4/26/16

1. Making an omelette with the leftover garden broccoli rabe that Dan cooked over the weekend. 
2. Getting a load of laundry done in the morning.
3. LunchConf talk being useful for the lightning talk I'm giving next week.
4. Walking over to PureSpace.
5. Choral finale to the product kickoff event!!
6. JH patiently explaining the mechanics of poker to me.

A year ago today.

4/25/16

1. Alfalfa sprouts started growing!
2. Getting lipliner recommendations from women at work.
3. Being able to specify different heights for front vs. back rises.
4. Grabbing food at Mi Mero Mole with JG and RH.
5. Going lifting.
6. Rear bike light holding out until biking home from the gym.

A year ago today.

4/24/16

1. Cooking lunch for the week and making goat cheese in the morning, thanks to still waking up early.
2. Stopping by Modern Domestic to pick up batting for a new ironing board cover and an extra spool of black thread.
3. Going to Verde Cocina for brunch.
4. Enjoying the comedic nature of the ballet Coppelia.
5. Trying out a new-to-me ice cream place, What's The Scoop.
6. Realizing that EL hadn't experienced Nong's Khao Man Gai yet and taking her there for dinner.

A year ago today.

4/23/16

1. Going to weightlifting and two really fun dance classes.
2. Organizing the afternoon errands from east to west.
3. Calling my grandma.
4. DC calling to ask me to be in her wedding party!
5. Discovering a fully blooming dogwood tree in our backyard.
6. Staying in for dinner.

A year ago today.

4/22/16

1. Doing a lace braid in my hair and wearing it with a bright red lipstick.
2. Rain stopped when I biked in.
3. Finally coming up with an idea for a talk proposal to submit for the product offsite.
4. Lingering hanging out at Feelings Friday.
5. Still light out when I biked home.
6. Watching last week's Call the Midwife episode.

A year ago today.

4/21/16

1. Going lifting in the morning.
2. Trying out a protein shake with the protein powder that EL brought me.
3. Making it to my annual physical and back before support pairing started.
4. KS bringing my laptop down from my desk.
5. OBT's final ballet show of the season not being too weird.
6. Getting to watch The Americans with Dan after all.

A year ago today.

4/20/16

1. Lightning talk going well to avoid having as many filler "uh"s.
2. Getting compliments on my green large floral vintage dress.
3. Catching up with ELV over lunch.
4. Getting into a discussion about education philosophies at the Business Time discussion.
5. Thinking to plant the tomato starter in a pot at least, to buy some time until the weekend.
6. Catching up with AL over video chat.

A year ago today.

4/19/16

1. Making it right on time to an 8am doctor's appointment.
2. Reading the case study for this month's Business Time discussion while eating a pre-dinner snack.
3. Running multiple practice rounds for the lightning talk.
4. Warm evening.
5. Getting the sashimi dinner bowl from Bamboo Sushi.
6. Dan coming downtown to give EL and me a ride home.

A year ago today.

4/18/16

1. Having a small group discussion as part of the Women* lunch format.
2. Altered capris with the back waistband being taken in holding up perfectly.
3. Eatings lentils for a first dinner, before going to the hair appointment.
4. Getting new hair colors of red/pink in!
5. Eating a second dinner after getting home, finished off with some watermelon.
6. Pulling slides together for lightning talk on Wednesday.

A year ago today.

4/17/16

1. Finally getting to do the video chat of everyone going on the Rio trip.
2. Finding out that DC got engaged!!
3. Housekeeper from Handy coming by to clean our place thoroughly before having guests next week.
4. Going to a couple different bike shops to do test rides.
5. Doing a fair amount of sewing on my black knit blazer.
6. Going to the Food in Jars book event at Powell's.

A year ago today.

4/16/16

1. Beautifully sunny but not too hot for Catherine Creek hike.
2. Lying in the shade of a tree post-lunch.
3. Checking out bikes at Gladys Bikes and taking them out for test rides.
4. Dan buying me the first watermelon of the season from Costco.
5. Getting to the library before it closed.
6. Leftovers from Bollywood Theater to tide me over until dinner.

A year ago today.

4/15/16

1. Dan giving me a ride to the office to get there with 10 minutes to spare before the 9am meeting announcing people's promotions.
2. Helping MW fix up his slides.
3. Booking travel to go to RailsConf.
4. Glasses prescription not getting worse after all.
5. Foraging dinner with the leftover breakfast burritos from the morning meeting.
6. Reading the other post-His Dark Materials short story/novella, Once Upon a Time in the North.

A year ago today.

4/14/16

1. Waking up in time to get myself to weightlifting class even though I didn't wake up from the alarm.
2. Swinging by J.Crew and Nordstrom after getting my eyebrows done, to drop off returns.
3. Hanging out with txns at their Kennedy School happy hour for a bit.
4. Grabbing dinner at Bollywood Theater with ZK.
5. Watching this week's The Americans episode after getting home.
6. Sorting through the rest of my recent clothing purchases at home.

