04.25.11

1. Yorkshire tea, my faithful morning companion.
2. Finally finishing my Soap Factory development internship application.
3. A pleasant afternoon spent wandering "The Avenue."
4. A delicious pasta salad at Soup's On.
5. Spring foliage: lilacs, wisteria, dogwoods, cherry blossoms... I guess I really like flowering trees.
6. A Sierra Nevada at Cafe Hon.
7. Salad and steamed shrimp from the Giant for dinner.
8. A nice phone chat with Marcia. I can't wait to hang out with her in Philly!
9. Finally sitting down and watching my Netflix DVD of Howl. A pretty decent film except for the annoying animations. James Franco was quite good.
10. Listening to "Healthy Sleep" on iTunes to lull me out of my insomnia.

04.24.11

1. A beautiful, warm Easter morning in Baltimore.
2. Wearing my favorite new summer dress.
3. The feeling of freshly shaved legs. I don't bother much with that in the long MN winter.
4. My nutty cousin Mike and his interesting family.
5. Tasty bubbly from New Mexico (!!!).
6. Marita's delicious Easter dinner, which included a superb asparagus leek soup, yummy goulash, German finger potatoes and
7. Mike's onion cabbage tart. I skipped the lamb.
8. As always, stimulating dinner conversation at the Metcalfs.
9. Interesting reactions to showing my graffiti embroideries and the "Taggin'" video.
10. A fantastic visit with Skizz and Jen. Two awesome people.

04.22.11

1. Sleeping in till 9:45--Eastern time.
2. Thrifting and going to the Targhetto with Katie.
3. Finding a rain jacket for $8.50 and an umbrella for $2.50.
4. Helping my Dad a little around the house.
5. A nice dinner at Suzy's Soba.
6. Hanging out at John and Tanya's very pretty house.
7. Doug's delicious homebrew.
8. Jessica's amusing piao playing (especially the Journey song).
9. Not freaking out over 90 minutes of insomnia at 4 AM
10. And reading Zadie Smith's review of Édouard Levé's Amérique and some other good bits in Harper's instead.

04.16.11

1. Yorkshire tea.
2. Pumpkin flax seed granola.
3. A delicious sesame seed bagel and decaf latte at Common Roots.
4. Pearson training with Rich went fine.
5. The nice people at the Alt.
6. The nice Genius at the Apple Store.
7. An interesting show by Robb Burnham at Gallery 360.
8. Nice chats there with Chris and Jackie, Clint, Jon, Veronica, Laurie, Christy, Katie...
9. A lovely, handmade "bad hair day" hat for $14.
10. "Putting a bird on it" with Paloma.

04.15.11

1. Another pleasant day of subbing at SPA.
2. Marty Nash was not angry about my schedule mix up, and I wasn't too brutally hard on myself either.
3.The kids enjoyed learning the magic wand and lasso tools.
4. A quick visit to Practical Goods, which is NOT closing.
5. A surprisingly interesting opening for Jane Thomson's paintings at Unity Church.
6. Great chats with Scott, Rick, and especially Ellen.
7. Radiance at MADAM. Danimal and company = fun.
8. Not caring that I was in my substitute teacher clothes instead of funky party garb.
9. Talking to Kristen, Heidi, Shania, Quito, Wing...
10. Dancing!

04.14.11

1. Yorkshire tea.
2. Beautiful cacti and succulents from Home Depot. A $15 splurge.
3. My new heat gun kicks ass!
4. Brussels sprouts and brown rice for my last "cleanse" meal, since I broke down and enjoyed
5. Two delicious pieces of string cheese and two Lindt truffles for an afternoon snack
6. And scrambled eggs and black beans for dinner. Only one day short of my goal. I needed some animal protein, I think.
7. Nice people and lovely art at the Location Book launch.
8. A good walking workout at the Y.
9. Veronica's invite got me to go to Take Acre.
10. Lovely people and music and conversation, and only a little awkwardness, there.

04.13.11

1. A block of calm, quiet time to work on Angel.
2. Feeling a little less harried.
3. Great bike advice and a pleasant visit from Jason P.
4. And Keenan and Evie, my favorite Mpls kids.
5. Even more excellent bike handlebar advice from Sunrise and the Alt.
6. More good ideas from Rik Horton.
7. A long hot bath and a good scrub.
8. A delicious mixed greens, pear and walnut salad for dinner with
9. Amusing company from Alex.
10. Another early-to-bed night.

04.12.11

1. A good vet visit for Max. One bad tooth is about all I need to worry about.
2. Morgan's company for a run to Ikea to look at kitchen stuff, sigh...
3. A good session with Connie.
4. A yellow Karmann Ghia (not Vance's) and a red Morris Mini.
5. Pretty houses around Deephaven, especially the Victorian mansion in a park and a well-preserved log cabin.
6. A beautiful walk around Lake of the Isles at dusk.
7. Swimming muskrats.
8. An early half moon.
9. I successfully cooked brown rice on the stove for tehe first time. Maybe I don't need a new rice cooker...
10. Finally finishing watching "Love in the Afternoon."

