1/31/14

1. Getting an early start to the day.
2. Figuring out how to set up an announcement banner on my own.
3. Getting drinking hot chocolate trio of shots from Cacao.
4. Chatting with and getting to know KM.
5. Submitting my talk proposal for Ruby on Ales!
6. Picking up hemmed pants from Nordstroms finally.

A year ago today.

1/30/14

1. Catching up with DC and exchanging useful advice both ways.
2. Laughing until my stomach hurt at SE and JS riffing on networking events.
3. Dan going home to get the movie tickets.
4. Picking up some more the routines in zumba class.
5. Dan giving me a ride to the theater.
6. Biking back after the rain had passed.

A year ago today.

1/29/14

1. Taking out trash in the morning.
2. Wearing contacts for a change due to rain forecast.
3. Sun coming out for a bit in the afternoon.
4. Getting nachos for the table from a nearby restaurant at happy hour.
5. Finally working on my talk proposal.
6. Fixing the back wheel on my bike again for an easier ride home.

A year ago today.

1/28/14

1. Wearing my knee-high black boots.
2. Using my rear pannier bags to haul gym clothes back and forth working out quite well.
3. Starting to understand message queue architecture better thanks to GU’s overview.
4. Figuring out how to set up sharing of personal and work 1Password vaults.
5. Finally setting up my 401k properly.
6. Going to another fun zumba class.

A year ago today.

1/27/14

1. Not taking too long to track down the places that needed a label change.
2. Actually learning a little of Angular.
3. Going to a lifting/Crossfit class with KM.
4. Leftover risotto being delicious.
5. Dan giving me a ride to return RK’s blanket that she left behind yesterday.
6. Toasting up some more coconut/mustard seed for curry topping.

A year ago today.

1/26/14

1. First instance of my new monthly standing videochatting time with BC crowd, with EN, CC, and MB showing up.
2. Dan making me scrambled eggs and sunbutter on toast again for breakfast.
3. Dan going out for more groceries after I realized I had a whole turkey breast instead of chicken.
4. Getting a massage at home from ELV's friend RK.
5. Sweet potatoes in chicken curry being a delicious variation, plus the crunchy topping of toasted coconut flakes and mustard seeds.
6. Oxtail stew turning out really well, especially with grits and oven-roasted root veggies.

A year ago today.

1/25/14

1. Dan making me scrambled eggs and sunbutter on toast for breakfast.
2. Gorgeously sunny, blue skies day.
3. Cross-country skiing with ELV/AP/D.
4. Lots of laughs in the conversation on the drive back.
5. Cleaning up the kitchen before Dan made dinner.
6. Dan coming up with a delicious new risotto with olives, peas, and sausage.

A year ago today.

1/24/14

1. Waking up earlier than usual.
2. Feeling badass in dark denim chambray shirtdress, snow leopard leggings, and biker boots with triangle studs.
3. Another sunny morning for bike commuting.
4. Getting Nong’s Khao Man Gai for lunch again.
5. Getting to know SK over lunch, with our very similar paths into engineering.
6. Playing Dominion with Dan in the evening.

A year ago today.

1/23/14

1. Sleeping in a bit.
2. Sunny morning for biking.
3. Successfully putting my bike chain back on when it fell off on the bridge.
4. Finding Sizzle Pie pizza in the fridge to augment my lunch.
5. Pies for the team for National Pie Day.
6. Having a great time at a particularly dance-y zumba class.

A year ago today.

1/22/14

1. Getting in with enough time to sit and have yogurt with granola for breakfast before the training.
2. Awesome training from CLV that cleared up a lot of fuzzy areas for me on metrics.
3. JK helping me finally get SequelPro set up properly.
4. GC helping me use the Rails console for querying.
5. Skipping out on happy hour to try to get some more data.
6. Indulging in a multitude of Dandy fics that popped up after the episode last night.

A year ago today.

