12/30/15

1. Getting most of the packing done in the morning.
2. Hanging out with AS at the Google office again.
3. Getting lunch with SD.
4. Wifi at the NYPL being quite good, for working through the afternoon.
5. Enjoying talking to JPH/VL/AH.
6. Getting the calves liver for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/29/15

1. Dan getting the other Chase Southwest card approved.
2. Going out for lunch with my dad.
3. Heading over to West Lake when it turned out that the soup bun place was closed.
4. Getting the various meats roasted for my mom.
5. Roasted chicken wings to supplement the leftover beef noodles.
6. Not in fact burning the bottom of the pan in my attempt to cook up tapioca pearls for homemade bubble tea.

A year ago today.

12/28/15

1. Getting a nice long uninterrupted day of work in.
2. JH volunteering to take care of the LunchConf tomorrow.
3. Playing Dominion with my sister and Dan.
4. ES coming out to bowling with us.
5. Killing time with games in the bowling alley's arcade.
6. Getting better as the game went on.

A year ago today.

12/27/15

1. Putting in a photo print order to CVS online.
2. Going for dim sum again, just with my sister.
3. Hanging out with RC/SR/AL at a diner.
4. SR having brought Tim Tams!
5. Going to the outlets with my sister.
6. Playing mahjong again, this time doing better on strategy.

A year ago today.

12/26/15

1. Going with my mom, aunt, and sister to King Spa.
2. Playing chess with my sister.
3. Getting a body scrub for the first time in awhile.
4. Dozing on the drive back home.
5. Good pizza at my sister-in-law's graduation celebration dinner.
6. Going for a walk around Red Bank with Dan afterwards.

A year ago today.

12/25/15

1. Going for dim sum with my family.
2. Enough time to buy a last gift before Dan came to pick me up.
3. Passing time with a family newsletter reciting.
4. Snoozing on the drive back.
5. Hotpot for dinner.
6. Playing mahjong.

A year ago today.

12/24/15

1. Yaki-soba for breakfast.
2. Wrapping up the remaining gifts that got delivered.
3. Seeing a Starbucks at the Jersey Gardens mall.
4. Duck wraps for dinner.
5. Handling the drive from Holmdel to Shrewsbury.
6. Playing Dominion with my sister.

A year ago today.

12/23/15

1. Sleeping 11 hours!
2. Dan giving me a ride to Clifton.
3. Walking in to the movie theater right on time.
4. Going to see Spectre finally.
5. Hanging out with DC at the Barnes & Noble.
6. Getting on NJTransit home.

A year ago today.

12/22/15

1. Dumplings for breakfast again!
2. Taking a later train in in the morning.
3. Hanging out with AT/EM for the whole day.
4. Getting some coding done still.
5. Timing it well for getting on the train home.
6. Going to bed really early.

A year ago today.

12/21/15

1. Dumplings for breakfast.
2. Leftover red roast duck curry for lunch.
3. Solved the two remaining support tickets.
4. Getting a lot of coding done.
5. Jackie's roast turkey turning out well.
6. Getting a long walk in in the evening while catching up with Technically Speaking webinars.

A year ago today.

12/20/15

1. Waking up at 8am feeling not too tired, despite the late arrival.
2. Getting lunch at home.
3. Helping my dad with a couple sewing projects.
4. Going for a walk over to the Bell Labs complex to get my steps in for the day before it got dark.
5. Papaya salad and red duck curry for dinner.
6. Getting a bunch of Christmas cards written and gifts wrapped up.

A year ago today.

12/19/15

1. Finishing up packing and pre-trip cleaning tasks.
2. Guy at the post office letting me cut in front of him.
3. Grabbing an Über to the airport.
4. Dan packing us sandwiches for the flights.
5. Watching a couple technical talks I'd missed in LunchConf.
6. Having a free drink on Southwest coupon for Dan to use.

A year ago today.

12/18/15

1. Chicken stew and biscuits for lunch.
2. Walking over to the Star Wars movie.
3. Line didn’t take too long at the post office.
4. KY saving me a seat at the theater.
5. Another happy hour with ZK and the txns.
6. Running into a really cute and friendly cat and white and gray cat on my walk home.

A year ago today.

12/17/15

1. Delivering the rest of my office gifts.
2. Using flat-rate envelopes for some Christmas gift mailing.
3. Team volunteering event to help people pick out Christmas gifts and clothes for their kids.
4. Leftover Reuben reheating well.
5. Inviting myself along with ZK to happy hour with KM and DC.
6. Dan giving me a ride home.

A year ago today.

12/16/15

1. Team lunch at Swagat, a new-to-me Indian restaurant with very tasty curries.
2. Getting peppermint mocha ice cream at Salt & Straw for dessert.
3. Engaging Business Time case study discussion.
4. Happy hour with ZK and txns.
5. Getting latkes and a non-greasy Reuben at Kenny & Zuke’s with RK.
6. Doing some Christmas shopping at Powell’s.

A year ago today.

12/15/15

1. Starting a new strategy of sending over a cat gif before asking for help from MW.
2. Succeeding in pulling data.
3. Getting steps in by afternoon with walking to a volunteer orientation at a local women’s shelter.
4. Getting an appointment for my eyebrows done on the same day.
5. Sorting out my Christmas plans.
6. Getting complimented on an Ask a Manager comment from Alison herself!

A year ago today.

12/14/15

1. Picking up canning jar labels after forgetting to do it last week.
2. Solving support tickets with MW.
3. #14 coming by not long after reaching the bus stop.
4. Switching my hair colors to purples!
5. Overall hair didn't take too long, out of there by 10pm.
6. Dan picking me up.

A year ago today.

12/13/15

1. Sleeping in in the morning, after having woken up initially thinking it was Monday.
2. Making myself a lunch of noodles, cherry tomatoes and greens from the freezer, kalamata olives, and a few fried eggs on top.
3. Keeping warm with vest, wristwarmers, and wool vest.
4. Dan keeping me company on my walk.
5. Visiting a tea shop and a salt shop on Mississippi as part of the afternoon walk.
6. Getting a bunch more cooking done, including setting up sauerkraut and fermented dilly beans.

A year ago today.

12/12/15

1. Catching with CP over Skype.
2. Getting the house back in order after visits and trips.
3. Getting several loads of laundry done.
4. Washing my makeup brushes.
5. Getting my steps in for a day with a long walk to the library and over to New Seasons.
6. Watching Spaceballs.

A year ago today.

12/11/15

1. Getting two different kinds of grilled cheese sandwiches from Supa for lunch.
2. Going out with MW for ice cream and coffee in the afternoon, despite the horrid weather.
3. Getting the SQL obfuscation tests to pass!
4. Dry weather out for biking home.
5. Taking myself out to dinner of fried chicken at Tasty & Sons and reading Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone.
6. Watching various animated movies on Netflix.

A year ago today.

12/10/15

1. Only light rain as I went out to meet someone for coffee.
2. Impressive preparation by JR for a panel Code Fellows is going to host in January.
3. Bringing the disco ball to share our release party with the support team.
4. Putting contacts and makeup on for the party.
5. Fun sparkly drinks at the holiday party.
6. Going to sleep as soon as we got home.

A year ago today.

12/9/15

1. Making it onto the morning bus in time.
2. Bake sale in at the girls’ high school to get some stuff for a breakfast.
3. Getting in most of the points I wanted to make at the panels.
4. Picking up bibimbap on my way back to the office for lunch.
5. Catching up with MW and KS.
6. Yo-Yo Ma concert!

A year ago today.

12/8/15

1. Taking Uber to the Hackbright office so I wouldn’t have to drag my luggage up the hill.
2. Coffee chat with new HB CEO, meeting J, catching up with CD.
3. Lunch with SN.
4. Strong Tui-Na massage to work out kinks in the usual problem areas.
5. Attending the HB board meeting in person, along with MC who was also visiting from Oregon.
6. Realizing I could just take BART to the airport.

A year ago today.

12/7/15

1. Lunch at Google SF with SB.
2. Giving my Ask vs. Guess Cultures lightning talk to the current HB cohort and answering questions for a couple hours.
3. Random link I found answering BG’s question.
4. Pictionary and cupcakes birthday celebration with SF office people.
5. Dinner with AL (and got there exactly on time!)
6. Getting fancy boba at The Boba Guys.

A year ago today.

12/6/15

1. Dan giving me a ride to the airport in the morning, despite the early time.
2. Brunch with SH/MF/AQ!
3. Randomly going to open houses with the RCs.
4. Coffee with KR and CF.
5. Pho for dinner with my cousin, her husband, and my aunt & uncle.
6. Seeing my cousin's apartment.

A year ago today.

12/5/15

1. Re-reading Shadow Puppets.
2. Taking a nap on the couch.
3. Going for a walk to go pick up new books from the library.
4. Dan running my laundry load for me.
5. Dryer finishing up before it was too particularly late.
6. Pretty quick to pack for the trip.

A year ago today.

12/4/15

1. Having lunch with the consultant, JS.
2. Making some progress on understanding what to do to update the SQL obfuscation.
3. Timing it well for leaving the office to return some pants to J.Crew and walk over to Deschutes.
4. Pork belly burger for dinner at Deschutes, with ZW & J visiting.
5. Managing to fit everything on my bike.
6. Biking home for the first time in awhile.

A year ago today.

