Monday, May 10, 2010

05.09.10

1. Yummy homemade bread at Rich’s.
2. Drinking rooibos tea through the afternoon. Trying to cut back on the caffeine again.
3. A delicious pink lady apple.
4. More Ricky Gervais stuff from Alex: the radio shows.
5. A lovely walk in PoHo Park with Kirsten and Pollack and
6. A quick tour of her charming house.
7. Making decent progress on my embroidery. I have eleven pieces done now and six more designed (I doubt all six will get done by June 7, but that’s OK).
8. Penne with Florentine sauce.
9. A nice hot bath in a nice clean tub.
10. Feeling relatively relaxed and sleepy at bedtime.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

05.08.10

1. The garden meeting went about as well as it could have.
2. The worst of that whole mess is over for now.
3. A nice acupuncture session.
4. An oval frame with curved glass from my former mailman (mail-lady?) Nancy’s yard sale. Just $4!
5. Pizza with asparagus, ramps and fiddlehead ferns at the Birchwood Cafe.
6. Running into Joann Verburg there and talking about her new studio.
7. Chatting with Mette Nielsen there too—maybe the Birchwood should be my hangout...
8. Lift Bridge's Farmgirl Saison.
9. A nice chat with Sean at Keith's party.
10. A better night's sleep than I've had in a week.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

05.07.10

1. Making my 7:15 chiropractic appointment despite oversleeping.
2. A rare morning Y workout.
3. Good external processing and brainstorming with Maren.
4. Finishing some of my work for my website and getting it to Alicia.
5. Feeling more or less ready for my community garden meeting.
6. Free yoga.
7. Rich made delicious Morroccan tangine for dinner.
8. A little taste of Surly Abrasive Ale from Alex. What's so abrasive about it, anyway?
9. Finishing watching "Good Hair."
10. Having good hair.

Friday, May 7, 2010

05.06.10

1. My first job of the day went quickly and smoothly.
2. My third job of the day went quickly and smoothly.
3. Good ideas from Maren.
4. A really interesting Fresh Air podcast with Wilbert Rideau, who edited the newspaper at Angola Prison for 25 years, that made me think about perspective and freedom and choice.
5. Yummy banana bread.
6. Rain.
7. A perfectly ripe avocado.
8. La Loma tamales.
9. Morgan's generosity, expertise and support with my garden meeting preparation.
10. Feeling much less worried about that meeting by bedtime.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

05.05.10

Ten Good Things hasn't decided if it's a vacation or a mental health day.

05.04.10

Ten Good Things is on vacation today.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

05.03.10

1. Michaels opens at 9 AM.
2. Helpful advice from Brenda at Southdale Optical. Perhaps prescription readers would work better for stitching...
3. Pleasant chatting with Steve W.
4. Fizzy water.
5. Tolerating distress in more skillful ways.
6. Yoga. So good for my back.
7. Baking no-knead bread (almost came out) and banana bread (perfect) for the busy week ahead.
8. Hilarity with Alex.
9. Good sense (and some concrete help to come Thursday night) from Morgan.
10. Traction at 1 AM. Yeah!