12/30/16

1. Going to the gym with my mom and sister.
2. Wrapping gifts in time before leaving the house.
3. My dad coming to Top Golf with us.
4. Getting a Top Golf membership card reprinted for free.
5. Skipping the city excursion.
6. Reading October Daye books.

A year ago today.

12/29/16

1. My phone charge lasting long enough on the train rides.
2. Taking the subway to avoid rain.
3. Visiting the juice bar and getting smoothies.
4. Getting a tour of the new Google office spaces.
5. My sister picking me up from the train.
6. Watching Song of the Sea.

A year ago today.

12/28/16

1. Book club with KL.
2. Getting to the gym.
3. Red roast duck curry for lunch.
4. Going to live band karaoke.
5. My sister coming with me and doing the driving.
6. Getting sweet potato fries and a sandwich at the bar.

A year ago today.

12/27/16

1. Sleeping in.
2. Having dumplings for breakfast.
3. Reading on couch during the day.
4. Having cookies to stave off hunger.
5. Settling plans for the rest of the week.
6. New comfy seats at the Hazlet theaters.

A year ago today.

12/26/16

1. Finishing knitting the wristwarmers.
2. Getting to the gym.
3. Having at least a couple pairs of lifting shoes to try on at Dick's Sporting Goods.
4. Kiehl's facial sunscreen being on sale, as a new candidate for scentless morning lotion.
5. Not getting in a car accident on the way to the diner.
6. Diner with HTHS crew.

A year ago today.

12/25/16

1. Having dumplings.
2. Going to dim sum.
3. Dan driving me to/from Union.
4. Having an excellent body scrub at the Korean spa.
5. Reading Deep Work when not at sauna.
6. Having some leftover cold dumplings after getting back.

A year ago today.

12/24/16

1. Sleeping in.
2. Dan's gift arriving just in time.
3. Getting laundry done.
4. Getting a workout and shower in at the gym.
5. Playing the pie in the face game.
6. An amazing Christmas cookie platter.

A year ago today.

12/23/16

1. Using my phone as a hotspot working out well.
2. Afternoon meeting getting canceled.
3. Making progress on building a Jira bot.
4. Snowshoeing on a golf course.
5. Taking off the inner layer of my leggings in a changing room to help cool down.
6. Having a salad for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/22/16

1. Turning early rising into productive refactoring.
2. Feeling fresh after showering.
3. Deep Work book club with KL.
4. Shorter support pairing meeting.
5. Going to check out the Nordic Center for snowshoeing.
6. Remembering to put ribs in the oven.

A year ago today.

12/21/16

1. Sleeping in while others went skiing.
2. Full and quiet day for working.
3. Pairing with MW to make decisions on where to put stuff.
4. KN taking a bug fix ticket.
5. Not extending Candy Crush on iPad with time manipulation.
6. Getting out of the apartment to look at the fitness center.

A year ago today.

12/20/16

1. Waking up right before the alarm.
2. Watching talks during the drive.
3. My dad bringing out a lap blanket for me to have in the car.
4. Charging my phone and laptop at rest stops.
5. Home-cooked dinner.
6. Watching Inside Out through a trial Starz subscription.

A year ago today.

12/19/16

1. Answering ticket in morning before leaving.
2. Making it to lunch with SD.
3. Seeing JW and JE.
4. Running into AT at the office.
5. AM joining AT & EM for dinner.
6. Food at Parm.

A year ago today.

12/18/16

1. Wrapping all the presents.
2. Dim sum with family.
3. Watching movie with family.
4. Successfully driving for the first time in a year.
5. Young guys at gym ceding squat rack to me.
6. Finishing workout lifts in time to shower at gym.

A year ago today.

12/17/16

1. Making it to the airport on public transit.
2. Having a lounge pass during long, delayed layover.
3. Reading Fire & Hemlock on my phone.
4. Napping on flights.
5. My mom and sister bringing food to the airport pickup.
6. My mom setting up a nightlight for me to read by bed setup.

A year ago today.

12/16/16

1. Sunshine out!
2. Getting in 3 minutes before the meeting.
3. Boxer Ramen for lunch.
4. Lucky timing for a short line at the post office.
5. Squeezing in rescheduled eyebrow appointment.
6. Looking up in time not to miss my bus stop.

A year ago today.

12/15/16

1. Doctor's office having appointment time available.
2. Figuring out the last HTTP library to instrument.
3. Picking up gift cards and checking out Banana Republic.
4. Cheese event getting canceled so I could go to the gym.
5. Doing 1 rep max test of bench press and deadlift.
6. Getting cards all written and packages all assembled.

A year ago today.

12/14/16

1. Morning housemate interview still happening.
2. Going to the gym in the morning and at noon.
3. Finishing book club with KL.
4. Figuring out HTTPClient instrumentation.
5. Beet salad with avocado coming together well.
6. Deciding on Christmas presents.

A year ago today.

12/13/16

1. Managed biking in the cold.
2. Watching a Tufte talk for LunchConf.
3. Picking up library books.
4. Doing handstand practice at gymnastics class.
5. Noodles for dinner.
6. Noticing sock pattern change to rip back.

A year ago today.

12/12/16

1. Making saag paneer in the morning.
2. Getting in at what would have been on time for first meeting.
3. Red velvet cake from the Python team.
4. Getting a few responses to our housemate ad.
5. Made it to all my errands, even Sephora, with 10 minutes to go until closing.
6. Timing buses well to avoid rain.

A year ago today.

12/11/16

1. Sleeping in.
2. Graceling available as a library ebook.
3. Dan making lentils for dinner.
4. Going to the holiday choral concert featuring RV.
5. Starting work on guest curation for a newsletter.
6. Not staying up late.

A year ago today.

12/10/16

1. Repeated dance class routines.
2. Phone charge holding out.
3. Pumpkin ice cream not melting into a mess.
4. BBQ at gym's holiday party.
5. Getting an apple peeler in the White Elephant gift exchange.
6. Not getting home too late after the 2nd party.

A year ago today.

12/9/16

1. Taking time in treading ice to get to bus stop.
2. Lunch with KL and ZK.
3. Simple to set up sidekick-bot.
4. Going home instead of running errands.
5. Re-reading Crown Duel.
6. Finishing knitting my hat.

A year ago today.

12/8/16

1. Getting to the gym even for half an hour.
2. Solving the code challenge eventually.
3. Working on learning Github webhooks.
4. A/V sorting itself out at the event.
5. Not waiting long for buses.
6. Getting home close to regular speed, despite the weather.

A year ago today.

12/7/16

1. Sweater leggings to bundle up.
2. Sunny out, even if it was cold.
3. Mi Mero Mole lunch with happyplace.
4. Saving the burrito butt and not getting too full.
5. Not taking too long to mail out a package.
6. Dinner at The New American.

A year ago today.

12/6/16

1. Biking while sunny out.
2. Spicy chai at Barista.
3. KF coming to dance class.
4. Getting ramen with gyoza and karaage for dinner.
5. Looking a bus times in time.
6. Finishing off roast duck.

A year ago today.

12/5/16

1. Email reminder of headshots.
2. Bringing soup for lunch with leakproof lid.
3. Squeezing stuff to bring home into tote bag.
4. Going to the symphony with RA.
5. Dan giving me a ride home.
6. Getting a load of laundry done.

A year ago today.

12/4/16

1. Sleeping in a a lot.
2. Fully free day.
3. Staying warm in bathrobe and blankets.
4. Excellent fluffy scrambled eggs with heavy cream in the fridge.
5. Someone else doing my dishes.
6. Reading Sherwood Smith ebooks from the library.

A year ago today.

12/3/16

1. Hauling out of bed to get to the gym by 9.
2. Dance class with an NSYNC song!
3. Dan grabbing my library book that I'd left at home.
4. Going on a Fubonn run finally.
5. Making the best potato-leek soup so far.
6. Working on Advent of Code puzzles and catching up.

A year ago today.

12/2/16

1. Having computer at home to dial in to 9am meeting.
2. Managing alteration for dress neckline.
3. Nordstrom points to pick up new darker lipstick color.
4. Borrowing long gloves from AB.
5. Getting ready at KY's.
6. Enjoying seeing everyone dressed up at the holiday party.

A year ago today.

12/1/16

1. Fully handmade outfit: blazer, Harry Potter t-shirt, jeans.
2. Show & tell at stitching lunch.
3. Cacao walk.
4. Going to gymnastics class.
5. Finishing day 2 and missed deadlifts.
6. Converting all roasted squash into pancakes on griddle.

A year ago today.

11/30/16

1. Getting out of bed for 8am videochat that was quite energizing.
2. Not feeling too sleepy.
3. Finishing slides for training with some time to spare.
4. Finding the dry shampoo recommended by a coworker at Target.
5. Finding a suitable and cheap headband at Forever 21.
6. Managing to meet up with KF at Mi Mero Mole.

A year ago today.

11/29/16

1. Getting coaching on shoulder press.
2. Reading instead of Lunchconf.
3. Opening checking accounts for bonuses finally.
4. Getting makeup tips for the holiday party from my eyebrow lady.
5. Getting to the Anna Kendrick event on time and ok even without printed ticket that I forgot.
6. Getting a ride home from Dan.

A year ago today.

11/28/16

1. Starting the 99 Bottles book.
2. Actually fixing a flaky test.
3. Getting out of the office in time to bike home before potential new housemate's visit.
4. Dumping the rest of the roasted vegetables.
5. Grilled cheese truck for dinner.
6. Putting random chocolate back.

