders I've received in the last week to decide what to keep/return.
2. Finding fleece-lined leggings on Fab.com and being able to use the $10 off coupon I had for them.
3. Putting together a Black Friday shopping/errands list.
4. Heating up leftovers for breakfast and lunch.
5. Dan saying the mashed potatoes I made to go with the slow cooker Swedish meatballs were the best he's had.
6. Making this apple tart with salted caramel. Salted caramel is amazing.

A year ago today.

11/20/12

1. Getting a ride to the Newport station from Dan.
2. Having a leisurely breakfast in the morning of an avocado bagel and yellow scrambled eggs.
3. Successfully running my library and baker's twine procurement errands.
4. Lunch with AJ/RC/FJ.
5. Catching up with SN, always a fun time.
6. Dinner with RC/MG.

A year ago today.

11/19/12

1. Overnight slow cooker congee actually worked out quite well for a hot breakfast! Added in spinach leaves from the garden.
2. Reading over my annual performance review with feedback from peers and my manager and feeling very warm and fuzzy about it.
3. Figuring out Christmas gifts for our parents with my sister.
4. Fairly enthusiastic response to the idea of a Hoboken Festivus gathering.
5. Getting our wash&folded laundry delivered truly for free, tip was refused. 
6. Making a sweeter chocolate cake in a mug for dessert.

A year ago today.

11/18/12

1. Dan giving me a bit of extra time to make some toast before he dropped me off at Newport.
2. EM in good spirits when I visited her with AM/MM there initially and ST/JC there later.
3. Making it home in record time, only a little over an hour and light rail was just pulling up as I got there.
4. Skyping with EN.
5. CP calling with the news that she got engaged!!! And at a Springsteen concert!
6. Pulling together a holiday gift/card list and finding some fun cards on Etsy.

A year ago today.

11/17/12

1. Opening a Chase savings account for Dan to get a $125 signup bonus.
2. Nice sunny day to walk over to the Newport station.
3. Getting to the Renegade craft fair right around 1pm as I had predicted.
4. Browsing through all the vendors at a slow pace, finding a few good gifts! (and jewelry for myself)
5. Meeting up with my APW lady friends for dinner at The Spotted Pig. Always fun conversation.
6. Dan picking us up from the Newport station.

A year ago today.

11/16/12

1. Making it to Chelsea Marketplace just in time for my 11:45 eyebrow appointment.
2. Croque monsieur and fries at the market cafe.
3. Catching up with JP and MG over a cup of whole milk hot chocolate.
4. Going back to Lululemon to buy those running pants to have them at home to compare against the Athleta running pants I bought online when they come, and finding the gray/black versions of the styles I liked.
5. Watching Breaking Dawn Part 2 in a totally packed theater. Top 3 most ridiculous movie experiences ever.
6. Getting out of the theater in time to be able to get PATH before it shut down at 10pm--I keep forgetting that that's a slight risk.

A year ago today.

11/15/12

1. First elevator from street level to concourse still working at Newport for me with my shopping cart of packages.
2. A guy doubling back to hold open the door for me when my hands were full with lunch.
3. Strawberry cheesecake hitting the spot to finish off a good lunch (ratatouille pasta, pepper steak, greens, cheesy pumpkin gratin).
4. Chair massage with AS.
5. Shopping at the Lululemon store in Union Square.
6. Walking home from Newport with Dan.

A year ago today.

11/14/12

1. Finding lots of little green buds on the lemon verbena plant that looked all dried out and dead.
2. Chase Bank finding another coupon code in the system for Dan even though the one that was mailed to us had expired during Sandy.
3. Snacking on Greek yogurt with pear vanilla jam. Homemade jam with yogurt is pretty much the best snack ever.
4. Opening up the dilly beans and pickled carrots I'd canned and finding them to be quite crispy and delicious!
5. Getting a drugstore.com delivery really quickly.
6. Dan bringing home rye bread, corned beef, Swiss cheese, and more Greek yogurt for my consumption.

A year ago today.

11/13/12

1. Finally getting around to packing up my old PowerBook for recycling...the one I used in college.
2. Getting more info about Nordstrom's $100 alterations credit benefit and that it can just be applied to any tailoring order from them.
3. Mixing the last of the peach jam into Greek yogurt.
4. Making mapled brussel sprouts for dinner and chocolate cup in a mug in the microwave. Both turned out surprisingly well.
5. Bringing down the roof plants from the top floor and finding them to look surprisingly good still.
6. Getting caught up on finances for last month.

A year ago today.

11/12/12

1. Dan heading out to do schoolwork at the library for most of the day.
2. Opening up a jar of peach jam from the farm open house to spread English muffins. Seriously amazing peach flavor, and not too sweet, either.
3. Mixing the peach jam with Greek yogurt as well since I just wanted to keep eating it...
4. Finding a good price for shampoo and other stuff from drugstore.com plus a $5 off coupon.
5. Cooking up congee in the slow cooker--overcooked it a little, but as a general concept it works.
6. Watching the DVRed Once Upon a Time episode.

