6/30/19

1. Reading in bed thanks to a morning with no obligations at all.
2. Getting a couple loads of laundry done.
3. Finally getting to check out the township pool.
4. Spending the rest of the afternoon in a fenced in playground area.
5. Nico mimicking me in doing squats.
6. Rewatching the pilot for Alias with Dan.

A year ago today.

6/29/19

1. Nico and I getting dim sum with my parents, sister, and Grandma.
2. Taking an afternoon nap myself.
3. Not taking too long for Dan to mow the front yard.
4. My dad coming up with a way for us to turn off the lawnmower eventually despite the stop button having broken during the car ride home.
5. Catching up with DH finally.
6. Organizing living room furniture and clearing off the kitchen mantle.

A year ago today.

6/28/19

1. Getting to physical therapy on time.
2. Stopping by a massage place downtown.
3. Picking up several books at once from the library.
4. My sister helping me with adjusting the doors on my wardrobe.
5. Unpacking my hanging clothes finally.
6. Using the hole saw drill bits and setting up the new TV stand nicely.

A year ago today.

6/27/19

1. Not taking too long to pack up the rest of our stuff in the morning.
2. Hanging out on the rooftop patio while Nico chalked again.
3. Hotel staff being kind about Nico's chalking when they came to powerwash the patio a bit.
4. Nico not having had much of a snack turning out to be a blessing in disguise after all when he had too much water while in the car seat.
5. A/C at home working pretty quickly.
6. Relatively normal bedtime despite the late arrival and dinner at home.

A year ago today.

6/26/19

1. Hanging out on the rooftop patio while Nico chalked.
2. Cool enough in the shade to just walk over to the north side again.
3. Enjoying having the whole Silver Clouds exhibit at the Andy Warhol museum to ourselves for a bit.
4. Going back to the green smoothie place for more smoothies and a veggie bowl for lunch.
5. Bringing Nico to the pool again for more splashing and water dumping.
6. Dan picking up takeout for me from the Argentinian grill place.

A year ago today.

6/25/19

1. Catching a feeding in one of the environments at the National Aviary.
2. Getting a green smoothie for myself.
3. Smoothie shop folks offering me some frozen yogurt for Nico, which he really enjoyed.
4. Making it to the shops I wanted to check out.
5. Finding a nice park to sit in the shade while Nico chalked and played with a new toy car.
6. Getting a poke bowl and bringing it back to the hotel for dinner.

A year ago today.

6/24/19

1. Nico having a fabulous time in the Very Eric Carle exhibit at the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.
2. Figuring out a setup in the hotel room to contain the lunch mess.
3. Nico enjoying his second time at a pool due to being able to splash to his heart's content.
4. Kids of Dan's coworkers being really nice to Nico.
5. Staff at Korean restaurant nearby being really friendly.
6. Venturing out to get excellent locally-made strawberry and chocolate ice creams.

A year ago today.

6/23/19

1. Rooftop garden being a nice place for Nico to run around in.
2. Finding coin laundry right in the hotel itself to use their dryer for the car seat.
3. Going on a Target run.
4. Finding a middle Eastern restaurant for lunch with some vegetables.
5. Thoughtful and fun setup at the company picnic, with blankets spread out on the grass and toys set up.
6. Having leftover tabbouli with crackers as a second dinner.

A year ago today.

6/22/19

1. Doing one more load of laundry in the morning.
2. Finishing up the rest of the spinach in the fridge with two green smoothies.
3. Picking up a couple British tea towels at a yard sale.
4. Fitting everything we needed into the non-SUV car.
5. Squeezing in the back being worth it to try to extend Nico's nap a bit longer.
6. Having a backup outfit in the diaper bag ready to go.

A year ago today.

6/21/19

1. Leftover eggs from muffin making for me to fry up for breakfast.
2. Good overview with a new candidate.
3. Watermelon as a late afternoon snack.
4. Planting the mint and basil my mom had brought over.
5. Packing up leftovers to be frozen or brought with us.
6. Getting my own packing mostly done.

A year ago today.

6/20/19

1. Not actually being too difficult to align the doors on the Target cabinet.
2. Remembering the popover pan as another muffin-shaped baking item available.
3. Cobbling together a quick lunch with sunbutter toast and a green smoothie.
4. Having thought to bring an umbrella with me.
5. Making it to physical therapy on time despite the bus delay.
6. The Facebook Marketplace pickup coincidentally rescheduling for later in the evening.

A year ago today.

6/19/19

1. Sleeping in a bit in the morning.
2. Doing squad pairing time.
3. Being able to dial into the podcast recording.
4. Furniture pickup/dropoff going quite quickly.
5. Thinking of good reasons to stick with the less expensive ottoman vs. wanting to replace it with a lounge chair portion to the sectional.
6. Going to prenatal yoga.

A year ago today.

6/18/19

1. Taking a quick snooze in the morning.
2. Succeeding at moving the sectional piece into its original box in the garage.
3. Having some time for my late lunch between furniture moving and the next meeting.
4. Less awkward meeting than last time.
5. Reading Too Like the Lightning.
6. Not actually taking that long to build the new TV shelf.

A year ago today.

6/17/19

1. Getting up for the day earlier than I have been.
2. Getting to the school on time for the tour despite walking the long way around.
3. Making up a green smoothie and granola on yogurt for an early lunch.
4. Finding the leftover egg dumplings to have for a quick dinner.
5. Spending the evening reading instead of doing house projects.
6. Going to bed on the early side.

A year ago today.

6/16/19

1. Cooking up leftover tomatoes and bread from yesterday with some eggs for breakfast
2. Taking Nico to the playground in the morning.
3. Having yesterday's spare set of clothes in the diaper backpack to change Nico into while we were out.
4. Nico taking a nice long nap while I got some cleaning done.
5. Dan going out with Nico to pick up some Tylenol for my headache.
6. Dan dealing with the tub poop situation.

