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Anna

@annamacmillan.bsky.social

Writer. Painter. Cat lover, late night gamer, cheese enjoyer. DEF CON Goon. Neurospicy. Bisexual. Adjectives. Descriptors. Enticing profile content. Hashtag HelloWorld.

103 Followers  |  110 Following  |  305 Posts  |  Joined: 22.09.2023
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#3GoodThings:

- Unexpectedly saw a past colleague today. It was great to get to say hi πŸ™‚

- Fly By Jing chili crisp. I’d heard good things: the heat is a slow build and flavor is fantastic. I’ve started putting it on everything.

- More books to add to my book list.

19.01.2026 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- theraflu style cold medicine

- jigsaw puzzles

- new altheya episode

15.01.2026 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Enjoying little things, and being thankful that Maslow’s hierarchy is being well enough met to permit that enjoyment.

- Recognized publicly at my job for my hard work.

- Big giant kitty loves scritches. Alllll the scritches.

09.01.2026 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Holding hands with my husband. It’s the little things. πŸ™‚

- Seaweed snacks.

- Spent time catching up on crosswords. I do try to keep ahead of the game.

05.01.2026 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Easy day at work today, and now 2 days off.

- Inversion therapy continues to be beneficial. I’ll be interested to see where pain and mobility sits in a month.

- Going to bed earlier than necessary.

04.01.2026 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Good score on the discounted bread cart today, they had pretzel bites and muffins :)

- Added 3 more books to The List. I may never get through them all but I may also never run out.

- Rush of joy at finding the story I’m reading has a part 2, and it’s finished.

03.01.2026 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Moved the inversion table to a usable place. First time in quite some time my lower back has been without pain.

- Having fun catching up on puzzles.

- Starting my planner for the year.

02.01.2026 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- That feeling when you realize past you did present you a solid.

- Really good really long stories.

- New paths opening up.

31.12.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Have had a really excellent visit with the mother in law over the holidays. It’s always wonderful to see her.

- Making good progress on Eat The Rainbow. Implemented a ton of design notes, have a ton to go.

- Feeling the year wind down. Feeling hope for the new one.

29.12.2025 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œNow let me fix the extractCoreIngredientName test for baby spinach. It should extract β€˜spinach’ not β€˜baby’.”

Actual quote from project. AI can be useful, but this is why it requires oversight. Spinach is a salad ingredient; babies, generally, are not.

#VibeCoding #ClaudeCode #GithubCopilot #AI

28.12.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3GoodThings:

About halfway through crocheting a tree skirt.

Checked a number of things off my cleaning list today.

Saw a stream of a hacker Christmas party I used to go to.

21.12.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Some good friends gave us a giant jar of locally roasted unshelled peanuts for Christmas and they are delicious 😁

- Got shopping done before the college football playoffs come to town.

- Collecting data to find out how much dry cat food BigCat eats. (about 0.25 lbs per day.)

18.12.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Big giant cuddly empathetic kitty who wants to be your bestie and purr on you with the volume of a small jet engine.

- The Reverse Coloring Book. It’s a nice change of pace when I’m feeling abstract.

- Finding correlations between β€œmake do and mend” and β€œreduce reuse recycle”.

17.12.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Sussing out some fight/flight/freeze/fawn reactions and triggers. I might not be able to stop it, but I can spot it.

- Figuring out some Christmas gifts.

- Started the new season of Stranger Things.

15.12.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Finally getting back to a human sleep schedule.

- Much less dust, much less sneeze.

- Watching my new hires start to mesh with the team. I really enjoy bringing folks together and seeing them learn to support each other.

14.12.2025 05:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Dry sherry with aged cheddar.

- Taking time for self care today, and recovering from overnights.

- First successful home dip manicure with a smile line (forest green tips, French style).

06.12.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Barring any complications or turnover, I should be off of overnights for the foreseeable future πŸ™

- Tasty cheeses. A bit of double Gloucester pleases me immensely.

- It’s snowing!!

04.12.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Finished my book. Not bad, not one of King’s best, but still worlds better than The Tommyknockers. Worth the read. Now to decide what next…

- Had an easy time getting the ice off my windshield.

- Started decorating for Christmas in the hope one of our family can come to stay. πŸ™‚

02.12.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Thankful for the folks I work with who bring a good attitude to work. They warm my heart.

- Unexpected extra sandwiches.

- Finally getting round to reading some of the books on my list. Right now I’m on The Outsider, by Stephen King.

30.11.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Recognizing the transience of emotion.

- Flashlights on mobile phones. Thank you to whoever had that idea.

- Thankful to live indoors.

29.11.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Playing with nail colors for Thanksgiving.

- Making time to just read and listen to music.

- A meal shared with family.

28.11.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Peanut butter and dark chocolate.

- Good, solid rainstorms. The kind that make you sleep like a rock.

- Crochet. It’s very relaxing.

24.11.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Successfully rolled a resistance check against impulse spending based on Black Friday markups.

- Really compelling stories. -1 to sleep health, but +2 to soul health.

- Stretching regularly. Hey you young whippersnappers, do future you a solid - start yoga. Trust me.

23.11.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- 600 day streak on Duolingo!

- Saw a banger of a DJ set last night with Violet Chachki and Gottmik 😁

- Thought I worked at 6 this morning. I work at 2 this afternoon. Yay more sleep.

22.11.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Accepting when I’m doing too much, and pulling back.

- Ebooks. So easy to find things and start working through my neverending list of reads.

- Electronic prescription refills. What a time saver.

21.11.2025 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Being able to make people laugh.

- Great British Baking Show. Just now finally getting into it, and it’s good comfort tv.

- Finally picking up a jigsaw puzzle I’ve had my eye on.

20.11.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Pay in 4/8/12. I don’t love the idea, but the ability sure saves me sometimes.

- Duolingo. Even if I do nothing else, I learn a little every day.

- Adding knotted neckwear to my outfits. It makes me feel a shade more professional.

19.11.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Heating pads for pain relief.

- Deep stretches.

- Getting back to this.

18.11.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A really good thing today: I can now not get work emails when I’m not at work.

iPhone. Focus mode: home. Geofenced and triggered when I am at home. When in this mode, activate Focus Profile in Outlook: Personal -> only receive notifications from my personal accounts.

Finally. 🀣

16.11.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#3GoodThings:

- Lots of cuddles with the cat. He seems to prefer knit blankets to fuzzy soft ones.

- Listening to my body. If it says nap, nap.

- Slowing myself down to focus on things one at a time. Sometimes it’s a challenge.

09.11.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0