A year ago today.

4/13/16

1. Getting an excellent massage from CH.
2. Discovering that I knew CH's boyfriend! Moderator of a panel I did a few months ago.
3. Remembering on my own to call my dad to wish him a happy birthday.
4. Checking out a copy of Lyra's Oxford and reading it over a late lunch.
5. Visiting the hat store with EA/KY.
6. Getting to dance class before the warmup was over.

A year ago today.

4/12/16

1. Playing with new hair tools.
2. Morning meeting ending early.
3. KS helping out with support tickets.
4. Skipping Strongman class to run errands instead.
5. Rain easing up on the ride home.
6. Having some cottage cheese after dinner to feel more full.

A year ago today.

4/11/16

1. Getting by on the desk treadmill setup.
2. AH bringing my packages by.
3. Having extra time in the afternoon with a canceled meeting.
4. 2-person dance class at 11 Dance Co.
5. Bike ride home from that studio not being too difficult.
6. Braids staying in place throughout the day.

A year ago today.

4/10/16

1. Successfully disabling the speaker on the treadmill.
2. Dan giving me a ride to bring the walking treadmill to the office.
3. Finally finishing cutting out the pieces for the black ponte blazer.
4. Getting a really good massage at ME Fitness, released so much tension in my left shoulder.
5. Taking the back of the polka dot navy capris.
6. One pot chicken & orzo recipe turning out well.

A year ago today.

4/9/16

1. Awesome dance session, both classes did a repeat of routines from classes I'd attended before.
2. Getting the fabric art prints from South Africa framed.
3. Sunny and warm out for my walk to the library.
4. Fitting in doing a load of laundry.
5. Successfully getting statement credits on credit cards with annual fees.
6. Date night at the Reverend's BBQ.

A year ago today.

4/8/16

1. Wearing my knee-length denim skirt from last NJ outlet shopping trip.
2. Finally making a bunch of phone calls for setting up appointments and such.
3. Meeting KM at Kure (result of bus networking).
4. Picking up a straw boater hat at CC Hats!
5. Finishing the rest of bucket salad for dinner, while reading Crown Duel.
6. Chatting lifting with NT.

A year ago today.

4/7/16

1. Getting out of bed to go to weightlifting class.
2. Getting lots of feedback thanks to being the only person in the class.
3. Wearing my bright orange dress for our first hot day.
4. Fixing the past 2 rows on my purple cowl during stitching lunch.
5. Returning stuff to Athleta and Powell's.
6. Fewer people than usual at dance classes.

A year ago today.

4/6/16

1. Being productive in the early morning.
2. Trying out doing a fishtail braid.
3. Spending time understanding the root cause of the bug.
4. MW fixing the flat on the back tire of my bike.
5. Getting to dance class before it started.
6. Finishing dealing with answering personal email.

A year ago today.

4/5/16

1. Steering the lunch walk with ND over to Powell's to pick up a book.
2. Fixing my withholding for taxes and 401k.
3. Getting home on the bus early enough to drop my bags off first.
4. Going to a Strongman class for the first time in several weeks!
5. Making a pickled hot peppers/kale/fried eggs/noodle dinner.
6. Leftover fried chicken wing holding up pretty well.

A year ago today.

4/4/16

1. Getting a compliment from AP on this week's lunch salad.
2. Picking up packages delivered to the office last week.
3. Making progress on understanding neural nets in the book club discussion.
4. Amazing Southern dinner with DC at Mae.
5. Having leftover cash from Ruby on Ales lunch money to use for a cash tip.
6. Filing our taxes.

A year ago today.

4/3/16

1. Going back to sleep after getting my travel eye mask out.
2. Heating up leftover sweet potato hash and brussels sprouts from dinner last night.
3. Making it to all the errands I wanted to run before the stores closed.
4. Clearing out the detritus of last year's plants to find that the Swiss chard had once again survived the winter despite complete neglect from me.
5. Planting the broccoli rabe starts.
6. Making some more progress on our taxes while playing Rent on Netflix in the background.

A year ago today.

4/2/16

1. Browsing through the Bend Indoor Swap-Meet.
2. Going back to downtown Bend to browse a used bookstore and a ceramics shop.
3. Gorgeous sunny views of the mountain peaks on the drive back from Bend.
4. Napping in the car for a bit.
5. Sweet potato hash turning out pretty well.
6. Reading The Bands of Mourning.

A year ago today.

4/1/16

1. Making it back to the hotel in time for dial in for the 1pm meeting.
2. Winning a Lego prize from one of the JS' construction-themed trivia questions.
3. Meeting up with some other crafters during an afternoon break.
4. AW's talk on folding algorithms and origami.
5. Getting to chat with her a bit after her talk.
6. Discovering that the bar had coconut-flavored kombucha.

A year ago today.