A year ago today.

11/27/16

1. Getting some sewing to fix clothes done.
2. Banner of the Damned ebook being available.
3. More hat knitting and TV.
4. Ramen dinner at 4 being quite filling.
5. Not taking a nap at 6.
6. Enjoying the last staycation day.

A year ago today.

11/26/16

1. Going to the gym together in the morning.
2. Finishing the jeans!!
3. Picking up the Turner pattern and rivets at 25% off.
4. Picking up a book from the library.
5. Dan making pasta.
6. Watching Daredevil season 2.

A year ago today.

11/25/16

1. Starting knitting a hat.
2. Playing shuffleboard and pool for free while we waited.
3. The wait for Top Golf actually not being too long in the end.
4. Timing it well to see the tree lighting downtown.
5. Getting duck breast with Brussels sprouts and blood orange sorbet at dinner.
6. Finishing watching Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.

A year ago today.

11/24/16

1. Getting a workout in.
2. Cutting up and freezing the butternut squash.
3. Making stuffing.
4. Reading on the couch.
5. Dan bringing me my eyemask for napping.
6. Having Thanksgiving to ourselves.

A year ago today.

11/23/16

1. Sleeping in in the morning.
2. Sun out when I biked to the library.
3. Getting my required work sorted.
4. Finding a potential fun volunteer activity.
5. Reading the new Tana French book.
6. Finding online copies of Faithful Place to catch back up on what happened in that one.

A year ago today.

11/22/16

1. Chilling in the morning a bit and reading the Ask Polly book.
2. Discovering the pie bake-off on 5.
3. Biking home despite cold rain.
4. Getting through a gymnastics class without hurting myself.
5. Finishing yesterday's workout.
6. Reading Ask Polly book on the couch for the rest of evening.

A year ago today.

11/21/16

1. Getting squats in in the morning.
2. Wearing my green dress with patterned black and white leggings and black boots.
3. Lunch with KM.
4. Getting AG/KY's opinions on T-strap heels.
5. Fun, energetic symphony program.
6. Pumpkin ice cream turning out well.

A year ago today.

11/20/16

1. Getting the house cleaned.
2. Going to the last farmers market of the season and getting lots of fruit and ramen.
3. Going to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them with KY.
4. Enjoying phone conversation with a Hackbright student.
5. Cutting up squash without cutting my fingers.
6. Going to bed really early when I was tired.

A year ago today.

11/19/16

1. Succeeding at workout at my limits.
2. Following my budget and not going to dance class.
3. Getting belt loops and button onto jeans.
4. Rendering chicken fat for use with potatoes.
5. Cooking up food in the fridge.
6. Finishing watching The Crown.

A year ago today.

11/18/16

1. Falling back asleep for a bit despite smoke alarm beeping.
2. Feeling cute in the outfit with red big sweater, quilted skirt, faux leather leggings, and studded boots. Even got a compliment from SK!
3. Lunch with ZK/AH.
4. Getting MW's help on fixing the bug.
5. Dan getting eggs for me.
6. Brussels sprouts and turnips hash turning out great.

A year ago today.

11/17/16

1. Managing a workout despite my back.
2. Team lunch at Lechon.
3. Chai from Barista being quite spicy.
4. Cheese party!
5. Modcloth dress arriving.
6. Taking care of email tasks.

A year ago today.

11/16/16

1. Wearing my long red puffer coat.
2. NW helping pull data.
3. Eating lunch by myself while finishing talk video.
4. Maple mustard amazing on the chicken too.
5. Zappos shoes arriving already!
6. Watching The Crown.

A year ago today.

11/15/16

1. Reading in the morning.
2. Making steady progress on accounts script..
3. Ethiopian leftovers for lunch.
4. Not raining on my way to the gym.
5. Going to a gymnastic class at the gym.
6. Cooking up home fries, brussels sprouts hash, and chicken thighs.

A year ago today.

11/14/16

1. Good gym workout, from keeping up while traveling.
2. Washing my hair.
3. Rabbit's Cafe for getting some vegetables in.
4. Happyplace lunch at Bailey's.
5. Sandi Metz book being chosen for the next book club.
6. Throwing together noodles for dinner.

A year ago today.

11/13/16

1. Warmer sunny day.
2. Coffee with LW in the morning still.
3. Dim sum with EN.
4. Getting to the airport with CC/KH.
5. Meeting up with Dan's mom at Midway!
6. Naps on plane not interfering with falling asleep at home.

A year ago today.

11/12/16

1. Breakfast with SP and E.
2. Getting a lovely braided half updo.
3. Getting a meatball parm sub and broccoli rabe.
4. Wearing leggings over tights under the bridesmaid dress.
5. Hammerhead shark and penguin characters at the wedding.
6. DC being so happy all day.

A year ago today.

11/11/16

1. Got a whole workout in!
2. Free checked bag from credit card.
3. Catching a ride to the church.
4. The church organist lady at the wedding rehearsal.
5. Dinner in the North End.
6. Karaoke picking up.

A year ago today.

11/10/16

1. Getting breakfast at Panera.
2. Tasting Skyline chili.
3. My cough staying under control during my talk.
4. Getting a bit of a crowd for the discussion afterwards.
5. Getting lamb ribs and mussels.
6. Being given extra bread for the mussels.

A year ago today.

11/9/16

1. Getting up in time to shower.
2. Not too long to repack my bag.
3. No support tickets coming in.
4. Going to the gym!
5. Good food at the speaker dinner.
6. Not too long to update the resources section.

A year ago today.

11/8/16

1. Watching The Crown in the morning and evening.
2. Productive meeting with DW.
3. Bike lights charging to be able to bike home.
4. Finishing off food in the fridge.
5. Staying awake enough to pack.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

11/7/16

1. Getting a workout done in the morning.
2. Biking in to work.
3. Lunch at Bailey's.
4. Getting together planning for the next couple team projects.
5. Looking up in time to get off the bus at the Nike store.
6. Free evening to sew and watch The Crown.

A year ago today.

11/6/16

1. Waking up rested on Eastern time, for when I'm back this week.
2. Succeeding at fetching carrot out from under oven, with two broom handles.
3. Getting ZK's advice on quilt backing fabric.
4. Realizing I needed more fabric.
5. Taking the day off from getting stuff done and reading instead.
6. Going to bed at 9.

A year ago today.

11/5/16

1. Getting fully caught up on sleep.
2. Dan coming with me to Intrepid.
3. Managing a heavy load day, despite a 5 day break.
4. Unpacking quickly.
5. Getting laundry done.
6. Whittling down my home tasks list.

A year ago today.

11/4/16

1. Feeling rested enough despite waking up a couple times worried that I'd overslept.
2. KH giving mea  ride to the aiarpot.
3. Getting on the morning PDX flight after all, with the gate agent's help.
4. Going to Fresh Roll for lunch with MW and KN.
5. Getting a massage.
6. Staying awake until 9 before collapsing to sleep.

A year ago today.

11/3/16

1. Waking up right before my alarm.
2. Gentleman helping me find the right terminal shuttle for the train station.
3. Ham sandwich and OJ for breakfast.
4. Finding a Las Meninas Prado magnet at the airport after all.
5. Getting through customs fine with the ham.
6. Dinner with Iguazu Falls crew.

A year ago today.

11/2/16

1. Finishing the work blog post with Harry Potter examples.
2. Falafel from a kebab place on the corner actually being pretty good.
3. Putting away the rest of the sandwich when I got full.
4. Lovely sunny day.
5. Walking to the Crystal Palace.
6. Line to get into the Prado for free moving pretty fast and not actually that crowded.

A year ago today.

11/1/16

1. Packing everything into my carry-on.
2. La Sagrada Familia--just, wow.
3. Fresh churros from a new shop.
4. Skipping getting a sandwich to not worry about getting to the airport on time.
5. Getting McDonald's for dinner.
6. Having a row to myself on the plane.

A year ago today.

10/31/16

1. Not needing to talk much while getting sick and losing my voice.
2. Catching up on internet stuff.
3. Having paella for lunch.
4. Making it to one produce market and one flea market.
5. Getting churros with chocolate.
6. Gasterea (the tapas place) being open after all.

A year ago today.

10/30/16

1. Weird, wonderful, and beautiful Casa Batllo.
2. Walking by a cafe with a celebrated ham sandwich.
3. Finding a charging port for my phone.
4. Walking tour to learn about Barcelona history.
5. Going to the gym even with wanting a nap.
6. Amazing & friendly tapas place just a 5 min walk from my AirBnB.

A year ago today.

10/29/16

1. 10 year old Portuguese girl helping me get unlost.
2. Going down the Bom de Jesus stairs, rather than up.
3. Finding the shop for the special custards.
4. Napping on the Getbus and flight.
5. Realizing that the Aerobus stopped near the Magic Fountain so I could still catch the last 20 minutes of the show.
6. AirBnb host being home even though she thought I was arriving the next day.

A year ago today.

10/28/16

1. Making it to the venue on time.
2. Getting shoutouts in AP's talk.
3. Understanding the memory management talk.
4. Buying embroidery from the ladies in the courtyard.
5. Getting my squats in.
6. Having seafood at dinner.

A year ago today.

10/27/16

1. Waking up at 6:30 without an alarm.
2. AP being there for my puns.
3. Winning chess matches.
4. My Harry Potter shirt being a huge hit.
5. All food covered.
6. Karaoke party.

A year ago today.

