7/31/19

1. Successfully getting a couple screws to be embedded a bit deeper.
2. Hopping on a recording for the podcast.
3. Making it to prenatal yoga despite a potential incident popping up.
4. Successfully making it to and from Home Depot.
5. Having dumplings for dinner after getting home.
6. Trying out the different paints we'd inherited in the house.

A year ago today.

7/30/19

1. Being able to finish working on Dan's Vanguard account earlier than I had expected.
2. Successfully navigating highway driving.
3. Finally getting my second pair of frames properly adjusted to fit comfortably again.
4. Picking up all the materials I needed at Lowe's.
5. Getting the wall patch in place.
6. Dan helping with vacuuming up all the drywall dust.

A year ago today.

7/29/19

1. Not too much catchup to do from over the weekend for deploys.
2. Good discussion with BS/DM on Go vs. Ruby.
3. Lamb with rice going over well for Nico's dinner.
4. Having rib tacos for myself later.
5. Getting MB's advice on drywall patching.
6. Putting together a comprehensive shopping list for Lowe's.

A year ago today.

7/28/19

1. Quiet morning to myself.
2. Hearing back quickly from the second plumber that I called.
3. Plumber finishing up without disturbing Nico's nap.
4. Dan being able to still do his intended cooking.
5. RC coming over with VC for a successful play date.
6. Re-reading First & Then.

A year ago today.

7/27/19

1. Making it over to the farmers market still.
2. My mom being in a good mood overall despite us being really late from traffic.
3. Getting dim sum with my parents.
4. Taking a quick nap myself.
5. Holmdel Park's playground being covered in shade and therefore a comfortable temperature.
6. Dan finishing all the errands in time to come hang out at the park for a bit too.

A year ago today.

7/26/19

1. Clearing out a lot of the tools taking up space upstairs now that various hardware has been hung.
2. Dropping off the deposit and forms needed for Montessori school.
3. Making further good progress on unpacking my office.
4. Just enough jambalaya left for Nico's dinner.
5. Snagging the chocolate munchkins that Dan's mom had brought over.
6. Making myself dumplings for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/25/19

1. New garage door getting installed.
2. KR coming over for co-working.
3. Successfully driving over to The Kebab Factory for lunch.
4. KR's afternoon meeting getting canceled so had time to swing by the pediatrician's office for picking up the form.
5. Successfully hanging out the second set of curtains over the living room windows.
6. Figuring out a way to ease the apparent slant in the curtain rods due to the ceiling not being level.

A year ago today.

7/24/19

1. Setting up my monitor and other peripherals finally.
2. Having pulled pork sandwiches for lunch.
3. Finishing going through the Ask a Clean Person book to take notes to bundle in with other books to return to the library.
4. Biking over to the library helping make me right on time for yoga class.
5. Much more comfortable temperature and humidity outside than in the last few days.
6. Successfully hanging up curtains for the dining room window, including fixing a screw that seemed stuck going into a stud.

A year ago today.

7/23/19

1. Making a big breakfast of tomatoes with butter and jam on toast and scrambled eggs.
2. Enjoying the pork my mom had brought over last week with rice for a late lunch.
3. Cooler weather helping make quick work of clearing out the front half of the garage.
4. Fitting all the accumulated boxes into the recycling bin.
5. Winning a game of Pandemic with Dan at the next harder level.
6. Actually pretty doable to fit the rest of the DVDs I had unpacked into the new TV cabinet.

A year ago today.

7/22/19

1. Dan giving me a ride to my appointment.
2. Noticing that the train schedule was a bit off to catch it in time to stop by the pediatrician's on the way home.
3. Getting home in time to cool off a bit and cut up watermelon before the planning meeting.
4. Prospective doula running a bit late coinciding with planning meeting running a bit late.
5. Enough broccoli rabe pasta for dinner for all of us.
6. Getting some books unpacked that I hadn't seen in awhile.

A year ago today.

7/21/19

1. Making sure to wrap the birthday present to be ready to leave on time.
2. VC's birthday party having been moved indoors.
3. Having time to go through recent boxes delivered.
4. Nico enjoying playing with Dan's old Hess trucks.
5. Another more normal, having fun with dumping water bathtime.
6. Winning at Pandemic again.

