7/31/17

1. Getting a couple loads of laundry done before it got too hot.
2. Taking a sick day from work.
3. Dan coming with me to the doctor's appointment when it ended up including doing an extended fetal heart rate monitoring.
4. Impressively smooth moveout by the housemate.
5. Watching American Ninja Warrior to stay awake a bit longer.
6. Camping out in the living room.

A year ago today.

7/30/17

1. Getting up in time to go along with taking AL to the airport.
2. Killing time at Target before going to Ikea.
3. Finding an equivalent set of replacement locks at Home Depot, just a different finish.
4. Buying fruit and corn at the farmers market.
5. Starting and finishing the other jigsaw puzzle.
6. Dan's chicken & potato bake coming out really well.

A year ago today.

7/29/17

1. Doing the chai tasting at Pip's Donuts.
2. Getting two 500 piece jigsaw puzzles that would fit on our small coffee table for just a few dollars at Found on Fremont.
3. Finding a Baby K'Tan sized for Dan for only $10 at a random yard sale.
4. Browsing the Portland Renegade Craft Fair with KY and AL.
5. Starting and finishing the balloon puzzle.
6. Making roast chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/28/17

1. Feeling well-rested when waking up in the morning.
2. Managers being above average straightforward about not being able to share more information.
3. Packing up most of the dirty fries from Lardo for later.
4. Co-working with AL and LU from Cacao.
5. Walking over to the furniture consignment store to check it out.
6. Making burgers for all of us for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/27/17

1. Making noodles with freezer items for lunch.
2. Learning more reasoning behind different setup requirements for the car seat at the car safety seat clinic appointment.
3. Lots of lower back stretching at prenatal yoga.
4. Heating up two of Dan's chicken patties as basically giant chicken nuggets for dinner.
5. AL visiting!
6. Bedroom much cooler than the last few nights.

A year ago today.

7/26/17

1. Picking up my stylish new prescription sunglasses!
2. Finding a USPS not too far from the glasses place.
3. Getting lunch at Verde Cocina with MW/KN.
4. Catching a streetcar arriving right as I got to the stop.
5. Being able to write specs and open a PR on my own.
6. Getting many questions answered by JC at our last doula meeting.

A year ago today.

7/25/17

1. Moving my contact lens fitting appointment to tomorrow instead of Friday since I'd be in the area anyway.
2. Whole bowl with farro and freezer chili/beans working out pretty well.
3. Non-maternity bikini sufficient for taking the pregnancy fitness swim class at Dishman.
4. Much reduced swelling in hands/feet after being in the pool.
5. Meeting up with TP/JT for dinner.
6. Taking a quick cold shower in my nightgown to help cool off for sleep.

A year ago today.

7/24/17

1. Enjoying the Trader Joe's salted cultured butter on farmers market corn and radishes.
2. Tackling a story on my own, writing the test, and opening a PR.
3. Doing some prenatal yoga when I needed a break in the afternoon.
4. A cyclist stopping and rescuing my beloved Madewell Panama hat when the wind blew it off my head and across the street.
5. Stopping by Lloyd Center to get a bubble tea from Braganza Tea.
6. Getting a pedicure finally.

A year ago today.

7/23/17

1. Buying a bunch of fruit at the farmers market.
2. Getting a Twix ice cream bar before the movie.
3. Going to see Wonder Woman.
4. Setting up the changing table and re-organizing the rest of the baby stuff.
5. Having one of the watermelon popsicles I made yesterday.
6. Knitting the second sock up to the same point as the first one.

A year ago today.

7/22/17

1. Catching up with SD over the phone.
2. Going to prenatal yoga.
3. Making noodles for lunch rather than eating out.
4. Taking an early afternoon nap on the couch, with the A/C on.
5. Realizing that the kahlua pork recipe I wanted to try would take a fair amount of time in the pressure cooker, so started it up early.
6. Making watermelon popsicles.

A year ago today.

