2/28/14

1. Beautifully sunny day and blue skies!
2. Getting Thin Mint cookies delivered to my desk.
3. Delicious porchetta sandwich with duck egg for lunch.
4. Enjoying talking to JS’s daughter (she’s 7 years old) without feeling too awkward.
5. Going out for hot chocolate with KY.
6. Having a FANTASTIC evening for programming (finally feeling like I’m getting D3 solidly!). Seriously, what a high!

A year ago today.

2/27/14

1. Staying mostly dry through the rain/hail this morning.
2. Mi Mero Mole with coworkers for lunch, mmm delicious stew tacos and chips...
3. Getting an uninterrupted afternoon after rescheduling the refactoring session with JK.
4. KL and I both having success today with our D3 visualization work.
5. Zumba class putting a smile on my face.
6. Just making frozen dumplings for dinner.

A year ago today.

2/26/14

1. Actually got into the office by 9:45.
2. Next sprint’s tasks seeming more doable once we broke down all the small parts that needed to be accomplished.
3. Getting more good news from AL!
4. Delicious tasty sour cocktail at happy hour.
5. Easy bike ride home.
6. Dinner in a one microwaveable bowl from last night.

A year ago today.

2/25/14

1. Blue skies and sunny afternoon.
2. Successfully figuring out how to add text to our rectangle!
3. Hearing awesome news from AL!!
4. Fun zumba class and not too crowded.
5. Bike’s back wheel not slipping on the ride home like it did in the morning.
6. Timing it perfectly for cooking up Swiss chard and rice for dinner.

A year ago today.

2/24/14

1. Succeeding at drawing a rectangle in D3 with our tree!
2. Pasta fagioli for lunch.
3. Not too bad a bike ride over to the school and back.
4. Only light rain and didn’t get too wet while biking. 
5. Helping some of the kids at afternoon volunteering learn to put in images and links on their webpages.
6. Packing up ribs with rice and spinach for lunch for the next couple of days.

A year ago today.

2/23/14

1. Waking up naturally before 9 (though then snoozing a bit).
2. Google Hangout with CC/EN/DC/MS.
3. Pulling together a slow cooker recipe for baby back ribs instead of beef short ribs.
4. Taking out a bunch of glass recycling and the large Amazon box.
5. Getting a couple young adult books from AL again.
6. Beautiful closing ceremony for the Olympics.

A year ago today.

2/22/14

1. Sun coming out in the morning.
2. Deciding to skip zumba class/potluck without the car.
3. Reading some more of the Terry Pratchett witch books.
4. Lounging on the couch.
5. Dan making pasta fagioli for dinner in the slow cooker.
6. Dan doing all the dishes.

A year ago today.

2/21/14

1. Making it in time to the doctor’s appointment in the morning thanks to taking the bus instead of biking.
2. Actual appointment being quite quick and efficient.
3. Sun coming out while I walked back to the office.
4. Getting support from BK/GU on feeling down about progress so far in D3.
5. Going out for drinks with DC/AB/JT.
6. Getting ramen with a pretty spicy broth for dinner.

A year ago today.

2/20/14

1. Bringing in yogurt for breakfast.
2. Not really feeling the bruising from falling down in curling very much.
3. Reminding KM to write up her talk proposal for RailsConf.
4. Trying a new focus for working on stuff in D3.
5. Finding a spot in the middle for zumba.
6. Watching ladies figure skating--possibly best ladies final night I can remember!

A year ago today.

2/19/14

1. Cavity filling not too painful and pretty quick.
2. Figuring out how to collapse some parent nodes of the D3 tree on my own.
3. Getting to the curling club in plenty of time despite the traffic.
4. Making a good curling shot at the end to win the game for our team!
5. Making it home in time to see some of the ladies figure skating.
6. Thinking to make another pot of rice for lunch tomorrow during dinner, so didn't have to stay up for it to finish.

A year ago today.

2/18/14

1. SE/KL covering for me at a sync meeting in the morning.
2. Figuring out a bit how to manipulate a tree in D3 with KL.
3. Still light out (and blue skies) when I left the office.
4. Energetic zumba class.
5. Missed the rain for my bike ride home.
6. Chicken/squash/lentil stew holding up well.

A year ago today.

2/17/14

1. Waking up naturally around 9:30.
2. Large Amazon package getting delivered while we were home (yay 3-day weekend).
3. Officially finishing unpacking by taking out all picture frames!
4. Getting another load of laundry done.
5. Chicken/squash/lentil stew going over well with Dan.
6. Videochatting with AL.

A year ago today.

2/16/14

1. French toast coming out pretty well.
2. Reading more fantasy books on the couch.
3. Taking a nap in the afternoon.
4. Doing a load of laundry.
5. Olympics on in the afternoon and evening
6. Dan making chicken/broccoli sauce pasta for dinner and doing the dishes for them later.

A year ago today.

