12/31/13

1. Getting to sleep in in the morning.
2. Not taking too long to pack together all my stuff.
3. Going to visit my grandma!
4. Getting one last round of laundry done.
5. Learning to play mahjong with the family.
6. Watching the ball drop together.

A year ago today.

Top good things in 2013:

1. Getting into and going to Hackbright.
2. Leaving Google on good terms.
3. Getting a job as a software engineer at a place with a great culture fit.
4. Following through on moving to the west coast.
5. Moving into a place in a great location, affordable and cute, and with a washer/dryer.
6. Dan getting a job in Oregon.

12/30/13

1. Buying fun patterned and colored lingerie.
2. Better lunch at Google than last time, with AT/EM/AM/MM.
3. Making it to Guggenheim in plenty of time to meet up with AL/JPH.
4. SHAKE SHACK.
5. Successfully meeting up with SD on his way back from Philly for a bit at Penn Station.
6. My dad coming to Middletown to pick me up after I missed my stop.

A year ago today.

12/29/13

1. Doing a Google Hangout with EN/DC/LW/MS!
2. Pork/chive/shrimp dumplings for breakfast.
3. Spending the whole day in my PJs.
4. Getting to catch up on internet and email stuff.
5. Watching random movies and TV.
6. Going to bed at a more normal hour for getting up early the next morning.

A year ago today.

12/28/13

1. Sleeping in until 11. 
2. Going for a walk with my mom and the dogs.
3. So warm out that I didn't need my coat.
4. Heating up salmon and rice for dinner.
5. Going out for a double date bowling with CK/LK and Dan.
6. Making it back safely after driving on 18.

A year ago today.

12/27/13

1. Going to Quicksilver with my sister to help her pick out jewelry with the gift certificated I got her for Christmas.
2. Finding a round purse on sale at Nordstrom's for a replacement daily bag.
3. PG happening to be at the mall to help us kill time by playing another game of Dominion.
4. Seeing the 2nd Hobbit movie with AL.
5. Getting up for a bag of popcorn in the middle of the movie.
6. Making it to the gas station before running out of gas.

A year ago today.

12/26/13

1. Finding a couple packs of holiday cards on sale at Marshall's for next year.
2. Making it to the movie theater just before it started.
3. Quite enjoying Frozen, a Disney movie that passes the Bechdel test.
4. Mom bringing us back some bubble teas from Kam Man.
5. Going out to a diner with PG/AL/SR/CP and Dan.
6. Winning the last game of Dominion thanks to lots of Tribute cards.

A year ago today.

12/25/13

1. Talking my sister in dressing up as twinsies.
2. Going for dim sum with the whole family in the morning.
3. Opening the presents under the tree.
4. Getting compliments on my outfit (red Madewell dress with Peter Pan collar, aqua cardigan, black sparkly loafers) as being Christmassy but not overly so.
5. My pancreas plush gift for KS and bearded hat for Dan going over well.
6. Making a salted caramel apple tart for my mom.

A year ago today.

12/24/13

1. Going back to sleep for another 5 hours after waking up at 8.
2. Oxtail and braised lamb for lunch.
3. My sister lending me her car to run out for an errand.
4. Getting to Red Bank to pick up a last gift.
5. Finding that there was free parking in the lot for the holidays.
6. Yummy foods in Shrewsbury, with corn pudding, cookies, and a smores cake.

A year ago today.

12/23/13

1. Thinking to pick up a bottle of peppermint schnapps and hot chocolate packets for the party.
2. Caramel coming out of the pot after soaking without needing to do a lot of scrubbing.
3. Making the chocolate chip cookies successfully without burning anything.
4. Happening to turn off onto the right street after I couldn't read the sign for the previous one.
5. Hilarious and fun time of a Festivus party at PG's, with AL/CP/SR/RC/JH and Dan.
6. PG teaching us how to do York Peppermint Patty shots with the peppermint schnapps and chocolate syrup.

A year ago today.

12/22/13

1. My family coming right on time to pick me up from the airport.
2. Getting bubble tea and dim sum.
3. Taking a nap in the afternoon.
4. Watching White House Down with my mom.
5. Finishing up most of the Christmas gift wrapping.
6. Figuring out how to use adhesive bows with the gift tags that are technically for wine bottles.

A year ago today.

12/21/13

1. Sleeping in until noon.
2. Remembering to take out the compost/recycling/trash and turning off the surge protectors to prep the house for being empty for awhile.
3. Getting all holiday postcards written.
4. Finding a mailbox on the walk back from the library and checking out the local food truck pod finally.
5. Eating up the rest of the soup and pumpkin pie oatmeal for dinner to clear out the fridge.
6. Making the bus to the airport just in time.

A year ago today.

12/20/13

1. Getting a really juicy burger from Sideshow Eatery.
2. Meeting AL's friend and fellow hackbright grad, KY.
3. Going back to Lulu Vintage to pick up the purple coat.
4. Dinner of pizza at the office.
5. Getting to see DC play in his band.
6. Catching the bus before my 2 hour pass expired.

A year ago today.

12/19/13

1. Blue skies peeking out.
2. Keeping warm from wearing 3 layers.
3. Coming up with a good gift idea for my mom finally!
4. Getting a sparkly ruby red gel manicure.
5. Going to see the gingerbread exhibit at the Benson Hotel (1913 Portland) and the Christmas lights on Peacock Lane.
6. Wrapping up presents while watching The Mindy Project.

A year ago today.

12/18/13

1. Making both 75 buses just in time.
2. Only waiting 30 minutes at the DMV.
3. Passing the written test to get an Oregon driver's license!
4. Heating up frozen dumplings for a quick dinner.
5. Crawling into bed to watch The Mindy Project.
6. Going to sleep at 10.

A year ago today.

12/17/13

1. Making it to the bus stop with a minute to spare.
2. Successfully getting the extra data line to show on a chart!
3. The stuffing I made with sausage being much more filling for lunch.
4. Catching DS before leaving the office to ask about recruiting efforts.
5. Video chatting with Dan.
6. Watching a rerun episode of The Mindy Project.

A year ago today.

12/16/13

1. Cinnamon chip cookies being a hit at the office.
2. Going out for coffee and a nice long chat with ELV.
3. Thinking to get apples from the snacks area at the office instead of having to find a grocery store.
4. Making it just in time for the bus ride home.
5. Using up a bunch of other ingredients in the fridge to make another attempt at apple-herb stuffing, this time with sausage.
6. Warming up the cookies I left for myself in the microwave and enjoying them with a cup of milk while watching Once Upon a Time.

A year ago today.

12/15/13

1. Getting up in time to go with Dan to the airport.
2. Just making our bus and then the connection to the MAX.
3. Went to see the Sherlock Holmes exhibit at the OMSI, really well done interactivity.
4. Browsing through various vintage shops on Hawthorne on my way back.
5. Caught up on Once Upon a Time.
6. Made cinnamon chip cookies to bring in to the office.

A year ago today.

12/14/13

1. Sleeping in and lounging in bed until after noon.
2. Dan going out for groceries and getting my books from the library for me.
3. Dan vacuuming the place and making dinner.
4. Doing several loads of laundry.
5. Catching up on the The Mindy Project and its adorable dance scene omg.
6. Going to bed in clean PJs, clean sheets, knowing all the dishes in the kitchen were done and the house vacuumed, and finances in order--wonderfully satisfying feeling.

A year ago today.

12/13/13

1. Pairing with CD on some his Javascript work, he said he hadn't paired before but he was actually great at explaining everything.
2. Getting lunch at the big food carts with a delicious porchetta sandwich from The People's Pig.
3. Polishing off a few 1pt stories/bug fixes.
4. Getting a good 90-day review!
5. Biking back from the office and finding it much easier in the warmer temperatures.
6. Cooking up some frozen dumplings for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/12/13

1. Having enough time to cook up some noodles in the morning to bring in for lunch.
2. Figuring out how to do stubbing properly for our tests.
3. Good and filling food at the holiday party.
4. Starting a game of Dominion with Dan.
5. Playing another game of Dominion with Dan, KL and her partner K.
6. Making it to an alternate bus route to avoid a long wait time.

A year ago today.

12/11/13

1. Others agreeing with me about meeting efficiency at the retrospective.
2. Another day of fried rice with roast duck for lunch.
3. Thanks to the pre-planning work the day before and meeting attendance requirements changed, afternoon ended up being pretty free to get started on some of the work with KL.
4. DC and KM validating my choice not to bike when it's around freezing temperatures.
5. Finally getting over to Nordstrom's to pick up my hemmed leggings.
6. Dan packing away the leftover tomatoes and eggs I made for lunch tomorrow.

A year ago today.

12/10/13

1. Finishing my shower before the plumber came.
2. Discovering fancy fudge chocolate in the kitchen that someone brought in.
3. Chatting with KL about our common feelings of awkwardness.
4. Fried rice with duck at lunch.
5. Making good progress with KL on a story.
6. VC not minding that I forgot about our 1:1 from being engrossed in pairing.

A year ago today.

