neglected thanks 7/12

le 9.vii.12 - hair is just barely long enough to stay in a ponytail if I don't move around too much :)

le 10.vii.12 - calm house

le 11.vii.12 - good summer class (knock wood)

le 12.vii.12 - les coccinelles

thanks 5/12

le 1^er.v.12 - almost caught up with pre-finals grading
le 2.v.12 - megasleep
le 3.v.12 - fun w(h)ine & steak fries
le 4.v.12 - Friday of a surprisingly painless finals week
le 5.v.12 - David Hayman
le 6.v.12 - mixed blessings
le 7.v.12 - Elaine
le 8.v.12 - daisies
le 9.v.12 - success in getting myself to follow thru on social outing promise to someone dear
le 10.v.12 - major thrift store mojo
le 11.v.12 - Kate Buffery
le 12.v.12 - fun movie time with Elaine
le 13.v.12 - successful staying-mostly-under-the-radar on my bday
le 14.v.12 - food nostalgia - butter cream icing and Aunt Charlette
le 15.v.12 - denial
le 16.v.12 - good visit to T*C
le 17.v.12 - pretty good covenant group meeting, & fun talk with Marty
le 18.v.12 - unexpected additional studio time
le 19.v.12 - jam/concert turned out better than expected
le 20.v.12 - quinoa
le 21.v.12 - non-school Monday
le 22.v.12 - long-lasting daisies
le 23.v.12 - enthralling books
le 24.v.12 - hiding in the closet with the window in it in Grandma's house at 400
le 25.v.12 - kale, blueberries, banana, pineapple, peach smoothies
le 26.v.12 - forced social time
le 27.v.12 - the Cedar-Lee & Lemongrass
le 28.v.12 - incredible carrot salad
le 29.v.12 - monitoring open studio! & continued successful jobhunt avoidance

thanks 4/12

le 1^er.iv.12 - decent studio day
le 2.iv.12 - great rehearsal as usual
le 3.iv.12 - lack of guilt personal day
le 4.iv.12 - Tim Roth
le 5.iv.12 - happy cleaned-out computer!
le 6.iv.12 - incredible friends, truly - and wine
le 7.iv.12 - quinoa
le 8.iv.12 - halfway decent performances
le 9.iv.12 - Merlin
le 10.iv.12 - really fun pot with Paris alums
le 11.iv.12 - 16 years of teaching comparative & superlative so no having to waste time writing new lesson plans, and surprisingly lively 102s today
le 12.iv.12 - fun hugs
le 13.iv.12 - champion crêpe cookers
le 14.iv.12 - unstressful crêpe sessions chez moi
le 15.iv.12 - smooth (AND LAST!!!) festival
le 16.iv.12 - only one more Monday :)
le 17.iv.12 - kale, strawberries, peaches, banana, pineapple, almond milk smoothies
le 18.iv.12 - Noteflight, and my old Nothing transposition reborn & reworked & legible!
le 19.iv.12 - apple in my smoothie
le 20.iv.12 - Friday & good thrift store haul
le 21.iv.12 - mysterious lack of having to go into html for this to stay green today - score!
le 22.iv.12 - very nice tea with prospective new minister & friends I hardly ever get to hang out with
le 23.iv.12 - chips & salsa
le 24.iv.12 - really good brainstorming w/Sh for Broadway night
le 25.iv.12 - free evening and caught up on (the vast majority of) grading
le 26.iv.12 - fun KD time, looking forward to Bway rehearsal
le 27.iv.12 - fun w/the 102s
le 28.iv.12 - Bway show is over
le 29.iv.12 - lack of self-blame, i.e. possible proof of maturity in conflict-resolution area
le 30.iv.12 - Five Guys fries

3/12 thanks

le 1^er.iii.12 - fairy bandaids

le 2.iii.12 - Max Brown

le 3.iii.12 - moderate productivity, GYM!, eating well

le 4.iii.12 - tortilla española and Ravenswood cab

le 5.iii.12 - Monday's almost over

le 6.iii.12 - sticking to my gym and healthy eating regimen :)

le 7.iii.12 - friends

le 8.iii.12 - fun hair day

le 9.iii.12 - Sun Kil Moon's Alesundle 10.iii.12 - Michael Sheen, for the millionth time

le 11.iii.12 - studio fairies

le 12.iii.12 - supportive, understanding friends & a great rehearsal

le 13.iii.12 - two test periods, no lesson plans :)

le 14.iii.12 - SO looking forward to w(h)ine with KBB today!

le 15.iii.12 - funnest cov. group night evah, really cool extra time with MO

le 16.iii.12 - my Paris "slow shoes" &, bien évidemment, SPRING BREAK!!

