6/30/14

1. Having breakfast in the new and spacious lunch room.
2. Lettuce wraps with sausage/kale/onions filling for lunch working out quite well.
3. Getting a ride home from Dan.
4. Getting to trivia before the first round was over.
5. Contributing one answer to bar trivia from random Wikipedia-surfing (Mia Farrow's adopted a lot of kids).
6. Going to bed right after getting back from bar trivia.

A year ago today.

6/29/14

1. Take two of scallion pancakes turning out closer to the real thing.
2. Making pickled beets and pickled garlic.
3. Catching up with LW.
4. Korean BBQ beef in lettuce wraps for dinner going over well with Dan.
5. Logging the highest number of steps since I got the Jawbone, thanks to going for a walk while talking to LW and going for a walk with Dan in the evening too.
6. Reading The Golem and the Jinni.

A year ago today.

6/28/14

1. Hauling out the griddle to make scallion pancakes in the morning.
2. Dan enjoying the scallion pancakes.
3. Clearing out the fridge.
4. Going through a couple of my canning/jam books to note the interesting recipes.
5. Dan making baked ziti for dinner.
6. Going for a walk with Dan to Movie Madness and then picking up some ice cream from Freddy's.

A year ago today.

6/27/14

1. Delicious torta for lunch from La Jarochita.
2. Remembering to rescue my Greek yogurt from the fridge before they did a clean-out.
3. Getting through the first practice of my talks for the offsite.
4. Staying at the office a bit late to incorporate the feedback from the practice into the notes.
5. Dan picking me up from the office.
6. Going to bed at 10.

A year ago today.

6/26/14

1. Bringing out the raspberries from the leftover CSA boxes.
2. Having lunch with KY and catching up with her about AdaCamp.
3. Saving one of my radish-cream cheese sandwiches for later in the afternoon.
4. Remembering to get the Swiss chard out from the fridge to bring home.
5. Getting Dan's advice on the Ask vs. Guess Cultures talk.
6. Getting to bed not too terribly late, despite staying up to work on the talks.

A year ago today.

6/25/14

1. Getting complimented on the feedback I gave to people for their practice talks.
2. Remembering to eat lunch later in the afternoon.
3. Getting validation from Dan and a few others that I wasn't being unreasonable.
4. Getting through the day ok despite lack of sleep.
5. Dan coming to pick me up from the office.
6. Re-reading The Rosie Project.

A year ago today.

6/24/14

1. Dan emailing me to say that the amount of chocolate in the double chocolate banana bread was perfect (I'd accidentally halved the amount of chocolate chips in the batter).
2. Team offsite at SE's house, which is lovely.
3. Delicious BBQ from Podnah's for lunch, particularly the brisket.
4. Hanging out in SE's backyard to wrap up the day.
5. Having a breakthrough in how I was thinking about the email time zone problem, and fixing it!
6. Reading The Rosie Project when I couldn't fall asleep and enjoying it immensely.

A year ago today.

6/23/14

1. Getting multiple comments on my purple dress in the morning, including one from a fellow cyclist as she passed me.
2. Lunch with ND/TL on their visit to Portland.
3. Figuring out how to better test and gradually release the weekly email schedule change.
4. Going for a smoothie walk and getting the green smoothie with almond butter in it.
5. Having my gray cardigan to put on when it was a bit chilly on the bike ride home.
6. Making double chocolate banana bread after we didn't go to bar trivia after all.

A year ago today.

6/22/14

1. Having a chill morning at AdaCamp because we weren't behind schedule.
2. Having a really energizing career planning session, with actual practical tips.
3. Fajitas for lunch were quite good, mostly due to the grilled onions/peppers.
4. Brilliant idea of the anonymous salary wall.
5. Dan having made lentils that I could have for dinner and bring in for lunch for the week.
6. Watching The Bletchley Circle's first season and getting engrossed in it.

A year ago today.

6/21/14

1. Getting to AdaCamp in plenty of time before the opening session.
2. LJ and JK being around to help with the email reports problem.
3. Finding myself enjoying the unconference format more than I had expected.
4. Stopped by Lulu's Vintage for their last day.
5. Killing time in Powell's YA section until the dinner.
6. Fun time at the dinner with 9 other AdaCampers.