12/9/13

1. Finding that Dan took all the Ikea boxes out to the recycling in the morning.
2. Getting started on figuring out Christmas gifts with Dan.
3. Making it to the bus stop just in time.
4. Making up a dinner of noodles with bok choy and roast duck.
5. Organizing my shoes and coats into the newly built armoire.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

12/8/13

1. Getting a blueberry muffin from the upstairs apartment for breakfast.
2. Taking the rental car to Fubonn and getting a bunch of prepared food, including a whole roast duck and a bahn mi.
3. Taking a nap in the afternoon while Dan returned the rental car.
4. Fitting all my laundry into one large load.
5. Organizing my closet armoire with the new shelves we picked up from The Container Store.
6. Putting together the new Ikea armoire successfully in the end.

A year ago today.

12/7/13

1. Catching crabs being easier than I had expected, though requiring more upper body strength.
2. Borrowing ELV's gloves to warm up my hands.
3. Eating lots of delicious, fresh crab.
4. Dan successfully staying free of cross-contamination.
5. Playing many more games of Dominion, including one where I did really well in keeping a lean deck!
6. Fun time with Charades.

A year ago today.

12/6/13

1. Getting a Korean burrito for lunch.
2. Having the rest of the sausage and peppers for dinner, whose flavors had mellowed out a bit.
3. Dan taking care of the dishes while I packed for the trip.
4. Finding Jean-Luc (the cat) in the back looking still healthy.
5. Fitting in a trip to Ikea to acquire an armoire to use as a coat closet.
6. The neighbor coming home and letting us know Jean-Luc's been staying in her basement at night over the last few weeks, so we gave him and the new litter box over to her.

A year ago today.

12/5/13

1. Going on a morning coffee walk with the group.
2. Managing to defrost the rest of my soup under hot running water.
3. Getting a lot more clarity on what we were supposed to be doing after SE/KL and I talked to BK.
4. Hearing good news from a friend.
5. Learning to play Dominion at board game night and catching on to the strategies fairly quickly.
6. Making it to the bus stop with a minute to spare. Next one would have been another 30 minutes, in the freezing cold.

A year ago today.

12/4/13

1. Sunny day to get back into biking.
2. Successfully putting together my standing desk with scavenged screws.
3. Double monitor setup at SE's desk for easier pairing.
4. Coming up with a few insights for debugging our navigation woes.
5. A fairly engaging security training.
6. Dan making sausage and peppers for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/3/13

1. Mom making dumplings for me for breakfast and to bring with me on the plane for lunch.
2. Managing to sleep for about 3 hours on the plane.
3. Reading Eleanor & Park.
4. Getting to the office earlier than I had expected, not too long after noon.
5. Going to bed early.
6. Dan being there when I had a bad (and weird) dream.

A year ago today.

12/2/13

1. Making the earlier train so I had time before the office visit to run errands.
2. Fitting in eyebrow threading and picking up truffle salt from Chelsea Market.
3. Lunch with AT/EM/MM.
4. Seeing the DSM eng team and hanging out with JE and AS.
5. Nutella hot chocolate as recommended by the barista.
6. Watching The Heat with my mom and sister and finding it quite funny.

A year ago today.

12/1/13

1. Mom coming with me to return stuff at the outlets.
2. Getting another bubble tea in the morning.
3. Dim sum with my sister and some cousins.
4. Going to see my grandma and holding the one fluffy small chicken she kept.
5. Seeing CB and my mother-in-law.
6. Making another apple tart for my sister to bring over to her friends'.

A year ago today.

11/30/13

1. Going to King Spa with my family in the morning.
2. Finding some English newspapers to read when I got out of the saunas earlier than the others.
3. Playing cards while eating lunch.
4. Going to see Catching Fire with my sister.
5. Dan going out to buy some gift cards for the Amex Small Business Saturday credit.
6. Talking the Filling Station into selling me a gift card over the phone to get the Amex credit.

A year ago today.

11/29/13

1. Sleeping in until 11:30.
2. Pork/chive/shrimp dumplings for breakfast.
3. Finishing reading Steelheart.
4. Trying on the haul from J.Crew last night to decide what to keep and what to return with my sister.
5. Roast duck red curry and papaya salad for dinner.
6. Making a salted caramel apple tart with my sister and garnering praise from my mom.

A year ago today.

11/28/13

1. Finding enough food in the United lounge in Chicago to get me through breakfast.
2. My sister coming to pick me up right on time.
3. Dim sum with the whole family.
4. Finishing reading Allegiant.
5. Taking a nap to catch up on sleep.
6. Not waiting in lines at the outlets for very long.

A year ago today.

11/27/13

1. Having enough time to eat breakfast and make lunch.
2. Getting in to the office just in time for the 10am demo meeting.
3. Making a bunch of phone calls to get my money back.
4. BK coming by at the end of the day to give me positive feedback on my demo in the morning.
5. Cobbling together enough food for dinner from a couple slices of toast with sunbutter, a pear, and some cheese.
6. Dan coming with me to the airport.

A year ago today.

11/26/13

1. Congee for breakfast.
2. Noodles to go with tomatoes/eggs reheating decently well for lunch.
3. Returning several pairs of jeans to J.Crew and stopping at Nordstroms to get a pair of leggings hemmed.
4. Making back in plenty of time to run to the library.
5. Finally getting to cleaning up our finances in Mint for the last couple months.
6. Dan taking care of all the dishes.

A year ago today.

11/25/13

1. More sun and blue skies and keeping my hands warm with rediscovered thicker gloves.
2. Leftover sausages and sauerkraut surviving the bike commute in the morning despite the takeout box not fitting flat into the bike basket.
3. Product manager being self-aware.
4. Yummy free pumpkin milkshake from Burgerville.
5. Finding a well-placed single seat in the theater.
6. Delightful Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, just wonderful plotting. Missed you, David Tennant!

A year ago today.

11/24/13

1. Another sunny day, but with warmer temperatures than in the past week.
2. Getting my hair color freshened up.
3. Dan unpacking his clothes and moving a bunch of boxes to the basement, clearing up space in the living room.
4. Putting away my summer clothes into bins under the bed.
5. Dan making Italian wedding soup for dinner.
6. Clearing out the drain, thanks to Dan figuring out how to pull out the stopper fully, baking soda, and vinegar.

A year ago today.

11/23/13

1. Doing a Google Hangout with AL and CP in the morning to catch up!
2. Pulling together a shorter list of errands to run with the rental car.
3. Picking up most of what I wanted from the Container Store.
4. Finally getting to an Asian supermarket, Fubonn, and finding it to be well-stocked.
5. Going to see the Calvin & Hobbes documentary at Living Room Theaters, where they'll deliver drinks to your seat and you can raise the arm to get a loveseat.
6. Getting berliner donuts for dessert.

A year ago today.

11/22/13

1. Another sunny day!
2. Getting a product manager to sign off on what KM and I had done so far and pursue cleanup as a separate project.
3. Chatting with a journalist about Hackbright and switching careers.
4. Getting to the convention center for the bead show just in time.
5. Getting froyo with the girls.
6. Finding that the parking garage was still open at another entrance so I could go in and retrieve my bike.

A year ago today.

11/21/13

1. Continued sun and blue skies.
2. Going for a walk to the food trucks with the others at lunch.
3. Tabbouli with pretzels from the snack bar and some of the leftover chicken from making chicken stock going all together quite well.
4. Pairing with KM all day and finally figuring out where we kept getting infinite loops.
5. Dan making me one of his turkey, provolone, and pickles sandwich for dinner.
6. Re-reading Fangirl and marking my favorite parts.

A year ago today.

11/20/13

1. Sunny day!
2. Wearing my oxfords with olive green jeans and coral sweatshirt, a nice color combo if I do say so myself.
3. Going for a morning coffee walk to take advantage of the sun.
4. Talking to ELV at lunch about raising rabbits and chickens.
5. Getting a compliment from a product manager at lunch that I'm very thorough.
6. Getting carrots in the last CSA share of the season and cooking them up into more carrot fries without burning any this time.

A year ago today.

11/19/13

1. Feeling full with just one bento box section of sausage and kale, meaning I could have the other box for lunch tomorrow without having to pack a new lunch.
2. Funny conversation at lunch about introducing kids to old TV shows.
3. Sorting out crabbing weekend plans with ELV.
4. Rescuing some of the carrot fries after I left them in the oven for too long.
5. Reading Fangirl, so cute.
6. Dan accepting my apology for being randomly bitchy.

A year ago today.

11/18/13

1. Stopping by the benefits open enrollment office hours.
2. Getting dumplings and a taco from the Korean food truck for lunch.
3. Confirming that SE's theory about an intermittent issue was right.
4. Getting to a bunch of emails I'd been meaning to send for awhile.
5. Cooking up the right amount of pasta, sauce, meatballs, and spinach for dinner.
6. Throwing together a lunch with sausage made in last week's class and CSA kale that had been sitting around for awhile.

A year ago today.

11/17/13

1. Breaking out the tomato jam I canned last year to include in grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.
2. Sun coming out for a bit in the afternoon as I went out to pick some persimmons from the tree in the backyard.
3. Successfully fitting all my dresses and other clothes that need to be hung into the new wardrobe.
4. Dan making meatballs and pasta sauce out of the pizza sauce from last night for dinner.
5. The best Once Upon a Time episode thus far this season, with an actual surprise twist.
6. Finding a few items on the Container Store's site that seem like they'll fit the rest of our storage needs.

A year ago today.