12/3/15

1. Grabbing a couple hard-boiled eggs for breakfast.
2. AG asking about processes around getting Legal's approval for conference talks.
3. Pairing with BW/EB to figure out EB's code problem, which was very productive and clear and educational on debugging steps!
4. Starting to dig into something code-related again.
5. Dan coming to give me a ride home.
6. Meatballs and spaghetti for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/2/15

1. Biscuits & gravy and chicken liver pate for lunch at Mother's.
2. PD being really open to my suggestions for pulling together a list of accomplishments and such.
3. Really energizing mentoring session through Technically Speaking anniversary celebration.
4. Dan giving me a ride home.
5. Making noodles to go with the rest of my leftover Thai curry.
6. Listening to the Invisibalia podcast on rejection therapy while on my evening walk.

A year ago today.

12/1/15

1. Dan giving EL a ride to the airport at an ungodly hour in the morning.
2. Setting up my desk in a new spot in the cube.
3. Sizzle Pie pizza for dinner.
4. Long chatty happy hour with KL/ZK/EA/EB.
5. Dan coming to give me a ride home.
6. Watching The Mindy Project with Dan.

A year ago today.

11/30/15

1. Wearing my new mint glass drop earrings.
2. Getting out the door to catch the right bus in order to make it to the office before 10.
3. VR being cool about stopping by.
4. Getting a new drink recommendation from EL, the Tom Collins, a step up from a gin & tonic.
5. Roasting up root vegetables with a miso-maple paste.
6. Getting tips from EL on using the sponge for applying foundation.

A year ago today.

11/29/15

1. Making home fries and fried eggs for breakfast.
2. Dan driving us out to Multnomah Falls.
3. Not getting blown over in the huge gusts of wind at Crowne Point Vista House.
4. Enjoying a drinking vinegar drink at the Whiskey Soda Lounge.
5. Catching up on computer stuff after the weekend.
6. Going to bed early to catch up on sleep.

A year ago today.

11/28/15

1. Dan giving us a ride to the Portland Saturday Market.
2. Lunch at Lardo, donuts from Blue Star, and drinking chocolate at Cacao.
3. Getting ideas for books to put on hold at the library from walking around Powell’s.
4. Dan coming to give us a ride home.
5. Finishing the puzzle.
6. Getting an eye makeup tutorial from EL.

A year ago today.

11/27/15

1. Figuring out a good way to split up the various cooking projects--by whether it used the oven or stovetop.
2. EL helping out as a sous chef.
3. Timing it well for all the cooking to be finished together at 3.
4. Working on a jigsaw puzzle.
5. Getting the kitchen in good shape.
6. Catching up with EL.

A year ago today.

11/26/15

1. Dan vacuuming before leaving for his volunteering gig.
2. Thoroughly scrubbing the bathroom.
3. Making up a roast squash recipe, throwing in maple syrup and smoked Spanish paprika, to have something to bring to JC's for Thanksgiving.
4. Delicious Thanksgiving food.
5. Dan driving us to go pick up EL from the airport.
6. Picking up takeout for dinner.

A year ago today.

11/25/15

1. Being the first person to get to the offsite location.
2. Having a fun time discussing things our team might do next year.
3. Lunch at Clyde Common.
4. MW fixing the flat on my bike's back tire for me.
5. Getting notice of the cleaning being canceled before rushing home.
6. Catching up on TV and lounging on the couch.

A year ago today.

11/24/15

1. Being able to speed up the LunchConf talk to finish before 1, when we'd get kicked out.
2. Getting to know WS a bit better over the phone.
3. My boss saying I could expense the trip to SF to attend the meet & greet for alums with the new Hackbright CEO.
4. TB's brother NB getting the jam I'd brought in for him.
5. Snagging some pizza for dinner at game night.
6. Experimenting on the door sensors with EB and GO.

A year ago today.

11/23/15

1. Easy to set up a quick test on on custom hostname length.
2. Having a late lunch and doing the book club reading.
3. Well-attended book club meeting.
4. BD giving good explanations on the math in the new technical book club book.
5. Taking care of figuring out the receipts to print for returning/exchanging stuff to Target.
6. Having a quiet evening with not going to bar trivia.

A year ago today.

11/22/15

1. Clear day out and not too windy to get some spray painting done.
2. Oven fries coming out pretty well!
3. Dan making a broccoli rabe sandwich for us to split for lunch.
4. Getting the baked ziti assembled without taking too long.
5. Wearing my cape for going to see Mockingjay Part 2.
6. Starting to cut out the fabric for the Morris Blazer.

A year ago today.

11/21/15

1. Making noodles with eggs & tomatoes for lunch.
2. Using Bar Keeper's Friend on the frying pan to great effect.
3. Assembling most of the 2nd nightstand.
4. Finishing watching Jessica Jones.
5. Finishing putting up white contact paper on the kitchen cabinets.
6. Pulling together plans for Thanksgiving cooking.

A year ago today.

11/20/15

1. Team lunch at Shigezo.
2. Lauretta Jean's pie (especially chocolate chess and apple pies) at Node team demo.
3. Talking about improving pair programming with EB.
4. Finally selecting benefits for next year and pulling together my expense report for the trip.
5. Finishing up my cardigan at the Friday Night Sewcial!
6. Throwing together noodles with eggs, tomatoes, and peppers for dinner.

A year ago today.

11/19/15

1. Getting lunch with my old team at Mi Mero Mole.
2. Finishing up a review of the case study and article readings before the discussion.
3. Engaged and well-distributed discussion of the case study/article.
4. Mailing stuff out at the post office.
5. Bus not being delayed this week, so got to Modern Domestic with enough time to make some purchases before class started.
6. Pretty successful with all the serging parts needed for assembling the cardigan, and no mistakes like last week.

A year ago today.

11/18/15

1. Making the transfer in Houston with plenty of time, despite the delay.
2. Being able to sleep for a bit on both flights.
3. Getting potstickers to supplement bibimbap for lunch.
4. Finishing reading 1Q84.
5. Dan picking me up from the office, with my luggage and the CSA veggies.
6. Dan having leftover pasta for dinner.

A year ago today.

11/17/15

1. Feeling really energized by the hardware hacking father/daughter duo talk.
2. Following along well at JC's talk and the closing keynote.
3. Meeting Avdi Grimm and telling him about his books that we'd read at book club.
4. Hanging out with some of the women for a bit at dinner.
5. Not going out again in the evening, to catch up on computer stuff.
6. Getting a notice of the delayed flight, so I could sleep in a bit more and take a later cab to the airport.

A year ago today.

11/16/15

1. Getting up in time to go out to The Original Donut Shop for breakfast tacos and donuts.
2. My plan for handing out donuts, to be able to just have small portions of each. working out pretty well.
3. Heading out to see the Alamo and get lunch out.
4. Getting a fair amount of knitting done during the day.
5. User group running fairly smoothly.
6. Being able to dial in to the Hackbright advisory board meeting to try to help out.

A year ago today.

11/15/15

1. Having seats roped off in the front couple rows for participating in the Scholar/Guide program.
2. Collecting several talks to use in the future for references, on testing and estimating.
3. Eventually succeeding in meeting up with my Scholar.
4. Making an executive decision on where our group of 9 would have dinner.
5. Rather enjoying my beef fajitas.
6. Playing "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes" and gathering a crowd about us.

A year ago today.

11/14/15

1. Not taking too long in the morning to pack.
2. Dan making time for me to stop at the library before the airport.
3. Reading 1Q84 on the plane.
4. Flight arriving earlier than expected in San Antonio.
5. Finding TK/MW for dinner.
6. Getting the rest of my steps in for the day at the hotel gym.

A year ago today.

11/13/15

1. Resisting the urge to do random other house things in addition to doing the dishes, while timing my wait for the bus.
2. Going out to Cocina Verde for lunch with MW/KY/AH/JG/EK/ND.
3. Figuring out a script for the demo with MW.
4. Getting my steps in between catching buses/lunch/coffee walks.
5. Finishing up the salad at work while catching up on iZombie.
6. Timing the buses to get home pretty well, after realizing my bike had a flat tire.

A year ago today.

11/12/15

1. Making it to the office ok despite the soft back tire on my bike.
2. Getting in before the keynote had actually started!
3. Toasted sesame bagel with cream cheese for breakfast.
4. Dan coming to give me a ride home.
5. Tossing together a dinner of noodles/kale/cherry tomatoes/prosciutto.
6. Consoling myself over the unsuccessful sewing evening by starting (and finishing!) Mindy Kaling's new book, Why Not Me?

A year ago today.

11/11/15

1. Not actually that much rain out when I biked in to work in the morning.
2. Doing a project retrospective with EB and helping her sort through what she should take into the next project with her.
3. Remembering to give the jam to TB's for his brother NB before heading out.
4. Actually having a pretty good time at the BC alumni event, despite it being loud...one of the organizers was the head of Oprah's school for 4 years in South Africa!
5. Getting my steps in for the day with walking to/from the restaurant.
6. Catching up on The Mindy Project and Fresh Off the Boat.

A year ago today.

11/10/15

1. Remembering to turn back and get the extra salad ingredients out of the fridge to bring with me to work.
2. Making up some avocado toast with leftover roast chicken for breakfast.
3. Getting the new phone mostly set up.
4. Salad for the week turning out really well, with the sugar spice rub on the chicken, raisins soaked in the dressing, and roasted squash thrown into the mix.
5. Finding resources to crib some use cases from.
6. Watching The Mindy Project and last week's iZombie.