10/26/16

1. Accidentally coming off public transit at the Time Out Market!
2. Free wifi at the market.
3. Finding an outlet at the train station to charge my laptop.
4. Finishing reading the Metaprogramming book.
5. Getting to Braga successflly.
6. Giant hotel room with a firm mattress.

A year ago today.

10/25/16

1. Packing in the morning after a decent amount of sleep.
2. Having the whole row to myself on two out of three flights.
3. Not bad Cobb salad at MCI.
4. Red line coming shortly after bus got to the station.
5. Layovers not being cramped for time, even with terminal transfers.
6. Reading nonfiction books and writing on laptop.

A year ago today.

10/24/16

1. Going lifting.
2. Biking in time for 10am meeting.
3. Pairing with MW a bit still in the morning.
4. Brass Bar's masala chai being quite spicy.
5. Making longer bungee cord still work.
6. Fitting a tighter waistband onto the jeans.

A year ago today.

10/23/16

1. Finishing up my Harry Potter shirt!
2. Catching up with LW.
3. Doing a bunch of nonfiction reading.
4. Napping on the upstairs couch.
5. Eating leftovers and clearing out the fridge.
6. Checking off longstanding to-dos.

A year ago today.

10/22/16

1. Hitting workout without too much difficulty.
2. Picking up the moves in dance class better.
3. Hanging up the Rio painting.
4. Cooking up kale with carrots and peppers.
5. Having lots of people over for ZK's housewarming party.
6. Fast end-of-night cleanup.

A year ago today.

10/21/16

1. Sewing at home.
2. Reading The Amber Spyglass during lunch.
3. Getting my eyebrows done and picking up my tailored bridesmaid dress.
4. Getting extra kale from the CSA free box.
5. Staying dry on my bike ride home.
6. Having a banana and apple with sunbutter and cheese as a snack.

A year ago today.

10/20/16

1. Finishing my lifting just in time.
2. Stitching lunch.
3. Discussion with AP on memcache.
4. Getting to hair appointment on time.
5. Bringing enough food to tide me over until I got home for more dinner.
6. ZK having limes for me to use in pork shoulder.

A year ago today.

10/19/16

1. Seeing houses with ZK.
2. Ladies lunch at Sizzle Pie.
3. Chocolate tacolette from the Wiz Bang Bar.
4. Attending a Timbers game for the first time thanks to work.
5. Going home to sew instead of continuing to stand in the rain.
6. Dan giving me a ride to bring the treadmill home.

A year ago today.

10/18/16

1. Got the whole heavy lifting workout in.
2. Avocado toast.
3. Good LunchConf talk.
4. Screenhero as a pairing solution.
5. Taking care of my to-do list.
6. Cutting the t-shirt fabric.

A year ago today.

10/17/16

1. Getting sewing and laundry done in the morning.
2. Making avocado toast for breakfast.
3. Bibimbap at Kim Jong Smokehouse.
4. Lunch to get to know KN.
5. Fitting the jeans during sewing class.
6. Doing some more sewing after getting home.

A year ago today.

10/16/16

1. A productive early morning with working on a weightlifting workout generator.
2. Making it to the farmers market.
3. Kid cashier at the Vietnamese restaurant.
4. Loving the clever staging in a local production of Fly By Night.
5. Making next month's travel arrangements.
6. Remembering my laundry in time to dry it before bed.

A year ago today.

10/15/16

1. Getting lifting done in 30 minutes.
2. Storm not hitting us much.
3. Pulled out tomatoes with the dry weather.
4. Dan giving me a ride to Modern Domestic.
5. Installing zipper into the jeans not being too hard.
6. Doing a bunch of sewing project planning.

A year ago today.

10/14/16

1. Demo going well.
2. Getting nominations in for the deadline.
3. PB's Hackbright news.
4. Working on another cat-lage.
5. Getting a massage.
6. Harvesting Swiss chard.

A year ago today.

10/13/16

1. Buying Taylor Swift music on Amazon Prime.
2. Getting myself to squat.
3. DS seeing my post and clarifying his response.
4. Getting to the show earlier than usual and being punctual.
5. Enjoying the Oregon Ballet Theater performances, as always.
6. Dan giving me a ride home.

A year ago today.

10/12/16

1. Happyplace lunch at Bailey's.
2. Pairing with MW.
3. Getting jumpsuit PJs.
4. Getting a ride from Dan.
5. Making ramen with vegetables from the freezer.
6. Dan reading to me.

A year ago today.

10/11/16

1. Sewing in the morning.
2. MW staying behind to talk to me.
3. Watching a ballet documentary.
4. Not bad bus timing to get home.
5. Grilled cheese sandwiches.
6. Staying awake until 9:30.

A year ago today.

10/10/16

1. Having time in the morning to cut out fabric.
2. Happyplace lunch.
3. Getting the reading done.
4. Book club ending early to be able to get to class earlier.
5. Grabbing food from work before going to class.
6. Sewing productively.

A year ago today.

10/9/16

1. Having a productive early morning.
2. Remembering some other wide mouth pint jars that I had.
3. Dan getting me more jars.
4. Making ramen with Swiss chard, fried eggs, and hot pickled peppers.
5. Processing all the apples.
6. Making an easier dinner and lunch for the week (pork chops, frittata, and chicken in tomatillo sauce).

A year ago today.

10/8/16

1. Going lifting in the morning.
2. Some sun out in Hood River.
3. Getting pizza for a late lunch.
4. Watching To Kill a Thief while cutting apples.
5. ZK fitting apples into the fridge.
6. Feeling validated by CF.

A year ago today.

10/7/16

1. Getting all the documents printed out.
2. Arriving to the appointment with a financial advisor right on time.
3. Getting a bike tune-up spot to make my brakes actually safe.
4. Making more cat-lages.
5. Hanging out on the couches at the office.
6. Microwaving corn on the cob for dinner.

A year ago today.

10/6/16

1. Not getting too drenched.
2. Getting rid of the rest of the cobbler at work, using a plate to heat it in the toaster oven.
3. Ladies lunch in a private room.
4. Quiet support hour.
5. Finishing up a spec PR before the elevator locked.
6. Going lifting in the evening.

A year ago today.

10/5/16

1. Sleeping in a bit.
2. Lunch with CP with Thai food.
3. Solving a question from the Alerts team.
4. Partially sunny out during an afternoon errand.
5. Going to dance class.
6. Making apple-plum cobbler.

A year ago today.

10/4/16

1. Going lifting despite not feeling that well-rested.
2. ZK getting my bag for me.
3. Photo op with The Boss!!
4. Getting an acai bowl at Kure.
5. Hanging out with DR.
6. Catching up with AL.

A year ago today.

10/3/16

1. Picking up my wedding ring from the gym.
2. Managing to carry everything to work.
3. Running into people using the elevator.
4. Starting to read Sarong Party Girl at lunch.
5. Doing ok as book club facilitators with ZK.
6. Starting the jeans sewing class at Modern Domestic.

A year ago today.

10/2/16

1. Finishing a memoir I'd had checked out from the library for ages.
2. Not taking too long to write up a notes doc for work.
3. Getting to the farmer's market just in time before they closed, to pick up a few plums.
4. Getting started early on cooking for the day and finishing up dinner sooner than usual.
5. Having enough Swedish tracing paper for almost all of the pattern pieces.
6. Using an assembly line method to prep peppers for freezing.

A year ago today.

10/1/16

1. Pushing weights/reps on bench press and deadlift both.
2. Both dance classes repeating routines from previous weeks.
3. Making noodles with kale, tomatoes, eggs, and hot pepper rings for lunch.
4. Taking a two hour nap.
5. Pressure cooking the rest of Dan's stew to finish in time before heading out.
6. Seeing DC play with his band at Mississippi Studios.

A year ago today.

9/30/16

1. Frying up some eggs and re-heating home fries for breakfast.
2. Talking the interview candidate into going to the Ethiopian food cart for lunch.
3. Making another cat-lage with MW.
4. Dan giving me a ride home to help get all the vegetables and hot peppers back.
5. Microwaving the ears of corn for dinner, polishing off the Mexican corn sauce from last weekend.
6. Spending the evening lying on the couch, watching Miss Fisher.

A year ago today.

9/29/16

1. Lunch with JG/KL/EK/TP/KR at Bailey's.
2. Running tailoring and cobbler errands.
3. Not cutting myself when I dropped and broke a jar.
4. Having mostly solvable tickets during support pairing hour.
5. Going to dance class.
6. Making home fries from CSA potatoes for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/28/16

1. Harvesting tomatoes.
2. Lunch with KM at the park outside near Nordstrom.
3. Picking out a new fancy olive oil for salads.
4. Visiting Purrington's Cat Lounge at last!
5. Being punctual on both appointments of the day.
6. New Android feature to re-install previous apps making setup of new phone a bit easier.

A year ago today.

9/27/16

1. Pushing heavy reps on deadlift.
2. WHF talking MW and me into stopping for free Ben & Jerry's in the building lobby.
3. Helping EA get presenter notes set up.
4. Hanging out with ZK/KL/KG at Pine St. Market.
5. Biking home with ZK.
6. Evening free for Ruby koan practice and blog catchup.

A year ago today.

9/26/16

1. WFH in the morning to avoid the fire drill.
2. Warm enough to wear my purple romper.
3. Someone offering me their ticket to the Springsteen at Powell's event!
4. Farro salad coming together well and garnering compliments on my setup.
5. Changes to my branch not taking long. 
6. Watching a movie in the spare bedroom.

