9/30/19

1. Plum cake turning out better than I expected since the plums hadn't seemed fully ripe.
2. Successfully ironing out the wrinkles in the wall laundry hamper basket.
3. Dan giving me a ride to the midwife appointment.
4. Stopping a Rite Aid on the way back and not having to go out separately later.
5. Napping a bit after my early morning wakeup.
6. Getting quick responses to requests for lawn maintenance quotes.

A year ago today.

9/29/19

1. Succeeding at going back to sleep for a couple hours later in the morning.
2. Making it to Oakland Park still.
3. Dan picking up bagels for all of us.
4. RC bringing over and assembling the diaper changing table.
5. Finally meeting up with a local Chinese mom and her little boy.
6. Nicely seared chicken skin on the olives & grapes chicken that Dan made for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/28/19

1. Dan having cash for me to use at the market.
2. Arepas being available at the farmers market.
3. Very helpful police officers at the car seat safety clinic.
4. Rinsing out playard and drying in the sun being quite effective to get stains out.
5. Going to Oakland Park for the afternoon.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

9/27/19

1. Another beautiful crisp fall day.
2. Dan starting the load of baby laundry.
3. Getting the charity donations and match out.
4. Realizing I could deal with the credit cards to be canceled by sending messages through the portal rather than having to call.
5. Dan picking up some chocolate-covered pretzels for me to snack on.
6. Getting the pantry shelves organized with the new shelving, baskets, and OXO Pop containers.

A year ago today.

9/26/19

1. Perfect amount of breakfast with leftovers from yesterday morning.
2. Pulling together some avocado pesto pasta for Nico's lunch.
3. Getting another excellent chair massage.
4. Coming up with a new strategy for the billing sync change.
5. Getting a set of the new Oxo Pop containers washed up.
6. Catching up with CH.

A year ago today.

9/25/19

1. Back to crisp fall weather outside.
2. Making myself a breakfast of leftover sausage, bread turned into croutons, eggs, salsa, and nectarines.
3. OXO Pop containers arriving.
4. Making it to yoga class.
5. Getting home in time for bath still after dropping off rummage sale donations and running to the library.
6. Watching an internet friend's appearance on Jeopardy thanks to DVR.

A year ago today.

9/24/19

1. Falling back asleep until past 8 after being awake for awhile earlier.
2. Organizing stuff for Mattie.
3. Making large amount of za/jian\ noodles as a brunch.
4. Pairing from the daybed.
5. Figuring out why the tests were failing.
6. Getting around to assembling the stuffed eggplant parm.

A year ago today.

9/23/19

1. Moving the shelf with baskets from the dining room to our bedroom.
2. Getting back from the hospital in time to make noodles for lunch.
3. Finding 10% cashback for a follow up Container Store order.
4. Fitting all the baby stuff into one load of laundry.
5. Feeling much better after addressing my hangry.
6. Cranberry orange bread from the farmers market still tasting quite fresh.

A year ago today.

9/22/19

1. Getting bagels in the morning.
2. A 4 year old at the playground sharing her chalk with Nico and not minding his drawing near her drawing.
3. Taking a nap when Nico took a nap.
4. Going to a dinner meetup of the local moms group and having a good time.
5. Burrata pizza and flourless chocolate cake for dinner.
6. Not too much work to replace the top drawer spring locks with magnetic ones instead.

A year ago today.

9/21/19

1. Going to prenatal yoga.
2. Chatting with some of the other women after class while waiting for Dan to drop off the van anyway.
3. Having enough change left to buy nectarines at the farmers market.
4. Taking an afternoon nap.
5. Didn't need any new parts to fix kitchen drawer.
6. Organizing snacks/pasta/cereal to go into the drawers.

A year ago today.

9/20/19

1. Another lovely fall weather day.
2. Making fried eggs with Swiss chard on toast for breakfast.
3. Catching up with MW.
4. Finishing the Learning to Learn Coursera class.
5. Having some time to eat my late lunch/early dinner before the end of BS' day.
6. Sorting out which bins of baby stuff to pull in from the garage.

A year ago today.

9/19/19

1. Crisp sunny fall weather day.
2. Making fried rice.
3. Figuring out a position that works in a massage chair to get excellent pressure on shoulders/back.
4. Getting home right on time for swapping the car.
5. Burgers/onion rings/strawberry milkshake really hitting the spot for lunch.
6. Starting to watch Good Omens.

A year ago today.

9/18/19

1. Dan handling the whole morning routine including diaper change.
2. Farmers market nectarines having good flavor and texture.
3. Finally getting to writing up a summary of work accomplishments.
4. Making box mac & cheese with frozen peas/broccoli for lunch.
5. Getting to prenatal yoga right on time.
6. Sorting through Nico's clothes for size/season.

A year ago today.

9/17/19

1. BS starting at the old time.
2. Skyping working out for doula meeting instead of needing to reschedule.
3. Working through the first half of the Learning to Learn Coursera course.
4. Making oxtail with noodles and Swiss chard for lunch.
5. Making mango lassi.
6. Getting to organizing the garage a bit more.

A year ago today.

9/16/19

1. BS coming a bit earlier than usual.
2. Wrapping up this week's midwife appointment pretty quickly.
3. Getting home in plenty of time for afternoon meetings after someone else joined the training in my spot.
4. Having corn with butter and Cajun seasoning for lunch.
5. Virtual Social Happy Hour with happyplace folks.
6. Dan blowing up my yoga ball for me of his own volition.

