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.