A year ago today.

6/20/14

1. Starting to assemble the slides for my Ask vs. Guess cultures talk.
2. Getting my boots back from the cobbler all shiny and polished.
3. Getting back in time for the demo meeting thanks to deciding not to go get a smoothie.
4. Getting through our weekly demo ok despite having a slightly bigger audience than we originally expected.
5. Dan picking me up from the office.
6. Unwinding by watching some Malcolm in the Middle episodes with Dan.

A year ago today.

6/19/14

1. Easily fitting in the different pairs of boots into my bike pannier bags for bringing downtown.
2. Sunny morning for biking!
3. Having a quiet lunch in the middle of the afternoon after I'd actually gotten hungry.
4. Not taking too long to figure out how to write up tests for the messages tab PR.
5. Getting to the cobbler's in time before he closed for the day.
6. Making scallion goat cheese muffins.

A year ago today.

6/18/14

1. Finding my container of yogurt at the back of the fridge in the end.
2. Perfectly ripe avocado to go with my salad for lunch.
3. First sunny and warm day in over a week!
4. Going for a chocolate walk in the afternoon.
5. Seeing SE's email canceling the offsite before I left work, so I didn't bring my work laptop home with me.
6. Reading The Fault in Our Stars.

A year ago today.

6/17/14

1. Staying mostly dry on the bike ride in the morning.
2. Not taking too long to figure out how to use Timecop correctly after getting feedback on my pull request.
3. Getting a bunch of writing done, including a work blog post and rewriting my talk abstract slightly.
4. Remembering I had some leftover lunch food when I got hungry in the afternoon.
5. Clearing out my Feedly for the first time in a few weeks.
6. Talking Dan into staying up late to finish watching The Americans season 2. So good!

A year ago today.

6/16/14

1. Having enough leftover quinoa/kale salad to pack for lunch to not have to bring a head of lettuce.
2. Productive working session with BK on our talk on diversity.
3. Finally getting to writing tests for my open pull requests.
4. Yummy salad for dinner, with lettuce from the CSA, cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and hard-boiled eggs.
5. Watermelon and rice pudding for dessert.
6. Watching another couple episodes of The Americans.

A year ago today.

6/15/14

1. Going to the Tillamook Cheese Factory and getting the grilled cheese sandwich and cream of tomato soup for lunch.
2. Refraining from getting ice cream, since I was pretty full from the grilled cheese already.
3. Dan being very patient when I forced him to take a bunch of selfies in front of Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach.
4. Binge watching more of The Americans.
5. Getting up to put in the chicken breasts to cook them sous-vide for lunch this week.
6. Meatballs and pasta for dinner, thanks to Dan.

A year ago today.

6/14/14

1. Finally going on the Lone Fir Cemetery tour.
2. Talking Dan into stopping by the Hollywood Farmers' Market.
3. Dan having cash on him so I could buy strawberries, red raspberries, and golden yellow raspberries.
4. Binge watching more of The Americans.
5. Getting up off the couch to clean up the kitchen a bit.
6. Cooking up yaki-soba with the fresh Walla-Walla onion from the CSA, caramelized.

A year ago today.

6/13/14

1. Dan giving me a ride to work so I'd get there in time for a 10am training.
2. The others agreeing to push the book club meeting back by an hour so I had time to read the chapters for the week.
3. Stopping by Lulu Vintage to browse a bit in the afternoon.
4. VW's practice talks finishing up earlier than I had expected.
5. Dan picking me up from work.
6. Watching The Americans season 1, picking up from where I left off last year.

A year ago today.

6/12/14

1. Using the time from waking up early to do dishes and wash greens for lunch salad.
2. Finally filing our moving insurance claim, just in time within 9 month time period.
3. Productive time pairing with JG on a redo of the email job schedule ticket.
4. Bunch of Madewell ponte dresses on sale, in time for an Amex offer.
5. Delicious sausage with mustard and a lamb-cracker thing at the Edible Portland event.
6. Making it home by 10.

A year ago today.