11/16/13

1. Remembering to set up the slow cooker in the morning to make chicken stock with wings.
2. Cooking some home fries to go with one of the sausages we made last night.
3. Hemming and putting up the curtains for the bedroom.
4. Pulling together a pizza dough quite quickly.
5. Building the Ikea wardrobe without breaking or chipping anything and with minimum arguing with Dan.
6. Dan approving the plain cheese pizza as the best home pizza yet.

A year ago today.

11/15/13

1. Getting a couple samosas to supplement the Brussels sprouts and turnips I brought from home.
2. Going out for coffee and mentoring discussion with MAS.
3. Ending the week with a review of various cat memes on the shared screen.
4. Attending a sausage-making class!
5. Still a thrill to introduce myself as a software engineer at the class.
6. Making the bus after having to walk to a stop for a different line just in time so I didn't have to wait around for 30 minutes.

A year ago today.

11/14/13

1. Remembering the partial lemon I still had in the fridge at work to flavor my water.
2. Going to a tech talk that I could follow along with pretty well.
3. Getting to some backlogged reading.
4. Feeling a lot healthier throughout the day with more energy to contemplate getting things done.
5. Cooking up Brussels sprouts and Japanese turnips from the CSA for dinner.
6. The cat being very polite about going back out after sneaking in through the door I left open while taking out the compost and recycling.

A year ago today.

11/13/13

1. Watching a feature I worked out go out to production and seeming to go smoothly!
2. Getting lots of props during the retro for helping make the demos better.
3. Biking home for the first time all week, and didn't have to stop any more than I usually do either.
4. Swedish meatballs for dinner at Ikea.
5. Fitting the Hemnes wardrobe into the rental car and still managing to squish myself into the front seat.
6. Heating up some frozen biscuits with peach jam.

A year ago today.

11/12/13

1. Continuing to take the bus to/from work instead of biking.
2. Working with JK to write together tests for a tools change.
3. Going out for lunch with Dan and JR.
4. Being able to close out two pull requests by the end of the day.
5. Staying a bit late to put together a demo for tomorrow.
6. Dan making lentils for dinner.

A year ago today.

11/11/13

1. Waking up feeling well enough to go in to work.
2. Taking the bus to/from work.
3. Bringing in defrosted soup for lunch.
4. Sipping on ginger tea throughout the day.
5. Pairing with KL to finish up the feature I'd been working on.
6. DC suggesting a much simpler way to test this last new part.

A year ago today.

11/10/13

1. Making scrambled eggs with scallions and avocado on toast for breakfast.
2. Sun peaking out for the first time all week.
3. Setting up the TV with Dan.
4. Impressively clear channels just with the antenna.
5. Taking an afternoon nap.
6. Dan making matzoh ball soup for dinner.

A year ago today.

11/9/13

1. Waking up with enough energy to take a short shower and do some of the dishes.
2. Dan getting to Portland!!
3. Taking two naps throughout the day.
4. Having Dan here to take care of me while I'm sick.
5. Breaking out the package of Mint Slices.
6. Dan doing a load of laundry for me so I had clean pajamas to sleep in.

A year ago today.

11/8/13

1. Running into VF in the elevator (so I wasn't the last one in).
2. Samosas and ramen soup for lunch.
3. Figuring out the MGI tool bug!
4. Making it out to the team happy hour for at least a bit.
5. Taking the bus home instead of biking back.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

11/7/13

1. Shoe covers doing an admirable job of keeping my feet dry in the rain.
2. Bringing ginger tea to work.
3. NL introducing herself and saying that she finds my tweets consistently thought-provoking and rational, even if she doesn't agree with them herself.
4. Getting to know KL.
5. Tagging along with BM to his Chinese class.
6. Playing Bananagrams and getting dinner at board game night.

A year ago today.

11/6/13

1. Coming up with a few different suggestions for MAS as a mentor.
2. Getting to know IM better at lunch and discovering we're in very similar boats as recent transplants to Portland.
3. A few different people on the team telling me that people appreciate my input and respect my opinions.
4. Grabbing an extra stalk of Brussels sprouts that someone else left out.
5. Picking up another extra free loaf of bread ticket.
6. Making another pizza using the cast iron pan + broiler method.

A year ago today.

11/5/13

1. JK doing a great job with an intro class on testing.
2. Learning about scopes at JS's Rails training class.
3. Picking up a library book on hold.
4. Getting home with a few minutes to spare before Skyping with a potential candidate.
5. Finding it really to be a lot easier to work with wet dough with wet hands.
6. Also assembling the pizza on parchment paper to slide onto the pizza stone working really well, beautiful crust!

A year ago today.

11/4/13

1. Making steady progress on my own still even without having MAS to directly pair with all day.
2. Frittata and collard greens reheating well for lunch.
3. gChatting with Dan a bit before heading over.
4. Biking over to REI just in time for the snowshoeing class.
5. Making it safely home despite the rain.
6. Pre-packing lunch for the next day.

A year ago today.

11/3/13

1. Waking up really early naturally thanks to the clock change.
2. Frying up some bacon to go with scrambled eggs and sauteed bell pepper for breakfast, along with some avocado on toast.
3. Going out to try the pho at a local Vietnamese restaurant.
4. Spending the afternoon reading on the couch.
5. Getting to video chat with CB a bit.
6. Still getting to my various cooking/cleaning tasks for the evening.

A year ago today.

11/2/13

1. Making home fries and scrambled eggs for breakfast.
2. DC calling to catch up.
3. Realizing that I could just stop at Safeway to pick up groceries after getting bread from Grand Central Bakery.
4. Really friendly cashier at the Safeway.
5. Making a pizza with roasted butternut squash.
6. Going to bed early to try to take advantage of clock switch to shift my schedule earlier.

A year ago today.

11/1/13

1. Good day pairing with MAS.
2. Going out for sushi for lunch with the team.
3. Trying a few more different kinds of pie at a goodbye party for a support engineer.
4. AC persuading me to stop by the happy hour.
5. Getting to know some people better 1:1 at the happy hour.
6. Doing the two sinks' worth of dishes before going to sleep.

A year ago today.

10/31/13

1. Catching the right bus to get in by 10.
2. Staying engaged throughout the day while pairing with MAS at the keyboard.
3. Bringing in extra soup so I could have a bowl and a half of it for lunch.
4. Maple pumpkin cheesecake bars being a hit.
5. Really fun night with avid discussions at AC/LU's Halloween gathering.
6. Going straight to bed when I got home since I was tired.

A year ago today.

10/30/13

1. Having some time in the morning to do optional stuff like attend a practice talk and read through client visit write-ups.
2. Calling the Chase business card reconsideration line and getting approved for the Southwest card.
3. Making it in to the meeting room in the nick of time.
4. Going out for happy hour and getting to know KM better.
5. Ranting to Dan over videochat.
6. Picking up a bag of candy from the supermarket in case trick-or-treaters do come around tomorrow.

A year ago today.

10/29/13

1. Walking out to the food carts with the team to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine, even if I didn't need to buy lunch.
2. Getting a hot chocolate at just the right temperature on the afternoon coffee walk.
3. Helping MAS fix up the week 1 plan for KL starting next week.
4. Maker night at the office and seeing other people's knitting projects.
5. Getting into bed early to get warm.
6. Getting sleepy by going through cookbooks to mark up recipes I want to try.

A year ago today.

10/28/13

1. Sunny bike ride in to the office.
2. Closing out both of my own pull requests.
3. JD helping me adjust the brakes on my bike so they wouldn't squeak so much.
4. Door guard at Fred Meyer's keeping an eye on my bike when I got there and realized I left my bike lock at the office.
5. Discovering the music video for Sara Bareilles' Brave--joyful and delightful.
6. Thinking to store the enormous quantity of soup I made in empty quart canning jars.

A year ago today.

10/27/13

1. Using BBL's trick of adding a bit of water to my scrambled eggs to make them fluffier without milk.
2. Sun coming out for a bit in the afternoon as I ran my errands.
3. Local library being open on Sundays.
4. Learning the layout of the local supermarket a bit better so less back-tracking than usual while shopping for groceries.
5. Making up two batches of pear vanilla jam.
6. Putting on a warm bathrobe fresh from the dryer.

A year ago today.

10/26/13

1. Sleeping in...a lot.
2. Having remaining beet-avocado salad for lunch.
3. Making avocado toast with remaining bread.
4. Sun coming out for the afternoon.
5. Lounging on the couch watching Hawaii 5-0.
6. Baking up a couple frozen biscuits to have with peach jam for late night snack.

A year ago today.

10/25/13

1. Getting more of JK's help to write up tests.
2. Another day of free lunch.
3. Pies being added to the dessert spread for lunch.
4. Video-chatting with AJ at lunch.
5. Catching the awards handed out at the end of the conference, several of which went to Hackbright people!
6. Spending some time playing around with one of the balloon dirigibles.

A year ago today.

10/24/13

1. Learning a ton from JK about setting up tests.
2. Free lunch of fajita fixings, yum.
3. Staying at the office for the "Olympics" events.
4. My team winning at the nerf gun challenge.
5. Not eating all of the remaining squash galette after I was full.
6. Breaking down and buying Hawaii 5-0 from the iTunes store.

A year ago today.

10/23/13

1. Avocado for mixing up the beet-avocado salad at lunch not being too badly bruised.
2. JK helping me figure out the cause for the other bug I had been looking at.
3. Actually having enough plastic bags for all the CSA items.
4. Fitting the entire CSA share into my panniers.
5. Rolling out the pastry dough more thinly than when I made the squash galette over the weekend.
6. Remembering to add in more salt, sage, and parmesan cheese to the filling this time.