A year ago today.

6/15/19

1. Having time to make dough for raspberry tart before going to prenatal yoga.
2. First farmers market of the summer.
3. Tomatoes on olive bread for lunch.
4. Dan reminding me to actually bring the raspberry tart.
5. Dan expressing trust in my handling of our finances.
6. Getting home on time for normal bedtime.

A year ago today.

6/14/19

1. Finding that our analysis from a few months ago on autovacuum thresholds still holds up.
2. Having time to eat lunch between afternoon meetings.
3. Getting consensus quickly on my work meeting. 
4. Catching a mistake I made on our budget spreadsheet.
5. Booking tickets to go to CH's baby shower.
6. Finally getting to watch Always Be My Maybe.

A year ago today.

6/13/19

1. Potato latkes for breakfast.
2. Red duck curry for lunch.
3. Realizing I could drop off the Gap return at the UPS store downtown while out and about.
4. Clearing up a lot of space in the garage by moving boxes around.
5. Successfully moving the blue Ikea couch into Dan's office.
6. Re-arranging the sectional in the living room.

A year ago today.

6/12/19

1. Overnight page that I missed not being a big incident.
2. Getting through my long list of phone calls to be made without too much trouble.
3. Check-in meeting only lasting 30 minutes rather than an hour.
4. My mom coming over and making basil pork and red duck curry for us.
5. Making it to prenatal yoga.
6. Actually very comfortable weather outside.

A year ago today.

6/11/19

1. Potato latkes for breakfast that Dan had bought for me.
2. Getting another estimate for the garage door.
3. Skipping an optional training.
4. Finishing making dumplings right before standup.
5. Pretty calm bath and bedtime on my own.
6. New battery for Dyson vacuum working.

A year ago today.

6/10/19

1. Getting one more fresh coconut before leaving the house.
2. Picking up a bat-themed Austin magnet for my collection.
3. AirTrain getting to the train station with 4 minutes to go before the train home.
4. Dan coming to give me a ride home.
5. Re-hydrating with watermelon.
6. Walking out to the Greenway for a bit as a family.

A year ago today.

6/9/19

1. Sleeping in.
2. Cutting up a couple mangos for a breakfast.
3. Line to get in actually being pretty quick.
4. Cooling off at Barton Springs pool.
5. Snacking on leftover grilled chicken and corn.
6. Dinner of Vietnamese food at Elizabeth Street Cafe going over well.

A year ago today.

6/8/19

1. Great breakfast tacos.
2. Getting good seats at Veronica Mars panel.
3. Queso and salad for lunch.
4. CH's friend N lending me her sneakers.
5. Going tubing for the first time.
6. Grilled chicken, corn, and salads for dinner.

A year ago today.

6/7/19

1. Finding kitchen lighter in my bag while opening pocket to put phone in.
2. Making it onto the plane without needing to check a bag.
3. Lots of conversation with CH.
4. Bruschetta at coffee shop.
5. Picnic before the bat boat tour.
6. Showering sweat off from the day.

A year ago today.

6/6/19

1. Garage door replacement estimate going pretty efficiently.
2. Finding a decent eyebrow threading place downtown.
3. Picking up Phattra Thai for lunch.
4. Hair stylist from last week happening to be around when I stopped in to get a recommendation on color safe shampoo/conditioner to use.
5. Cooling off with a green smoothie in Dean's Cafe.
6. Hanging out with Nico after dinner.

A year ago today.

6/5/19

1. Nico accepting the different backup care nanny for the day without protest.
2. Sectional delivery guys bringing the large boxes up to the living room for us.
3. Ribs turning out well.
4. Making it to prenatal yoga.
5. Successfully unpacking the boxes despite not having a lot of extra space.
6. Dan picking up my new house slippers for me from Target.

A year ago today.

6/4/19

1. Biking over to the lab on the Greenway in perfect sunny weather.
2. Technician accepting Dan's emailed photos of the bloodwork order after I forgot it.
3. KS picking up Chipotle for lunch for me.
4. Putting the dining room carpet and rug pad down.
5. Dan coming up with a way to roll out the carpet and make it flatter.
6. Taking the opportunity to put up the plastic guard around the railing while the couch was out of the way.

A year ago today.

6/3/19

1. CB2 furniture delivery happening quickly and not too early.
2. RC arriving just as we were scrambling to get out of the house due to the CO monitor going off.
3. Getting to sit and work from the daybed for the first time since moving.
4. Remembering I could just microwave some more red roast duck curry and rice for a faster lunch than dumplings.
5. All cookbooks fitting onto new bookshelf with one shelf to spare.
6. RC helping AL get her new accounts back.

A year ago today.

6/2/19

1. My dad helping me find the right studs in the bathroom for hanging a shelf.
2. Reading Emma Brockes' An Excellent Choice.
3. Picking out wall anchors to use at Home Depot.
4. Dan taking Nico out to the park while I cooked and moved some more boxes.
5. Being able to mostly just move the boxes out of the way, instead of needing to unpack them, to make room for the wardrobe getting delivered tomorrow morning.
6. Getting ready for bed earlier than usual.

A year ago today.

6/1/19

1. Getting a package delivered and opening it up in time to have it be included with Dan's errands in the afternoon.
2. Finding a jacket I wanted was back in stock in both colors in the right size.
3. Picking up a bagel on the way to the music class.
4. Having dumplings to pull together for Nico's lunch.
5. Dan's chicken with olives and grapes turning out quite well.
6. Fully catching up with Lindsay in two parts.

A year ago today.