A year ago today.

11/9/15

1. Re-arranging the small pieces of furniture in the bedroom a bit.
2. Getting the lamb burger for lunch from Portland City Grill.
3. KL and AH saying really nice things about stuff I've helped them with at the lunch with BR.
4. New phone and new Jawbone band coming in the mail!
5. Dan bringing me lentils for dinner to bar trivia.
6. Going to straight to bed after getting home.

A year ago today.

11/8/15

1. Using the leftover spice rub from the ribs on the sous chicken for lunch for the week.
2. Spare ribs smelling delicious.
3. Dan thinking to open up the window and front door to air out the CO before he got woozy.
4. Picking up some extra produce from New Seasons for dinner, when I skipped out on going to the farmer's market in the morning.
5. Rescuing delicata squash seeds from the oven before they burned.
6. Getting around to hanging up more art in the living room.

A year ago today.

11/7/15

1. Figuring out that the legs on the vanity table from craigslist would unscrew, to fit easily in the car.
2. Stopping at Uwaijimaya on our way back to Portland. It has a Kinokuniya!
3. Going out for dinner.
4. Nice red wine recommendation from the waiter, wasn't too tannic.
5. Seat in front of me at the concert was empty, so I had a very clear view.
6. Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini being awesome.

A year ago today.

11/6/15

1. Making it in on time to grab some free stuff from the health fair.
2. Getting lunch at Mi Mero Mole with AH and KY.
3. Spinning high five with the team, For Teamwork.
4. Finishing off the remainder of my burrito and salad for dinner.
5. Figuring out the answer to a ticket on my own!!
6. Getting myself to go out for a short walk still, even though my step tracker band had stopped talking to my phone.

A year ago today.

11/5/15

1. Feeling better after catching up with my manager.
2. Listening to a company earnings call with my team.
3. Ben & Jerry's ice cream at the goodbye ice cream social for MC.
4. Going to see A Ballerina's Tale with DR.
5. Getting a sandwich for dinner with the movie.
6. Dan coming by to give us a ride home.

A year ago today.

11/4/15

1. Pretty quick to finish off QA.
2. Post office clerk suggesting I use the overnight flat rate box to save $20.
3. Dan giving me a ride home.
4. Having Dan's pasta with olives dish for dinner.
5. Catching up on TV, The Mindy Project and Fresh Off the Boat.
6. Pulling out my scarf and warmer puffer jacket for my evening walk.

A year ago today.

11/3/15

1. Re-reading Carry On on the bus ride in to work.
2. Making it down to 5 in plenty of time.
3. Sunny outside for the afternoon coffee walk.
4. Snacking on an Asian pear in the afternoon, very refreshing.
5. Catching up to the people at Sizzle Pie for carrying back pizzas for the meetup.
6. Getting to New Seasons before they closed.

A year ago today.

11/2/15

1. Waking up early, feeling well-rested.
2. Having Greek yogurt with granola for breakfast in the morning.
3. Sunny bike ride in in the morning.
4. Doing the Android case study reading.
5. Dan giving me a ride home.
6. Returning a book to the library for my evening walk.

A year ago today.

11/1/15

1. Finishing Carry On in the morning, so I could still be productive during the day.
2. Blue sky out for a bit, letting me do some spray painting.
3. Putting white contact paper on kitchen cabinets working out rather well.
4. Snacking on party leftovers.
5. Chicken in milk recipe coming out pretty well, smelled great.
6. Finally making hot pepper jelly.

A year ago today.

10/31/15

1. Falling back asleep in the morning.
2. Didn't take too long to clean the house.
3. Dan giving me a ride to Whole Foods and the library, so I didn't have to walk/bike in the rain.
4. Everyone in cute but not too elaborate costumes for our annual Halloween party.
5. Mulled wine going over well with people.
6. Having candy left for actual trick-or-treaters that came by.

A year ago today.

10/30/15

1. Showing off my new leggings.
2. Borrowing some Quidditch goggles from KS.
3. Lunch with KY & LA.
4. Writing a blog post I'd meant to write all week.
5. Finishing the week's lunch salad for dinner at work.
6. Reading the new A Girl & Her Fed book, Greek Key.

A year ago today.

10/29/15

1. Getting updates via Slack of morning announcements.
2. Getting QA done.
3. Poppin trays fitting in to my bike bags.
4. Having dinner at home first before the sewing class.
5. Getting my walk in to Modern Domestic and back home.
6. Finishing my mint leggings during the class!

A year ago today.

10/28/15

1. Thick socks working out well with the slightly-too-big biker boots.
2. Getting in for 10.
3. Getting to ask my "how to identify experts" question at the Women* lunch.
4. Solving a customer ticket and understanding what needed to happen.
5. Easy loading up my bike with the CSA after parking on 29.
6. Catching up with AL.

A year ago today.

10/27/15

1. Reminding people of LunchConf being on 29.
2. Getting enough protein in my lunch to feel full.
3. Going through source code for various libraries with BW, very illuminating!
4. Talking to BR about management.
5. Happy hour with ZK.
6. Grabbing some pizza from game night.

A year ago today.

10/26/15

1. Getting the book club reading done pretty quickly.
2. Booking a $35/night hotel for the December trip back east.
3. Catching the #4 bus despite the elevator stops.
4. Dan bringing me broccoli rabe pasta for dinner to bar trivia.
5. Seeing our cameo in the Nightmare on Division St. 5 premiere.
6. Leaving bar trivia early.

A year ago today.

10/25/15

1. Sleeping in and not doing the 5K.
2. Catching up with CC.
3. Catching up with DC.
4. Sun and blue skies out for my walk to the library.
5. Remembering I wanted to test adding olive oil to the bag when cooking chicken breasts with sous vide.
6. Easy soup from roasted vegetables.

A year ago today.

10/24/15

1. Making dumplings for lunch.
2. Finding Ikea duvet covers with enough fabric to test out making Roman shades.
3. Getting lots of vegetables chopped.
4. Dan vaccuuming.
5. Hanging art up.
6. EA bringing Ruby Jewel ice cream sandwiches.

A year ago today.

10/23/15

1. Wearing my new maroon pants.
2. My sister getting a job offer!
3. Cacao walk with the Hackbright posse.
4. Practicing drone flying.
5. Getting all my errands done in time, even with walking in between the various stores.
6. Fitting everything onto my bike.

A year ago today.

10/22/15

1. Getting my eyebrows done with AH in back-to-back appointments.
2. Picking up extra kale and leeks from the farm share giveaway basket.
3. Rapid improvement in the interview practice with my sister.
4. Only took 30 minutes to do the tool library late tool phone calls.
5. Making it to TJ Maxx before they closed.
6. Dan giving me a ride home.

A year ago today.

10/21/15

1. Picking up bread from Grand Central Bakery in the morning.
2. Getting an apple turnover--really flaky crust and delicious filling!
3. Team lunch at Cocina Verde.
4. Lots of interest in a business school case study discussion group.
5. Finishing leftovers from lunch for dinner.
6. Catching the #4 bus back home after my bike light was out.

A year ago today.

10/20/15

1. Wearing my geometric pattern leggings with black boots and white knit dress over a long-sleeve top.
2. Sunny out during the afternoon coffee walk.
3. Coming up with a plan for reading business school case studies with TK.
4. Figuring out a problem with my initial solution.
5. Dan giving me a ride home.
6. Making fried eggs with caponata on toast for dinner.

A year ago today.

10/19/15

1. Assembling my lunch salad for the week in the morning.
2. Remembering to bring my wallet on the coffee walk to get a nitro for WHF.
3. Finishing book club reading.
4. Staving off my hunger for dinner with some of lunch salad.
5. Picking up Crown Duel from Powell's.
6. Dan picking up tables from Target for me.

A year ago today.

10/18/15

1. Craigslist buyer coming for the old coffee table.
2. Taking a tai chi class for the first time.
3. Finding a bunch of the stuff I wanted in the Ikea as-is section.
4. Chicken meatball-stuffed matzo ball soup made by Dan for dinner.
5. Reading First & Then.
6. Short bed leg parts from Ikea working on our bed frame.

A year ago today.

10/17/16

1. Making it to the gym for a tour right on time.
2. Having time between the tour to stop at the Community Warehouse store and drop my bike off back at home.
3. Really fun zumba class!
4. Dan taking me to multiple Targets to find stuff I was looking for.
5. Talking Dan into getting dinner at Jersey Mike's.
6. Catching up on iZombie.

A year ago today.

10/16/16

1. Catching up with AJ over text.
2. Free Bunk Sandwiches for lunch.
3. Talking to MO about his house foundation renovation.
4. Pumpkin pie ice cream sandwich with ginger cookies at Ruby Jewel.
5. Getting dinner at Masu with JG.
6. Fitting all the vegetables from the CSA and leftover salad materials onto my bike.

A year ago today.

10/15/15

1. Choosing not to get ice cream sandwich since I was still full from lunch.
2. Getting a ticket for RubyConf.
3. Hearty salad kept me full throughout the whole afternoon.
4. Getting to pre-show talk on time.
5. Free Starbucks turkey and pesto panini for dinner.
6. Winning prizes at ballet trivia contest.

A year ago today.

10/14/15

1. Unpacking the picture frames and knickknacks and sorting them by color.
2. Blue Star Donuts in the lunch room for breakfast.
3. Phone still on the porch when I went back to get it.
4. Getting around to sending out the invitations for LU's and my annual Halloween party.
5. Beautiful day for a nice long chocolate/coffee walk.
6. Sticking around at the office just long enough to get in on the Sizzle Pie pizza ordered for game night.