A year ago today.

10/22/13

1. Another sunny day!
2. Figuring out the bug all on my own!
3. Yakisoba from a Japanese food cart at the big carts that I hadn't tried yet.
4. EM passing along a really nice thing someone I used to work with said about me, not knowing that she knew me.
5. Picking up cookbook on hold from the library.
6. Discovering the parsnip-potato latkes I'd made on Sunday so only had to heat them up for dinner. Also, way better with sour cream in addition to the applesauce.

A year ago today.

10/21/13

1. Sun coming out on my bike ride to work
2. Butternut squash galette not suffering from being flipped over a few times.
3. Releasing another fix in time to make it to production by the end of the day.
4. Remembering to go down to the lobby in time to get a flu shot.
5. Getting to do some soldering!
6. AG getting my board to be connected after I was ready to give up on it.

A year ago today.

10/20/13

1. Being stirred to go out  when the sun came out in the afternoon.
2. Realizing my phone bounced out of the bike basket not long after it happened and going back to find it chipped in the corners but screen still intact. Phew!
3. Making it to the farmer's market just as they closed but in time to still get some carrots and pears.
4. Using the shredding disc on the food processor for the first time, making quick work of parsnips and a potato for parsnip latkes. 
5. Meeting up with LM for dinner.
6. Unpacking a couple more boxes than I had been expecting to, including most of my craft supplies.

A year ago today.

10/19/13

1. Another beautiful sunny day.
2. Getting a pretty new helmet and fabric pannier bags with zippers and pockets from the 50% closeout sale at the bike shop down the street.
3. Finding everything on my shopping list at the supermarket.
4. Seeing a few people favorite my tweets expressing a not-popular opinion.
5. Vacuuming for the first time in the duplex, yay for not living in filth anymore!
6. Spending the afternoon and evening roasting up all the different kinds of squash I've been getting from the CSA.

A year ago today.

10/18/13

1. Sun came back!
2. Samosa from the Indian food cart being quite crispy and tasty.
3. JK helping me cherry-pick a commit after I realized I broke something in the morning.
4. Seeing the errors start reporting correct information after the fix.
5. Re-heating leftovers from lunch to have for dinner while at the office so I didn't have to carry it back home.
6. Talking to a girl on the support team who might be interested in Hackbright!

A year ago today.

10/17/13

1. Putting my hair in two braids.
2. Cooking up some scrambled eggs to have with avocado slices for lunch.
3. Needlework night at Colette Patterns studio, cool to see a place in person after seeing many photos online.
4. Cooking up the whole bunch of Swiss chard for dinner.
5. Making and canning peach jam.
6. Sitting down and getting our finances in order on Mint.

A year ago today.

10/16/13

1. Another beautiful, sunny fall day for biking in to work.
2. Wrestling together a script that would give me the data I wanted, even if it wasn't pretty.
3. Going out for pie in the afternoon.
4. Catching up on the last few weeks of Hacker Newsletter.
5. Easily fitting the refrigeration-required portion of this week's CSA on the back of my bike.
6. Finding a peach jam recipe that would let me put off making the actual jam for another couple nights.

A year ago today.

10/15/13

1. Overnight slow cooker steel cut oatmeal turning out quite well.
2. Opening up some pear sauce I canned last year and finding that I had added candied ginger to it, so actually tastier than I thought it would be.
3. Beautiful fall day for biking in to work in the morning, sunshine and gorgeous trees changing color.
4. Getting to Grand Central Bakery in time to pick up a loaf of bread.
5. Cooking up root greens (radish, beet, turnip) for dinner.
6. Figuring out some further furniture placements and being able to move some large boxes out of the bedroom.

A year ago today.

10/14/13

1. Making up two sandwiches to pack for lunch.
2. Avocado with tomato and scrambled eggs for breakfast.
3. Random free donut and umbrella in the morning.
4. Coffee walk in afternoon sunshine.
5. Plum cake going over well.
6. Only stopping once on the uphill stretch of the bike ride home.

A year ago today.

10/13/13

1. Re-reading Bitterblue.
2. Plum cake indeed being delicious on day two.
3. Finding the perfect sized tupperware to store slices of cake.
4. Getting enough energy together to at least put the papers away. 
5. Finding lots of Xanth and Dragons of Pern books available from NYPL.
6. Making up a radish sandwich for dinner.

A year ago today.

10/12/13

1. Finally getting around to returning a couple ice packs to the seafood stand.
2. Finding a vendor at the farmer's market that still had watermelons!!
3. Picking up a bunch of fall fruit: plums, peaches, pears.
4. Remembering that a Trader Joe's was near that market to stop and pick up a few things there before heading home.
5. Unpacking all of Dan's books and getting him to agree to get rid of a few.
6. Putting together a simple and delicious plum cake.

A year ago today.

10/11/13

1. Getting lunch from the Grilled Cheese truck finally. Cheddar + basil pesto, dipped in tomato soup.
2. Joining in on the turntable.fm room for bug bash day and not having anyone boo down my choices.
3. Getting DC's help at the end of the day with the bug I'd been wrestling with all day.
4. Stopping in on the board game night briefly and playing a few rounds of SET.
5. Eventually successfully finding pita chips at Fred Meyer's.
6. Going to bed at a decent hour for the first time in a few days.

A year ago today.

10/10/13

1. DC helping me try to get my local RPM running properly again.
2. Remembering the scheduled feedback session with someone from the networking class I signed up for before being too late.
3. My laptop's battery just holding up through the video chat.
4. Catching up on personal emails I'd been meaning to send for awhile.
5. Picking up Eona from the local library branch.
6. Getting through Eona pretty quickly.

A year ago today.

10/9/13

1. Using pretzels with tabbouli at lunch for something crunchy/carby.
2. Going out for a walk in the afternoon.
3. Thoughtful post-screencast discussion with CLV/BS/RG, where everyone admitted to wanting to learn how to write better tests.
4. Getting all the veggies home.
5. Chanterelles sauted in butter for dinner.
6. Microwaved apple not giving me an allergic reaction.

A year ago today.

10/8/13

1. Having just enough sunbutter left to make a sunbutter & jelly sandwich for breakfast.
2. New biking jacket doing a good job of blocking out the wind.
3. Pita chips working well to supplement the rest of the Trader Joe's crackers with my tabbouli for lunch.
4. Stirring up an interesting conversation about privacy and benefits to social pressures to conform at lunch.
5. Getting enough done to open up 2 pull requests.
6. Uphill stretches on the bike ride home a bit easier than yesterday.

A year ago today.

10/7/13

1. Successfully commuted in to the office on my bike!
2. DC sharing his Blue Star donuts and getting to sample a few different flavors.
3. Tabbouli and crackers being delicious and filling for lunch.
4. Figuring out a way to get the XML response I wanted, after struggling with it all afternoon.
5. Dan making me feel better about office politics.
6. Catching up on Once Upon a Time.

A year ago today.

10/6/13

1. Figured out where the rest of the major pieces of furniture should go and moving them into place.
2. Getting to the hair salon place right on time.
3. Getting yellow-red-orange streaks in my hair--phoenix-like!
4. Catching up on my Google Reader while getting my hair done.
5. Cooking up a storm, with making tabbouli, tzatziki, and sausage-stuffed cabbage rolls.
6. Remembering to put in the Amazon order for the swivel socket surge protectors before going to bed.

A year ago today.

10/5/13

1. Beautifully warm and sunny day.
2. Taking my bike out to test out the commute in to work.
3. Fitting all the groceries I got onto my bike.
4. Neighbor thinking to call our landlord when I locked myself out.
5. Landlord actually being home when we called, so didn't take too long to come over to let me back in.
6. Getting Jean-Luc (the cat) to go inside the shelter I built for him from a plastic bin to protect from the rain.

A year ago today.

10/4/13

1. Waking up feeling well-rested, despite not getting particularly more sleep or anything.
2. Sunny day outside!
3. RB knowing about my password thing and giving me a high five for shipping it.
4. Remembering my leftover Thai food from yesterday before going out to buy lunch.
5. Successfully unclogging the shower drain with baking soda, vinegar, and q-tips.
6. Video-chatting with EN, who is a sympathetic audience.

A year ago today.

10/3/13

1. Wrapping up a couple support tickets I'd started earlier in the week.
2. REI salespeople being very patient with me while I spent an hour debating the merits of different biking jackets.
3. Getting a warm cinnamon pretzel at Wal-Mart when I was starving.
4. Picking up everything I needed for the cat shelter, plus some random house stuff.
5. Putting my new jacket on over my light coat helping enormously to stay warm.
6. Ordering a 20-piece chicken nuggets from the drive-through window of the McDonald's by the bus stop I was waiting at, since the drive-through is open 24 hours even though the main part had closed.

A year ago today.

10/2/13

1. Perfect amount of heat from the grilled pepper on the juicy chorizo-pork sausage burger I got for lunch.
2. BM letting me know that the mysterious hard round item in the CSA was a tiny melon.
3. Amazon consolidating two packages into one, letting me get my bike lights earlier than I expected!
4. Catching Jean-Luc using the blanket-in-a-basket I put out for him after he'd initially stalked away haughtily after I refused to let him in when I got home.
5. Cooking up a large quantity of CSA vegetables for dinner today and tomorrow night.
6. Using a bit of CB's Meyer lemon olive oil on my Swiss chard since I didn't have any more lemons around.

