12.30.13

1. A day of work with Uncle Rik.
2. He loaned me a Canon G-1X to try out that I probably ought to buy.
3. Jane's quick response with info about my frozen fingers.
4. Catching myself before going completely overboard on stupid behavior.
5. Realizing I shouldn't sit at home tomorrow night and making plans for New Year's Eve with Banji.
6. The rest of the evening passing quickly.
8. The last of my "I'm too sick to cook" Pizza Luce Athena.
9. Treme.
10.  Max.

10.30.13

1. Yorkshire tea on a cold, damp fall morning.
2. Getting my car to the shop for the last repair for awhile, I hope!
3. Biking back in the cold despite a bit of rain.
4. Starting to reclaim my house from clutter
5. and getting new ideas for storage spaces.
6. Hanging out with Kasa, S'nya and Mo and their little sisters.
7. Surprising them with homemade soda
8. pickled beets
9. and bread and butter pickle slices.
10. Falling asleep on the sofa with a cat on my feet.

07.22.13

1. A good work day with Uncle Rik.
2. Diane and Karen at the Weisman.
3. There IS such a thing as a free lunch.
4. Rik needs me again next week.
5. A kind and supportive chat with Christian.
6. Picking black raspberries
7. and red currants.
8. My dizziness passed thanks to some combination of: resting for an hour, lots of water, neti pot, diuretic, sumatriptan, distraction in the garden, and an IPA.
9. Yummy late dinner: mesclun, beets and tomato salad with spiced chevre bulgur wheat.
10. Falling asleep watching the final third of "Carlos."

07.21.13

1. Catching up a bit with Monica.
2. Who did a bang-up deep cleaning in the kitchen.
3. A great meeting with landscape architect Lindsay
4. at the lovely Nokomis East Garden.
5. Making plans to revamp MY garden
6. and slowly working it back into shape.
7. A tasty black bean burger and a Fox Barrel pear cider at the Rail Station.
8. Sharing landmarks and seeing lots of unfamiliar corners of south Minneapolis.
9. Hanging out with Dave listening to music, critiquing videos, and discussing philosophy
10. over a couple of delicious Deschutes Inversion IPAs.

07.20.13

1. Allowing myself to have a lazy/sick day.
2. And hardly get anything "done."
3. Iced tea.
4. Finishing, folding and putting away ALL my laundry for a change.
5. Sangría.
6. A nice big basil pesto dinner.
7. A post-dinner nap.
8. Feeling the air cool off as night came.
9. My application for a Southwest business Visa card was approved = more free flights!
10. DFW till sleep.

07.19.13

1. Putting up well with the heat.
2. World Listening Day at the Walker.
3. Watching a thirteen-lined ground squirrel eating a piece of hot dog bun by the mini golf course.
4. Chatting briefly with Christian over dinner.
5. Kicking my butt and riding to Bike Night at MIA despite the heat.
6. The glowing styrofoam wall by Trever Nicholas in the MAEP gallery.
7. "Fireflies" at the Sculpture Garden.
8. Discovering that Peace House is still standing.
9. Making an accidentally blurry, pretty video of its reflections.
10. Sleepiness.

07.12.13

1. Sleeping in.
2. Exploring Hampden and Woodberry with Claudia.
3. Helping her get some shopping done in the burbs
4. and in the process, finding a perfect summer travel sweater and a flattering and funky party/opening dress to use up an old credit at Marshalls.
5. Watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune with Dad and Claudia, and being glad they have each other's company right now.
6. A pleasant sunset walk to do an errand for Dad and grab a few groceries.
7. Watching "Hyde Park on Hudson" with Dad.
8. Knitting while I watched.
9. Catching my panic about something that was upsetting but not truly important before it got out of hand.
10. Using my observation of that to make some plans to learn how to stop panicking.