A year ago today.

7/20/19

1. Figuring out a way to use the new molly bolts to grip the drywall securely.
2. Finishing hanging up shelves in the bathroom!
3. My mom coming over in time for Dan to give me a ride over to prenatal yoga.
4. The farm we have a CSA with sticking around a bit after the farmers market unexpectedly closed early due to the heat.
5. Back to a non-upset evening bath routine finally.
6. Winning Pandemic with Dan.

A year ago today.

7/19/19

1. Remembering to go do the Montessori school registration in time to get back for the podcast recording.
2. Dan's leftover oyster crackers going into my corn chowder pretty well.
3. Having a chance to connect with BS a bit.
4. Making it to the open house at the township pool.
5. Nico finding a toy truck to play with even if he still wasn't interested in the water.
6. Getting home in time for pretty much the normal dinner time.

A year ago today.

7/18/19

1. Cooking up the shishito peppers with eggs for breakfast.
2. Getting lunch at The Kebab Factory with the town's restaurant week.
3. Lightening my wallet a lot with using change for the bus ticket to New Brunswick.
4. Having enough extra time to take shared Lyft rides instead.
5. Coming up with a way to still mount the new toilet paper roll holder even though the first wall anchor lost its grip and made the hole in the drywall too big.
6. Finally figuring out a good positioning for using the Elvie Trainer.

A year ago today.

7/17/19

1. Remembering to do the reading before book club meeting.
2. My team not seeming to be offended by a question I'd been thinking about.
3. Pinhole Press kindly extending a discount from the last couple days so I can snap up some board book credits to make at a later time.
4. Getting to prenatal yoga on time.
5. Chatting with a first-time mom from my prenatal yoga class and giving her some validation.
6. The 1-2-3-dump strategy at bathtime seeming to help.

A year ago today.

7/16/19

1. Hanging out with Nico a bit in the morning.
2. Arriving to the lab a few minutes early.
3. Getting in touch with some of the doula's references.
4. Picking up more hollow wall anchors at Home Depot.
5. Remembering there was sheets laundry to be moved.
6. Eventually having a normal evening after the biggest meltdown thus far.

A year ago today.

7/15/19

1. Having tomatoes and fresh basil on toast, along with a peach, for breakfast.
2. Not taking too long to prep Nico for his nap.
3. My mom coming over to watch Nico for the afternoon.
4. Nico really enjoying the watermelon we shared as a dessert.
5. Dan having the tip to apply the vaseline to the band-aid first.
6. Moving the white bookshelf into my office with Dan, so that I could get the dining room and eventually my office more into the "final"ish layout.

A year ago today.

7/14/19

1. Sleeping in until 10.
2. Nico taking a solidly long nap.
3. Meeting a potential doula for Mattie.
4. My mom and aunt hanging out with Nico at the playground.
5. Successfully installing the new towel bar at the right height and level.
6. Succeeding at taking the old tower bar off the wall, thanks to internet instructions.

A year ago today.

7/13/19

1. Making it to prenatal yoga.
2. Stopping by the farmers market on the way home.
3. Not taking too long to find the baggie of credit cards that contained my current Nordstrom card.
4. Browsing The Container Store and finding several items that would work well that I hadn't seen online.
5. Nico actually requesting to go back into the shopping cart seat and not doing a reprise of the Wegmans cart tantrum.
6. Getting a burger at Shake Shack and an excellent black sesame frozen custard.

A year ago today.

7/12/19

1. BS catching the broken eggs before it seeped under the fridge.
2. Two eggs surviving the egg carton drop.
3. More practical exercises in the Go tutorial.
4. Quenching thirst with remainder of most recent watermelon.
5. Watching more Alias with Dan.
6. Pretty quick to build the Pottery Barn shoe rack/bench that finally arrived.

A year ago today.

7/11/19

1. Practicing Go in the tutorial.
2. Making it to the train station in plenty of time.
3. Trying out a bubble tea while waiting.
4. Shuttle bus showing up on time this time.
5. Realizing that I was looking at the wrong train schedule in time to change the destination for my Lyft home.
6. Watching a couple more episodes of Alias with Dan.

