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.