2/15/14

1. Fun new-to-me dances at zumba class.
2. Dan giving me a ride to the library to avoid the rain.
3. Cooking up eggs/tomatoes/noodles for lunch.
4. Reading a fantasy take on Jane Eyre that was quite good.
5. Really cool Rube Goldberg-esque mini-golf.
6. Pretty quick to pull together French toast to soak overnight.

A year ago today.

2/14/14

1. Riding my bike to work for the first time since before the snow.
2. Getting BBQ from the Southern food truck for lunch.
3. Getting a good start on planning the Hackbright office visit.
4. Getting flowers from Dan unexpectedly for Valentine’s Day!
5. Playing a round of Dominion with Dan.
6. Watching the Olympics in the evening.

A year ago today.

2/13/14

1. Sunny day!
2. Getting complimented on the state of my teeth at the dentists’ for once.
3. Doing pretty well on the bus transfer timings.
4. Pretty simple fix after spending some time tracking down a bug.
5. Finding an empty room to make a phone call in.
6. Remembering I could use HelloFax to send a fax.

A year ago today.

2/12/14

1. Making it in just in time on the bus in the morning.
2. Going out for sushi with the team for lunch.
3. Not taking too long to put together our stories for the next sprint.
4. Taking a nap when I got home.
5. Dan making meatballs for dinner.
6. Catching the last pairs figure skating events.

A year ago today.

2/11/14

1. Ice mostly gone from the sidewalks.
2. Meeting TL who appreciates my @newrelic tweets.
3. Getting curry with noodles for lunch.
4. Sitting around sharing funny food stories with BM/KL/SE.
5. Pairing with EH on her work.
6. Going to zumba class after a week.

A year ago today.

2/10/14

1. Making it in to the office in the end despite the delayed buses.
2. People liking the blood orange cake.
3. Getting to know NL visiting from SF.
4. Having just enough time to print out everything before the tax appointment.
5. Consulting a tax person for our more complicated taxes this year.
6. Just enough food left for dinner for the both of us.

A year ago today.

2/9/14

1. Sleeping in until 11.
2. Enjoying Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky.
3. Getting a promising comment on my RailsConf talk proposal!
4. Taking the multiple bags of compost out finally.
5. Getting around to making this blood orange cake, cooking up more stuffed sweet potatoes, this time with a cinnamon toast topping, and a new method for crispy roast potatoes.
6. More Olympics watching.

A year ago today.

2/8/14

1. Reading 2 books!
2. Staying in bed for most of the day.
3. Spatchcocked roast chicken coming out well, even with the slightly larger size.
4. Stuffed sweet potatoes with shallot/parmesan bread topping also delicious. 
5. Doing a load of laundry.
6. Watching more Olympics coverage.

A year ago today.

2/7/14

1. Working from home for the day.
2. Not too many comments to address on my pull requests.
3. Dan going out for groceries.
4. Catching up on reading for message queue architectures.
5. Going through a couple D3 tutorials.
6. Really cool technology for beautiful visuals for the Olympics opening ceremony.

A year ago today.

2/6/14

1. Remembering to bring in yogurt for breakfast.
2. Not feeling the cold too much thanks to tripling up on my layers.
3. Making it onto the 9:29 bus in the morning.
4. Getting a ride home from MAS
5. Olympics coverage starting!
6. Finishing off my work for the day in the evening.

A year ago today.

2/5/14

1. Hair melting on the bus ride in in the morning.
2. Finding flaxseed chips to go with my lentils at lunch.
3. Rolling out the feature we’ve been working on for the last month and a half.
4. Figuring out a bug on my own!
5. Watching more Call the Midwife.
6. Going to bed earlier.

A year ago today.

2/4/14

1. Getting helpful advice at Google Hangout with RailsConf organizers.
2. Zumba class starting a bit late so I got there in plenty of time.
3. Dan saying he went back for extra servings of the broccoli rabe pasta.
4. Coming home in time to catch a bit of Jeopardy.
5. Submitting my talk proposal for RailsConf!
6. Watching more Call the Midwife.

A year ago today.

2/3/14

1. Wearing bright green jeans.
2. Peanut cracker bin full when I needed an afternoon snack.
3. Completing a 5 point story in the afternoon with SE.
4. No hail or snow or rain on the bike ride home.
5. Coming home to Dan having done all the dishes.
6. Broccoli rabe and sausage baked pasta coming out well.

A year ago today.

2/2/14

1. Dan giving me a ride to dim sum.
2. Dim sum with a few people from work.
3. Sun coming out while I was waiting for Dan to pick me up.
4. Dan making lentils that I could bring in for my lunch this week.
5. Finally getting to revamping my personal domain, kwugirl.com
6. Watching more Call the Midwife to unwind from coding.

A year ago today.

2/1/14

1. Sunny, warm day!
2. Dan giving me a ride to zumba in the morning.
3. Trimming out a lot of the fat from the piece of pork butt to make slow cooker tacos.
4. Cooking up the entire bag of Swiss chard with a couple eggs for lunch.
5. Finally starting a Project Life album to start scrapbooking my various ephemera.
6. Starting watching Call the Midwife and getting sucked in.

A year ago today.