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.