A year ago today.

11/11/12

1. Catching a few episodes of Firefly and recording a 10th anniversary cast special.
2. Finally, finally switching out summer clothes for winter clothes. Didn't take quite as long or was as dusty as I thought it would be.
3. Vacuuming the apartment, including underneath the bed while the various clothes storage boxes were out.
4. Making the beef portion of beef stew in the slow cooker. Beef actually got cooked to the point of the pieces falling apart.
5. Cooking the CSA potatoes and carrots separately from the beef just on the stovetop and then successfully combining it all together for the final stew.
6. Fixed Chromebook to be able to watch Netflix on it!

A year ago today.

11/10/12

1. My aunt finding me a jacket so I wouldn't get sap over my regular clothes while helping my dad haul tree branches around.
2. Getting all the more unusual stuff on my Asian groceries list at Kam Man and some bubble milk tea to boot.
3. Finishing going through the Slow Cooker Revolution cookbook while waiting for my mom.
4. Eventually successfully finding my mom after her body scrub.
5. Trying out the superhot sauna and not dying afterwards. My heart was palpitating for awhile though.
6. Lounging around and watching TV with Dan after getting back from King Spa.

A year ago today.

11/9/12

1. Catching up with SF in the morning.
2. Doing the dishes and some barebones vacuuming before my sister got here, along with unpacking my suitcase.
3. My sister running out to pick up a prescription for me while I had to be in meetings.
4. Remembering to defrost the beef chuck for stew before heading out.
5. Going to see Skyfall with my parents and sister. OMG SO GOOD!!! Seriously might be my favorite Bond movie, it's got it all.
6. Power coming back on at my parents' place!

A year ago today.

11/8/12

1. Desk plant still doing okay despite all the neglect.
2. Meeting with SI and RM visiting from Japan. Nice guys.
3. Running out to pick up a prescription from the doctor and library book before having to be back at the office to pick up the veggie CSA.
4. First meat CSA pickup.
5. Successfully shoving my way onto the train.
6. Dan giving me rides to and from the Newport PATH station.

A year ago today.

11/7/12

1. Cooked up all the potatoes to make home fries.
2. Managing to finish making up breakfast while a morning meeting was getting started.
3. Looking out the window not too long after I heard the sound of rain stopping to notice that it had started snowing. First snow of the season already and it's sticking to the ground. 
4. Meeting with the training team to go over some details they had questions on, nice to see that they're still getting to work on new stuff.
5. Chatting with Dan after he came home from work early.
6. Dan complimenting the home fries even though they had onions and garlic in them.

A year ago today.

11/6/12

1. Feeling much better than the previous night, thank you Nyquil.
2. Cooking up chicken and peppers for quesadilla fillings.
3. Getting showered and dressed to go vote.
4. Pretty short wait, just one person in front of me.
5. Successfully figuring out how to cancel a wrong choice on the machine.
6. Going to bed early while Dan stayed up following the election results with HTHSers on a G+ hangout. 

A year ago today.

11/5/12

1. Meatballs for lunch.
2. Work people being understanding about continued reduce work capacity from being sick.
3. Sample ballot coming in the mail finally to be able to do some research on the public questions.
4. Trying to ignore the sinus pressure by watching many episodes of Supernatural.
5. Dan bringing home NyQuil.
6. Going to bed right after taking NyQuil.

A year ago today.

11/4/12

1. Feeling better after showering and moving around a bit.
2. Going to volunteer and talking to some folks stuck in a big building without power still.
3. Catching the tail end of Christie's press conference in Hoboken.
4. Catching a glimpse of the big man himself on his way out. 
5. Dan making meatballs in soup for dinner.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

11/3/12

1. Dan coming over to help go get more gas.
2. Not waiting in line for too long to get gas.
3. Going grocery shopping and getting most of the basics except for eggs.
4. Going home to Hoboken. 
5. Apartment door successfully keeping out the gross smell in the building.
6. Cleaning out the fridge and scrubbing down the surfaces since we threw everything out. Cleanest and emptiest it's been since we moved in, probably.

A year ago today.

11/2/12

1. Morning meeting ending after just an hour.
2. Meeting with a benefits person to go through the health insurance provider changes.
3. My sister picking up more food from Kam Man. 
4. Getting another bubble milk tea.
5. Working on the Last Supper puzzle a bit more with my sister.
6. Going over the health insurance plan changes over G+ hangout with Dan.

A year ago today.

11/1/12

1. Waking up naturally by 8 with plenty of time before a 9am meeting.
2. Going out in the afternoon to get food from Kam Man.
3. Getting a bit of fresh air by walking the dogs while waiting for my mom to be finished at the dentist.
4. Getting back in plenty of time to catch up with my manager.
5. Premade food feast for dinner. 
6. Finally figuring out a Google Groups setup problem! And taking all the steps to set up a fix.

A year ago today.