A year ago today.

10/13/15

1. Successfully swapping out the overhead light fixtures in the kitchen!!!!!!!
2. Having the first M(anagement)-Curious lunch group meeting for our group.
3. Getting lunch at Mi Mero Mole.
4. Digging into a new project.
5. Emily Henderson's book Styled coming out and getting delivered on the same day by Amazon.
6. Harvesting carrots from my garden to roast with CSA carrots into carrot fries.

A year ago today.

10/12/15

1. Getting a full night's sleep.
2. Successfully fixing the cabinet door's hinges.
3. Wearing my black boots over khaki green utility pants.
4. Salad implements at work (tongs, large bowl for tossing, and rounded plate for eating) working out quite well for constructing a tasty salad for lunch.
5. Sausage & peppers for dinner.
6. Dan helping me move all the furniture around in the spare bedroom.

A year ago today.

10/11/15

1. Helping out with JC's friends' chickens.
2. Napping on the drive back from Hillsboro.
3. Weather got a bit sunny out when I went to do some weeding in my garden.
4. Getting a load of laundry done.
5. Chatting with people after my talk.
6. Gorgeous pink and orange sky as I biked home.

A year ago today.

10/10/15

1. Going for a walk to the ATM while it was nice and sunny out.
2. Broccoli rabe sandwiches for lunch.
3. Getting to all our errands with various craigslist pickups and Ikea.
4. Successfully fixing the TV!
5. Getting a Birds of a Feather dinner around crafting.
6. Delicious Lebanese food for dinner.

A year ago today.

10/9/15

1. Making dumplings for breakfast.
2. Finding the perfect brass bucket for the fake bamboo plant at the Community Warehouse Estate Store!
3. Only needed 30 minutes for the informational interview, the guy was well-prepared.
4. Getting another practice in for my talk and feeling better about it afterwards.
5. Walking over to Nordstroms to look at boots.
6. Dan coming home in time to help me with the tricky parts of putting the Target floor lamp together.

A year ago today.

10/8/15

1. Waking up rather early.
2. Working on my slides in the morning.
3. HR folks appearing receptive to our feedback dump on the interview process.
4. Getting the cable panel areas started on the knee-warmers for my dad.
5. Learning the phrase "watson mode" from my boss.
6. Dan coming to pick me up from work.

A year ago today.

10/7/15

1. Waking up just in time before the Q&A started.
2. Megan McArdle answering some of my questions in her Facebook live chat.
3. Catching up with LU over lunch.
4. Getting great advice on designing slides from EH.
5. Finishing the reading just in time to head over to the PDX.rb book club.
6. Cobbling together a pretty good stir fry with various CSA vegetables to have with the leftover rice for lunch for the rest of the week.

A year ago today.

10/6/15

1. Getting to LunchConf just in time to start the talk.
2. First practice run for my talk went better than I had expected.
3. TK sticking with Sizzle Pie as the pizza vendor for the PDX.rb meetup.
4. Working on my slides.
5. Meetup ending relatively early.
6. Going for a walk to Target and Powell's in time before they closed.

A year ago today.

10/5/15

1. Skipping bar trivia to work on my talk.
2. Rather enjoying using Coggle.it for creating a mind map.
3. Pretty quick to pull basic slides together based off the mind map.
4. Watching Once Upon a Time while folding dumplings.
5. Finishing making dumplings, finally.
6. Not having to stay up too late to get everything done.

A year ago today.

10/4/15

1. Getting over to the farmer's market before it closed.
2. Beautiful warm and sunny day out, needed a hat!
3. Dan keeping me company on my walk to errands to get steps in for the day. 
4. Snacking on a cantaloupe popsicle, those came out well.
5. Snoozing on the couch before having dinner.
6. Catching up on the new season of Empire while folding dumplings.

A year ago today.

10/3/15

1. Craigslist seller delivering a set of 4 mint metal chairs for the dining table.
2. Cooking up broccoli rabe (from my garden!) sandwiches for lunch, quick and delicious.
3. Getting to the major errands (Ikea, Fubonn, Portland Homestead Supply) in time before the cleaner was done.
4. Shiny clean kitchen and bathroom!
5. Pork/Napa cabbage dumplings coming out pretty well.
6. Watching 10 Things I Hate About You with KY and EA.

A year ago today.

10/2/15

1. Making fried eggs with avocado on toast for breakfast.
2. Realizing I should take the bus in to not have to leave my bike at the office over the weekend.
3. Dan finding my keys under the passenger seat in the car!
4. Talking MW and KS into extending our coffee walk over to Cacao for spicy drinking chocolate.
5. Stopping by Blue Star and picking up a couple donuts for EA and LA.
6. Watching The Martian in a packed theater, fun experience.

A year ago today.

10/1/15

1. Stopping by the Community Warehouse Estate Store in the morning.
2. Videochatting with my grandma/mom/sister before the first two go on their trip to China.
3. Finding a Bank of America ATM on my way over to NW.
4. Craigslist seller finding his packed away screwdriver to be able to disassemble the leaning bookshelf so we could fit in the car for Dan to bring home.
5. Going out to Camas to pick up a larger and square carpet for the living room.
6. Dan being very patient with my arranging and re-arranging of new home items.

A year ago today.

9/30/15

1. JC helping us get the A/V set up so that it worked on all sides.
2. Pretty good boxed lunch, the brie on my turkey breast sandwich was quite good.
3. Managing to moderate the career development panel well enough to cover almost everything and get out on time.
4. Actually picking up on something in my QA testing.
5. Catching up on the book club reading for PDX.rb book club.
6. Learning how to use Polyvore to set up mock room furniture combos.

A year ago today.

9/29/15

1. Getting hazelnut gelato from Spella in the afternoon.
2. Wasn't raining for my bike ride home.
3. Getting home in time for watering my plants and to catch the start of Fresh Off the Boat.
4. Pulling together a doc with pictures and all my questions about home decorating at the new place.
5. Getting my step count in with a walk to New Seasons.
6. Watching bookmarked videos on the walk.

A year ago today.

9/28/15

1. Beautiful crisp sunny morning for a bike ride.
2. Having a late lunch during Brent's practice talk.
3. Dan picking me up along the bus route on my way to bar trivia.
4. Getting my steps in with an extra walk between rounds of bar trivia.
5. Wining bar trivia and getting a pint glass and key chain for prizes!
6. Chorizo-kale-spaghetti squash tacos actually being really good.

A year ago today.

9/27/15

1. Catching up with EN and DC.
2. Picking up my sewing machine from Modern Domestic before they'd closed.
3. Getting my step count in by walking to all my afternoon errands.
4. Successfully restoring my phone from a backup after it mysteriously started asking for a PIN.
5. Dan thinking to look for the blood moon from our second floor window.
6. Getting all the cooking I wanted done.

A year ago today.

9/26/15

1. Remembering the load of laundry I'd started before it was sitting there wet for too long.
2. Making it to the pre-concert talk in perfect time.
3. Dan agreeing with me about the percussion piece at the Oregon Symphony Orchestra concert.
4. Finding some lamps at the downtown Target that I'd been stalking online (though didn't purchase just yet).
5. Having the leftover filling from the stuffed peppers after we got home and I was hungry again.
6. Finishing re-reading The Amber Spyglass.

A year ago today.

9/25/15

1. Deciding to bike in after all despite the rain.
2. Pho for lunch at Luc Lac.
3. Looking at expensive houses in Portland with KY.
4. Discovering and randomly watching lip sync battle videos on YouTube (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Stone).
5. Getting my step count in for the day with the additional walk out for dinner.
6. Getting a Reuben from the Fifth Quadrant for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/24/15

1. Frying up a couple eggs for breakfast, to put on toast with jam.
2. Ladies lunch at Mi Mero Mole.
3. Eventually successfully figuring out how to successfully join the cast-on for the re-do of the kneewarmers for my dad.
4. EH reminding me of the Technically Speaking webinar, which was funny and informative.
5. Getting my steps in by walking over to Madewell to return a bunch of items.
6. Pulling together dinner from sauted peppers (the Nardellos were indeed sweetly delicious!) and yellow squash.

A year ago today.

9/23/15

1. Gorgeously sunny but cool temperature fall morning for biking in to work.
2. Getting a Thai iced tea bubble tea at E-San where the bubbles were really quite soft and good.
3. Stopping eating my roast duck pad see euw when I was full, saving a bit for later to stave of dinner hunger.
4. Pulling up a support ticket only to realize they'd already solved the issue on their own.
5. Easily hitting my steps for the day with E-San for lunch, far Stumptown Coffee walk, and getting my eyebrows done.
6. Having my bike bags with me to fit the CSA into when I'd forgotten the larger reusable bag for putting things in the front basket.

A year ago today.

9/22/15

1. Making myself dumplings for breakfast after getting up in the morning.
2. More productive working day when working at the dining table.
3. Mom's pulled pork in the slow cooker turning out pretty well to have tacos for lunch.
4. Mom packing me rice and pork with onions for dinner.
5. Paying attention enough to catch my name being called on the loudspeaker for when boarding was about to close.
6. Not having trouble falling asleep.

A year ago today.