7/21/17

1. Giving away Dan's old music stand to someone on the Buy Nothing group.
2. Getting a massage.
3. Making another Shake Shack burger for lunch and not setting off the smoke alarm.
4. Finally selling off Dan's exercise bike.
5. Finishing off some refactoring on my own.
6. Finding an episode of David Attenborough's show on Netflix that included crows.

A year ago today.

7/20/17

1. Catching up on sleep.
2. Opening a PR for something I discovered on my own.
3. Not too hot out for walking over to the yoga studio.
4. Making it to prenatal yoga on time.
5. Getting ramen for dinner at Kaya Ramen.
6. Monaka dessert at Kaya Ramen being perfect portion size and light sweetness.

A year ago today.

7/19/17

1. Using the rest of the potatoes for one more round of breakfast tacos.
2. Topping Swiss chard with leftover popcorn chicken for lunch.
3. Making good progress on debugging.
4. Strawberries still working well for green smoothie to go along with Bye & Bye leftovers for dinner.
5. Going to a Matchbox Twenty concert!
6. Toppling into bed at the end of a long day.

A year ago today.

7/18/17

1. Making breakfast tacos again.
2. Getting to Bye & Bye for lunch with DM right on time.
3. Diagnosing and fixing an incident pretty quickly.
4. Going to yoga class.
5. Dan giving me a ride to XLB for dinner.
6. Making progress on learning how to install the car seat.

A year ago today.

7/17/17

1. Making breakfast tacos when I woke up way too early.
2. Going back to sleep for another couple hours.
3. Focusing in on writing my FAQ doc for SSL.
4. Getting quick feedback from others on the doc.
5. Really comfortable temperature out when walking over to the library.
6. Making a green smoothie with spinach, chia seeds, and peaches as part of dinner.

A year ago today.

7/16/17

1. Making breakfast tacos.
2. Getting all fruit at the farmers market.
3. Dan having all his important documents together.
4. Watching the crow documentary.
5. Shake Shack burgers turning out quite well, texture-wise.
6. Someone coming for the marble top coffee table finally.

A year ago today.

7/15/17

1. Stir-frying the agretti to put into an omelette.
2. Money settled in Vanguard accounts to finish off orders there.
3. Going to prenatal yoga.
4. Cooling off with the last popsicle from last summer.
5. Picking up a changing table for $15.
6. Successfully disassembling and re-assembling the changing table to fit in the car.

A year ago today.

7/14/17

1. Making breakfast tacos.
2. Lyft driver noticing that I'd left my phone in the back seat!
3. Quiet and spacious happyplace lunch in upstairs Bailey's.
4. Making copies of important documents before mailing them out.
5. Picking up more free stuff from just a couple blocks away.
6. Dan getting some giant boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats from Costco.

A year ago today.

7/13/17

1. Snacking on cherries.
2. Housekeeping service coming by.
3. Getting pairing time in with EL.
4. Working on my overview doc for SSL.
5. Taking a quick nap on the couch.
6. Dan giving me a ride to pick up stuff.

A year ago today.

7/12/17

1. Singer sewing machine getting picked up.
2. No issues with the printer.
3. CPA saying he'd need more time to do the tax estimate.
4. Getting a frozen hot chocolate at Cacao.
5. Talking to two groups of female high school students at an event.
6. Getting a ride home from DM.

A year ago today.

7/11/17

1. Getting a ride from Dan to the doctor and yoga class.
2. Finally getting around to filling out various paperwork.
3. Feeling more together after prenatal yoga.
4. Picking up books from the library and a Portland-themed mobile.
5. ZK stopping by.
6. Reading Heroine Complex.

A year ago today.

7/10/17

1. Pan frying salmon for lunch.
2. Not too much work needed to pull together the lamb shank stew for the slow cooker.
3. Getting a spot in the Comfort Positions for Labor class after all.
4. Picking up a free diaper bag on the way to class.
5. Making radish and chive cream cheese sandwiches for dinner.
6. Watching another episode of Foyle's War.

A year ago today.

