Miscellaneous

My first mother's day

Posted on May 12, 2008
First, the negative bits: I have always hated Mother's Day. I think it's a cheesy, made-up, commercial holiday that preys on guilt, and I end up feeling manipulated. My feeling is that if your relationship with your mother isn't great...

Shelley Mactyre's Day Off

Posted on May 09, 2008
Today I took the day off. I've been trying to take off one weekday each week while Matthew and Peach are off at work and daycare, because I usually end up working one weekend day (at least) and because, well,...

Maybe a bit childish

Posted on May 06, 2008
I just can't seem to get over enjoying saying how stupid the other side is. To be sure, I use different language, like: "[Opponent] has moved for summary judgment on a cause of action which Plaintiff did not plead. However,...

Today's Helpful Tip: An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of punitive damages

Posted on May 06, 2008
For the last year and a half, I've worked on a number of child sex abuse cases on behalf of a practitioner who does has a lot of these cases. This isn't where I thought I'd do a lot of...

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Just another schizoid Sunday

Posted on May 04, 2008
Yes, it's sunny and beautiful, with a projected high of 70 degrees. And I'm inside a climate-controlled law library writing about the craziness that is child sex abuse. Whee.

How the Peach lives, or how designing a nursery took longer than gestating a baby

Posted on May 01, 2008
I've finally -- FINALLY -- finished the nursery, only 11 months after the Peach was born. Her nursery used to be our den (a co-opted back bedroom upstairs) and creating it involved many, many steps. Getting rid of the piano...

Peach Blogging

Posted on April 28, 2008
It seems about time to post a couple more Peach pics! Also, other than wanting to post a screed about Alexander McCall Smith fans (I was nearly trampled by a herd of them at Powell's Friday), I have very little...

Best child reference book ever

Posted on April 26, 2008
I'd heard of Dr. Brazleton before I was even pregnant, from a neighbor who teaches child development. She loved his books, but hadn't seen them in a long time. So I was *very* delighted to come across Touchpoints: Birth to...

Meta post

Posted on April 25, 2008
I never understood how people who'd blogged for a long time could just up and quit. Once a writer, always a writer, right? Anyway, I think I'm starting to get it. There isn't much about my life that strikes me...

Dear Daycare

Posted on April 23, 2008
We love you. Seriously. After twenty months on your waiting list and giving you nearly $1000 a month out of our nearly empty pockets, how could you doubt it? Alas, your true contribution to my life is providing me with...

More perspective

Posted on April 22, 2008
There's nothing like having a few weeks of good health to make me even that much more miserable the next time illness hits. This time, I've only got an itchy throat, headache, and runny nose, but the Peach has a...

The call I didn't want to get Monday AM at 9

Posted on April 21, 2008
Peach is running a temp of 104; Matthew is bringing her home so I can take her to the pediatrician at 11:45. UPDATE: It's all perspective. He was misinformed - she's actually running a 100.4 temp; if Matthew had called...

Good and bad

Posted on April 20, 2008
Good: long visit with my sister and brother in law giving sister and brother in law loads and loads of baby things first trip to PDX Ikea (actually, any Ikea) winning hearing redo visiting with law school classmate and seeing...

It's official

Posted on April 18, 2008
This is my BBC America boyfriend, and this is sister Sarah's BBC America boyfriend.

Wishful correspondence

Posted on April 16, 2008
Dear Norris, It's amazing to think you joined our household way back in 1998. You have added so much to our lives and I love you dearly, which is why I think you won't mind this candid note. I don't...

Personal Milestones

Posted on April 11, 2008
Today was a significant day in a lot of ways. Some good, mostly bad. I probably would have had a very tall, stiff drink if it wouldn't have made my head hurt even more. But rather than dwell on that,...

Nothing to see here, move along...

Posted on April 09, 2008
This is just another one of those random catch-up posts, because I am tired and unable to think of anything witty, brilliant, or even just ranting. The baby is really standing and cruising - nothing is safe. She's like a...

Checking in haiku

Posted on April 07, 2008
The attorney works Her baby crawls, then cruises The house is a mess

It wasn't the picture I set out to take, but I'll take it

Posted on April 01, 2008
Eden at almost 10 months.

Not again!

Posted on March 31, 2008
Matthew has a cold. So far, Peach and I haven't succumbed, and I'm hoping that means he's just getting something we've already had or that it's a sinus infection which we won't get. Fingers crossed. I've actually been not-sick for...

Today

Posted on March 27, 2008
I should find out if I'll have a niece or nephew in September; I am doing the work I love best: a response to a summary judgment motion in a child sex abuse case; I realize how weird that last...

Today

Posted on March 27, 2008
I should find out if I'll have a niece or nephew in September; I am doing the work I love best: a response to a summary judgment motion in a child sex abuse case; I realize how weird that last...

If you needed another reason to hate Wal-Mart, try this one

Posted on March 26, 2008
They're suing a former employee who signed up for the company health insurance -- so that the corporation can recoup the health care expenses she incurred after she suffered catastrophic brain damage in an auto accident. The woman can't even...

If you needed another reason to hate Wal-Mart, try this one

Posted on March 26, 2008
They're suing a former employee who signed up for the company health insurance -- so that the corporation can recoup the health care expenses she incurred after she suffered catastrophic brain damage in an auto accident. The woman can't even...

My balancing act

Posted on March 24, 2008
Saturday I downloaded the free trial version of Life Balance, a piece of software (for Palm, PC, and Mac) which is a sort of project manager/ultimate to-do list/graphic representation of where your time and effort is going. It's a very...

My balancing act

Posted on March 24, 2008
Saturday I downloaded the free trial version of Life Balance, a piece of software (for Palm, PC, and Mac) which is a sort of project manager/ultimate to-do list/graphic representation of where your time and effort is going. It's a very...

Could've been worse...

Posted on March 23, 2008
...this child molester could have been a pediatrician. (Not that child sex abuse is ever OK, but a part of me that still hurts from losing our first baby feels Schadenfreude that it was NW Perinatal the guy worked at,...

Could've been worse...

Posted on March 22, 2008
...this child molester could have been a pediatrician. (Not that child sex abuse is ever OK, but a part of me that still hurts from losing our first baby feels Schadenfreude that it was NW Perinatal the guy worked at,...

Not quite ready for bed

Posted on March 21, 2008
Cross-posted at Eden's Garden.

Please bear with me

Posted on March 21, 2008
If anything will drive me to self-hosting this blog using Wordpress, it will probably be the lame Typepad themes. I actually pay money for this service every month, can you believe it? If only I had the time to do...

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