9/21/15

1. Waking up pretty refreshed at 7am ET.
2. Working off some of my emotions by creating an extremely detailed, prioritized house characteristics wishlist.
3. Dumplings for breakfast.
4. Reading a random mystery novel of my sister's, The Woods.
5. Making myself more dumplings for dinner.
6. Watching the rest of Into the Woods On Demand.

A year ago today.

9/20/15

1. Having the second travel blanket to help stay warm on the plane.
2. Spending the D.C. layover in the United Club with free foods and wifi and lots of outlets.
3. Getting breakfast at the Avenue Delicatessen with BBL/DL/TF.
4. Seeing houses in the Lansdowne area with my parents and learning a lot from them about what to look for.
5. Getting a really sweet email from MA about my contributions to the Hackbright community.
6. Finally able to go to sleep, in a bed, at a reasonable hour.

A year ago today.

9/19/15

1. Having a bit of extra time in the morning for last-minute packing and cleaning.
2. Feeling surprisingly alert despite the lack of sleep.
3. Washington State Fair being as delightful and awesome as ever, as we fake-learned to judge cows and had lots of buttery fair food.
4. This year's Mutton Bustin' contestants putting up a very strong showing, with even the sheepdog coming out to do a demonstration.
5. Parking lot owners coming through in helping us jumpstart the car.
6. Having Dan's second sunbutter/banana sandwich to tide me over when nothing at the airport looked appealing.

A year ago today.

9/18/15

1. Thinking of using the serger (already all threaded) to sew the felt laptop sleeve for DR.
2. Having lunch with KL.
3. Getting the late tool phone calls for SEPTL done pretty quickly.
4. Picking up a used copy Ottolenghi's Plenty from Powell's.
5. Whole Foods and the Albina library being the same parking lot for easier dropping off of library book and picking up bell peppers at the same time.
6. Getting through quite a lot of the canning, all the tomatillos and hot peppers, and came up with the idea to freeze the pepper puree intended for making hot pepper jelly when it was getting to be way too late.

A year ago today.

9/17/15

1. Having a fun time giving ND a quick run-through of Rails debugging.
2. Going out to lunch at Tilt with my manager.
3. Very reassuring and encouraging performance review!
4. Stopping by New Seasons to pick up a bottle of lime juice.
5. Skyping with MF about the ins and outs of buying houses.
6. Pre-prepping the tomatillos but going to bed without actually canning them.

A year ago today.

9/16/15

1. Calling the Madewell store in the morning to see which things I might be able to try on in their store rather than ordering online as part of a sale buy.
2. Walking over to Madewell with KY to return some stuff.
3. Stopping by Target to check out some of their new home decor stuff and by Nordstrom and J.Crew to return stuff.
4. Finding a way to strap all the boxes, as well as this week's regular CSA, to return to Full Cellar Farm at their pickup point.
5. Fitting all the tomatillos and hot peppers onto my pannier bags so I could leave the box for those there as well.
6. Taking the night off and fitting the tomatillos/hot peppers into the fridge to deal with later.

A year ago today.

9/15/15

1. Tidying up the scrapbooking table in the bedroom and unpacking the necessary items for fully setting up my jewelry display. Only decorative stuff left!
2. Introducing KY to Madewell.
3. Stopping by Target to check out some home goods and then realizing I might as well just go to Nordstrom and J.Crew to return stuff at the same time.
4. Figuring out a way to tie the boxes pretty securely to the back of my bike.
5. Fitting all the tomatillos into my bike bags so I didn't have to take that box home (and then have to return it later).
6. Making a dinner of fried eggs and peppers on top of slices of bread spread with the leftover tomato and caramelized onion jam.

A year ago today.

9/14/15

1. KC reminding me that LunchConf wasn't in its usual room today.
2. Powell's person successfully finding Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking that I had been wanting to flip through for awhile.
3. Getting a coupon for 10% off that I used on the Eat Mexico cookbook so it did end up being cheaper than new on Amazon.
4. Dan giving me a ride home from the office.
5. Watching the season premiere of The Mindy Project on Hulu.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

9/13/15

1. Going to the farmer's market to pick up watermelon, corn, and other vegetables.
2. TF walking me through the floor plan by looking at the Zillow photos.
3. Making baked cinnamon french toast with the raisin challah bread from Friday.
4. Getting my steps in by walking out to Grand Central Bakery and New Seasons.
5. Making corn-chorizo soup for dinner.
6. Finishing canning tomatoes with the caramelized onion and tomato jam and crushed tomatoes.

A year ago today.

9/12/15

1. Loppers from the tool library working quite well for pruning the tree in the front yard.
2. Settling the issue of my missing credit at Modern Domestic when dropping off my main sewing machine for servicing.
3. Making up a panzanella salad for lunch.
4. Starting up the second batch of tomato sauce on the stove and finishing it in the slow cooker.
5. Watching The Princess Bride with KY and EA.
6. Clearing up the boxes and linens in the spare bedroom.

A year ago today.

9/11/15

1. Walking to Grand Central Bakery in the morning to pick up several loaves of bread.
2. #4 bus driver stopping to let me on.
3. Getting bibimbap for lunch.
4. TF being super nice and patient about all my newbie questions when it comes to buying a house.
5. Biking back from the office to the new place for the first time.
6. Getting a first batch of tomato sauce made and canned, as well as two batches of pickled tomatoes.

A year ago today.

9/10/15

1. Getting kudos on the notes I wrote up on support tickets.
2. Getting a schnitzelwich for lunch.
3. Bringing KS to stitching lunch on the 5th floor.
4. Mailing out a couple packages from the post office after the support pairing session.
5. Taking the #4 bus over to New Seasons.
6. Finding the bulk spices section to be able to only buy small amounts of mustard and coriander seeds.

A year ago today.

9/9/15

1. Another tango lesson at lunch and getting to practice stuff from last week.
2. A recent book purchase coming in to Powell's on the same day I got a used book alert for another book, so I could go pick them up in one trip.
3. Figuring out the exact commit that caused the issue in today's support ticket.
4. Meeting my step count by walking the rest of the way home after picking up the tomatoes.
5. Still light out when I got home to make it easier to water my plants.
6. Getting through blanching and peeling the entire box of tomatoes.

A year ago today.

9/8/15

1. Polling system working pretty well for voting on the conference talk to play today at LunchConf.
2. Blue Star Donuts still being open when I walked by.
3. The guy throwing in an extra donut for me!
4. Getting a Turkey Gobbler sandwich from Oasis Cafe for dinner.
5. Took less time than it usually takes to get my hair color refreshed.
6. Dan coming to give me a ride home.

A year ago today.

9/7/15

1. Feeling well-rested after getting back on a normal sleep schedule.
2. Breaking out the new small cast-iron pan to fry up some eggs for breakfast.
3. Pretty satisfying to break up the ground and clean up the front yard a bit to plant the starters.
4. Knitting while watching more Psych.
5. Making the nupps on the shawl less painful to purl through by using a small crochet hook.
6. Pretty simple to throw together a roast chicken for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/6/15

1. Making home fries for breakfast.
2. Walking over to the King Farmer's Market to check it out for the first time.
3. Picking up some gardening tools from a yard sale.
4. Finding broccoli rabe starts at Naomi's.
5. Finding a small cast-iron pan at Goodwill that I've been trying to find used for awhile.
6. Not too much work to cook up pork chops for dinner using sous vide.

A year ago today.

9/5/15

1. Catching a bit of Veronica Mars on the hotel TV.
2. Walking around downtown Bend for a bit before we headed out.
3. Stopping by KY's recommendations for a fabric store and scones.
4. Heating up leftovers for dinner after getting home.
5. Starting knitting a shawl while watching Psych.
6. Making a few slices of rabbit, tomatoes, and lettuce on toast for a late night snack.

A year ago today.

9/4/15

1. Turning out to be really quick and small PRs to fix a couple things leftover from the day before.
2. Making some open-faced sandwiches with CSA tomatoes, lettuce, and rabbit for lunch.
3. Playing Weird Al songs off of Amazon Prime into the car.
4. Getting a good spot on the hill despite getting to the venue later than originally planned.
5. Having a fun time at the Weird Al concert after the review of his catalog in the car.
6. Getting to the merch table before most of the crowd.

A year ago today.

9/3/15

1. MW suggesting that I just work from home tomorrow morning since we needed to leave early to get to Bend for the concert.
2. Using bell peppers from this week's CSA to supplement veggies into my lunch.
3. Successfully getting everything set up on my test app for testing.
4. Making it over to SEPTL in time to drop off my old tablet to them.
5. Having the evening at home without any other social events or cooking to do.
6. Finishing re-reading Dragonquest.

A year ago today.

9/2/15

1. Thinking to supplement my pork belly and rice lunch with vegetables from The Player Zone downstairs.
2. Having a great time learning tango during TH's lunch lesson.
3. Catching up with DC on the way home.
4. Timing the buses well to be able to go home first before dinner.
5. Getting the grilled trout at Ned Ludd for dinner.
6. Actually quite enjoying meeting some friends of JM's, talking startup life.

A year ago today.

9/1/15

1. Helping BM with fetching ice and pizza for the meetup.
2. Making dinner out of the leftovers from the Foundations team's offsite instead of pizza for dinner.
3. Figuring out how to fix my test app after being stuck on it.
4. Watching JC's talk that I'd been meaning to rewatch anyway.
5. Watching EB deliver her talk with our feedback from the day before well-incorporated.
6. Catching up with RJ at the PDX.rb meetup.

A year ago today.