A year ago today.

9/25/16

1. Google Hangout with EN/DC.
2. Picking up a piece of salmon and more fresh ramen at the farmer's market to cook up for lunch.
3. Prepping everything needed for having KY/EA over for dinner.
4. Hanging out in the backyard while grilling the chicken, zucchini, and corn.
5. The apricot cider that EA picked up.
6. Going to bed early despite being up late the night before.

A year ago today.

9/24/16

1. Going lifting earlier with the abbreviated gym times.
2. Both dance classes with now-familiar routines.
3. Meeting someone in dance class who's also in the tech industry and a bootcamp grad.
4. Using the fully setup workstation at home, with new keyboard and a trackpad from TP.
5. Letting myself read a new fantasy novel.
6. Dale Chihuly glass sculptures at Oregon Symphony concert for Bluebeard's Castle.

A year ago today.

9/23/16

1. Only having one meeting in the morning.
2. Lunch with MW at Fresh Roll.
3. Pairing with KN at a pairing station.
4. Going to dance class.
5. Storing my stuff in ND's car while we were at the night market.
6. Walking around picking up food samples and looking at neat handcrafts.

A year ago today.

9/22/16

1. Setting a bench press PR at 103#!
2. Wearing my Anthro maxi dress with rose gold sneakers and Hackbright hoodie.
3. Remembering cut up cantaloupe for breakfast and my makeup bag before we left.
4. Making it to stitching lunch with a darning needle for JE.
5. Our team doing well at trivia.
6. Going to another dance class.

A year ago today.

9/21/16

1. Another excellent night's sleep.
2. Photographing the batch of canned goods.
3. Being able to answer different people's questions throughout a meeting-free day.
4. Sunny in the afternoon when running a bunch of errands.
5. Massage finally getting my left shoulder to relax.
6. Making up a panzanella salad for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/20/16

1. Feeling amazing after sleeping 8 hours!
2. Mason jar didn't break after being knocked off the desk and hitting the marble side table.
3. Setting the lentils to cook in the pressure cooker while out at the gym.
4. Being given a workout for lifting.
5. Nice team talk.
6. Going to dance class.

A year ago today.

9/19/16

1. Having the change to buy a bus ticket without my phone working.
2. Free lunch from a work event when I hadn't brought one.
3. Submitting the edited version of my review.
4. Finding monitor risers in the supply closet.
5. Bus getting in time to get to the library.
6. Going to sleep early but not too early.

A year ago today.

9/18/16

1. Rousing discussion/ranting with KL and KG, who were very sympathetic.
2. Long talk with Dan on the car drive about potential timelines.
3. Napping in the afternoon.
4. Dan making meatballs with pasta for dinner.
5. Remembering to move laundry.
6. Loving the new desk/monitor setup.

A year ago today.

9/17/16

1. Going lifting in the morning before leaving.
2. Rain holding off at the fair, so we were mostly dry and there were fewer people in the lines.
3. Mutton Bustin' in the mud.
4. Going on more rides, another rollercoaster in addition to the usual wooden one, as well as the Kamikaze.
5. Dan winning me a stuffed bear!
6. Getting a good grilled sausage for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/16/16

1. Demos going really well.
2. Getting time with my boss.
3. Lunch with JG/SN.
4. MW's support.
5. Having Feelings Friday as an outlet.
6. Massage!

A year ago today.

9/15/16

1. Lifting despite sleep deprivation this week.
2. Getting in on time.
3. Sushi for lunch at Bamboo.
4. Pairing with MW over Screenhero to finish work for the week.
5. Dan comforting me.
6. Canning the rest of the tomatoes and peach hot sauce.

A year ago today.

9/14/16

1. Springsteen sale at least getting rescheduled.
2. Lunch with SN.
3. Lots of and successful pairing with MW!
4. Dan buying more jars for me.
5. House staying mostly cool, even with roasting the fruit.
6. Pre-chopping ingredients for tomorrow.

A year ago today.

9/13/16

1. Setting tomatoes to roast while at the gym.
2. Meeting-free day.
3. MW finding the issue report on the new Bundler.
4. Walking on the waterfront with JG.
5. Having last year's tomato-caramelized onion jam on grilled cheese and changing the tomatoes plan to make some more for this year.
6. Higher yield than expected from the tomato sauce.

A year ago today.

9/12/16

1. Solving the gzip ticket.
2. Better book club participation.
3. Making it to the library.
4. Fitting 30# tomatoes onto my bike.
5. Making grilled cheese to have with soup for dinner.
6. Listening to podcasts while peeling tomatoes.

A year ago today.

9/11/16

1. Dan successful finding a new source to buy Spanish dried chorizo for making The Soup.
2. Walking over to a yard sale to pass time.
3. Getting brunch at The New American with JC & family.
4. Housecleaning service coming by.
5. Picking up a yellow watermelon and box of peaches at the farmer's market.
6. Taking a short nap on the couch in the afternoon.

A year ago today.

9/10/16

1. Waking up early and well-rested.
2. Fitting in a full lifting workout by going early to the gym.
3. JG randomly gifting us free freshly picked corn and apples!
4. Checking out the Oregon Fermentation Festival with LU.
5. Getting back in time to run to the library and Grand Central Bakery.
6. Watching The Usual Suspects in its entirety.

A year ago today.

9/9/16

1. Getting lunch at Verde Cocina with KL.
2. Getting my glasses adjusted.
3. Finding supplies to make cat-lages with MW.
4. Cacao walk with Hackbright ladies.
5. Finding the answer to some support tickets at least.
6. Making eggs with tomatoes and noodles for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/8/16

1. Interesting workout in the morning, with log bench press and box squat.
2. Sunny day.
3. Picking tomatoes and planting rabe.
4. Team lunch at Lechon going over well, while sitting outside in sunshine.
5. Dan giving me a ride home.
6. Watching Seinfeld.

A year ago today.

9/7/16

1. Finding it not too difficult to bike even while wearing my brown leather jacket.
2. Finding plenty of New Relic stickers to mail out to Colombia.
3. Salmon hash and zucchini muffin from LU for lunch.
4. Happy hour with happyplace ladies.
5. Bringing my black leather jacket to Nordstrom's tailoring department.
6. Getting to NE in time to pick up a library book.

A year ago today.

9/6/16

1. Front tire on my bike lasting long enough for the ride in to work.
2. Books for book club arriving without needing to track them down.
3. Getting approved for the Chase Sapphire Reserved.
4. Free Blue Star Donuts when I wandered upstairs to get a snack.
5. Happy hour with KL & TP.
6. Going lifting and seeing increases still, despite the recent break.

A year ago today.

9/5/16

1. Spending the last of my Colombian cash on some fresh papaya.
2. Picking up some gifts at the airport.
3. Sleeping for pretty much all of the flight to Atlanta except for the last 30 minutes.
4. Free wifi at Atlanta airport to wile away the long layover.
5. Getting a Jersey Mike's sub for dinner.
6. Watermelon at home.

A year ago today.

9/4/16

1. Sleeping in in the morning, but not sleeping past breakfast.
2. Getting a small infusion of cash from SC after paying for lunch with a credit card.
3. Long conversations with CH/CF/SC throughout the day.
4. Riding both lines of the metrocable.
5. Going out to see the escalators of San Javier, with the wonderful murals nearby.
6. Having my umbrella with me when a torrential downpour opened up after dinner.

A year ago today.

9/3/16

1. Walking by a man doing aerials from a tree on the way to the venue.
2. Talk going well! Filled to 30 minutes and people laughed at jokes, even with the translation.
3. Crepe with Peruvian chicken for lunch.
4. Walking by a market and talent show in the McDonald’s parking lot, with a young girl belting out Adele songs.
5. Starting a new novel (The Just City) to pass the time between the end of the conference and the afterparty.
6. Conference organizers calling an Uber for me to get back from the afterparty.

A year ago today.

9/2/16

1. Didn’t take too long to pack up from CH’s place.
2. Fine to leave my luggage at the hotel during the day.
3. Stopping by the grocery store on the way to the venue and picking up snacks as well as fresh mango for breakfast.
4. Taking a glorious nap in the afternoon.
5. Conference organizers taking us out to lunch and dinner.
6. Getting to know CF and other speakers at lunch and dinner.

A year ago today.

9/1/16

1. Large number of people who were even later than I was to the tour :P
2. Learned lots of stuff about Colombia during the walking tour.
3. Great snacks along the way, including cup of mango cubes and a delightfully crispy empanada.
4. Enjoying the walk back from the train station with the greenery and murals around.
5. Delicious steak at a place not far at all from the apartment.
6. Not actually taking all night to finish up the slide for my talk!

A year ago today.

8/31/16

1. Sleeping for half of the flight to Atlanta.
2. Good power outlet to charge up my phone again during that flight.
3. Indulging in chicken nuggets during the layover.
4. Passing the time with watching TV episodes and movies.
5. Very smooth arrival, with the conference organizers having sent a driver and then one of them waiting for me at CH's place!
6. Really comfortable bed.

A year ago today.

8/30/16

1. Feeling great on back squat, even with 5# more than when I last did 5x5 before the Rio trip.
2. Getting all the accommodations set for the Portugal/Spain trip, including having the Braga portion covered!
3. Patching up the nick on my pedicure.
4. Adding an avocado to my salad.
5. Selling my green bike.
6. Working with MW and KN around the Smurf Village mediascape.

A year ago today.