le 17.iii.12 - Slap Betle 18.iii.12 - successful impromptu white chocolate mousse

le 19.iii.12 - new Beau feeding strategy

le 20.iii.12 - extremely yummy curry

le 21.iii.12 - S&L and their oh-so-S&L-ness

le 22.iii.12 - the smell of millet toasting in the skillet

le 23.iii.12 - Paul Abbott & UK Shameless

le 24.iii.12 - quinoa with my curry

le 25.iii.12 - millet with my leftover couscous

le 26.iii.12 - Monday's being underway, so only 4 more dread-filled Sunday nights

le 27.iii.12 - Aidan Gillen

le 28.iii.12 - Wanting Memories

le 29.iii.12 - Les Plages d'Agnès & fun time with old students

le 30.iii.12 - frozen banana ice

le 31.iii.12 - yummy stuffed collards

2/12 thanks

le 1er.ii.12 - Bill Nighy & great student meetings

le 2.ii.12 - changing to French all the remaining settings on my computer that weren't already in French, & learning fun new FR tech words

le 3.ii.12 - fun w(h)ine time with KD

le 4.ii.12 - Hosanna not sounding half bad :)

le 5.ii.12 - Paris alums

le 6.ii.12 - way funny French mannerisms & laughing with the 004s

le 7.ii.12 - Jan's smile

le 8.ii.12 - decent Study Abroad F*ir

le 9.ii.12 - fun new organizational toys tools

le 10.ii.12 - potage parmentier

le 11.ii.12 - ha! ical-gcal-ipod syncing via wifi

le 12.ii.12 - our sounding pretty good at service today

le 13.ii.12 - crazy cold but nostalgic weather & cat blanket

le 14.ii.12 - yay sticking with my piano plan

le 15.ii.12 - Columbia Crest Two Vines Cab

le 16.ii.12 - journaling meditation

le 17.ii.12 - more Downton streaming

le 18.ii.12 - great turnout and huge fun at our Sound of Music singalong

le 19.ii.12 - cancellation of a 3-hour time commitment, woo hoo!

le 20.ii.12 - fun rehearsal and thanking the universe again for She Sings

le 21.ii.12 - fun palindromic date to write all day (as long as you write the FR way)

le 22.ii.12 - painless Mem. Comm. mtg

le 23.ii.12 - guac and beans and chips and wine for supper

le 24.ii.12 - no coat!

le 25.ii.12 - Matthew proposed to Lady Mary!

le 26.ii.12 - knitting socks!

le 27.ii.12 - very strong at rehearsal - yay

le 28.ii.12 - fun yes/no are you having a good day poster - and for once being able to pull one of the "yes" tabs

le 29.ii.12 - MI-5 season 10 on Netflix streaming

01/12 thanks

le 1^er.i.12 - Alun Armstrong

le 2.i.12 - Stella

le 3.i.12 - fun signatures

le 4.i.12 - building the silo with Dad

le 5.i.12 - Brendan Coyle, for the millionth time

le 6.i.12 - the front porch carriage glider on the farm

le 7.i.12 - David Duchovny

le 8.i.12 - 24/7 lapcats

le 9.i.12 - Pattons

le 10.i.12 - ENTRELAC!

le 11.i.12 - the old barn

le 12.i.12 - eating really healthy

le 13.i.12 - harissa success!

le 14.i.12 - decent semester start (knock wood)

le 15.i.12 - playing the old upright in the old living room on a summer day late afternoon with the curtains blowing

le 16.i.12 - my grooming stand by the chicken house

le 17.i.12 - Sammers' 1000-yard food stare

le 18.i.12 - Downton Abbey season 2 online

le 19.i.12 - three day weekends

le 20.i.12 - roast chicken success

le 21.i.12 - new Dickens miniseries with Matthew Macfadyen to boot

le 22.i.12 - sourdough starter

le 23.i.12 - the creek and the clay bank and the crawdads

le 24.i.12 - Griz's plushness

le 25.i.12 - watching French and Spanish knitting videos on YouTube

le 26.i.12 - the cedar tree, the big buckeye tree in the lane, the sugar maple with all the swings and ladders Dad had installed on it, climbing the side maple and jumping into leaf piles, hiding in the lilac bush

le 27.i.12 - Jan & Ken

le 28.i.12 - friends who can solder

le 29.i.12 - hiding in the hay mow in the cow barn

le 30.i.12 - Woyaya

le 31.i.12 - eating apples and walnuts with Dad on Sunday afternoons

12/11 thanks

le 1^er.xii.11 - cats, in the sun, on a porch

le 2.xii.11 - Jean Renoir

le 3.xii.11 - Extras

le 4.xii.11 - whales

le 5.xii.11 - being almost caught up

le 6.xii.11 - Christmas cookie plans

le 7.xii.11 - blackout-enforced night off of quiet and reading and chillin' with the kits by candlelight and sleep

le 8.xii.11 - cookie baking time!!!!