8/31/15

1. Finishing the book club reading in time.
2. Remembering to book a bigger room for the book club meeting.
3. Getting a talk proposal written in time to submit for PyDX's deadline.
4. Dan bringing me dinner at bar trivia.
5. Return to bar trivia with Dan and DC after a few weeks of being gone.
6. Meeting Dan's new friend P at bar trivia.

A year ago today.

8/30/15

1. Sleeping in in the morning.
2. Finishing watching Daredevil.
3. Defrosting pesto quickly in the microwave for tomato-pesto toast.
4. Finishing my coral pink tank top.
5. Finding the top to fit quite well!
6. Watching The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

A year ago today.

8/29/15

1. Re-watching the second half of Stardust.
2. Picking up the trash cans and compost bin that we needed from The Container Store.
3. Grand Central Bakery having my two favorite kinds of bread there.
4. DR bringing us a lemon lavender pound cake that she'd made as a housewarming gift.
5. Dan making pasta with broccoli, chicken, and sun-dried tomatoes for dinner.
6. Binge-watching Daredevil on Netflix.

A year ago today.

8/28/15

1. Going back upstairs to sleep a bit more after spending the night on the couch downstairs with the A/C to cool down my fever.
2. Staying to work from home.
3. Throwing together a lunch from noodles, freezer kale and pesto, and a CSA tomato.
4. Watching You're Under Arrest DVD from Netflix.
5. Watching the season 2 You're Under Arrest episodes on Hulu.
6. Re-watching Stardust.

A year ago today.

8/27/15

1. Remembering to wear my Harry Potter shirt and put in contacts for the Harry Potter glasses.
2. Rescheduling pairing with KY to the afternoon when I'd forgotten we were going to do it in the morning.
3. DS coming in as a special guest for stitching lunch (and for me to return her plug adapter to her).
4. Getting a burrito for dinner at Mi Mero Mole and reading my book.
5. Holding out to go to the happy hour at Departure for our own HPMOR wrap-up party.
6. Taking an Uber home to get home more quickly to go to bed.

A year ago today.

8/26/15

1. Making it in plenty of time to grab a seat at the women* lunch.
2. Going for a walk with JM.
3. Getting a smoothie for Kure.
4. Hanging out with the guys from the PDX.rb book club even though I hadn't caught up on the reading.
5. Having Dan's lentil stew for dinner.
6. Getting to call the downstairs unpacked!

A year ago today.

8/25/15

1. Someone else having taken all the trash bins out.
2. Doing some pruning of the dead parts of plants in my garden.
3. Several people noticing my "Likers Gonna Like" tank top and also finding it humorous.
4. Making some headway into figuring out why our test builds have been breaking.
5. Only taking half an hour to get through the tool library late loans calls.
6. Unpacking my books downstairs and discovering that I do have my old copy of Anne of Green Gables still.

A year ago today.

8/24/15

1. Feeling pretty well-rested in the morning.
2. Unpacking in the morning and going through the mail to get the house in the order after being away.
3. E-San for lunch, roast duck pad see euw along with a Thai iced tea bubble tea where the tapioca pearls were actually quite nicely soft, for the most part.
4. Getting AM's updated travel schedule.
5. Coming home to see that someone else had put the trash and recycling bins out on the curb.
6. Throwing together a decent dinner with noodles, tomatoes from my garden, and frozen kale/Swiss chard.

A year ago today.

8/23/15

1. Seeing a fair number of Dan’s family at breakfast.
2. Delicious corned beef hash for lunch.
3. Catching up with BBL/DL and walking around Lansdowne.
4. Hitting 50lbs. exactly for the stuff in Dan’s luggage.
5. Re-reading Copperskin on my Kindle.
6. Plenty of time to get a roast beef sandwich from Potbelly during our layover at MDW.

A year ago today.

8/22/15

1. Getting dim sum with my mom/sister/grandma.
2. Being able to wear shorts underneath my slip.
3. Putting my hair up in an Annie Hall-style bun with my rose gold large barrette.
4. Surprisingly not humid and quite comfortable temperature in the shade at the wedding.
5. Plenty of passed hors d’oeuvres to make up dinner.
6. Not staying out too late.

A year ago today.

8/21/15

1. Buying Seinfeld tickets for my mom as an early Christmas present. Decent seats too, after the second later show opened up.
2. Red shrimp for lunch.
3. Finishing going through my boxes in the basement.
4. Re-reading some of my old manga comics like You’re Under Arrest.
5. Dan taking me to the Hobby Shop so we could use some of the gift card credit from last year’s Amex Small Business Saturday.
6. CB having bug spray with her so I could stop getting quite so many insect bites.

A year ago today.

8/20/15

1. Working on pulling together a doc of experiments to run.
2. Thinking ahead to pack a change of clothes for the spa later.
3. Dinner with Dan/CK/LK.
4. Dan being able to swing by with my bag while I was waiting for my sister to pick me up.
5. Very new and clean facilities at Island Spa, a new Korean spa.
6. Randomly getting sucked in to a Korean drama that was playing in their cafe, Coffee Prince.

A year ago today.

8/19/15

1. Working from Google for the day to see people.
2. Catching up with JE/AS.
3. Going shopping with AT.
4. Stopping by Muji and picking up some really cheap but good-looking soap dispensers.
5. Walking back up to Penn Station.
6. My sister coming to pick me up from the train station, despite the somewhat late hour.

A year ago today.

8/18/15

1. Figuring out how to modify the charts in Google Spreadsheets to make them prettier and more useful to look at.
2. EH running an awesome tutorial on NRQL.
3. Starting to go through some of my boxes in the basement.
4. Opening up the bottle of wine I brought back from South Africa for CB.
5. Talking Dan into ordering something different from me.
6. Dan driving me home since I wasn’t going to make the train from Rutherford.

A year ago today.

8/17/15

1. Waking up at a reasonable-ish hour feeling well-rested.
2. Having a toasted stuffed flaky bun of...something, for breakfast.
3. Working in my pajamas for most of the day.
4. Not being too difficult to figure out how to use derailed_benchmarks to run some experiments.
5. Going bowling with my mom/sister/Dan.
6. Getting at least a few strikes in.

A year ago today.

8/16/15

1. Picking up dumplings for breakfast from my parents’ when we dropped off our luggage.
2. Seeing SD’s place and hanging out with him and E.
3. Pretty flat bike ride out to the Coney Island beach.
4. Having a fun time throwing a Frisbee back and forth with SD.
5. Being in the right places to mostly avoid the rain.
6. Watermelon at my parents’.

A year ago today.

8/15/15

1. Managing to finishing packing and get the place ready for my cousin’s visit.
2. Perfect timing for catching the bus and the Max to get to the airport.
3. Listening to music from Southwest’s wifi.
4. Snacking on the CSA plums I brought with me.
5. Avoiding hunger with Dan’s packed sunbutter-banana sandwiches.
6. Falling asleep quickly despite getting in to the hotel so late.

A year ago today.

8/14/15

1. Getting to Alberta in time to catch the bus to get to the dentist’s on time.
2. Not waiting too long with AM at the DMV.
3. Craigslist guy offering to deliver the grill!
4. Being able to get home to receive a delivery of the grill.
5. Watching the Anne of Green Gables sequel with KY/EA.
6. Refraining from eating the ice cream sandwich because I was too full from dinner already.

A year ago today.

8/13/15

1. Doing some unpacking in the morning while it was still cool upstairs.
2. Blueberries for breakfast.
3. Lunch at Mi Mero Mole.
4. Dan taking care of the vacuuming of the back stairs at the old place.
5. Getting the downstairs pretty much arranged in order.
6. Doing a couple loads of laundry finally.

A year ago today.

8/12/15

1. Mailing out a package to CC.
2. Getting to the old place in plenty of time to peel off the old wall stickers and collect the last few items around.
3. Dan picking me up from SE.
4. Throwing together a vegetable stir-fry with noodles for dinner.
5. Getting white peach sorbet and a passionfruit macaronut (macaron + donut) to meet the minimum purchase for watching the movie.
6. Watching Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at a restaurant's outdoor courtyard area.

A year ago today.

8/11/15

1. Successfully dialing in to the training being conducted in SF in the end.
2. Getting a Rachel sandwich at Supa for lunch.
3. Figuring out the answer to a support ticket question on my own, through reading the code.
4. Sitting with AG on the bus home and chatting.
5. AM arriving in Portland!
6. Surprisingly good Walla Walla onion and eggplant stir-fry to go with noodles for dinner.

A year ago today.

8/10/15

1. Getting in with some time to spare before a 9:30 interview.
2. Using an interview candidate lunch to go get a burger from Burger Week.
3. Getting treated to hazelnut gelato at Spella by LA.
4. Really well-attended book club meeting.
5. Hilarious time at the Anonymous Theater, doing On the Porch and The Real Inspector Hound.
6. Not taking too long while working with Dan to get the downstairs in shape for AM to move in.

A year ago today.

8/9/15

1. Sleeping in again.
2. Heating up my leftover half of burrito from last night as breakfast.
3. Getting a bit of unpacking work done before heading out to the Wilco concert.
4. Snagging a spot on the hill so no need to stand up.
5. Getting my book club reading and mail done while waiting for the concert to start.
6. Getting out really quickly, no wait at all.

A year ago today.