A year ago today.

10/1/13

1. Finding a later timeslot in the morning for my headshot after I got in to the office with my hair still wet.
2. Getting a schnitzelwich sandwich for lunch.
3. Not being the only one that got drenched in the sudden downpour.
4. The sandwich surviving the rain unscathed.
5. AC joining me for lunch.
6. Video-chatting with AL to catch up on her Hackbright experience thus far.

A year ago today.

9/30/13

1. Figuring out answers to a couple support questions in the morning.
2. Sun and blue skies peeking out a few time during the day.
3. Going out for a walk in the afternoon.
4. Meeting my next door neighbor finally, who explained the trash/recycling situation and the neighborhood gray/white cat.
5. Watching series finale for Breaking Bad.
6. Unpacking the utensils.

A year ago today.

9/29/13

1. Getting a ride from officiant to brunch.
2. Pita chips and hummus from Whole Foods.
3. Preaching to the choir with Dan.
4. Hanging out in the United lounge, where there were packages of Milano cookies.
5. Going through a couple books from my Kindle.
6. Taking a cab home.

A year ago today.

9/28/13

1. Finding another direct flight that would get me to Dallas in time for the wedding after missing my morning flight.
2. DC reporting back that more help wasn't needed for setup after all.
3. Getting dressed and made up with plenty of time to get to the ceremony.
4. CP/TC getting married!
5. CP's whole family being nice and welcoming to me, particularly TP's dance moves and drunken professions of (platonic) admiration.
6. Getting seated at one of the few "reserved" tables to be able to hang out with MB/MP, who is really nice and funny.

A year ago today.

9/27/13

1. The meat special from the Indian food cart having more than enough food for lunch and dinner.
2. JVP suggesting a workaround that worked for a bug I was dealing with.
3. Going to happy hour with ELV/CLV/DC and their friends.
4. The bar people being really nice about bringing in outside food.
5. ELV/CLV giving me a ride home.
6. Ordering some bike lights and shoe covers.

A year ago today.

9/26/13

1. Finishing up the client-side validations.
2. Sunny golden lit evening.
3. Finally picked up my bike from the bike shop.
4. Getting a library card, there's a branch just a few blocks from our place.
5. Found the comforter and my bike helmet!
6. Kitchen over half unpacked.

A year ago today.

9/25/13

1. Finding a gyro option that also included French fries.
2. Slowly figuring out JQuery.
3. Fairly light CSA load, made it easier to run my errand to Target.
4. Deciding to get most of the stuff I wanted on Amazon for cheaper/better selections.
5. Finishing The Night Circus, lovely.
6. Figuring out a general plan of where to put things in the kitchen.

A year ago today.

9/24/13

1. Korean tacos for lunch.
2. Bulgogi over rice for dinner.
3. Giving Dan a video tour of the duplex.
4. Unpacking clothes I brought with me into the closet and dresser.
5. Unpacking a couple kitchen boxes.
6. Finding the bag with the sheets and blankets in it.

A year ago today.

9/23/13

1. Remembering that I'd left my silk dress hanging in the room in time to turn back and get it.
2. JK helping me a lot with the cookies bug I was dealing with.
3. Light up hula hoops at the end of the hula hoop class.
4. Moving boxes around enough to set up the mattress and be able to walk through the rooms a bit more easily.
5. Successfully getting the internet set up!
6. Being tired enough to just fall asleep and skip having to figure out dinner.

A year ago today.

9/22/13

1. Sleeping for most of my flights back.
2. Getting nachos and spinach/artichoke dip along with a BLT for lunch at the Seattle airport.
3. Sunshine coming out in Portland as I got back into the city, like it was welcoming me home!
4. Leather sandals I bought off eBay having been delivered while I was gone.
5. Managing to pack everything into the small red suitcase.
6. Cooking up pretty much everything left in the fridge.

A year ago today.

9/21/13

1. Remembering that I had my United Club passes in my carry-on bag to use during my layover.
2. Taking a nap at the hotel before heading over to the wedding.
3. Making it there right before the ceremony started.
4. AJ and MT tying the knot, I totally teared up, so happy for them!
5. Seeing EM/ST/AM/MM!
6. Great band, fun time dancing.

A year ago today.

9/20/13

1. Movers successfully fitting all our stuff into the duplex.
2. Dropping off my bike at the shop down the street for a tune-up and the guy there not charging me for the full tune-up, just looking over the brakes and cables.
3. Getting in to the office by 11.
4. Fixing one bug entirely on my own!
5. Having a couple hours after work to lounge and watch random TV before having to head over to the airport.
6. Catching up on my RSS feeds.

A year ago today.

9/19/13

1. Making a bunch of phone calls in the morning to settle our moving bill.
2. Picking up my red silk vintage dress from the tailor's. I can now sit in it!
3. Interesting discussion at lunch about collectible resellers and flea markets.
4. Getting a mani-pedi in anticipation of AJ's wedding.
5. Swinging by Target on the walk back to pick up some stuff for the duplex.
6. Frying up a couple tortillas and eggs to have in addition to salad for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/18/13

1. Finally getting to re-open the pull request for my password complexity increase code.
2. Shadowing VF for a bit and learning more about his project, which sounded really cool.
3. Staying at the office long enough that I was able to pick up this week's CSA share after all, despite it being delivered later than usual.
4. Finally hearing from the driver with our stuff that he would deliver it on Friday morning!
5. Surprise 10% off the whole order from Whole Foods for a customer appreciation day.
6. Tzatziki potato salad using up one cucumber and putting another one into my salad.

A year ago today.

9/17/13

1. Getting lunch at the food carts thanks to taking a (Hackbright!) interview candidate out for lunch.
2. Figuring out how to put in the exclusion for partners into my validations.
3. Staying late at the office to fix my local branch and start the tests to run again.
4. Doing a second run of my stuff over to the duplex.
5. Hitting the bus times right so didn't have to wait too long on either end.
6. Making huevos rancheros for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/16/13

1. Despite breaking some stuff over the weekend, getting help to revert it in time and people in the SF office helping me out.
2. Getting to the hula hoop class on time despite bus ride taking longer than I had expected.
3. Still getting the hula hooping multi-class discount despite missing the first one last week.
4. Figuring out the chest hopping and "outflow" hula hooping a bit more successfully near the end of the class.
5. Finishing off Warbreaker sooner than I had expect, since about 20% of the Kindle file was the annotations.
6. Going to sleep pretty early.

A year ago today.

9/15/13

1. Sleeping in until 11:30 and feeling like I caught up on sleep.
2. Buying a couple Brandon Sanderson books from Amazon, including Elantris and Warbreaker.
3. Spending pretty much the entire day reading on the couch, skipping out on going out with the thunder and gloomy weather.
4. Catching on about Walt's phone call to Skyler in this week's Breaking Bad episodes pretty quickly.
5. Roasting up the chicken legs and cooking up quinoa to pack for lunch.
6. Baking the salmon as my mom had recommended coming out really nicely.

A year ago today.

9/14/13

1. Making a full breakfast with home fries and scrambled eggs.
2. Getting the last watermelon at the farmstand I've been getting them from for the last couple of weeks.
3. Finding the rubber part of my earbud after pulling it out of my purse and it popped off.
4. Bringing a couple suitcases of stuff over to the duplex to start moving in.
5. Walking through the Belmont Street Fair and picking up a loaf of potato bread from Grand Central Bakery.
6. Making charred corn tacos for dinner, very healthy and tasty.

A year ago today.

9/13/13

1. Remembering to text my sister a happy birthday.
2. Once I hunted down the right file, pretty quick fix for my first bug of the day.
3. Having a brainwave that put me on the right track to fixing my second bug of the day!
4. Going out for a quick run in the evening light.
5. Stopping at Target on the way back to pick up some household supplies.
6. Packing up the black duffle bag inside the red rolling suitcase to bring over to the duplex.

A year ago today.

9/12/13

1. Falling into a groove for fixing the tests associated with my password complexity change.
2. Being impressed and amused by RC's Facebook-stalking and deductive skills.
3. Settling Dan's meal for AJ's wedding.
4. Dan taking care of picking up another gift for AJ off of their Bed Bath & Beyond registry.
5. Spending the evening in after the social events earlier this week.
6. Video-chatting with Dan.

A year ago today.

9/11/13

1. Deciding to pack leftovers from dinner last night into a bento box lunch.
2. JVP helping me figure out the right files to look at for the changes I needed to make.
3. Reading up on Rails validations and successfully writing in the additional password validation rules.
4. Delicious flaky peach/raspberry and plum pies at monthly demo meeting.
5. First CSA pickup, with corn, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, plums...yay!
6. Hanging out with LH and J!

A year ago today.

9/10/13

1. Remembering to bring in leftovers from dinner last night in for lunch.
2. Buying a pro-rated CSA share for the rest of the season.
3. Slowly figuring out how to do things via an API with curl statements.
4. Taking some time to review and re-organize my notes for easier access to reference information.
5. VW having extra yarn and needles at the maker night so I could test out my theories for how to fix my honey cowl.
6. Cooking up the salmon, Swiss chard, corn, and chanterelle mushrooms in the fridge.

A year ago today.

