Miscellaneous

Pinot Evil and other Southern tales

Posted on December 05, 2008
Oh, what a week. The funeral was lovely and sad and heartbreaking, probably the only truly Southern funeral I'll attend. I am deeply, deeply disturbed at open caskets (this was my second open casket funeral, but thankfully the casket was...

My adventures with Northwest/KLM/Delta

Posted on November 24, 2008
Here's the first part of the story. I purchased a roundtrip ticket to Helsinki, Finland, to attend my brother's wedding. I thought it was refundable, and I purchased trip insurance on top of that. Short version: it wasn't refundable, and...

My interesting week

Posted on November 23, 2008
Cases settled: 2Hours expended on motions which will never get filed now: ManyDays I was without email for the majority of the day: 3Baby snakes held: 1 Dog messes cleaned up in living room: 1 Trips to ER: 2Explanations for...

The Invisible Attorney Rant

Posted on November 18, 2008
If I ever do a quasi-anonymous blog, it'll be called the Invisible Attorney - because that's what I am. It doesn't matter if I'm the one who writes the powerhouse brief or discovers the magic bullet buried in the thousands...

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Surviving

Posted on November 17, 2008
I appreciate the "are you OK?" emails that have been percolating my way. We're fine, for the most part, although so much of our lives are unbloggable for family/work political reasons that we can't properly vent. Or at least I...

In Short

Posted on November 05, 2008
Lots of Work: Yes. Healthy Baby: Yes. NaNoWriMo: No. NaNoBloMo: No. The election: Yes. Yes. Yes.

Whatever shall we do about Norris?

Posted on November 02, 2008
And now for something completely different. Our much-loved, much-blogged Norris has become a danger to our much loved, much-blogged Peach. I never thought I'd be in this position - never understood how anyone could ever "get rid" of a beloved...

Today and tomorrow

Posted on October 29, 2008
Up and out of bed by 5 AM and well en route by 6. At the office by 6:30, even. I was taken out to breakfast and lunch. Service at breakfast was great. Service at lunch was awful. Really, beyond...

Sunday Sushi

Posted on October 27, 2008
One of these Sundays, I'm not going to work. Today, at least, the day was broken up by Sunday Sushi Date Afternoon (not to be confused with Friday Family Date Night, which was preempted by Matthew being home sick). Peach...

Vagaries of practice and life

Posted on October 23, 2008
The main reason for the dearth of posting is that my life is incredibly dull, and the parts that aren't dull are protected by privilege or would be mortally embarrassing to me or someone close to me. Seriously, I laugh...

To Peep or not to Peep

Posted on October 14, 2008
So there are some real things* happening in my life, but instead, I will blog about something important: Peeps. You may have noticed that people either love or hate Marshmallow Peeps, and that it is not uncommon for a Peep-lover...

Crazy.

Posted on October 07, 2008
This is a nutty week in a nutty month. Rule 21 hearing this morning (our case remains alive, hooray), three days of depositions, Tuesday through Thursday, count 'em, all while getting ready for a civil sex abuse case in a...

No oil company left behind

Posted on October 02, 2008
I want to say something profound about the VP debate. It's the only debate I'll likely listen to or watch all election cycle, because I despise the canned nature of most debates, but morbid curiosity got the better of me......

We really know how to enjoy a weekend around here

Posted on September 27, 2008
Peach: snotty, goopy eye, and teething. Desperately in need of a nap, but screaming from the crib. Good times. Me: headache, congested, and trying to convince myself that I am not getting sick because I don't have time. Matthew: took...

Where's the baby?

Posted on September 22, 2008
Peach with various and sundry ancestors: I think I already blogged that this weekend she decided she had, absolutely had, to wear this crown-hat at all times. While sleeping, even (she kept it on last night). And, as you can...

No news is not necessarily good news

Posted on September 21, 2008
This has been a hard week. It was demanding, work-wise (in more than the most obvious ways), and demanding childcare-wise (Peach's new independence is a beautiful thing, except when it involves screaming), and heartbreaking personally (trip to Finland called off)...

First trip away from Peach

Posted on September 11, 2008
I'm off to Nevada to see my sister, brother-in-law, and new nephew. Leaving Matthew and Peach? Was like ripping the heart out of my chest. Just waiting on the cattle dogs to herd us aboard the Southwest flight now. Flying...

Overwhelmingly cool moment of the day

Posted on September 09, 2008
To the Peach: "Please pick out a book and bring it to Mommy to read." And she did (it was a toss-up between two books, so she brought both - Goodnight Moon, naturally, being one of them). And is her...

Elephants!

Posted on September 08, 2008
Today we took Peach to the zoo (thank you again, R&M, for the membership!) to see the baby elephant who has yet to be named. Our pictures of the baby did not turn out (awful lighting, not allowed to use...

That explains a lot

Posted on September 04, 2008
I can't tell if Peach has four or five top teeth coming in all at the same time, but holy moly. Either way, no wonder she's so fussy.

Not far from the tree

Posted on September 02, 2008
Some people have 15-month-olds with 100 word vocabularies (if you believe the message boards, which I don't). Me? I have a 15-month-old who blows raspberries/farting sounds against Daddy's arm. And all three of us think this is absolutely, freaking hilarious.

State of the Peach

Posted on September 01, 2008
All in all, it's going well - especially when she's not tired, not in pain, and not hungry. Fortunately, she has another outlet for hitting besides Mama: More in the usual place.

And that's the news

Posted on September 01, 2008
The Peach: still teething (she has had only two teeth for what seems an eternity), still smacking me (although I'm trying to re-shape that into clapping - if it's attention getting, clapping is still not polite, but is a lot...

Mama Drama?

Posted on August 27, 2008
Peach has started hitting me. Not Matthew, not other kids at school, but me. It doesn't seem to be when she's particularly unhappy or sad or happy or wakeful or tired - just sometimes, she smacks me (usually my chest,...

PITA Afternoon

Posted on August 25, 2008
So, let's say there's this place in the Pearl that I eat lunch at frequently - say once or twice a week. Say, also, that there is a high nut percentage on the menu, so that I always play it...

And that was before eleven

Posted on August 21, 2008
This morning, after battling traffic to get to work, I did the following: 1. Went to federal courthouse to see if Assistant US Attorney would let me know charges against boss's new criminal defense client. 2. Went to county jail...

Yeah, I'm a law geek

Posted on August 15, 2008
Matthew used gift cards to purchase a new iPod for me recently. (He wants me to be able to take ALL of my photos and videos of Eden to show off in Finland next month.) Because I have so much...

I'm an auntie!

Posted on August 15, 2008
The C-section went great! I haven't gotten to speak with my sis yet (I am finishing up a sleep study - ugh), but can't wait. The "little" guy was over 7 pounds - pretty darn big for my family.

Not an auntie quite yet - but close.

Posted on August 14, 2008
Sister Sarah has been in labor for days, and is finally being prepped for a C-section now. I am in the middle of a second sleep study, but I am just hoping that sleep gets interrupted ASAP for good news!

Please think good thoughts!

Posted on August 13, 2008
It looks like sister Sarah is in labor with her little boy!!!!

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