8/29/16

1. Wearing my Anthropologie blue tie-dyed maxi dress.
2. Speeding through the reading before book club.
3. Calling my grandma and making other phone calls.
4. Finding a copy of Calamity at the Albina library.
5. Frozen ciabatta defrosting pretty well after toasting.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

8/28/16

1. Cobbling together quick a good breakfast of breakfast tacos with fried eggs, leftover tortillas, sour cream, and avocado from Dan's groceries last weekend.
2. Using the freezer space to help preserve all the tomatoes and catching up.
3. Booking flights with points and AirBnBs for the rest of the Portugal trip.
4. Listing a bunch of stuff I'd been meaning to sell for awhile on craigslist and eBay.
5. Lamb stew in the pressure cooker coming out beautifully!
6. Starting Dan's Seinfeld playlist.

A year ago today.

8/27/16

1. Making it home safely with the chest freezer strapped in to the open trunk.
2. Going back to the gym and getting some lifting time, even though it was supposed to be closed.
3. MB/MP/K actually staying for a bit to help out with the chicken harvest.
4. Getting the hang of scraping out the lungs from the chickens.
5. Finding the Jade Night Market to be hugely expanded from that first year!
6. Getting two bubble teas from the Little Boba truck.

A year ago today.

8/26/16

1. Hearing back about a chest freezer on craigslist.
2. Figuring out how to fix some failing tests on open pull requests.
3. Decadent dinner of roasted bone marrow at Lechon, with CH in town!
4. Getting a small yellow watermelon in this week's CSA!
5. Meat in the fridge not appearing to have defrosted during the day of the door being slightly open.
6. Continuing to rewatch Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries episodes.

A year ago today.

8/25/16

1. Good lifting workout in the morning.
2. Remembering to bring a cardigan, my lacy white Modcloth one, for when it gets cold in the office.
3. Meeting up with JG for lunch at Mi Mero Mole, along with a few others.
4. Short support pairing meeting.
5. Enjoying the teaching style of a new-to-me dance teacher at Vega.
6. Biking home in the cooler weather after dark.

A year ago today.

8/24/16

1. Chatting with SN.
2. Researching AirBnBs for the Portugal trip.
3. Trying out new snacks at the office, like Chicago popcorn that mixes cheddar and caramel.
4. Getting a pedicure despite the late hour.
5. Putting away the clean laundry finally.
6. Social event scheduling working out.

A year ago today.

8/23/16

1. Sleeping in a bit to make up for the late night.
2. Another day on the cooler side.
3. Getting in time to pick up my lunch before heading down to 5.
4. Helping ND with practicing her talk.
5. Making it to lifting in the evening.
6. Getting the notice that the chest freezer on craigslist had been sold before we had started heading out.

A year ago today.

8/22/16

1. Waking up in time to remember my dentist's appointment.
2. Catching up with KY/EB at lunch.
3. Eventually figuring out the remaining changes needed to get the new Jenkins setup all running to push out the release.
4. Finding two options for bridemaid's dresses for DC's wedding.
5. Booking my flights for Portugal, with a lengthy layover in Dallas where I can crash with CC.
6. Finding the book I wanted from the library available as an ebook.

A year ago today.

8/21/16

1. Sleeping in!
2. Temperatures cooling off by a lot, compared to yesterday.
3. Dan going out to pick up groceries for me, even though I gave the list to him somewhat late.
4. Getting through the majority of the vegetables in the fridge with the squash gratin and tabbouli.
5. Picking another generous haul of tomatoes from the garden.
6. Discovering a blog that recapped re-reading all the Baby-Sitter's Club books.

A year ago today.

8/20/16

1. Going to lifting and completing the workout that my coach set for me.
2. Going to a dance class that re-taught a routine from a few weeks ago at a slower pace.
3. Dropping off the painting I bought in Rio at the framing store.
4. Getting myself to bike over to Gladys even in the heat to get the front basket and brakes fixed.
5. Stopping by Modern Domestic to pick up supplies for the jeans- making class.
6. Watching animated The Little Prince with Dan.

A year ago today.

8/19/16

1. Team lunch at Urban Farmer.
2. Remembering my American Airlines miles for researching flights for the Portugal trip.
3. Gulping down cool water at the gym after biking over.
4. Delightful massage that fully evened out my neck and back.
5. Making dumplings for dinner.
6. Not staying up late to finish reading Four Roads Cross.

A year ago today.

8/18/16

1. Lifting with shoulder press and back squat not being too difficult.
2. Learning that JK is more similar to me than I had thought.
3. Tomato/mozzarella/parsley salad on top of spiralized zucchini working out well for lunch.
4. Getting AH's seal of approval on the Nordstrom coat purchases.
5. The house being pretty cool inside, despite the hot air outside.
6. Pretty quick to can up the 10# of tomatillos.

A year ago today.

8/17/16

1. Succeeding in doing the half-up rope braid hairstyle.
2. Feeling pretty with some light makeup and the new pink/rose lipstick.
3. Returning purchases to Madewell during afternoon walk with DW.
4. Marionberry crumbles ice cream from Ruby Jewel.
5. Getting NW's help in modifying her tool to pull the data that I needed.
6. Remembering to stop and pick up mozzarella for salads with the glut of tomatoes.

A year ago today.

8/16/16

1. Using Amazon Prime day coupon to get Nong's delivered for lunch.
2. Finishing setting up our Jenkins jobs, with a decent amount of verifying that it would work.
3. Getting dinner at Masu with JG.
4. Brown sugar sour cream with peach jam ice cream, as well as s'mores, from Ruby Jewel.
5. Didn't heat up the house too much with roasting everything for making salsa verde.
6. Being careful for once when peeling hot peppers to not accidentally rub my face.

A year ago today.

8/15/16

1. Wearing my screaming eagle shirt for my first day back at work.
2. Getting a good amount of unpacking done in the morning.
3. Bibimbap for lunch.
4. Fitting the regular CSA and the 10# tomatillos CSA onto my bike.
5. Getting myself to lifting!
6. Fitting all the vegetables into the fridge.

A year ago today.

8/14/16

1. Getting a great omelet at the Cat Cora restaurant in the Houston airport.
2. Sleeping for another couple hours.
3. Passing time on the flight by watching The Avengers.
4. Coming home!
5. Dan going out to get me another watermelon and Ant-Man.
6. Having Dan's chicken stew for dinner.

A year ago today.

8/13/16

1. Fitting everything in my luggage without too much difficulty.
2. Getting one last fresh coconut.
3. Finding the artist along Ipanema beach with the painting of Cristo that I'd seen briefly the other day.
4. Great barbecue meats lunch.
5. Going to the men's trampoline event.
6. Picking up the rest of the items on my souvenirs/gifts list at the airport.

A year ago today.

8/12/16

1. Breaking out my screaming eagle t-shirt for the evening of USA cheering.
2. Walking around the botanic gardens with lots of interesting plants and trees.
3. Getting lunch at the garden cafe, with delicious cheeses.
4. Belting out "I'm Proud to be an American" at the tops of our lungs while walking through the Olympic park.
5. Dancing like maniacs at the "club" inside the park.
6. Getting on TV again at midnight beach volleyball!

A year ago today.

8/11/16

1. Successfully making our way over to the Equestrian Center, taking the commuter rail.
2. Finding the McDonald's in the Central train station and treating myself to chicken nuggets for lunch.
3. Skipping handball and taking a nap at the house instead.
4. Eventually succeeding at finding the right venue for badminton.
5. A Brazilian family taking pity on me and helping me communicate to the vendor that she hadn't actually sold me water yet.
6. Two of the badminton matches featuring players from the U.S.

A year ago today.

8/10/16

1. EN and I dragging ourselves over to the rowing arena despite the late night.
2. Going right back to sleep after getting home.
3. Napping/lounging for the rest of the day.
4. Getting it together enough to go out to the USA House again to buy some pins and t-shirts.
5. Stopping at a grocery store on the way back.
6. Watching plenty of Olympics events on Brazilian TV.

A year ago today.

8/9/16

1. Taking the bus shuttle up to see Christ the Redeemer with ML, instead of hiking.
2. Group consensus to skip the basketball match.
3. Making myself food at the apartment instead of going out to eat again.
4. Wearing my rose gold leather feather cuff from Argentina with my purple Modcloth romper for going out.
5. Local women being really welcoming and coming by to give us dance lessons.
6. Having such a fun time dancing, with the tables as barriers protecting against being too crowded.

A year ago today.

8/8/16

1. Having my new print scarf to protect against the sun.
2. Astoundingly different environment at the tennis matches, with a fight breaking out in the stands and lots of disruptions from the crowds.
3. Collecting more of the beer cups from those left behind by others in the stands.
4. Amazing atmosphere and crowd at late night beach volleyball, with music and dancing!
5. People getting screenshots/videos of us being on TV!
6. Didn't take too long to just walk back to the apartment along the beach.

A year ago today.

8/7/16

1. Finding and shopping at USA House.
2. Succeeding at getting in to using a restaurant's bathrooms.
3. Meeting VD and selling our extra gymnastics ticket to him.
4. Watching the U.S. women's gymnastics team in the qualifying round!
5. Meeting David Plummer's family while waiting in line for the megastore inside the Olympic park.
6. Getting to the grocery store with EN before it closed and buying vegetables.

A year ago today.