6/11/14

1. Got almost 8.5 hours of sleep, according to the Jawbone.
2. Figuring out why the short-term email reports I was trying to send to myself weren't sending.
3. Sitting outside at happy hour at Bailey's.
4. Enough people sticking around for board game night to still get pizza for dinner.
5. Having a fun time playing Stone Age with Dan, JG, and JG's friend J.
6. First week of this summer's CSA!

A year ago today.

6/10/14

1. Getting in on time for the 10am meeting.
2. Fun time sorting through ideas for our talk on diversity with BK.
3. Going to Kure for green smoothies.
4. Starting to get the hang of TimeZones in Rails.
5. Getting to Madewell in time before they closed.
6. Going to bed pretty early thanks to the Twitter hiatus.

A year ago today.

6/9/14

1. Waking up feeling really well-rested.
2. Remembering to grab the Bose headphones from the basement to mail out for my mom.
3. Realizing that the package filler air bags had perforated lines to be separated into individual units.
4. Jawbone UP24 I bought on eBay was delivered; had a fun time trying it out and playing with its various settings.
5. Having time after getting home and before going to trivia to cook up quinoa, sausage, and kale for lunch this week.
6. Bringing Every Grain of Rice to trivia to flip through some more of the recipes.

A year ago today.

6/8/14

1. Waking up naturally not too long after 9.
2. Taking AL to the International Test Rose Garden, which was in full bloom and with the Rosarians walking around in capes!
3. Dan patiently ferrying us around and finding parking.
4. Stopping by to see one of the Dragon Boat races.
5. Having a late lunch at the restaurant location for Nong's Khao Man Gai.
6. Watching The Goonies finally.

A year ago today.

6/7/14

1. Cleaning the apartment, with Dan, in preparation for guests.
2. Swapping out winter clothes for summer clothes.
3. Dan giving me a ride to drop off several bags of old clothing at Goodwill.
4. AL visiting!
5. Going out for dinner at the local food cart pod and getting the fried chicken sandwich.
6. Watching Star Trek: Into the Darkness with AL and KY over.

A year ago today.

6/6/14

1. Really helpful Browserify review with JG.
2. Early lunch at Mi Mero Mole with the team + WHF.
3. Figuring out how to implement the performance fix.
4. Getting JVP's help right before he left to fix some failing tests.
5. Stopping by Cartopia to get poutine.
6. Getting a peach pie from Whiffle Fried Pies.

A year ago today.

6/5/14

1. Making it in to the office in time to park my bike and grab my laptop before heading over to the offsite.
2. Reuben for lunch was actually pretty good.
3. Clearing out personal email that had built up a bit.
4. Remembering to leave the office in time to stop at the library before going home.
5. Stopping at just making 15 dumplings for dinner.
6. Re-reading The Girl Who Never Was.

A year ago today.

6/4/14

1. Wearing my new (final sale) red ponte knit skirt from Madewell with the black sparkly J.Crew loafers that I'd gotten for the holiday party.
2. Working with JK to figure out a performance problem, really amazing and educational to follow along his process.
3. Finding an empty room for a meeting with someone in the SF office.
4. Using my voucher for a free sandwich from Lardo, plus getting the dirty fries.
5. Getting a tweet to check my spam folder for an email from a conference organizer.
6. Figuring out where the traced error search problem was coming from.

A year ago today.

6/3/14

1. Washing my hair for the first time in a few days.
2. Sun coming out in the late afternoon finally.
3. Finding a comfortable position on the couch, using two pillows, for working during the study group.
4. Sizzle Pie pizza for dinner thanks to the PDX Ruby meetup.
5. Good lightning talks by JS and JC.
6. Reading a book recommended by CD, The Girl Who Never Was.

A year ago today.

6/2/14

1. Grandma S having a good day.
2. Flights not being too delayed.
3. Getting seats together on both flights.
4. Fascinating documentary on Dish TV on the flight, The Queen of Versailles.
5. Starting and finishing The Leftovers on my Kindle to pass the time.
6. Falling asleep pretty quickly once we got home.

A year ago today.

6/1/14

1. Grilled muffin parfait with lots of fruit for breakfast.
2. Staying in air-conditioned spaces for most of the day.
3. Spending time with family.
4. Sunday sauce made by CB and Dan for dinner.
5. Winning at mini-golf!
6. Feeding the alligators at the mini-golf course.

A year ago today.