3/17/20

1. Making chana dal in the morning.
2. Washing my hair.
3. Having a little bit of quiet time leftover still even with cooking up the fish my mom brought over.
4. Rain stopping and getting out to the front at least in the afternoon
5. Nico doing a good job not going too far from me.
6. Holding out long enough to still make a 3 nap day.

A year ago today.

3/16/20

1. Dan relieving me to get breakfast and lunch by myself.
2. Making the smoky lentils recipe with bratwurst.
3. Nico wanting to go out into the backyard twice.
4. Nico taking an afternoon nap for a full length quiet time.
5. Tula helping get Mattie to a late enough third nap to not need a micronap.
6. Taking a power nap myself.

A year ago today.

3/15/20

1. Another beautiful sunny day.
2. Way more effective dryer after cleaning out lint in exterior dryer vent.
3. Nico enjoying chasing and kicking after the T-ball in the backyard.
4. Getting sheets and baby laundry done.
5. Making yakisoba in the evening with scallions in the scrambled eggs.
6. Getting bedroom rearranged for a lot more space.

A year ago today.

3/14/20

1. Getting the labels onto the new spice tins and everything transferred over.
2. Dan going out for groceries.
3. Disassembling the changing table during Nico's quiet time.
4. Dan getting rabe pasta cooked during quiet time.
5. Eventually figuring out how to pack up the cosleeper.
6. Dan taking the changing table and cosleeper up into the attic.

A year ago today.

3/13/20

1. Nico happily playing with Mattie by rolling around together in her crib.
2. Dan covering me to be able to have breakfast and lunch quietly by myself.
3. Mattie eventually settling and continuing her second nap
4. Noticing a screw on the bottom of Nico's dump truck.
5. Successfully replacing the broken wheel!
6. Rain stopping and it being warm and sunny outside to spend the afternoon in the backyard

A year ago today.

3/12/20

1. 3rd night in a row with only one overnight feed!
2. Mattie extending her nap.
3. Catching the FedEx pickup trying to scan the wrong box and directly him for the Snoo pickup instead.
4. Mattie quieting down for a bit with looking out the windows.
5. My parents managing ok with babysitting while I did a podcast recording.
6. Easier than I thought it would be to figure out printing onto the label sheets directly.

A year ago today.

3/11/20

1. Only one feed overnight, even with the move to a crib!
2. Getting some more sleep myself during the first nap.
3. Dan covering me for a bit so I could take a shower and wash my hair.
4. Sitting outside helping drag out waketime until the second nap.
5. Going through the Ottolenghi Simple cookbook.
6. Getting some fresh air with a stroller micronap as the third nap.

A year ago today.

3/10/20

1. My sister not needing a cosigner for a mortgage.
2. Finding room to put the crib in without taking the Snoo out entirely yet.
3. Rain holding off during the walk to the library.
4. Checking out the houses near the library.
5. Dan putting the vacuum back for me.
6. Switch from Snoo to crib seeming to not be a big deal.

A year ago today.

3/9/20

1. Taking Nico to school.
2. Getting phone calls done in the morning during a long nap.
3. Pretty efficient body scan at the dermatologist's.
4. Checking out a house for Jackie.
5. My mom bringing me food for lunch.
6. Weather getting into the 70s!

A year ago today.

3/8/20

1. Learning that new installments in the Lady Sherlock and Truly Devious series had been published.
2. Taking a shower and washing my hair.
3. Quiet morning with Nico getting back later.
4. Going on a walk to the duplex open house with Mattie taking her second nap in the stroller.
5. Getting to the Tinkergarden demo play date on time despite re-parking.
6. Indulging in reading the new Lady Sherlock.

A year ago today.

3/7/20

1. Another family arriving for the open house, which confirmed we hadn't made a mistake on the time or location.
2. Dim sum with my family.
3. Mattie catching up with a long 3rd nap.
4. Feeling a lot better after taking an hour-long nap myself.
5. Hanging up the new clock and putting up the old one in Dan's office.
6. Giving Mattie a bath.

A year ago today.

3/6/20

1. Mattie taking a long morning nap.
2. Finding that the Citibank to Mint connection may have actually been fixed.
3. Getting a massage.
4. Getting lucky in an intersection turn that I misjudged.
5. Rereading The Blue Sword.
6. Trying out my new denim jumpsuit to see where I would want it tailored.

A year ago today.

3/5/20

1. Mattie staying asleep through my class time so my dad didn't have to do anything.
2. Not being last to class.
3. Going to see a beautiful old house.
4. Mattie staying awake for the tour and back to have a normal nap schedule.
5. Taking a rest with Mattie's last nap.
6. Realizing I could grab a clean sheets from downstairs when I was too tired to do the laundry load I prepped.

A year ago today.

3/4/20

1. Sprained ankle feeling not bad after following my sister's advice
2. Making green smoothie using up all the chard and throwing in an avocado.
3. Getting a good chunk of finance review done.
4. Hanging out on the front lawn helping make waketimes.
5. Dan making a Trader Joe's run and bringing back sunbutter cups.
6. Enjoying reading Save Me the Plums.

A year ago today.

3/3/20

1. Getting another long 7.5 hr stretch overnight!
2. Mattie taking a long enough morning nap for me to field a call.
3. Not getting too drenched in the rain.
4. Getting packages out to the post office.
5. Taking advantage of a Target gift card offer on sunscreens.
6. Getting several loads of laundry done.

A year ago today.

3/2/20

1. Getting an 8 hour stretch of sleep!!! From doing 5/3/3.
2. Making beans with pasta and chard pretty easily in the morning after the prep the night before.
3. Mega morning nap to give me time to cook and also watch more skincare videos.
4. Getting an eyebrow threading appointment to fit in before lunch with ZK watching Mattie for me.
5. Hanging out on the front lawn for a bit during gorgeous balmy weather.
6. Day sleep ending up still working out ok despite mega 2.5 hour morning nap.

A year ago today.

3/1/20

1. Nico asking me "what are we making?" to join in on making eggs for breakfast with me.
2. My dad bringing over food that my mom had made for me, including duck.
3. Nico eagerly and cooperatively going out to pick up bagels.
4. Taking ZK for baklava and za'atar fries.
5. Keeping Mattie awake long enough to make a 3 nap day.
6. Getting up to check out the outside of another pretty old house.

A year ago today.