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.