04.11.11

1. Another beautiful spring morning.
2. A helpful visit to the ENT doctor for my ear problems.
3. An excellent meeting with Rik Horton about the kitchen work!!!
4. A good acupuncture session for relief of anxiety and thumb pain.
5. A nice bike ride with
6. A stop on the way home by the Produce Exchange for fresh fruits and veggies fro my cleanse.
7. All the ice is finally gone on Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles!
8. Brown rice and steamed asparagus for dinner.
9. Feeling good and sleepy at 10 PM
10. And actually listening to my body and getting in bed!

04.10.11

1. Lots of scrambled eggs and fresh grafefruit.
2. The best bike ride yet of the year.
3. The microclimate of cold air blowing across the Greenway from almost-thawed lake Calhoun.
4. The vivid turquoise and black African dress and headdress worn by a lady leaving the church on 13th Ave.
5. Alex's delicious dinner of garlic gnocchi and spinach salad.
6. Seeing Manny, Kari, Brad, and yes, even Al, at First Ave.
7. Extra yummy cheese curds at the Depot.
8. Runnig
9. Wire!
10. Skoal Kodiak!

04.09.11

1. A good crack at the chiropractor and
2. A good poke at acupuncture.
3. The MN Made event was a lot of fun.
4. I think I've found some more knitters for the tree cozy.
5. A good bike ride and stair climb.
6. Thought provoking paintings at SooVAC.
7. Running into Rick Horton at the CO show.
8. Seeing LandLand's studio and chatting with Dan and Tim.
9. A really wonderful couple hours shooting the crap with Paul and Jolana.
10. No trouble falling asleep at all, after such a nice day and evening.

04.08.11

1. The McKnight is done!
2. This week's round of test scoring is done.
3. An excellent bike ride and stair climbing workout.
4. May errands were knocked off the to do list today.
5. Finally wearing my Pendleton wool jumper... last chance before spring!
6. Thinking of Marcia and enjoying the great alteration job she did.
7. A grilled cheese and fries and a funny chat with Henry at the Driftwood.
8. Amusing conversation with Scott and Ruben at They Won't Find Us Here.
9. A beer and more chatting at Lucia's. I love that place.
10. The moon was a lovely blurry crescent.

04.06.11

1. An nice early start to the work day.
2. Beautiful morning light in the studio--I'm more accustomed to the afternoon view of my western window.
3. Gleaned from test scoring: "Dulish's" popcorn and Fumblyna and birds with sad faces in weyrd places.
4. A raspberry-pear yogurt smoothie.
5. A nice Facebook chat with Rick Horton.
6. Getting daring enough to try the ruby red Jazzing hair color
7. And not caring that it didn't do much; it seems too orange!
8. A long, hot shower.
9. Laughing with Alex.
10. A cup of chamomile tea before bed.

04.05.11

1. An nice early start to the work day.
2. Beautiful morning light in the studio--I'm more accustomed to the afternoon view of my western window.
3. Gleaned from test scoring: "Dulish's" popcorn and Fumblyna and birds with sad faces in weyrd places.
4. A raspberry-pear yogurt smoothie.
5. A nice Facebook chat with Rick Horton.
6. Getting daring enough to try the ruby red Jazzing hair color
7. And not caring that it didn't do much; it seems too orange!
8. A long, hot shower.
9. Laughing with Alex.
10. A cup of chamomile tea before bed.

04.04.11

1. Grape-nuts with sliced bananas.
2. Yorkshire tea, plenty of it.
3. Working from home on Pearson scoring.
4. A full day of easy to score first graders' essays.
5. Th enew shrink seems good.
6. A pretty drive home on Minnetonka boulevard.
7. $2.99 daffodil bunches from Lunds, a nice addition to my desk for the work week.
8. A starry sky.
9. An amusing Gmail chat with Morgan
10. That gave me a great Constellation idea!

04.03.11

1. The most delicious red grapefruit I've had in ages.
2. Plus four scrambled eggs for a lovely brunch.
3. Getting a good start on "Angel."
4. Car Talk.
5. Real Time podcasts.
6. Max let me brush him for about twenty minutes.
7. I'm getting a new roof!
8. Great pictures of Eva and me from Eliot.
9. Laughing till I cried at stupid cat videos.
10. Not getting upset at having insomnia.

04.02.10

1. Yorkshire tea. I love that stuff!
2. My next embroidery is planned out, test stitching done successfully.
3. Warm, genuinely springlike weather.
4. It looks like I *might* get a new roof from State Farm. Fingers crossed.
5. Lively chatting and
6. Lovely eating with Lacey at Ngon.
7. Finally seeing Rich's "Covers" at the Phipps Center in Hudson.
8. Tracy's wooden nickel happy hour.
9. A hilarious, wide open conversation with Lacey over a tasty Furious there.
10. More "attachment" reading till I fell asleep.

04.01.11

1. Warm weather.
2. Melting snow.
3. The smiling and pleasant teller at the US Bank drive through.
4. A really good adjustment from Dr. Anderson.
5. Nice emails from, and fun plans for the weekend with Lacey.
6. Laughing and gabbing with Alex.
7. Enjoying (perhaps a bit too much) Cupcake red.
8. And a whole bag of Pirate Booty.
9. Reading my fascinating new library book before bed.
10. Gaining insight and understanding into challenges I still face in my life.