Good things for January
1 - A float broke down during the Rose Bowl parade, which was entertaining. And NC friends' baby was born very close to 1:11 on 1/1/11.2 - Parents visited and brought me some gifts, all of which were better than the box of sour-cream-and-onion-flavored crickets they also brought.
3 - Birthday cake at work and dinner out. After the ChristmaNewYeBirthday eating season, I was proud to fill up on the salad bar and take 3/4 of my burger home.
4 - We assembled our new shelves made from recycled paper.
5 - I brought a blanket to work to put over my cold legs and feet instead of my hoodie, which was less obtrusive but less warm.
6 - The Buckingham County Administrator complimented my report.
7 - I changed the most consecutive diapers ever, probably, due to staying home with a sick wife (note: I was changing Jonah's diaper, not hers).
8 - I spent way too much time looking at beach houses.
9 - Last birthday freebie at a restaurant: yummy cheesecake.
10 - Presentation to Buckingham County elected officials went fine, with nobody falling asleep.
11 - New LED bulb for Jonah's night light arrived in the mail.
12 - Hilarious e-mail from my parents with a picture of my dad wearing a T-shirt with an upside-down bus on the bottom from where my mom had made an ironing mistake and folded the shirt back up and put it in his drawer... and he then put on the shirt and wore it on a day when he had a physical and an x-ray and didn't notice the bus until the end of the day.
13 - Leftover half tofu wrap for lunch at work
14 - We started watching another episode of Sherlock.
15 - We attended the grand opening of the brick-and-mortar store for Abby's Lane and then spent a little time with my parents.
16 - Choir party extended the eating season
17 - I finally finished a draft of the report that I had been working on for over a year at work.
18 - Totally by coincidence, I rode both of the new hybrid buses in the city's fleet on their first day of operation, having not ridden a bus in weeks or maybe months.
19 - Leftover pizza was really good
20 - Jonah ate peas from my plate and corn from Amanda's plate and seemed like he would have kept eating them forever.
21 - Weekend again already!
22 - Large amounts of progress on planning a beach trip for the summer.
23 - Jonah ate more peas. And more peas. Peas seem to be his favorite.
24 - I gave blood for the first time in over eight years, did not faint, and got free dinner and a lot of orange juice.
25 - I had a morning meeting where I got to comment on a map and an afternoon meeting where I got to comment on a plan. I like commenting on other people's work, so these were both good.
26 - Snow! And I found out I won a Major Award from the blood drive: 52 coupons for free single-scoop cones at Ben & Jerry's.
27 - Amanda reserved our beach house! While there was snow on the ground!
28 - Manly birthday dinner for Amanda's brother (steak and potatoes and apple crisp)
29 - Preliminary taxes indicate a huge refund! When we almost had to pay an under-withholding penalty last year! Being poor has its pluses this time of year.
30 - Back to the in-laws' house for the final extension of the eating season - with gifts!
31 - Amanda succeeded in getting Samsung to extend our faulty TV's warranty so the repair will be free (knock on wood).
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