le 9.xii.11 - crisp morning air so cold your nose hairs feel frozen

le 10.xii.11 - yesterday's cold symptom inklings all gone

le 11.xii.11 - John T.'s feeling better & being back at service today, plus computer issues not being worse than they are

le 12.xii.11 - BFs

le 13.xii.11 - leeks & potatoes & water & butter

le 14.xii.11 - extended Griz attention time

le 15.xii.11 - w(h)ine time with K

le 16.xii.11 - huge batch of Spanish rice with tofu

le 17.xii.11 - final finals

le 18.xii.11 - procrastination couscous

le 19.xii.11 - choir inspiration

le 20.xii.11 - grades finally done

le 21.xii.11 - procrastination How I Met Your Mother marathon

le 22.xii.11 - Harry Groener

le 23.xii.11 - Sam's recuperation

le 24.xii.11 - surviving 2 weird close calls, one on foot and one in the car

le 25.xii.11 - friends, & Christmas movies on Netflix to listen to during piemakin'

le 26.xii.11 - peppermint

le 27.xii.11 - surviving two very bad drivers on the highway

le 28.xii.11 - seven deer grazing on an embankment

le 29.xii.11 - my grand nephew

le 30.xii.11 - my horse trailer that Dad built on the farm

le 31.xii.11 - smelling S&L fur

11/11 thanks

le 1^er.xi.11 - unexpected productivity

le 2.xi.11 - 2/3 done with class visits, all of Eric's done, no meetings or anything tonight, and last but not least Flight of the Conchords

le 3.xi.11 - done wtih class visits for fall, Frasier once again making me laugh til I'm crying, and new La Croix bottles

le 4.xi.11 - really cool students

le 5.xi.11 - really really fun stewardship soirée at UU

le 6.xi.11 - new knitting patterns, clean kitchen, sleeping in, cuddling with the fuzzbuckets, and especially: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!

le 7.xi.11 - my fun rayon skirt & the fact that I didn't toss it in the move like I started to

le 8.xi.11 - talking myself into going to the studio and throwing 3 nice pieces which helped my mood considerably

le 9.xi.11 - yay no crêpe production at my house tonight - whew!

le 10.xi.11 - fun student talk re Tours, and being mostly successful today at not getting myself all upset about French Club slackers

le 11.xi.11 - no-fuss hair

le 12.xi.11 - red wool yarn

le 13.xi.11 - fairly low stress World B*zaar crêpe stand

le 14.xi.11 - fun reminiscing and dinner with les filles et Justin!!

le 15.xi.11 - last crunch day busy-ness/event-wise for a while :)

le 16.xi.11 - 8am's turned my mood around & Meredith's Paris perspective

le 17.xi.11 - catch-up day, covenant group, and studio

le 18.xi.11 - caroling plans, & feeling nostalgic about scraping car windows

le 19.xi.11 - really cool quartet rehearsal, and Lynn Cohen & Tovah Feldshuh in the same L&O rerun!

le 20.xi.11 - bamboo stitch

le 21.xi.11 - 102 at Java City & an appointment-less day on the calendar!

le 22.xi.11 - steadfast friends, specifically Tracy, Candace, Kate & Jessica

le 23.xi.11 - 14 hours' sleep & Jack McCoy

le 24.xi.11 - understanding & thoughtful friends

le 25.xi.11 - Kathy Burke, Kathy Baker & Kathy Bates

le 26.xi.11 - feline lap blanket, pie itch, italics

le 27.xi.11 - last minute reprieves & low-key hospitality partners

le 28.xi.11 - The English Patient is finally on Netflix streaming (why oh why did I sell that DVD back in my pre-move purge?!) Of course this means I need to reread the book as well, the late wondrous Anthony Minghella's sublime adaptation talents notwithstanding.

le 29.xi.11 - Susan Ch's intuitive and inspiring perspective on our piece last night which made us sound instantly wonderful singing it

le 30.xi.11 - sock needles!

10/11 thanks

le 1^er.x.11 - Stieg Larsson movies

le 2.x.11 - kitchen fun & Airborne

le 3.x.11 - leftover couscous supper

le 4.x.11 - pretty glazes

le 5.x.11 - wonderful dinner and catchup time with Steve & Marty

le 6.x.11 - Pill-chan (one day does not do her justice tho of course - much love my friend and rest in peace)

le 7.x.11 - Steve Jobs - another incredible person - and how he changed how we think and live

le 8.x.11 - our new thrift store duvet cover

le 9.x.11 - 2nd batch of yummy couscous

le 10.x.11 - compo day

le 11.x.11 - relatively pleasant crêpe-production session with students, and how fun everyone always thinks Sam & Lucy are (especially since they are every bit that fun)

le 12.x.11 - how tremendous our dept. staff & chair was at Aub*rn

le 13.x.11 - perspective au vin blanc

le 14.x.11 - Desiree and Anna and having an extremely fun class over at the library coffee shop

le 15.x.11 - first day of a 4-day break, aka ecstasy

le 16.x.11 - Merlin

le 17.x.11 - all of Frasier on Netflix!

