8/12/14

1. Not feeling too tired in the morning, despite getting back so late the night before.
2. Potato/squash frittata for lunch.
3. Having lunch with the women that are starting up a Girl Develop It chapter in Portland.
4. New (interim) manager being receptive to my "getting to know you" spiel.
5. Tabbouli with pretzels for dinner.
6. Spending the evening reading instead of canning.

A year ago today.

8/11/14

1. Potato-zucchini frittata coming out quite well for lunch.
2. Having a conversation with BK about Ask vs. Guess.
3. Meeting LM at the Cascadia Ruby Party!
4. Playing around with Rubik's Cubes at CP's station.
5. EH giving me some sweet compliments on my process change suggestions.
6. Mostly a comfortable temperature outside by the time I got home.

A year ago today.

8/10/14

1. Brunch at Ned Ludd, with delicious grilled blueberry muffins and corn pancakes.
2. Two garage sales just across the street from us, picked up a couple baskets to organize my stuff at work.
3. Getting through all my cooking projects (blanching peaches to macerate in fridge for a few days, double chocolate banana bread, tabbouli, sauerkraut, potato-zucchini frittata) without making the kitchen too hot.
4. Picking quite a few plums from the plum tree, even with only having a short ladder to be able to reach up.
5. Figuring out how to fit everything into the fridge, including the slow cooker insert.
6. Getting Dan to drop me off at Powell's after the Goodwill run so I could do some browsing.

A year ago today.

8/9/14

1. Sleeping in until 10:30.
2. Finding a bunch of fruit flies in the fruit fly trap.
3. Making scrambled eggs and tomatoes with chive cream cheese on toast for breakfast.
4. Re-reading Fangirl.
5. Making a salad with CSA lettuce, tomatoes, pickled garlic, mozzarella, and pickled sweet plums.
6. Discovering a Rainbow Rowell book that I hadn't read yet, and getting it for just $1.99 on Amazon.

A year ago today.

8/8/14

1. Dan giving me a ride in to the office in the morning.
2. Going for a coffee walk and chat with MAS.
3. Setting up a Q&A with my team and our director.
4. Having leftover sandwich fixings to make myself a second sandwich for dinner.
5. Going to the drive-in theater.
6. Falling asleep pretty quickly once we got home.

A year ago today.

8/7/14

1. Using the toaster oven to melt the cheese on my corned beef/salami sandwich.
2. All-team retro for the first time in awhile for me.
3. Interesting information at the SVP's monthly Q&A session.
4. Getting a flat of peaches at the farmer's market for $20.
5. Successfully getting all those peaches home without significantly bruising or crushing them.
6. Reading Rainbow Rowell's Landline.

A year ago today.

8/6/14

1. Apartment was actually below 80 degrees in the morning!
2. Eventually succeeding in getting the heatmap color gradient into the legend.
3. Making it to the August meeting of the Portland Preservation Society.
4. Getting my top choices at the trade, including a raspberry gin and various syrups with vanilla and lavender.
5. Lots of interest in my pickled sweet cherries! And I thought they wouldn't go at all.
6. Hitting 10k steps thanks to the walk out for lunch, an afternoon walk to the smoothie shop, and biking to/from work and to/from the PPS meeting.

A year ago today.