8/6/16

1. Seeing a Brazilian judoka compete, with the home crowd cheering her own.
2. Successfully getting ourselves to the different venues.
3. Getting a ham sandwich, water, and other snacks before going into the archery venue.
4. Watching a medal round, men's team archery!
5. Archery station at the venue, to try it out.
6. Seafood feast dinner.

A year ago today.

8/5/16

1. Getting onto the plane ok despite late arrival in the morning.
2. Reading the Harry Potter play.
3. Chatting up a Team USA staff member at the airport and getting our first pins!
4. Finding EN easily at the airport.
5. Sitting on the beach with caipirinhas and coconuts.
6. Going to watch the opening ceremony in the public square.

A year ago today.

8/4/16

1. Surprisingly fitting the four of us into the Fiat taxi, even with all our luggage.
2. Sleeping through pretty much the entire flight.
3. Being filled with a sense of wonder at Iguazu Falls.
4. Nice setup to get extremely close to the falls, just walking over flat bridges.
5. Taking a boat on the Brazilian side and going under the falls.
6. BBQ meat dinner, where the waiters bring platters of different cuts to your table.

A year ago today.

8/3/16

1. Getting myself to go lifting!
2. Buying pastries for breakfast from Ninina on a credit card.
3. Interactive exhibits (in Spanish!) at the Yoko Ono exhibit for MALBA.
4. Learning a lot of Argentine history at the street art tour.
5. Buying a print of the Molotov cocktail-throwing ballerina in teal and orange.
6. Really nice last steak dinner in Buenos Aires.

A year ago today.

8/2/16

1. Stopping to buy pistachios and tangerines in the morning.
2. Sun coming out during our biking and kayaking.
3. Enjoying the greenery during kayaking.
4. Having grilled meat at lunch.
5. Taking a nap after getting back from Tigre.
6. Going to a milonga (tango dance hall) and watching many champion dancers.

A year ago today.

8/1/16

1. Great breakfast at Ninina Bakery after the disappointment of not being able to lift.
2. Finding a working Crossfit gym to visit later.
3. Finally finding an ATM with cash.
4. Cute cats hanging out at the Ricoleta cemetary.
5. Seeing the amazing bookstore built inside an old theater.
6. Going to hear live music at a recommended bar.

A year ago today.

7/31/16

1. Feeling amazing after sleeping in as much as I could handle.
2. Still managing a good breakfast with eggs and french fries and steak, even if it wasn't our steak.
3. Wide variety of artists' goods at the Sunday San Telmo market.
4. Following the Lonely Planet walking tour.
5. Managing mostly to stay dry despite the rain.
6. Another great steak dinner, with grilled vegetables and cheese as well.

A year ago today.

7/30/16

1. KH finding me at the airport before I'd wandered out from the exit for too long.
2. Taking a shower.
3. CC taking care of attempting to communicate with others in Spanish.
4. Watching people rollerblade at the park.
5. Raincoat + fleece being enough for the temperature here.
6. Rib-eye steak dinner and Malbec!

A year ago today.

7/29/16

1. Giant bowl of raspberries and steel-cut oatmeal in United Club lounge.
2. Showers available in the lounge!
3. Much better wi-fi connectivity after finding a spot right underneath a router.
4. Getting to the Alaska baggage office before they closed.
5. Getting a couple pieces of fried chicken from Popeye's, when I'd wanted to get chicken nuggets.
6. Food and comfortable setup in Business class :D

A year ago today.

7/28/16

1. Getting to lifting.
2. Seeing friends from eurucamp in town.
3. Finishing off the rest of my lunch salad.
4. Combining coffee walk with CS to a run to Powell's.
5. Having just enough time for packing before leaving for the airport.
6. Getting an exit row seat and being able to move from the middle to the window seat, making up a bit for having missed the connection and needing to have a layover in Dallas.

A year ago today.

7/27/16

1. Wearing the last dress that hadn't yet been worn since the move, a black and yellow floral vintage dress.
2. Going to the library in the morning to return some books that would be due while I was away and picking up a couple books on hold.
3. Incorporating avocados into my lunch salad.
4. Filling the travel clinic's prescription for antibiotics.
5. Fabulous production of The Italian Girl in Algiers, very clever and funny!
6. Making dumplings when I got home.

A year ago today.

7/26/16

1. Getting myself to lifting.
2. DW making better progress on the whiteboarding problem on her computer.
3. Making myself a snack of a giant apple I'd had in the work fridge for awhile, along with some sunbutter.
4. Buying a couple pretty colors of Clinique lipstick.
5. Picking up 2 Nordstrom orders at once.
6. Pleasant temperature out when I biked home.

A year ago today.

7/25/16

1. Fitting all the containers of lunch for the week onto my bike.
2. Avocados at the office!! Worked quite well with my radish sandwich.
3. Finishing the book club reading even after the coffee walk.
4. Finishing earlier than usual with getting my roots re-done.
5. Dan picking me up.
6. Pasta fagioli for dinner at home.

A year ago today.

7/24/16

1. Making it up to the top of the Multnomah Falls hike.
2. CP enjoying his chicken & rice from Nong's.
3. Riding the OHSU tram for the first time.
4. ZK helping with making the pork & poblano stew for dinner.
5. Dan helping me finish making the jam.
6. Finishing blueberry canning: butter, ketchup, and maple jam.

A year ago today.

7/23/16

1. Both dance classes were 3rd-time repeats of the routine.
2. ZK's stuff fitting into her room and the living room ok.
3. Reading Uprooted.
4. Seeing SB and her husband at a wine bar with a pretty back patio area.
5. Not being late to Eugene Onegin, thanks to Uber rides.
6. Having dumplings for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/22/16

1. Lunch with JS at Deschutes.
2. JS covering our tab, so I got the fancy burger.
3. Getting the Jenkins jobs to work!
4. Splitting an additional CSA share with RA, for extra tomatoes & blueberries.
5. Taking 2 dance classes that were more at my level.
6. Canning blueberry shrub and pickled blueberries and making a blueberry crumb cake.

A year ago today.

7/21/16

1. Playing K-pop while lifting and alone in the gym.
2. Happening upon the beginning of the fancy ice cream social, with all sorts of toppings.
3. Goodbye happy hour at Bailey's for JG/TP.
4. Giving CP a tour of the office.
5. Making it on time to the show.
6. Dance show featuring some of my teachers.

A year ago today.

7/20/16

1. Getting breakfast at The Original with ZK/KL.
2. Getting a chocolate-peanut butter milkshake.
3. Browsing the shoe department for the Nordstrom anniversary sale.
4. Combo broccoli rabe and leftover grilled onion sandwiches being quite tasty and filling.
5. Fitting 4 flats worth of blueberries into the fridge.
6. CP visiting!

A year ago today.

7/19/16

1. Feeling good on my front squat.
2. Feeling pretty in black maxi, black tank top, polka dot chambray shirt tied in the front, South African beaded necklace, and pearl earrings.
3. Migration tool turning out to be easy to use.
4. Picking up a used copy of a Denyse Schmidt quilt book at Powell's.
5. Burly Q class being a repeat.
6. Cooler temperature by the time I biked home.

A year ago today.

7/18/16

1. Getting another body mass composition analysis and seeing all the numbers move in the desired directions.
2. Doing a panel at work on conference talks and getting my usual points in.
3. Making steady progress on my work task for the week, thanks to detailed FAQs.
4. Really liking the 3/4 length bright red puffer jacket from the Nordstrom anniversary sale.
5. Fitting the induction burner onto my bike.
6. Getting a 90 min massage.

A year ago today.

7/17/16

1. Getting a solid deadlift workout in with the new weightlifting class.
2. Finding golden raspberries at the farmers market!
3. Pan-seared salmon turning out perfectly with the Cook's Illustrated method of brining and then searing skin-side down from a cold pan.
4. Watching more city.ballet episodes and resisting the temptation to start new books.
5. Housekeeping service coming by to help prep for visitors.
6. Successfully grilling a spatchcocked chicken, along with a bunch of other CSA vegetables.

A year ago today.

7/16/16

1. Sleeping in a bit without lifting in the morning.
2. Making a quick breakfast of fried eggs on toast before heading out to dance classes.
3. Bookshelf from Target fitting into the pantry perfectly.
4. Clearing out the shed.
5. Harvesting a large amount of broccoli rabe to saute up for dinner.
6. Getting our finances in order for the last couple months.

A year ago today.

7/15/16

1. Dan giving me a ride to my doctor's appointment.
2. Having lunch by myself.
3. Getting charts done in time for the demo meeting.
4. Dinner at Han Oak with AH/DC, excellent Korean food.
5. Getting a small bourbon peach pie at Pie Spot.
6. AH giving me a ride home.

A year ago today.

7/14/16

1. Getting compliments on my new purple floral romper from Modcloth.
2. Safety pin serving well in absence of sewing a snap on.
3. Getting in for stitching lunch.
4. Succeeding at catching back up with the coffee walk after I had peeled off to drop off a package at a Fedex location.
5. Happy hour at Mi Mero Mole with KM/TP/some others.
6. Target closing at 11 so could return stuff to Eddie Bauer and not have to rush over.

A year ago today.

7/13/16

1. Cooking up the leftover dumpling filling with eggs for breakfast, worked out surprisingly well.
2. Actually picking up when someone was calling me back.
3. Getting compliments on my yellow dress with wide blue belt, colorful paper bead necklace, and Anne of Green Gables hat.
4. Not eating all of my chicken quesadilla from Verde Cocina.
5. New glasses fitting much better with the nose pads added.
6. Getting to dance class before the routine part started.