9/9/13

1. Practicing using the Asian bumpit and teasing brush to make a puffy bun.
2. Figuring out the bug that was causing the scheduler app to break!
3. Schnitzelwich sandwich for lunch from the Tabor food truck.
4. Going for a quick run in the beautiful sunshine.
5. Hanging out with BBL and DL, here on vacation.
6. Sea salt/caramel and cinnamon snickerdoodle ice cream from Salt & Straw.

A year ago today.

9/8/13

1. Waking up refreshed at 9:30.
2. Making porridge for breakfast.
3. Watching Harry Potter movies while working on Ruby koans.
4. Re-heated galette pastry being just as delicious as it was last night. Trader Joe's frozen pie crust is quite good.
5. Discovering Heather Havrilesky's been writing an advice column.
6. Going for my first run in awhile and feeling pretty good.

A year ago today.

9/7/13

1. Perfectly gorgeous day, clear blue skies, sunny but not hot, no humidity.
2. Shopping at the farmers market.
3. Going over to our duplex and re-measuring the rooms to figure out the floor plan.
4. Remembering that I'd forgotten to buy pie crust before getting too far out from Trader Joe's, in order to make this burst tomato galette.
5. Stopping at the office on the way back to drop off some of the weight of the groceries I was carrying back.
6. Catching up with DC, LW, and SD (separately).

A year ago today.

9/6/13

1. Realizing that the sound I heard was just the rain, not some random person who broke in and was typing, or mice in the garbage.
2. Making sunbutter-avocado toast for breakfast after I couldn't go back to sleep.
3. Dan getting through to the movers to get an estimate of when they'd get here.
4. Going for tea and dumplings with BR.
5. Doing a couple loads of laundry.
6. Making an omelette with spinach and goat cheese for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/5/13

1. Figuring a potential floorplan for the bedroom utilizing a headboard that would double as nightstands.
2. Getting a chance to try out the Georgian (country, not state) food truck.
3. JR being very encouraging on how much I'd figured out so far about how the scheduler app worked.
4. Realizing I didn't actually break the scheduler app, something funky happened with my cookies.
5. Videochatting with AJ.
6. Rain letting up by the time I walked home.

A year ago today.

9/4/13

1. JR showing me where the actual repository for the scheduler app was.
2. DC explaining assert statements to me and actually understanding them this time.
3. Working through some of the Codeschool Ruby tutorials.
4. Making a bunch of progress on the Ruby Koans.
5. Dan making an effort to be more positive about the new place even after we discussed some of its challenges.
6. Working on a floor plan for the new place.

A year ago today.

9/3/13

1. Bringing my red silk vintage dress to the tailor and only getting charged $45 to have the hips let out, even with the rush fee to get it done in time for AJ's wedding.
2. Having my phone with me to answer the call that the place I saw yesterday was ours if we wanted it.
3. Calling up Verizon to get my phone activation fee waived.
4. Signing the lease!!
5. Taking measurements at the new place.
6. Remembering to take down the window screens and lock all doors/windows before heading out.

A year ago today.

9/2/13

1. Sleeping in in the morning.
2. Cooking up the entire bag of spinach in the fridge into an omelet.
3. Making this one-pan farro with tomatoes recipes, very quick and easy and delicious.
4. Finding another really cute house. It's pink!
5. Getting lucky with buses pulling up within a few minutes of walking to the stop.
6. Stopping at Trader Joe's on the way back but getting back on a bus within the 2 hour validated ticket window.

A year ago today.

9/1/13

1. Going back to sleep after calling Dan to tell him about my bad dream.
2. Snacking on leftover guacamole and tortilla chips.
3. Walking through the NW area after looking at an apartment there.
4. Making it out to the NE and back within the 2 hour validation window on my ticket.
5. Heating up the other half of the Swiss chard and salmon that I cooked up last night.
6. Wikipedia-surfing and watching a Sex and the City marathon.

A year ago today.

8/31/13

1. Getting to the 8am house viewing early.
2. Stopping at Trader Joe's and reveling in its familiarity.
3. Going to the Saturday farmers market and buying many vegetables, salmon, and even a small watermelon!
4. Breaking into the watermelon and finding it to be really sweet.
5. Doing a full reset of laundry.
6. Cooking up the Swiss chard in the April Bloomfield way, along with the salmon, for a very satisfying and simple dinner.

A year ago today.

8/30/13

1. Talking to ZK in the morning and being encouraged about how long to get up to speed in this job.
2. Getting to know JVP more at lunch.
3. Getting to the Hawthorne-area duplex first and putting in an application!
4. Following along what DC was working on on my own computer and then putting in the bug fix myself, actually better understanding the whole process.
5. Getting caught up on notes for the week.
6. Doing a end-of-first-week check-in with DC and setting some good goals for myself for the next few months. also got some cool manageable-sounding project ideas.

A year ago today.

8/29/13

1. Getting permission to duck out tomorrow afternoon for an apartment viewing.
2. Meeting people on different teams in 1:1s to learn more about what they do.
3. Lunch with VW and AC, other women in the office.
4. Seeing an apartment with lots of great period vintage details in the light fixtures and tiles, with great trees out front.
5. Radish chive cream cheese sandwiches being delicious.
6. Long chat with JH.

A year ago today.

8/28/13

1. Pretty much inhaling bibimbap for lunch.
2. Running into VW before heading out and talking about league of ladies at the office.
3. Remembering to grab my leftover Indian food to have for dinner.
4. Finding the right apartment in the end, after initially knocking on the front unit and being told there was no open house there.
5. Watermelon and leftovers from food trucks over the last few days for dinner.
6. Video chatting with Dan.

A year ago today.

8/27/13

1. Meeting my mentor DC and learning a lot from him.
2. Great value on meat special from an Indian food truck for lunch, lots leftover.
3. Making a bunch of apartment viewing calls at lunch.
4. Checking out the roof of the building and finding it to be really nice.
5. Dad buying me some additional staples he thought I needed, like toilet paper, paper towels, garbage bags, and aluminum foil.
6. Dad leaving me his laptop to learn Linux and have it for messing around with programming on.

A year ago today.

8/26/13

1. Having someone next to me all day to bug for help on my first day at New Relic!
2. Korean bulgogi taco for lunch.
3. PUSHING CODE WHAT WHAT!
4. Seeing the first apartment.
5. Dad noticing we'd overshot our stop coming back from Pill Hill.
6. Cracking into the watermelon from Whole Foods and finding it to be very sweet.

A year ago today.

8/25/13

1. Healthy tasty breakfast, scrambled eggs with mushrooms and spinach.
2. Discovering a Whole Foods just a couple blocks away, went and stocked up on basics.
3. Dad approving of the shrimp in seafood noodles from the food cart.
4. Walking to the Brewvana tour pickup stop.
5. Good pizza/snacks at the 2nd brewery so didn't need dinner.
6. Figuring out a way to take the lining out of a suitcase a bit to better deal with the shampoo spill.

A year ago today.

8/24/13

1. Red duck curry and papaya salad for lunch.
2. Getting large luggage on at 48lbs.
3. Leftover pizza still delicious.
4. Remembered to look at departures floor for spare luggage cart for free at PDX, saved $4.
5. Really nice digs in temporary housing, everything is provided for.
6. Reading Howl's Moving Castle on my Kindle.

A year ago today.

8/23/13

1. Dan being home all day.
2. Finishing the final exam for my algorithms class and getting 37/40 on it.
3. Cleaning and spackling of the apartment not taking very long. Yay magic erasers!
4. Dinner at Leo's one last time with RC.
5. Getting free dessert after letting the waitress know about a mistake on the bill.
6. Finishing Orange is the New Black.

A year ago today.

8/22/13

1. Dan handling sleeping on the floor quite well.
2. Binge watching Orange is the New Black. So good!
3. Cooking up stuff in the freezer to pack away in tupperware.
4. Re-packing stuff I'm bringing on the planes and having enough room/weight allowance.
5. Not taking too long to take down the rest of the shelves.
6. Chicken patty to augment dinner.

A year ago today.

8/21/13

1. Finishing up packing the couple boxes I had before the movers came.
2. Movers giving me a call to let me know when they were on the way so I had time to run to the bank before they got here.
3. Chilling in the bedroom while the movers packed up the apartment.
4. Taking down the wall braces and top shelves of the shelving unit in the bedroom in time to still give the movers the drill and stepladder.
5. Dan comforting me and being very practical about having lost my engagement ring (hopefully it's accidentally packed into the vacuum box...).
6. Watching Silver Linings Playbook from iTunes and really quite enjoying it, mostly due to Jennifer Lawrence.

A year ago today.

8/20/13

1. Deciding to just throw the stuff I wanted to bring to Portland into my suitcases a bit haphazardly and repack it later.
2. My mom coming to help me pack, bringing saltwater duck and some figs with her.
3. With my mom's help, getting everything (food processor, stand mixer, keyboard) except the TV into their respective boxes.
4. Having enough time to put all the blinds back on the windows and put the light fixtures back, so shouldn't need the drill or ladder anymore.
5. Dan helping pack up the living room/coffee table area.
6. Calling it quits around 10:30 when I was too tired to spend much time standing anymore.

A year ago today.