1/21/14

1. Sunny morning for biking.
2. Stopping at the ATM by Freddy's to get some cash.
3. Biscuit from Lauretta Jean's with salted butter and strawberry jam.
4. Getting to know ML, visiting from SF.
5. The ending to the winter finale The Mindy Project!
6. Dan's pun on the episode ending on a "Cliff"-hanger.

A year ago today.

1/20/14

1. Sun and blue skies out when I biked in in the morning, instead of sunshine coming later after fog.
2. Stopping mid-way on my route to fix the back wheel's alignment, leading to a much easier time peddling by far.
3. Yogurt with honey and granola for breakfast at work working out quite well.
4. Frittata heating up well for lunch.
5. Calling Chase and getting a late fee waived, from forgetting to set up auto-pay.
6. Going out for happy hour with a couple visitors to the office.

A year ago today.

1/19/14

1. Sunny day out!
2. Realizing my class was actually at noon instead of 11, so still had time to set up the slow cooker pho broth for the day and do the dishes.
3. Fun time at pole dancing class, actually quite a workout for muscles.
4. Finally getting to organizing the craft cabinets and unpacking one box of decorations.
5. Potato-broccoli frittata coming together for lunch for the week.
6. Sitting down with Dan to make a new budget for the year.

A year ago today.

1/18/14

1. Dan making me scrambled eggs and sunbutter toast for breakfast in bed.
2. Dropping off a couple bags of stuff at Goodwill finally.
3. Roast duck from Fubonn.
4. Stocking the fridge fully with food.
5. No issues parking or driving to/from the arena.
6. Very exciting 2nd match at the Rose City Rollers roller derby season opener, between the Guns N Rollers and Break Neck Betties!

A year ago today.

1/17/14

1. Beautiful day for a walk over to the big food carts.
2. Getting Nong's Khao Man Gai for lunch.
3. Bringing in the air mattress that had been delivered and left on the front stoop.
4. Making home fries and scrambled eggs for dinner, to go with leftover brown sugar squash.
5. Dan making hot chocolate.
6. Crushing Dan in Dominion.

A year ago today.

1/16/14

1. Clearing the sink of dishes in the morning.
2. Wearing geometric leggings and brown boots with gray sweatshirt dress and bright aqua cardigan.
3. Getting a compliment on my fun leggings collection from VM.
4. Finding random tortilla chips and salsa in the kitchen.
5. Playing with a Python Olympics-themed code challenge.
6. Making roasted acorn squash with a butter and brown sugar glaze.

A year ago today.

1/15/14

1. Getting in to the office just a couple minutes late for the first meeting.
2. CEO doing an all-hands locally.
3. Leadership coming across very sincere, honest, and still inspiring.
4. Getting lots of compliments on my demo.
5. Enough soup left in a quart-size jar for lunch.
6. Getting pizza from an event at the office for dinner.

A year ago today.

1/14/14

1. Lots of sunbutter in this morning's jar of yogurt.
2. Really productive pairing with SE.
3. Leaving back some of the chili in the jar for lunch and not feeling over-full.
4. Making a bunch of phone calls to cancel various credit cards.
5. Running an errand to Nordstroms.
6. Parmesan soup from the other night really deepening in flavor.

A year ago today.

1/13/14

1. Feeling pretty well-rested despite having woken up in the middle of the night with a headache.
2. Beautiful day for biking, balmy and blue skies.
3. Being right in how to adapt the top 5 chart for my needs!
4. Pint jar of chili working quite well as a lunch serving.
5. Fitting in a load of laundry in the evening.
6. Videochatting with AL.

A year ago today.

1/12/14

1. Sleeping in in the morning.
2. Making home fries and eggs in the skillet--which was perfectly non-stick for eggs, for the first time.
3. Organizing the basement finally.
4. Roasted Delicata squash turning out really sweet and delicious, even with a very simple preparation.
5. Getting in some vegetables with a kale and white bean soup.
6. Watching the Sherlock season finale, very cleverly plotted!

A year ago today.

