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.