le 18.x.11 - super tidy office!

le 19.x.11 - apathy

le 20.x.11 - start of fun weekend visit with my brother!

le 21.x.11 - potato soup

le 22.x.11 - John Denver

le 23.x.11 - fun drives in the Upstate

le 24.x.11 - fun 4pm class

le 25.x.11 - haircut! & decent closed form on the wheel

le 26.x.11 - 102003's & getting compos graded on time

le 27.x.11 - clean kitchen & being mostly caught up on work

le 28.x.11 - good night o' glazing

le 29.x.11 - curry

le 30.x.11 - advil

le 31.x.11 - talking myself out of blowing off school

09/2011 thanks - 2nd half anyway (grrr Blogger) :)

le 16.ix.11 - fun Northland phone support people
le 17.ix.11 - Lucycuddles & Bruce McGill
le 18.ix.11 - Lindt 70% cocoa chocolate
le 19.ix.11 - the 202002s
le 20.ix.11 - handbuilding teapot fairies
le 21.ix.11 - fun time at Study Abroad Fair
le 22.ix.11 - our vet rocks
le 23.ix.11 - fun with the 102s
le 24.ix.11 - impromptu free time
le 25.ix.11 - yummy TVP tacos
le 26.ix.11 - nice sound at She Sings
le 27.ix.11 - Griz headbutts
le 28.ix.11 - good student meeting
le 29.ix.11 - almost caught up on work
le 30.ix.11 - cuddlebugs

05/11 thanks

1^er.v.11 - nice dinner with Elaine

2.v.11 - quite productive day

3.v.11 - being caught up on work... during finals!!... with Paris coming up!!...

4.v.11 - Alessi thin breadsticks

5.v.11 - all the attentive, engaged students in my life

6.v.11 - caffeine

7.v.11 - sleeping in (til 14h30! omg!)

8.v.11 - grading buddies & Moe Joe's

9.v.11 - surprise new grading buddy & Moe Joe's & being all finished w/exam grading & seeing the light at the end of the tunnel

10.v.11 - people who understand you

11.v.11 - Lucy in the mood for fetch

12.v.11 - French commercials

13.v.11 - surprise chocolate bday cupcake

14.v.11 - birds-eye maple

15.v.11 - Paris dogs

16.v.11 - sleep

17.v.11 - really great haircut

18.v.11 - smooth flight day

19.v.11 - Paris clouds

20.v.11 - really fun but sober hallway dog

21.v.11 - cool day

22.v.11 - Une femme d'honneur

23.v.11 - Sunday in the Luxembourg

24.v.11 - houseguests

25.v.11 - smoothish airport day

26.v.11 - savvy new metro users

27.v.11 - Mont Saint Michel winds clearing worries away

28.v.11 - Touraine Touraine Touraine

29.v.11 - Patrick et Monsieur Jarry

30.v.11 - Cluny and last minute housing solutions

31.v.11 - nice Bateaux Mouches lady

4/11 thanks

1^er.iv.11 - bed

2.iv.11 - cocoa

3.iv.11 - polyester, for some things :)

4.iv.11 - no Monday anxiety attack

5.iv.11 - leaving school early

6.iv.11 - eggs & milk & flour, mixed together and spread really thin in a pan, slightly browned and topped with lemon & sugar

7.iv.11 - good meeting with the Paris gang

8.iv.11 - really great crêpe chefs

9.iv.11 - people who appreciate fun cats

10.iv.11 - smooth International Festival day, & having it behind me for another year

11.iv.11 - fun stalwart letter writers

12.iv.11 - potentially decent Paris landlord

13.iv.11 - ♪ happy one-month-from-now-bday-to-me ♫

14.iv.11 - cool UK booksellers w/fun editions of A Moveable Feast

15.iv.11 - whoever's idea it was to create the Paris poems book & the Paris letters book I found at the last minute for the Paris course

16.iv.11 - fleece blankets

17.iv.11 - comforting friends

18.iv.11 - SSAA, saving our lives every single week

19.iv.11 - efficiency

20.iv.11 - deciding I don't have to go to tomorrow's meeting

21.iv.11 - repaired home interwebs

22.iv.11 - WordReference forums

23.iv.11 - Peter Boyd

24.iv.11 - butter

25.iv.11 - homemade tostadas

26.iv.11 - evenings with no meetings

27.iv.11 - the 104002s

28.iv.11 - grading buddies

29.iv.11 - last day of class

30.iv.11 - fun social time