7/9/17

1. Buying a ton of fruit at the farmers market.
2. Dim sum with LU!
3. Making the decision not to try to shoehorn a large changing table into the car.
4. Stopping by a supermarket on the way home.
5. Reading Prey of Gods.
6. Watching more of Foyle's War while knitting.

A year ago today.

7/8/17

1. Prenatal yoga class starting just as I got there.
2. Ramen in leftover curry and Swiss chard for lunch.
3. Eyebrow lady making it work for the time I got there.
4. Having time to go get a jasmine bubble tea.
5. Picking out a pair of prescription sunglasses.
6. Rescuing the broccoli farro rubble salad despite burning the red pepper flakes a bit.

A year ago today.

7/7/17

1. Knitting during the watercooler hangout.
2. Getting a schnitzelwich before the cart is sold.
3. Surprisingly decent bubble tea from the new cart next to schnitzelwich cart.
4. Using the same bus pass to drop off package at post office, bunknbailies lunch, pick up books from Powell's, and come back home.
5. Breaking away from the computer to get to the massage on time.
6. Dan picking up dinner from Pok Pok Noi for me.

A year ago today.

7/6/17

1. Successfully watching a conference talk at 1.5x speed.
2. Pairing for most of the afternoon and getting code written!
3. Managing to find sufficient shade to not overheat in the walk to/from class.
4. Going to prenatal yoga.
5. ZK dropping off the remaining popsicle mold.
6. Blending up the rest of the raspberries to have a smoothie for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/5/17

1. Working from JG's for the day.
2. Coding work to fix up and open new PRs simpler today than when I was thinking about them last week.
3. Thai food for lunch, with decent fish cakes and spicy pad khee mao.
4. Getting a bubble tea on the way home.
5. Picking up more free stuff related to breastfeeding.
6. Welcoming TP/JT to our block.

A year ago today.

7/4/17

1. Making sheet pan breakfast.
2. Realizing I could use Chase Quickpay to my own accounts, when linking was having issues.
3. Staying cool enough inside all day.
4. Watching a few episodes of Foyle's War.
5. Starting the second sock of my Skew socks.
6. Seeing some fireworks even just while sitting in the living room.

A year ago today.

7/3/17

1. Cooking up last batch of breakfast tacos.
2. Finally sitting down and making a bunch of decisions for various funds and how to invest.
3. Getting donuts and iced chai from Pip's Original Doughnuts.
4. Picking up more free stuff.
5. Making ramen with umi pesto and Swiss chard, topped with wasabi pickles.
6. Realizing I could just write checks to myself to transfer funds more easily.

A year ago today.

7/2/17

1. Hearing exciting news from CC/KH!
2. Not having to wait for certain books on the library hold list anymore thanks to RC.
3. Going to the farmers market with ZK.
4. Introducing ZK to April Bloomfield's recipe for Swiss chard.
5. Making it one Lyft trip to pick up the printer and get back.
6. Getting the free printer to work!

A year ago today.

7/1/17

1. Picking up free accessories for the pack'n'play and a baby signs book.
2. Arriving a bit early for brunch even with walking over.
3. Brunch with ZK/KL/KG with fry bread and pear clafoutis.
4. Going to see Cabaret.
5. Taking a Lyft home after picking up the free duffle bag.
6. Finding a copy of Breaking Dawn in a free book box.

A year ago today.

6/30/17

1. Getting passport photos taken care of.
2. Meeting up for happyplace lunch.
3. KL letting me up to 29 to use the copier and a stapler.
4. Stopping by the Apple store and the library on the way home.
5. Taking a quick nap on the couch in the late afternoon.
6. Reading The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter.

A year ago today.

6/29/17

1. Opening a couple PRs.
2. Dan giving me rides to/from prenatal yoga.
3. Dan picking up groceries for me before flying out.
4. Enjoying the stretching in prenatal yoga.
5. Reserving some of the pasta and sauce to not be too full.
6. Watching Anne with an E and knitting.

A year ago today.