8/19/13

1. Getting some papers and digital stuff in order before heading out.
2. Making it in for lunch with AJ/EM on time.
3. Softshell crab with a delicious aioli and fries at lunch.
4. Getting my eyebrows done by MM for the last time.
5. Picking up a cookbook I've wanted to a long time, Cook's Illustrated's Slow Cooker Revolution used from Strand.
6. Cooking up a storm to use up everything left in the fridge: chorizo-corn chowder, chocolate chip banana muffins, and cherry tomato/green bean salad.

A year ago today.

8/18/13

1. Making breakfast pretty much all from CSA groceries: eggs, tomatoes, basil.
2. Getting to the gym to lift for the first time in 3 weeks.
3. Bringing my bike in to the building before it started raining.
4. Dropping off the bar stools in Manhattan without too much difficulty.
5. Dan dropping me off back home before going grocery shopping.
6. Finishing out the last problem set for the algorithms course and getting a perfect score on the first try.

A year ago today.

8/17/13

1. Being surprised by the flock of chickens that my grandma is raising in her backyard. Really cute!
2. Dim sum with the whole family.
3. Going to the outlets and helping my sister pick out clothes.
4. Dan coming down to help me carry my stuff in.
5. Watching TV and lounging on the couch after getting back to Hoboken.
6. Sneaking some of Dan's meatballs to snack on.

A year ago today.

8/16/13

1. Grabbing the last pieces of avocado at breakfast for myself.
2. My mom and sister making it in for lunch just before the cafes closed.
3. Squeezing in a half hour catchup with MS.
4. Making it to the Arts Center not too long after 7, despite leaving the office 45 minutes later than I had planned.
5. Really enjoying the Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox 20 concert! Quite comfortable on the lawn.
6. My mom making a Korean seafood pancake for us to have after we got home, plus a very sweet watermelon that my dad had bought.

A year ago today.

8/15/13

1. Massage with AS.
2. Buying a veggie/egg CSA share for a good price.
3. Going to TGIAF with the DSM eng team.
4. Getting a personal phone again.
5. A bunch of HTHSers gathering to essentially see me off: CP, AB(m), AL, RC. A lovely time.
6. Talking everyone into going up to check out the Hoboken food trucks.

A year ago today.

8/14/13

1. Walking to the train station with Dan.
2. Avocado bagel and scrambled eggs for breakfast!
3. Lunch with AJ.
4. Wrapping up one project I'd been letting sit for awhile.
5. Getting dinner at the office.
6. Getting in touch with my mom to figure out what to do about getting a personal phone.

A year ago today.

8/13/13

1. Grabbing at least some oatmeal for breakfast and finding it rather satisfying.
2. ST joining me for the tail end of lunch.
3. Getting dinner at the office.
4. Running into MW on the walk home and learning about a Hoboken food trucks pod uptown, gotta check that out next week before I leave.
5. Watermelon after I got home.
6. Going to bed at 10.

A year ago today.

8/12/13

1. Sharing a car with EN to get to the airport.
2. Snacking on plums and salami sandwich. Quite good food on the plane, too.
3. Getting a couple hours of sleep before watching movies for the rest of the flights.
4. Dan picking me up from EWR.
5. Lentils made by Dan for dinner and watermelon for dessert!
6. Making it to about 9:30 before falling asleep.

A year ago today.

8/11/13

1. Remembering to take screenshots of Google Maps to find our way to the hotel.
2. Getting groceries for snacks/lunch.
3. Making it onto the train with about 10 minutes to spare.
4. Munching on leftover duck breast.
5. Winning a hard-fought game of 3-way chess.
6. Great friendly service and seafood at the Little Whale.

A year ago today.

8/10/13

1. Heat wave breaking at last.
2. Being able to rent a swimsuit and towel.
3. Hungarian spa with different pools (including outdoor ones) and saunas.
4. Walking throughout the city with DC.
5. A random marching band going by turning out to be part of wedding procession.
6. Seriously delicious Jewish bistro dinner, with matzo ball soup, salad, and duck breast with latkes.

A year ago today.

8/9/13

1. Hot chocolate and soft egg with rolls at breakfast.
2. Getting to see the morning exercises of the Lippizaner stallions.
3. Tablets accompanying museum exhibits showing the automatons on display in action, like a mechanical ship firing cannons.
4. Buying reserved seats for the train ride back.
5. Direct ride on metro to the hotel after a taxi tried to rip us off.
6. Gorgeous view from our room of the parliament at night.

A year ago today.

8/8/13

1. Paper version of the castle tour being available.
2. Getting lunch of panini at the cafe with a great view.
3. Buying multiple bottles of cold water.
4. Apfelstrudelshow! (a demo of how to make apple strudel that was surprisingly delightful)
5. Running through the sprinklers to cool off.
6. Night fest of food stalls and opera broadcast. Surprisingly good seafood (grilled calamari, whole fish), watermelon juice, and spritzer.

A year ago today.

8/7/13

1. Getting scissors from the front desk to fix my Luna sandals.
2. Klimtiing it up--the Beethoven frieze and The Kiss.
3. Finding the right Klimt postcard I wanted, the one with gold edges, at the 2nd gift shop.
4. Convincing the others to take the metro back to the hotel.
5. Dinner of leftovers from yesterday on bread, tomato, cucumber from market and blueberries.
6. Watching Breaking Dawn Part I and II in all its ridiculousness.

A year ago today.

8/6/13

1. Waking up refreshed.
2. Getting back to the castle and making full use of yesterday's tickets.
3. Refreshing light beer at lunch.
4. Playing 3-way chess on the train.
5. Chatting all the way on the 5-hour train ride.
6. Fancy schnitzel for dinner and beer with lemondae.

A year ago today.

8/5/13

1. Sleeping on the flight from Germany to Prague at least.
2. Successfully getting from airport to finding EN/DC in the lobby of the hotel.
3. Staying awake throughout the day.
4. Walking around Prague's cobblestone paths and art nouveau architecture details.
5. Cool mint tea at cubist cafe & iced tea at castle cafe really hitting the spot.
6. Firm hotel mattress.

A year ago today.

8/4/13

1. Not taking too long to pack in the morning.
2. Quick CVS run on my bike and finding a second kind of munchies for EN.
3. Dan vacuuming the apartment.
4. Dan giving me a ride to the airport.
5. Large amount of legroom even in economy on Lufthansa.
6. Decent dinner of pasta and a brownie for a dessert.

A year ago today.

8/3/13

1. Getting to CP's mom's home in plenty of time.
2. My yellow fascinator being a big hit.
3. Elaborate picnic by MB, especially the radish & cream cheese sandwiches, but also the first good watermelon feta salad I've ever had, plus fancy cocktails.
4. Picnic table situated to be able to see the horses walk by on their way in and out from the track.
5. Getting home by 11.
6. Keeping my sleepiness and falling into bed.

A year ago today.

8/2/13

1. Successfully putting my hair up.
2. Latkes with applesauce in addition to the sandwiches for lunch.
3. Ceremony going smoothly, even with some unintentional hilarity.
4. CS and PG getting married!
5. Great food at cocktail hour.
6. Talking Dan into getting on the 10:30 shuttle instead of the 11 with everyone else.

A year ago today.

8/1/13

1. Dan running back to the apartment to get my hair dye for me.
2. Getting a replacement shell for my work laptop and not having display problems anymore.
3. Lunch with AJ.
4. Squeezing in a last meeting with JE/KK/AS about the shortlist for next month.
5. Getting the streaks in my hair re-dyed, the color this time is more blue than purple.
6. Learning a new blowdrying technique to get wavy hair using just a round brush, no curling iron needed.

A year ago today.

7/31/13

1. Morning meeting getting canceled so I could attend at least the first half of the study group meeting.
2. Lunch with AJ/MM.
3. Getting my laptop slightly working enough for a couple hours in the afternoon to get some work done.
4. Picking up a Kevyn Aucoin book from the library after being on the waiting list for months.
5. Getting a mani-pedi in preparation for the wedding.
6. Watching Four Weddings and a Funeral to prevent further damage to the manicure.

A year ago today.

7/30/13

1. Another really comfortable day in the morning! 
2. Pork belly sandwich at lunch.
3. Being able to deliver good news on some upcoming product improvements.
4. Staying late in the office to get the classwork done.
5. Powering through and submitting the problem sets for both week 4 and 5 both.
6. Hunger holding off until I got home to re-heat burgers from last night.

A year ago today.

7/29/13

1. Really comfortable temperature/humidity outside in the morning.
2. Plenty of avocado left at breakfast.
3. Running a bunch of errands on the way home, return book to library, got cash, picked up Amazon package from locker.
4. UPS delivering my package just before I was about to give up on waiting for them and head over to the gym.
5. Succeeding at 5x5x45 overhead press! Felt much easier than it did last week when I failed on the last rep.
6. Making up burgers with bacon for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/28/13

1. Doubling back to stop at Panera for a breakfast bagel sandwich.
2. Meeting AL for breakfast in Monmouth Battlefield State Park.
3. J.Crew store associate finding the necklace I was looking for off a manikin, so no need to go to the Grove in Shrewsbury again.
4. Dumplings for lunch.
5. No real snarky comments at Dan's work offsite about the move.
6. Figuring out how to run the programming homework to get the right answer without running as many trials as I initially thought necessary.

A year ago today.