A year ago today.

7/12/16

1. Getting out of bed for lifting.
2. Sending IRS forms back.
3. Finding scans from a few months ago that I thought had been deleted.
4. Biking home.
5. Lamb burgers turning out surprisingly well!
6. More efficient dumpling making with podcast listening instead of Netflix watching.

A year ago today.

7/11/16

1. Succeeding at Azure setup.
2. Finishing book club reading over lunch.
3. Pretty meeting-free day!
4. Watching a Stephen Chow movie on Netflix while working on other stuff.
5. Dealing with the packages at my desk.
6. Good bus timing on my way home.

A year ago today.

7/10/16

1. Books I wanted from the library being available as ebooks.
2. Using the foam roller on my back.
3. Fixing the back waistband on some jeans.
4. Burgers turning out juicier on the baking steel this time.
5. Canning not too hot with using the 4th burner pot.
6. Making dumplings while watching Netflix.

A year ago today.

7/9/16

1. Deadlifting 225#!
2. Both dance classes run by my favorite teacher.
3. Having a bahn mi for lunch.
4. Picking up roast duck from Fubonn to make curry for lunch next week.
5. Getting laundry loads in.
6. Not staying up late reading.

A year ago today.

7/8/16

1. Lunch at Bailey's.
2. Hanging out at Feelings Friday.
3. Checking out the Modcloth pop-up shop in town with ZK and EA.
4. Good bus timing my way home.
5. Clearing out the fridge.
6. Successfully using the grill!!

A year ago today.

7/7/16

1. CSA pesto for breakfast and dinner.
2. Making the 9:15 bus after prepping peaches.
3. Team lunch at Swagat.
4. Afternoon pairing canceled + short support pairing meeting, to work on testing task some more.
5. Succeeding at AWS setup.
6. Ladies-only happy hour.

A year ago today.

7/6/16

1. Getting time with CP to get his advice.
2. Getting immunizations needed for my South America trips from the travel clinic.
3. Finishing book club reading.
4. Going to hiphop dance class.
5. ZK coming over to check out the room.
6. Reading Me Before You.

A year ago today.

7/5/16

1. Getting multiple compliments on my embroidered bomber jacket.
2. Making a bunch of phone calls.
3. Happy hour with TP/ZK/KL.
4. Delicious Sicilian olives.
5. Taking the bus home to handle the lost bike light problem.
6. Finding 2 black trash bags to bag up leftover trash.

A year ago today.

7/4/16

1. Reading Of Noble Family.
2. Getting myself to the gym.
3. Still getting a decent broccoli rabe harvest, despite the birds decimating my seedlings.
4. Sewing up a new and generously padded cover for my ironing board.
5. Smashed burgers cooking up quickly on the new baking steel griddle.
6. Dan calling me upstairs to see some of the fireworks from our bedroom window.

A year ago today.

7/3/16

1. Dan going out to get me some cash to use at the farmer's market later.
2. Morning meeting doing its job of getting me up and productive sooner than I might have otherwise.
3. Buying raspberries, peaches, and strawberries at the farmer's market.
4. Making pickled strawberries and strawberry jam with basil and balsamic vinegar with EA.
5. Getting a bunch of sewing fixes done.
6. Finally cutting out the mats for and hanging several more prints.

A year ago today.

7/2/16

1. RR setting up one of the yokes for me to use for bench press.
2. Burly Q dance class repeating the routine one last time, so I got to do it another time despite missing it on Tuesday with the sore neck.
3. Reading Valour and Vanity.
4. Everyone hanging out well together.
5. Taco dinner working out pretty well for not having that much to do on the day-of.
6. Watching the bootleg!

A year ago today.

7/1/16

1. Teaching DW about what pull requests are for.
2. Making it to the library just before it closed to pick up a book on grilling.
3. Finishing a test app setup for a support ticket.
4. Biking home for the first time this week.
5. Getting to New Seasons in time before it closed to buy fruit and tortillas.
6. Prepping the pork shoulder and sangria for tomorrow.

A year ago today.

6/30/16

1. I can move my head again!
2. Skipping washing my hair in favor of using dry shampoo.
3. Wearing black jumpsuit with red lipstick and all rose gold accessories: hair clip, earrings, sneakers.
4. The mistake in my test app setup not significantly changing the answer to the support ticket.
5. Remembering to ask KY to take a photo of this week's lunch salad.
6. Doing travel research.

A year ago today.

6/29/16

1. Heating pads really helping with neck pain.
2. Getting a time slot in the evening to get a massage!
3. Catching the bus thanks to someone using the ramp.
4. Pretty easy to switch the dates for our tickets to Eugene Onegin.
5. Several compliments from strangers on my Harry Potter t-shirt.
6. MW coming up with a clever solution to a customer ticket.

A year ago today.

6/28/16

1. Taking lots of ibuprofen to help relieve neck pain.
2. Bacon + hard-boiled eggs + pickled tomatoes + beans + homemade dressing + lettuce actually making for a surprisingly delicious salad.
3. Beautiful weather out for afternoon coffee walk.
4. Catching up with my boss after both being out for awhile.
5. Skipping lifting/dance classes.
6. Catching up with SE at happy hour.

A year ago today.

6/27/16

1. Getting the reading for book club done during lunch.
2. AG bringing by one of the authors of the book we're doing!
3. Getting my first pedicure of the summer.
4. Returning online purchases to J.Crew/Nordstroms.
5. Resuming bar trivia!
6. Going to bed shortly after getting home, to try to get back on track for early riser schedule.

A year ago today.

6/26/16

1. Using some Amazon gift card credit from participating in a survey to buy the next one in the Glamourist History series.
2. Making noodles for lunch with fried eggs, CSA broccoli, and pickled tomatoes.
3. Reading Lois Lane: Fallout.
4. Sous vide pork chops turning out better than usual.
5. Reading The Traitor Baru Cormorant.
6. Stovetop beans not being completely unsalvageable after I forgot about them.

A year ago today.

6/25/16

1. Getting the main parts of the lifting workout in.
2. Both Burly Q and Lyrical Hip Hop dance classes still covering routines from class a couple weeks ago.
3. Picking up a batch of new books at the library.
4. Reading #2 of the Glamourist Histories books.
5. Getting Dan to drop me off at the office early so I could return some of the J.Crew orders sitting at my desk.
6. Going to see Flight of the Conchords!

A year ago today.

6/24/16

1. Getting a massage for 90 minutes!
2. Having lunch with people in town for OSBridge.
3. Celebrating AG's 3rd year work anniversary.
4. Seeing the American Idiot musical.
5. Not bad bike rides to the show and to Salt & Straw.
6. Special flavors at Salt & Straw: cheese/strawberries, gin-spiced blackberry jam.

A year ago today.

6/23/16

1. Getting a 1 rep max of back squat that's over bodyweight!
2. Getting a breakfast bagel from Supa.
3. Getting to crafting lunch.
4. Figuring out the test failure.
5. Going through my packages.
6. Dan making dinner for when I got home.

A year ago today.

6/22/16

1. Successfully making a lace braid.
2. Fast lunch at Verde Cocina with MW/NW.
3. Fun dance class.
4. Biking home on the new bike being easier.
5. Dan having a watermelon at home for me, even without me asking!
6. Taking it easy, re-reading Three Parts Dead and not having my work laptop at home. 

A year ago today.

6/21/16

1. Having breakfast myself, before the talk.
2. Very friendly and warm response to my talk!
3. MW taking care of release stuff.
4. Receiving a Raspberry Pi as a speaker gift.
5. Getting blog post writing done.
6. Getting home in time for my usual bedtime.

A year ago today.

6/20/16

1. Meeting 3 people I have connections in common with.
2. Not too busy a support day.
3. Getting through newsletter backlog.
4. Getting the pork cheek ramen for dinner.
5. Picking up another bubble tea :)
6. Didn't take too long to adapt my slides for the conference.

A year ago today.

6/19/16

1. Plenty of time for packing in the morning.
2. Reading Every Heart a Doorway.
3. Making it to dim sum just in time!
4. Getting bubble tea.
5. Discovering the free shuttle to visit Capilano Suspension Bridge park.
6. Greenery and tranquility and cool structures at the park.

A year ago today.

6/18/16

1. Reading Beauty in the morning.
2. Getting the bulk of my lifting workout in.
3. Everyone who'd RSVPed coming to the convalidation ceremony.
4. Amazing gin cocktail and dinner at the New American.
5. Watching the Ali Wong comedy special on Netflix, omg.
6. Watching Stardust.

A year ago today.

6/17/16

1. Getting lunch with SM and getting career advice.
2. Toasted marshmallow chocolate ice cream milkshake.
3. Visiting the Art Institute again.
4. The expression on CH's face after seeing the stickers :)
5. Meeting up with SR at the airport.
6. Having a whole row to myself on the plane.

A year ago today.

6/16/15

1. Getting breakfast at Yolk.
2. Portillo's Italian beef at lunch.
3. Finding a stationery store to pick up a card.
4. Doing speaker mentoring with SM.
5. Everyone doing great at the lightning talks!
6. Hanging out with SR.

A year ago today.

6/15/16

1. Having my blazer for the cold room.
2. Someone reminding me of leaving my remote behind.
3. Borrowing a power cord from LV to keep working.
4. Actually fixing the broken test!
5. Getting to dinner right on time, even with walking over.
6. Dinner with RS, her boyfriend K, and his friend P.

A year ago today.