8/8/15

1. Sleeping in a bit to finally start catching up on sleep.
2. Fitting everything into the cargo van, including all the plants!
3. Finding a neat way to set up the hose at the new place, did it between the slats of the front steps.
4. Getting the turkey goblet sandwich at Oasis Cafe for lunch.
5. Figuring out a satisfactory arrangement of furniture for the craft room.
6. Watching Anne of Green Gables with KY/EA.

A year ago today.

8/7/15

1. Getting to the SE apartment just as our buyer from Craigslist got there.
2. Didn't need to take the large wardrobe apart to get it out of the apartment.
3. Organizing all the remaining stuff for easier moving.
4. Dan coming by to give me a ride home before his evening activities.
5. Throwing together a dinner from noodles and frozen meatballs/vegetables.
6. Re-reading The Goblin Emperor.

A year ago today.

8/6/15

1. Returning some purchases to Nordstrom and picking up The Goblin Emperor at Powell's.
2. The customer info guy at Powell's insisting on looking up the aisles number for a book for me and then finding out the copy of the book listed on the website had been sold, saving me from frustratedly looking for it.
3. Dan giving me a ride to SE.
4. Picking up a library book, getting copies of the new key made, and finishing my Hep A/B shots finally.
5. Leftover broccoli rabe pasta made by Dan for dinner.
6. Putting the bed frame together at the new place.

A year ago today.

8/5/15

1. Making good use of the free wifi at the airport before boarding my flight.
2. Watching Far From The Madding Crowd on the plane.
3. Going to my parents' and having dumplings for lunch on my layover.
4. My dad going out to get watermelon for me.
5. My mom packing me dinner to bring to the airport, ribs with rice and bok choy.
6. No trouble falling asleep after getting home in Portland.

A year ago today.

8/4/15

1. Buying tour tickets and getting to the hotel right on schedule.
2. Being able to check in early and take a quick shower.
3. Sailing past the line to get into the Pergamonmuseum with my timed ticket.
4. Making it to the meeting point for the tour on time.
5. Really interesting stories on the Underground Berlin tour of the Berlin Wall escape tunnels.
6. Taking a break on the lawn of the Reichstag.

A year ago today.

8/3/15

1. Taking care of gift buying at the coffee roastery.
2. Successfully meeting up with the walking tour group hallway through their tour.
3. Good currywurst and ice cream for an afternoon snack
4. Visiting the Google Hamburg office.
5. Dinner with AS and M.
6. Taking a car to get back to their apartment after walking so much over the day.

A year ago today.

8/2/15

1. Waking up with plenty of time in the morning to do a last run-through of my talk, have breakfast, put makeup on, and pack.
2. Really pleased personally with how my talk went, and lots of positive responses too!
3. Running into a eurucamp attendee on the train in to Berlin.
4. Getting a doner pide for dinner at the train station.
5. Finding out that texting German phone numbers works on my phone still.
6. AS and M coming to pick me up from a different station after I overshot the intended one.

A year ago today.

8/1/15

1. Sleeping in a bit in the morning.
2. Getting to the conference in time before the second morning block of talks started up again.
3. Very cool short talk by the stenographer at the conference about what she's doing for live transcription of the talks at the conference.
4. Joining a cross-stitch activity group in the afternoon.
5. Conference organizers putting out leftover box lunches, so I snagged one to have for dinner.
6. Really cool talk to end the day with live coding to play musics.

A year ago today.

7/31/15

1. Having breakfast with AL in the morning.
2. Finding a seat for the 2nd half of the morning sessions.
3. Good stuff in the goody bag, including notebooks and post-its!
4. Taking another nap in the afternoon.
5. Being able to get dinner at the conference party.
6. Successfully finding my way back to the hotel on my own.

A year ago today.

7/30/15

1. Successfully getting to the hotel on public transit!
2. Room being available early, so I could go in there and crash.
3. Making a breakfast for myself out of a roll from the plane's dinner and the last of the food my aunt packed for me.
4. Taking a 4 hour nap in the afternoon.
5. Watching iZombie.
6. DS having an extra power adapter that I could use for charging my laptop.

A year ago today.

7/29/15

1. Having dumplings and watermelon for breakfast.
2. Taking a 2 hour nap.
3. Going out to dim sum for lunch with my family.
4. Making it to the gate just as my boarding group was called.
5. Finishing watching Gone Girl.
6. Watching Game of Thrones and House of Lies.

A year ago today.

7/28/15

1. Eating the second half of my broccoli rabe sandwich for breakfast.
2. Making it in to the office in time for a morning interview.
3. Team lunch out at E-San and stopping at the right amount of rice and curry.
4. Catching up with KY and EA after they were gone for much of last week.
5. Talking to ND on the phone before boarding my plane.
6. Sleeping for most of the redeye to EWR.

A year ago today.

7/27/15

1. Getting the landlord's text to put our laptops away right before leaving the house.
2. KS being around to help me find my lost phone at the office.
3. Dan getting me a broccoli rabe and pork sandwich from the Italian Market.
4. Dan patiently going back 3x to retrieve stuff I'd forgotten.
5. Wearing my new white Salt Water sandals to break them in while doing a bit more unpacking.
6. Finding stuff I needed for my trip while moving boxes around, like outlet adapter.

A year ago today.

7/26/15

1. Finding rabbit to be easier for butchering than chicken or pork.
2. Really delicious finished rabbit recipes for lunch at the class.
3. Having DR's help to move a ton of stuff.
4. Finishing packing up most of the kitchen.
5. Getting in touch with everyone to deliver the news.
6. Finishing unpacking the kitchen stuff that we'd brought over.

A year ago today.

7/25/15

1. Getting up in time to check out the NEPTL tool sale.
2. Getting the washer/dryer delivered.
3. Not too difficult a time to help the painter with the red wall upstairs.
4. Getting dinner at SE's birthday BBQ.
5. Getting a couple loads of laundry done at the old place.
6. Being able to talk to CC on the phone for awhile.

A year ago today.

7/24/15

1. Seeing AM for lunch so she could fill out a rental application.
2. Not too much of a hassle to call around and switch over the utilities.
3. Sewing studio time with LA/ZK/AH.
4. Finishing sewing up a sleep mask for myself for my trip next week.
5. Schnitzel sandwich for dinner at Swiss + Hibiscus.
6. Dan having brought over and set up the bathroom and air mattress for us to camp out at the new place.

A year ago today.

7/23/15

1. Not taking as long as I expected to clean up the apartment a bit to take some photos.
2. Remembering to stop by the 7-11 to pick up an Amazon package.
3. Noticing that the 17 bus arriving just as I got to the stop would work for meeting the realtor.
4. Getting the keys to the new place.
5. Having time before my sewing class to meet AM to show her the new place as a potential roommate!
6. Being pretty pleased with the fit of my 2nd muslin for the Morris Blazer.

A year ago today.

7/22/15

1. Meeting with the realtor again to sign the new lease!
2. Box with the majority of my Nordstrom Anniversary Sale not being too embarrassingly large.
3. Finding a couple items from the NAS that I'd been stalking to be back in stock!
4. Fitting the basil CSA onto my bike even with the regular CSA too.
5. Having a really fun time getting to know EL's friend AM.
6. Not taking too long to make up pesto in the food processor, to be frozen into cubes.

A year ago today.

7/21/15

1. Making up sliced tomatoes with mozzarella and pesto on toast for breakfast.
2. Stopping by Powell's on my bike ride in to work to pick up a copy of Missed Connections.
3. Getting a late lunch in before I got too hungry.
4. Continuing my chat with LC and getting life advice from her.
5. Getting a good discussion going on feedback for the public speaking course at work.
6. Taking the evening off a bit.

A year ago today.

7/20/15

1. Getting to chat with LC about managering.
2. MW letting me borrow $20 from him to have cash for the rental application.
3. Realtor coming by to the office for me to be able to give her our rental application.
4. Remembering and turning around to go to the ATM for more cash before heading back up to the office.
5. Pulling it together for giving feedback to my sidekick for the week, even if I didn't finish my own homework.
6. Working on my debugging talk outline a bit in the basement to get cool.

A year ago today.

7/19/15

1. Getting my sewing machine to work for a bit in the morning.
2. Seeing the inside and backyard of the duplex--so much space!
3. Getting a bit of work done at Modern Domestic's open sewing.
4. Not making any egregious mistakes at the kickball game.
5. Meeting my step count for the day by walking to Zupan's and walking home.
6. Hanging out in the basement to get some reading done.

A year ago today.

7/18/15

1. Talking through looking for a new apartment with Dan.
2. Finishing reading Fire.
3. Dan driving me to all my errands in the afternoon.
4. Learning that Ikea will order and ship spare parts to you for free if the store doesn't have that part in stock.
5. Getting through a cooking marathon: chicken stock, pesto, tabbouli, lamb stew, baked salmon, and spiced blueberries canning.
6. Making good progress on finishing my 2nd Scout Tee despite starting fairly late for sewing.

A year ago today.

7/17/15

1. Lunch at Mi Mero Mole with my old team.
2. Picking up extra blueberries and tomatoes!
3. Making it home before my guests by taking my bike on the 20 from Powell's.
4. Throwing together a quick salad for dinner.
5. Finishing watching the BBC Pride & Prejudice with KY/EA.
6. Reading through the first 2/3 of Fire.

A year ago today.