1/11/14

1. Dan giving me a ride over to ELV/CLV's.
2. Seeing ELV/CLV's ferrets!
3. Going cross-country skiing for the first time, with ELV.
4. Great conversation with ELV on the drive and while skiing.
5. Heating up leftover Indian food to tide me over until dinner.
6. My adjustments to a turkey chili recipe working out quite well.

A year ago today.

1/10/14

1. Getting samosas for lunch.
2. Dan coming to the office for board game night.
3. Having Indian food for dinner but stopping once I was full.
4. Doing really well at a game of Dominion.
5. Taking the Finest Car In The Fleet home.
6. Realizing I still had the Downton Abbey Christmas special to watch, and then watching it.

A year ago today.

1/9/14

1. Grabbing a couple free movie tickets from BS.
2. Going to a monthly Q&A by our VP of engineering.
3. Getting home with 10 minutes before the Jeopardy test started.
4. Getting a few good pop culture/literature answers on the test.
5. More meatballs with good amount of spinach and pasta for dinner.
6. Staying up late watching a whole bunch of Downton Abbey episodes.

A year ago today.

1/8/14

1. Wearing my light denim chambray dress and leggings with boots.
2. Parking permit office eventually figuring out a way to give me Dan's parking permit.
3. Steadily picking off stories in the afternoon.
4. Taking a break from standing at my desk to hanging out sitting in the tables nearby.
5. Changing into dry PJs after getting soaked on the way home.
6. Dan making meatballs for dinner.

A year ago today.

1/7/14

1. Starting to talk to people about how I want to submit a talk for a conference.
2. Sizzle Pie pizza at work.
3. Easily pulling up my primer on frequent flier miles/credit card bonuses for RC's friend.
4. Down jacket keeping me dry in the light rain on the way home.
5. Dan going on a groceries and Costco run.
6. Lots of Danny/Mindy in latest episode of The Mindy Project.

A year ago today.

1/6/14

1. Going back to sleep after Dan left for his first day on the new job.
2. Really smooth bike ride to work thanks to the tune-up.
3. Finally getting around to sorting out what to do with my Vanguard 401k.
4. Going to a zumba class in the building with ELV.
5. A lot easier to bike up the hills into SE.
6. Watching the second episode of Sherlock, laughing and crying.

A year ago today.

1/5/14

1. Making up sunbutter toast and sandwiches quickly for food in the morning.
2. Dan giving me a ride to NE Portland in the morning.
3. Successfully changing a flat on my own!
4. Riding my bike home, verrry smooth ride now.
5. Dan making lentils so I'd have lunch for the week.
6. Downton Abbey season 4 premiere.

A year ago today.

1/4/14

1. Just making it to the bus in time.
2. My bike maintenance class turning out to be a weekend-long private lesson.
3. Car arrived from NJ.
4. Dan making tomato soup and ham and Swiss cheese sandwiches for dinner.
5. Unpacking and cleaning up the place.
6. Playing Dominion Intrigue with Dan.

A year ago today.

1/3/14

1. Getting bibimbap for lunch to get in some vegetables.
2. Figuring out how to make a tooltip text change at the end of the day.
3. Running into ELV/CLV on the bus home again.
4. Going out for happy hour at a nearby bar with Dan and ELV/CLV.
5. Talking to ELV's friend D about urban homesteading, including raising rabbits!
6. Going home to lounge on the couch for a bit before bed.

A year ago today.

1/2/14

1. Saltwater duck for breakfast.
2. Getting Korean tacos for lunch.
3. Lunch with BR/KL/KY.
4. Going out to happy hour with the team.
5. Dumplings from home and stew made by Dan for dinner.
6. Watching Sherlock!!!

A year ago today.

1/1/14

1. Going from a economy seat flight with layover in SFO to direct flight to Portland in first class, plus $500 voucher!
2. My sister coming back to get me and then going for bubble tea.
3. Playing more mahjong with the family.
4. Red duck curry for lunch. 
5. Dan coming to the airport to meet me. 
6. Taking a cab home.

A year ago today.