A year ago today.

7/10/19

1. Waking up enough to take the phone call on settling the garage door estimate.
2. Satisfying lunch with frying up eggs to go with Swiss chard, rice noodles, and leftover multigrain bread.
3. Making it to prenatal yoga.
4. The library being open until 9 so I could stop by after going to yoga.
5. Much more successful toothbrushing with Nico by brushing my teeth at the same time with him.
6. Accomplishing both house projects I had intended for the evening (labeling kitchen soap bottles and clearing out some space in my office where the bookshelf would go).

A year ago today.

7/9/19

1. Hanging up the clock for Nico's room.
2. Getting to the dentist's on time.
3. Getting complimented on my overalls while at Whole Foods.
4. Picking up Rainier cherries again.
5. Watermelon not hurting my teeth that were feeling sensitive from the cleaning.
6. Watching some of Mulan on TV while doing physical therapy exercises.

A year ago today.

7/8/19

1. Dan giving me a ride to Highland Park even though he didn't feel up for going on the tour himself.
2. Sitting and observing a more formally Montessori classroom in action for a bit.
3. Final garage door estimate going quite quickly.
4. Going through various required trainings without taking too much time.
5. Getting dinner ready in time before Dan and Nico got home from Costco.
6. Clearing out paperwork.

A year ago today.

7/7/19

1. Making it to the train station with a minute to spare.
2. Pleasantly surprised that the Amtrak ride was very comfortable even in coach class, with power outlets and the row to myself.
3. Excellent food at CH's baby shower.
4. Amtrak getting back into NY Penn early enough for me to get home before bathtime.
5. Dan and Nico picking me up from the train station.
6. Rolling out the new living room carpet.

A year ago today.

7/6/19

1. Getting try out delicious arepas (especially the ropa vieja) at the farmers market.
2. The tomato sandwich actually being quite good.
3. Having time to stop at Home Depot before the movie.
4. Moving a bit farther back from the 2nd row after the trailers were over.
5. Dan doing Nico's bath during a tumultuous evening.
6. Finally starting to hang shelves up in the upstairs bathroom.

A year ago today.

7/5/19

1. Arranging to buy two Molger benches off of Facebook marketplace.
2. Successfully navigating going on two buses.
3. Seeing JG while he's in town apartment sitting.
4. Dropping in to a Flying Tiger store right near SE's place.
5. JG finding the new Metrocard that had fallen out of my pocket.
6. Having ramps or elevators all the way through from Penn Station to home.

A year ago today.

7/4/19

1. Getting to really sleep in and feel well-rested.
2. Taking care of various cleaning and paperwork tasks during Nico's nap.
3. My mom and Nico having a good time playing.
4. Successfully hanging up the Dyson stick vacuum wall mount.
5. Getting some sandpaper from my dad to be able to finally make the coin box toy.
6. Firework sounds being muffled enough not to interfere with anyone's sleep.

A year ago today.

7/3/19

1. Nanny and KS both still coming by despite a feverish kiddo.
2. Nico getting a good lunch with the nanny.
3. Noticing the mold on the ramen before wasting a pot of boiling water on it.
4. Successfully finishing up and testing a migration I needed to write.
5. Nico's seeming to be back to normal in the evening, temperature and temperament both.
6. Watching the next couple episodes of Alias.

A year ago today.

7/2/19

1. Waking up feeling more rested.
2. Finding that there is an ATM within close walking distance, right by the Whole Foods.
3. Noticing esquites on the menu to go along with fish tacos for lunch.
4. Dan reminding me to get the ribs out of the oven.
5. Getting Nico into bed early with his fever.
6. Working together with Dan to break down the couch boxes and set them up for pickup.

A year ago today.

7/1/19

1. Dan reminding me about defrosting ribs.
2. Not needing to rush in walking to the train station for getting back.
3. Finding a shady spot to sit and work for a bit before the daycare tour.
4. Picking up a bagel for lunch.
5. Finding Rainier cherries at Whole Foods.
6. Quenching my thirst with watermelon.

A year ago today.