7/16/15

1. Packing quickly enough in the morning to still have time to grab breakfast.
2. Really fun and funny team introduction videos, much better than I had expected.
3. Having an hour to do computer stuff at the office after getting back on the shuttle.
4. Managing to carry all my stuff (luggage, CSA veggies, sewing class stuff) all with me onto the bus.
5. Figuring out a good set of alterations for the Morris blazer pattern during class.
6. Making dinner out of noodles and frozen meatballs/veggies.

A year ago today.

7/15/15

1. Managing to get to breakfast in time to scarf down some food.
2. Getting a lot of knitting done while watching the talks in the overflow room.
3. Getting some computering done over lunch.
4. Having a ball at the juggling lesson social event.
5. Hanging out and chatting with people in the soaking pool again.
6. Hanging out with people by the golf course bar.

A year ago today.

7/14/15

1. Watching Amy Wibowo's talk on hacking a knitting machine and feeling really inspired by it.
2. Zucchini strips saute along with scrambled eggs working out quite well for lunch.
3. Running out to get cash while waiting for the shuttle.
4. Really fun game of Pandemic, even though we lost.
5. Being able to hear bits of the David Gray concert from my room, and recognizing a couple songs.
6. Hanging out in the soaking pool.

A year ago today.

7/13/15

1. Sushi for the goodbye lunch to JS.
2. JS loving the Jotoro cake, gummy planet, and pizza cube.
3. Better attendance at technical book club than we've had in a few weeks.
4. Managing to fit the Ikea table with trestle legs into the car to bring home.
5. Getting my steps in by walking over to North Bar.
6. Seeing DC and BS at bar trivia.

A year ago today.

7/12/15

1. Sleeping the whole night through, with no alarm in the morning, for the first time in over a week.
2. Setting in the sleeves on Scout Tee #2 and being pretty pleased with the fit overall.
3. Getting all the tracing done on the Morris Blazer for class starting Thursday, and didn't even take the whole 3 hours to do it.
4. Picking fresh beans (surprisingly nutty! very good!) and other produce from ELV's garden.
5. Not taking too long to set up some cooking experiments.
6. Craigslist seller accepting my bargaining for a drafting table.

A year ago today.

7/11/15

1. Riding over to Hood River with ELV and getting to catch up with her.
2. Surprisingly not too difficult to get a wetsuit on for me.
3. Enjoying floating in the river.
4. Having a good time chatting with ELV's friends M and T along with EA.
5. Watching the first half of the BBC Pride & Prejudice series with EA and KY.
6. Cutting all the pieces out for Scout Tee #2 and assembling the torso.

A year ago today.

7/10/15

1. Dan giving me a ride in to work with all the stuff that I was bringing in.
2. Using the various sales they had going on at Modern Domestic to get my vintage Singer sewing machine serviced as well as to buy several yards of double gauze fabrics in my favorite colors.
3. Feeling really happy at the Friday Night Sewcial with ladies from work (LA/KY/AB/ZK/EA), plus KM coming by too!
4. Finishing the tracing for Scout Tee #2 with my modifications to try to make it fit better.
5. Going out to dinner with the ladies from work.
6. LA giving me a ride to the studio and home as well.

A year ago today.

7/9/15

1. Catching the right bus in time for my first in-person meeting of the morning.
2. Lunch out at Mother's to celebrate wrapping up a multi-month project.
3. Successfully working out how to fix the bug, after pairing with JS to write a test for it.
4. Skyping with AB(m) to catch up.
5. Comfortable bike ride home at 9pm.
6. Finding a good sized salad bowl/plate, stainless steel mixing bowl, and tongs at Freddy's to bring to the office for easier salad making there.

A year ago today.

7/8/15

1. Having a fun time talking to the students from a robotics camp that KY's dad brought in to the office.
2. Pairing with JS to determine that something odd I'd noticed was actually a bug.
3. Timing it perfectly to catch a #4 bus down to the #15.
4. Throwing together pretty decent salads with CSA lettuce/tomatoes and random pickled things I had in the fridge.
5. Dan giving us a ride over to the salon.
6. EH/S being cool about me heading home at 11:30 first, before EH's multicolored head was done.

A year ago today.

7/7/15

1. Donating Dan's old laptop to Free Geek in the morning.
2. Getting myself to make the videos for the homework before we had the weekly meeting at least, even if I had missed yesterday's deadline.
3. Diverging from the coffee walk to mail something out from the post office, with enough time to join up with that same group.
4. Chatting with non-work but still Ruby people that I knew at the PDX.rb meetup.
5. Finally opening up my PR for fixing the transaction trace nodes.
6. Much cooler weather for biking home.

A year ago today.

7/6/15

1. Dan giving me a ride to work.
2. Making more progress after pairing with JS on some Javascript/Rails stuff.
3. Looking up in time not to miss my bus stop.
4. Still a tiny bit of light out when I got home, to be able to water my plants.
5. Going for a walk around the block to get my steps in for the day and to cool off as well.
6. Pretty quick to get through the Confident Communicator course videos for the week by reading the PDF transcripts.

A year ago today.

7/5/15

1. Getting a load of laundry started before heading up to Seattle for the day.
2. Bonine working and finishing reading Zero to One on the drive up.
3. Seeing PM/KK!
4. Seeing the Chihuly Garden & Glass museum! Such gorgeous colors.
5. Finding a quiet cafe to watch the World Cup final from.
6. Getting another load of laundry done even after getting back.

A year ago today.

7/4/15

1. Getting a bunch of cooking done, including making a double batch of granola and a squash pasta casserole.
2. Getting the fridge in order.
3. Swinging in the hammock at MC/NA's farm.
4. Playing SET with Dan.
5. Lovely, intimate concert by Shannon Curtis.
6. Seeing fireworks along the drive home.

A year ago today.

7/3/15

1. Finishing reading Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.
2. Dan going out to buy the materials for a DIY air conditioner.
3. Successfully constructing the A/C and finding enough space in the freezer to start freezing lots of bottles of water.
4. Picking up lots of cheeses (along with dinner) at Freddy's.
5. Watching the Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice with EA and KY.
6. EA sharing one of her Tillamook mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches with me, yum.

A year ago today.

7/2/15

1. Getting lunch with KR, visiting for the weekend.
2. Better portion size than I had expected for the salad from Garden Bar.
3. Making back in time for most of KL's 2nd practice talk, which was excellent.
4. Tag-teaming with MW for the pairing session with support and being able to address all their questions between the two of us.
5. Talking EA into going shoe shopping with me on Hawthorne.
6. Thinking to stop by the 7-11 to pick up an Amazon package on my walk home.

A year ago today.

7/1/15

1. Not taking too long to review and fix up my "How to be a Better Junior Developer" talk for the summer interns.
2. Another interesting conversation with my boss about managering.
3. My cousin RW being late to our VC too.
4. Rather enjoying catching up with my cousin, even though we've never really known each other all that well.
5. Watching the included refactoring video with the end of Confident Ruby at the PDX.rb book club.
6. First tomatoes in the CSA!

A year ago today.

6/30/15

1. Wearing my Anthropologie blue tie-dyed maxi dress.
2. Picking up bibimbap for lunch.
3. Good attendance at the tech talks lunch, even with picking a talk that we'd have to play in two parts.
4. Getting to try the fried chicken at Son of a Biscuit finally.
5. Picking up olive oil ice cream from Salt & Straw.
6. Making everything good with AL.

A year ago today.

6/29/15

1. Getting Los Gorditos for lunch.
2. Swinging by Madewell on the way back to return some items.
3. Finding a straw summer hat that actually fits my head and looks proportional!
4. Making it to the hardware store in time before they closed.
5. Finishing up an arms workout at the gym.
6. Making it to bar trivia still with Dan and BS.

A year ago today.

6/28/15

1. Only waking up once during the night, despite the heat.
2. Google Hangout with EN.
3. Dan giving me a ride over to Sewallcrest Park so I wouldn't be late despite dawdling the afternoon away.
4. Scoring a run at the kickball game.
5. Hitting my steps for the day by walking back from the game.
6. Getting the reading for tomorrow's book club done in the evening.

A year ago today.

6/27/15

1. Making fried egg on avocado toast sandwiches for breakfast.
2. Not getting too hot during the day after all.
3. Going to see Inside Out!
4. Watching all of North and South with KY and EA with lots of fun commentary.
5. KY's dad still being awake to help us get the internet back from the timer.
6. Dan getting back to KY's place just in time to pick me up.

A year ago today.

6/26/15

1. Pork belly gyro for lunch at Lardo with KL.
2. Managing to drop by the happy hour at Bailey's for at least a few minutes.
3. Dan coming by to give me a ride home.
4. Tacos turning out well for the dinner with KY/AL/T, including tortillas from fresh masa on the griddle.
5. Winning at Pandemic!
6. Actually didn't take too long to do the dishes after our guests left.

A year ago today.

6/25/15

1. Not being too late for the 9:30am meeting despite the bridge being up.
2. Finishing off the rest of my bucket of salad for lunch.
3. Another very interesting conversation about managering with my boss.
4. Getting a full hour-long massage.
5. Deciding to stay in for the evening.
6. Getting off the couch to do the prepping of the pork shoulder for tacos tomorrow.

A year ago today.

6/24/15

1. Getting to the podiatrist's mostly on time.
2. Getting in to the office before 10 still.
3. Helping ZK with another practice talk round.
4. Fun time at PDX.rb book club.
5. Dropping off my prescription at Walgreens just a few minutes before they closed.
6. Successfully bringing back the Amazon Locker packages home on my bike rack.

A year ago today .