A year ago today.

9/15/19

1. Picking up a bagel for breakfast.
2. Plenty of shade at Oakland park.
3. Taking an afternoon nap.
4. Going out to the park again.
5. Breaking into the Sugar Baby watermelon from the farmers market.
6. Finishing review of last month's finances.

A year ago today.

9/14/19

1. Making it to prenatal yoga on time.
2. Arepas being available at the farmers market.
3. Having the grocery cart to pick up not one but two watermelons at the market.
4. Dropping off books to donate for the library sale.
5. Taking an afternoon nap myself.
6. Getting the bulk of August's finance reconciliation done.

A year ago today.

9/13/19

1. Weather cooling off again.
2. Letting the roomba do a full run while I made myself breakfast.
3. New floss arriving just as I ran out of the last box.
4. RC taking care of Nico in the afternoon.
5. Ordering delivery for lunch/dinner.
6. Dan going out for groceries.

A year ago today.

9/12/19

1. Using some extra time in the morning to even up Nico's haircut.
2. Making myself a breakfast of toast and scrambled eggs with the bell peppers Nico picked out from Whole Foods.
3. Taking a quick nap.
4. Getting help from RB on a support ticket.
5. Nico doing a good job holding onto my hand as we walked through the parking lot and the restaurant.
6. Nico's bedtime not being too delayed despite dinner being a bit late.

A year ago today.

9/11/19

1. My mom coming over right on time as we headed out to school.
2. Remembering to make more rice for dinner.
3. Finally getting around to giving Nico a haircut.
4. Making it to prenatal yoga.
5. Getting the flu shot.
6. Replacement shelf supports from Ikea coming in the mail.

A year ago today.

9/10/19

1. Nico playing contentedly and non-destructively by himself while I got dressed and installed some more cabinet drawer locks.
2. Finishing rest of red duck curry.
3. Getting childcare coverage for the rest of this week sorted out.
4. Successfully figuring out how to set up the co-sleeper.
5. Ordering delivery for dinner.
6. Finishing ironing another curtain panel while watching movies on TV.

A year ago today.

9/9/19

1. BS picking up a bagel for me when it seemed unlikely we'd get to the shop with Nico leading the way.
2. Realizing that I'd left my wallet in the diaper bag.
3. Recognizing someone from my prenatal yoga class at the La Leche League meeting.
4. Having time to stop by the post office on the way home.
5. Making it on time to my midwife appointment despite traffic.
6. Getting home in time to eat something by myself before BS left for the day.

A year ago today.

9/8/19

1. Driving to get a bagel.
2. Nico having a fun time at the playground.
3. Taking a two hour nap while Nico napped.
4. Re-arranging the mats in the van to cover all the new areas.
5. Dan's mom having a good time with Nico.
6. Getting a good setup to iron curtains while watching Netflix.

A year ago today.

9/7/19

1. Dan giving me a ride to Metropark.
2. Checking out the Barnes collection finally.
3. Catching up with EN/MB.
4. Lovely weather, good view, good food at Parks on Tap.
5. Getting dark chocolate and cardamom ice creams while we were at the mall.
6. Dan dropping Nico and me off at the playground before going home to prep dinner.

A year ago today.

9/6/19

1. Landscaper pulling up just as I got home from school drop-off.
2. Rain holding off for drop-off/pickup.
3. Getting Nico changed/fed/sleep-sacked for Dan to take over the nap before I had to dial in to a meeting.
4. Finishing up further revisions to the pull request.
5. My mom making red duck curry and rabe for us.
6. Pulling together my bag for the day trip tomorrow.

A year ago today.

9/5/19

1. Cool temperatures finally.
2. Making it to my threading appointment on time still.
3. Walking over to the library while waiting for food.
4. Picking up lunch from Phattra Thai.
5. Landscapers finishing up half-way through the day.
6. Fixing the tests just in time to open the pull request before it was time for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/4/19

1. Landscapers starting work on our front yard and really cleaning it up!
2. Dan doing most of breakfast with Nico.
3. Making it to school drop-off on time despite being a bit behind the schedule I had had in mind for the morning.
4. Nico being totally chill about school.
5. Getting helpful direction from BS about remaining tests to write.
6. DM being on the same page about the interview.

A year ago today.

9/3/19

1. Getting a threading appointment for this week before my day trip to Philly.
2. Timing working out for childcare handoffs between BS and KS.
3. Very efficient planning meeting.
4. Getting a call back from the midwives group for rescheduling my appointment right before I was going to call them yet another time.
5. Doing ok with the pig feet my mom had brought over.
6. Getting on top of filing an expense report for the last couple of months.

A year ago today.

9/2/19

1. Getting a bagel for breakfast.
2. Perfect timing for how long we waited out the heavier rain at Whole Foods before coming back home.
3. Finally succeeding at the Ikea shelf pickup I'd been trying to arrange for the last couple of months.
4. Remembering to ask my sister to pick up a wall anchor kit from Ikea customer service.
5. Dan's mom coming over and playing with Nico in his room while I worked on anchoring the new shelves to the wall.
6. Having a dinner of leftover dim sum and roast duck that my sister had brought over.

A year ago today.

9/1/19

1. Plans working out to go get dim sum at a nearby restaurant.
2. My sister doing a Costco run for us.
3. Perfectly comfortable weather out.
4. Nico having a fabulous time on the big kid slides.
5. Getting around to hanging up the new bathroom mirror.
6. AG having picked out a good watermelon.

A year ago today.