03.18.12

1. Bedroom spring cleaning and mattress flipping, with Scott's help. 2. Weather so bizarrely warm I needed to get out and install my window screens. 3. Morgan's help finishing sanding and painting the screen frames. 4. Having nice roommates who do their "weekly chores" promptly and pleasantly. 5. Seeing a wild turkey run through the yard! 6. JoAnn's delicious Thai shrimp and noodles dish. 7. Going to a goofy art event at Wing's Third Place gallery. 8. Stopping to have a beer at Mi Sinaloa with Morgan, JoAnn and two friends and seeing some hilarious Mexican karaoke. 9. Being invited up to a party from the porch of JoAnn and Morgan's neighbor's house. 10. A lovely chat with Kathleen at the party.

03.11.12

1. Yorkshire Tea. 2. Getting paid to work while sitting on the sofa in my pjs. 3. Actually getting in 8 full hours of work, a hard task for me with such dull, solitary computer work. 4. Kind messages from two friends. 5. Making plans to chat soon with Justin 6. and go biking with James. 7. Pizza Luce leftovers for dinner. 8. A Fulton IPA with the pizza 9. A nice hot sea salt and lavender oil bath. 10. Being good and tired and falling asleep easily.

03.10.12

1. Waking up early and easily. 2. Hanging out with Xavier while he shot 3. my black eye portrait 4. and pix of my two ponytails. 5. Extra time for scoring work. 6. An awesome lazy Saturday nap. 7. Nice company for the evening from Pete. 8. Pleasant chats with Sheila Regan 9. and Andy Ducett, which surprised me. 10. Realizing I might not care as much about art events as I thought I did.

2.07.12

1. Getting out! 2. Going to Augsburg Library 3. and the Y with Christian. 4. Seeing a gorgeous key-lime pie colored Jaguar E-type on our walk to Target. 5. Laughing at the absudity of all the things they were out of: Rit dye, Mojo Bars, food scales, Old Home cottage cheese... 6. A kid walking along 31st Street with his mom, holding a huge tree branch. 7. Feeling a bit hyper but not anxious 8. Bath fizz from Soon's clothing swap 9. Actually seeing Chauncey when I fed him. 10. Sleeping in my own bed.

01.28.12

1. Sleeping late.
2. Yorkshire tea.
3. Raisin bread with pear-currant-rosemary jam.
4. Braiding Eva's fine straight hair--and it stayed in almost all day!
5. Fun thrifting with Eva and Eliot.
6. Finding a couple good Ts at the "Kidworks"
7. And a 50s planter at "Houseworks."
8. Good laughs over dinner at the "old folks' restaurant"
9. And the absurd cover of a senior magazine in their lobby.
10. Blue the cat keeping me company at night.

12.15.11

1. Yorkshire tea.
2. Being held accountable by Maren.
3. Bulk foods, spices, floor soap and Dr. Bronner's at the coop. I like refilling.
4. I also like that they recycle-REUSE egg cartons there.
5. Help from James sorting through some of the chaos in my house.
6. Roasted beets! If you roast purple and gold ones together, the gold ones look tie-dyed.
7. A pep talk mixed with a little tough love from Marcia.
8. Cafe con leche.
9. A warm week ahead...
10. Maybe a bike ride this weekend? In December!!!

12.01.11

1. Wow. Almost six months of not needing to post... well, I probably needed to start about two months ago, actually... when did Alex move out?
2. Finally being smart enough to realize I was no longer looking for the good things in each day but rather letting the hard things win out.
3. Yorkshire tea.
4. Pink raspberry ginger jam on a hot New French roll for breakfast.
5. Not being late for subbing at SPA even though I really pushed it.
6. Subbing at SPA!
7. Jessica at acupuncture loved the giant U-shaped magnet I gave her.
8. A big tasty Blue Ox latte.
9. A fantastic lecture by Jason Fulford at MIA (and getting in free with my way-expired MCAD ID).
10. Lacey and I are going to see Big Freedia, queen of NOLA Sissy Bounce, in an hour!!!