7/27/13

1. Waking up in time to run over for a lifting workout.
2. Making Swiss chard with olive oil from A Girl and Her Pig, very simple but delicious, "elevated" by the small touches.
3. Having enough time to clean up the apartment a bit before heading out.
4. Getting very specific instructions at the rehearsal and learning that we won't have to be standing the whole time.
5. The surprise of Mr. Met stopping by at CS/PB's rehearsal dinner.
6. Going through the remaining boxes of stuff I have at my parents' and cutting it down by about half.

A year ago today.

7/26/13

1. Reading Tiny Beautiful Things.
2. AM coming in for lunch with EM/AJ. Last grilled cheese!
3. Surprisingly comfortable temperature out, very pleasant for open air dining at Malatesta with EM/AJ.
4. EM lending me some cash to cover for dinner and gelato when I ran out.
5. Getting hazelnut and Nutella gelato.
6. Stopping by CVS to return a bunch of hair accessories.

A year ago today.

7/25/13

1. One of my favorite breakfasts: biscuits with sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, avocado.
2. Finding a set of Shun knives on Woot to get as a birthday present for my mom.
3. Lunch with YW and having a heart-to-heart.
4. Picking up a book at the library and a couple canning books from Strand.
5. Good real food at TGIAF, chicken wings with peanut sauce, shriveled up green beans, and yellow curry. 
6. Stopping by EM's desk to chat for a bit and get spin pins back from her.

A year ago today.

7/24/13

1. JE bringing in delicious cherries from the other microkitchen.
2. Particularly excellent massage from AS.
3. Dan getting me a watermelon during a mid-week Costco run.
4. Getting all the questions right on my second attempt for the week 3 problem set.
5. Japanese turnips indeed being nicely sweet, sliced thin and stir-fried with eggs.
6. Indulging in watching A Walk to Remember on Lifetime.

A year ago today.

7/23/13

1. Stopping at CVS to pick up a few more hair items.
2. Watching videos for the algorithms class on PATH using the tablet actually working out quite well.
3. Practicing the updo again in the morning and having it not fall out over the course of the day.
4. Watching some more YouTube tutorials on hairstyles and makeup for Asian hair and eyes.
5. Lunch with AJ.
6. Getting to the gym to lift.

A year ago today.

7/22/13

1. Eventually successfully picking up temporary no parking signs for the move.
2. PA seeing me in the cafe at lunch and coming over to congratulate me on the new job.
3. Not taking too long to run a bunch of errands: picked up stuff from tailor, bought hair stuff, picked up my teal glasses with new lenses, stopped at Madewell/J.Crew, picked up book from the library.
4. Showering off the stickiness from an incredibly humid day.
5. Trying out a few potential updo hairstyles for CS' wedding.
6. Finally using the spin pins that EM had lent me months ago and finding them to be magic in holding in a bun, even with my slippery hair.

A year ago today.

7/21/13

1. Not feeling too tired in the morning despite the alarm going off at 6:30.
2. Having a fun time at the Color Me Rad 5K with AB and RC, talking AB through running it.
3. Starting the Stronglifts 5x5 lifting program and finding the barbell row not too bad.
4. Dan making lentils for dinner.
5. Working on the programming question for the week while watching episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
6. Pulling together the list of stuff to sell to the next tenant.

A year ago today.

7/20/13

1. Sleeping most of the way on the bus back in the morning.
2. Having a few hours in the afternoon to chill out on the couch after getting back.
3. Sleeping on the drive down to Ocean Grove.
4. Fun games and not too large a group at CS' bachelorette party.
5. Delicious chocolate pretzel shot.
6. Trying out breaking in the shoes I bought for the wedding and not finding any spots that rubbed.

A year ago today.

7/19/13

1. Showering at the office (post-sweaty morning commute) and getting all the grime off.
2. Getting a refreshing watermelon cocktail and clam chowder at the Legal Seafoods with what remains of ADS4, DRW/SH/ADB.
3. Inexpensive dinner thanks to LW's gift certificate.
4. Browsing at the Brookline Booksmith.
5. Getting to sleep in LW's roommate's air-conditioned office!!
6. Finishing A Casual Vacancy.

A year ago today.

7/18/13

1. Getting a haircut in the morning and having it thinned out a lot, much more comfortable in this heat.
2. Lunch with the Boston crew.
3. Starting to tell all teams about my leaving Google.
4. Talking over career development options with LM.
5. Indian food for dinner with DC and LW.
6. Seeing Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing at the Coolidge Corner theater.

A year ago today.

7/17/13

1. Avocado bagel in the morning, stopping just after I was full.
2. Spending the early morning catching up on week 2's videos for the algorithms class.
3. Figuring out the last problem while waiting for the Boltbus and submitting my algorithms class problem set on my phone.
4. Bonine kicking in pretty well for the bus ride.
5. Catching up on a bunch of the optional and review video lectures.
6. LW picking me up from Harvard Square.

A year ago today.

7/16/13

1. Finalizing our decisions about the moving company.
2. No jars or Pyrex dishes breaking when they fell off the back rack after I turned my bike around to find a post to lock it to. 
3. Finding yesterday's muffins mostly gone after putting them out in the microkitchen and distributing lemon bars without too much difficulty.
4. Lunch w/ EM/ST.
5. Getting a call from our landlord to confirm that ~45 days notice for leaving the apartment is fine.
6. Doing a Google Hangout with MB about Hackbright!

A year ago today.

7/15/13

1. Calling the moving company and confirming where the final numbers came from in the estimate.
2. Zappos box coming in the early afternoon to be able to make a decision on the shoes I want to wear to CS' wedding.
3. Bringing everything down to the mailroom at once, on my way out.
4. Going to the gym for 2nd day of lifting.
5. Orzo with CSA sausage, kale, onions, and pesto for dinner.
6. Going to bed really early, at 9:30.

A year ago today.

7/14/13

1. Leftover porridge re-heating up quite well.
2. A few of Dan's aunts coming over at the bridal shower to discuss the move and were really supportive.
3. Being able to help out at CS' bridal shower.
4. Getting complimented by CS' soon-to-be mother-in-law on my gift box consolidation.
5. Delivering our wedding present to CS/PB as well.
6. Breaking into the watermelon to recover from dehydration.

A year ago today.

7/13/13

1. Made great stovetop oatmeal for breakfast, April Bloomfield's recipe from her A Girl and Her Pig cookbook.
2. Went lifting at Crossfit Hoboken for the first time in over a year.
3. Making linguine with pesto and mozzarella with lunch.
4. Starting to pack away and take down stuff in the apartment.
5. Making muffins and lemon bars with AL, with RC and Dan as ready consumers.
6. Discovering the Animal Planet show My Cat From Hell. Amazingness.

A year ago today.

7/12/13

1. Lunch with EM/AJ.
2. Keeping my desk in standing mode all day.
3. Getting ginger ice cream at Ronnybrook Milk Bar.
4. Seeing KB and her husband!
5. No fuss to get the tag removed from a Lululemon running jacket I bought last year and brought it to the tailor.
6. Making a salad with deliciously milky and creamy fresh mozzarella from the Italian market in Chelsea Market, CSA tomatoes, lettuce, and basil.

A year ago today.

7/11/13

1. Getting AJ's opinion on potential shoes and hairstyles for CS' wedding.
2. Lunch with EM/ST/ME.
3. Getting tutored by AO on the math needed for this week's algorithms class problem set.
4. Grabbing extra tomatoes, garlic scapes, basil, and eggs after the CSA pickup was over.
5. Figuring out how to use the wheelchair lift to roll the whiteboard to my desk for safekeeping.
6. Submitting the problem set and getting 5/5!

A year ago today.

7/10/13

1. Being able to sleep in since I was working from home.
2. Cobbling together lunch from leftover corned beef (no more bread for Reubens) and different kinds of pickles.
3. Getting a couple loads of laundry done and vacuuming.
4. Dan giving up his parking spot and driving me over to the Bed Bath & Beyond in Jersey City.
5. Remember to pick out a couple cards as well while there.
6. Orzo, red pepper, olive, sun-dried tomato, green onion, and mozzarella salad for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/9/13

1. Walking to the PATH station in the morning with Dan.
2. Lunch with EM.
3. Spending about half the afternoon standing at my desk.
4. Picking up a book from the library.
5. Finding my place in the hardcopy of Founders at Work quite accurately.
6. Dan making me another Reuben for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/8/13

1. Biking to the PATH station in the morning.
2. Catching lunch with EM/AM/AJ.
3. Meetings in the afternoon going smoothly.
4. Chair massage with AS.
5. Hanging out with EM/AJ in the afternoon.
6. Dinner with RC(f).

A year ago today.

7/7/13

1. Buying a copy of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks to re-read.
2. Lunch at CS's, pepperoni bread, arugula salad, penne with vodka sauce.
3. Helping with making bouquets along with the other sisters-in-law.
4. Briefly napping on the couch.
5. Dan making Reubens for dinner.
6. Finishing up mending a dress and patching up and setting up the hem for another.

A year ago today.

7/6/13

1. Dan running out to get me eggs after I was unsuccessful in separating the yolks from the whites cleanly on the 2 left in the fridge.
2. Making baked eggs in a nest and having it turn out just like in the photo.
3. Using the couples massage that Dan's mom got us last Christmas.
4. Getting everything we needed at Trader Joe's.
5. Making a Reuben for late lunch/dinner.
6. Watching The A-Team movie on TV and surprisingly quite enjoying it.

A year ago today.