6/14/16

1. Getting chicken nuggets at the airport for lunch and reading my book.
2. Uber ride was only $4.
3. Meeting people I only knew previously from the internet!
4. Excellent Indian food for dinner.
5. Cool speaker gifts at Write/Speak/Code--picked up a print of Rosalind Franklin.
6. LA making it in the evening after all.

A year ago today.

6/13/16

1. Biking on my new bike!
2. Getting my hair color done in the morning.
3. Lunch at Verde Cocina.
4. Running 4 errands on the way back to the office.
5. Fixing the test suite running.
6. Time for library and finding 2 books.

A year ago today.

6/12/16

1. Morning meeting not going too long.
2. Seeing KY's new place.
3. Getting a Bowl of the Gods from Kure for lunch.
4. Going to see Love & Friendship.
5. Reading Max Gladstone's Three Parts Dead.
6. Finishing laundry.

A year ago today.

6/11/16

1. Lifting + 2 dance classes.
2. Picking up my new bike!
3. Lying on the couch.
4. Dan making chicken stew and biscuits for dinner.
5. Watching the Lincoln movie.
6. Having the evening to myself.

A year ago today.

6/10/16

1. Walking to library with my bike to bring it on the #8.
2. Lunch at Little Big Burger.
3. Picking up spices at Penzey's.
4. Ordering stickers!
5. The Return of Nitro Walk.
6. Feelings Friday with PB/EB/EA.

A year ago today.

6/9/16

1. Up & showered & packed & checked out before breakfast.
2. Getting all the different button designs.
3. Not eating cookies or brownies at the snack breaks.
4. Great talks from EB and EA.
5. Dinner at Shigezo with TP & ZK.
6. Dan giving me a ride home.

A year ago today.

6/8/16

1. Being done with the talk!!! Lots of positive feedback, including on timing.
2. Brushing teeth multiple times (roast garlic...)
3. Lying down for a bit before the afternoon stuff.
4. Pairing with JG.
5. Playing board games with happyplace in SE's room.
6. Hanging out by the fire pits.

A year ago today.

6/7/16

1. Making an omelette for breakfast after waking at 5.
2. Cooling off temperatures.
3. Noticing Sun Gold tomatoes growing!
4. Food gifts for the speakers.
5. McMenamins bathrooms being single contained unit (shower + sink + toilet).
6. Jumping in to happyplace photobooth photo.

A year ago today.

6/6/16

1. Sleeping until 8 to catch up.
2. Shortening the straps of my "Females Strong As Hell" tank top.
3. Getting to support tickets.
4. Not too long to finish book club reading.
5. Clearing boxes and doing returns.
6. Not bringing my work laptop home.

A year ago today.

6/5/16

1. Discovering yellow raspberries at the farmers market, so good!
2. Making strawberry popsicles.
3. Buying a new bike for the first time in my adult life!
4. Enjoying the A/C at Sweeney Todd.
5. Mrs. Lovett stealing the show.
6. Having broccoli rabe pasta for dinner.

A year ago today.

6/4/16

1. Lifting and dance classes in the morning.
2. Finding a copy of The Junkyard Dog at the free library.
3. Picking up a copy of Emily's Quest at the library.
4. Helping KY pack dishes and books.
5. Having the evening to myself.
6. Sleeping downstairs in the A/C.

A year ago today.

6/3/16

1. Feeling better in the morning with Advil and tea.
2. Security ticket taken care of.
3. Succeeding at setting up being able to view speaker notes along with BlueJeans.
4. Happening to get 2 coconut sparking waters for ND to have one too.
5. Gorgeous views and comfortable temperatures at MC's farm.
6. Only bringing 1 jar of pickles home.

A year ago today.

6/2/16

1. Lifting feeling good.
2. Lunch with CD in town!
3. Canceling movie plans.
4. Finishing up my slides.
5. Getting a ride from home Dan.
6. Last couple Tim Tams to cap off dinner.

A year ago today.

6/1/16

1. Resolving scheduling with a spreadsheet.
2. Getting the talk structure in place.
3. LevelUp session with JG going well.
4. Good turnout for book club still, even on a Wednesday.
5. Hip hop class with A again.
6. Meeting with FB not too long.

A year ago today.

5/31/16

1. Going lifting in the morning.
2. Getting compliments on my green/white chevron maxi.
3. Seeing RC for a 2nd lunch.
4. Happy hour with JT!
5. Being able to give the socks to AW at Donut.js meetup.
6. House not being too hot.

A year ago today.

5/30/16

1. Working on my talk during the drive.
2. Random Vietnamese place in a strip mall actually having awesome grilled pork skewers for lunch.
3. Picking up a cow chip cookie in Seattle.
4. Napping a bit.
5. Timing well to have dinner done.
6. JG/SN over for dinner.

A year ago today.

5/29/16

1. Making another breakfast sandwich.
2. Mostly sunny day.
3. Taking the gondola up Whistler.
4. Stopping at viewpoints on the drive back.
5. Veggies at dinner.
6. Getting a second bubble tea and trying out one of the Asian savory waffles.

A year ago today.

5/28/16

1. Waking up well-rested.
2. Getting a lot of work done on my talk and draft slides.
3. Really good dim sum.
4. My sister and I dressing up in our creepy twin outfits.
5. Watching the jellyfish at the aquarium.
6. Getting dinner at Hapa Izakaya.

A year ago today.

5/27/16

1. My sister making me a breakfast sandwich of scrambled eggs, avocado, pesto, and cucumber.
2. Getting a steady amount of work done during the day.
3. Streaming The Americans, even in Canada.
4. Having my own snacks.
5. Squid at the night market in Richmond.
6. Buying cute socks.

A year ago today.

5/26/16

1. Wearing my embroidered bomber jacket.
2. First talk practice not too terrible.
3. Pairing with JG.
4. Going lifting.
5. Packing not taking too long & remembering my passport.
6. Chatting with Dan on the drive.

A year ago today.

5/25/16

1. Finishing the Scout tee!
2. Meta-chat with CS going well!
3. Hanging out with txns/ZK at lunch.
4. Resolving a long support ticket.
5. Going through my work packages.
6. Dan giving me a ride home.

A year ago today.

5/24/16

1. Sewing in the morning.
2. Coffee walk, in the sunshine, with the Node team.
3. Lots of compliments on my dress (Anthropologie blue maxi dress with a fedora and my leather jacket, with a gold belt, coral lip stain, and gold triangles necklace).
4. Cacao walk with Hackbright folks.
5. Bringing some jars of canned stuff to the dinner.
6. Grilling steak with KL for dinner.

A year ago today.

5/23/16

1. Sewing after early wakeup.
2. Swagat + Salt & Straw floral sorbet.
3. Going through my packages. 
4. Catching bus to the venue.
5. Amazing Mahler concert.
6. Dan picking me up.

A year ago today.

5/22/16

1. Productive early morning after waking up--submitting talks, writing emails.
2. Cazuela bowl at Frontera being delicious and varied.
3. Reading & writing on the plane.
4. Getting to the farmers market.
5. Sewing while listening to podcasts.
6. Not taking a nap so could go to bed early still.

A year ago today.

5/21/16

1. Meeting CH!!!
2. Great day of talks and meeting people.
3. Hanging by myself after lunch.
4. Not eating all the food when I was done.
5. Seeing other parts of Detroit with KM's research.
6. Good selection of weights/machines at the hotel gym.

A year ago today.

5/20/16

1. Meeting Ruby speakers SG & NSH.
2. Impromptu jokes at my talk going over well!
3. Speaker room to work.
4. Insinuating myself into KM's group.
5. Ramen for dinner.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

5/19/16

1. Deadlifting 205#!
2. Making noodles with pickled hot peppers and more fresh Swiss chard.
3. Getting to PDX in plenty of time.
4. Less work to review the talk and get up a draft of a new talk proposal than I had thought.
5. Dan booking a taxi for me.
6. Swanky hotel room.

A year ago today.

5/18/16

1. Getting lunch at Verde Cocina.
2. Getting my glasses readjusted.
3. A classmate helping me take a video during hip-hop class.
4. Finishing the blazer!
5. Pintucks on the back working well for taking in the Github t-shirt.
6. Planning out some sewing projects.

A year ago today.

5/17/16

1. Sewing in the morning and evening.
2. Getting bibimbap for lunch.
3. Getting eyebrows done.
4. Modern Domestic staying open a few minutes so I could pick up bias tape.
5. Finding bias tapes in a mint color.
6. Harvest rabe and Swiss chard.

A year ago today.

5/16/16

1. Managing to move my desk without comments on the treadmill.
2. Fuego bowl for lunch with KM.
3. Making a quick pit stop at Sephora.
4. Well-attended book club.
5. Catching the bus to get to the gym.
6. Weightlifting not too bad!

A year ago today.

5/15/16

1. Still waking up before 7, feeling rested, despite late return.
2. Getting a breakfast burrito.
3. Picking up books at the airport and library.
4. Fast to unpack.
5. Fixing pants with a new way to take in back waist. Also shortening hoodie sleeves.
6. Doing a bunch of sewing on my blazer.

A year ago today.

5/14/16

1. Writing up my day 2 notes.
2. Seeing SB.
3. Getting the potatoes and lemon ricotta pancakes at Plow.
4. Walking over to the Heath Ceramics store and finding jewelry at shop fittingly called Ruby.
5. Hackbright class reunion!!
6. Getting another eye makeup tutorial from EL, this time taking notes.

A year ago today.