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Donnie turned 10 on the 10th. Stevie will be 8 next week. We decided to have a combined birthday party for them because they have so many friends in common now. I spent a couple of weeks planning and tweaking and Saturday was the big day. Don woke me on Saturday morning because I was crying in my sleep. I had been dreaming of the family. We were all spending a weekend day playing in the

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I am in the kind of pickle only a true nerd can find herself in. I joined a book club at the local library - solely based on the fact that the first book we are to read is "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy". Obviously, a club that starts with that book is right up my ally, right? They scheduled the first meeting at the same time as the Dragon*Con Parade. What were they thinking? So, dear

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Juris Mommy: (to Donnie) Do you have homework? Donnie: No. There is only parent homework. You have to do it. Juris Mommy: I have homework? What am I supposed to do? Donnie: I don't know. I just wrote it down. When I have a homework assignment you expect me to know what it is. So when I saw "parent homework" I expected you would know what to do. I look in his agenda and under homework today I

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Did you get the weather report from Hell on February 12 of this year? I ask because it would be a memorable you. Think back. Ahhh, yes. There it is. You remember now. It was snowing in Hell that day, wasn't it. Yes, yes it was. After fifteen years of quiet needling by yours truly, and at least three years of begging from the boys, Don finally gave in. We adopted a dog. This is a huge deal in

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The boys have started watching this show, "All Grown Up". If you haven't seen the show, it is about those babies who used to be called "The Rugrats". Now they are tweens, and my kids think they are the greatest thing ever. For some reason, this switch from baby cartoons to more mature shows has reminded me that my husband and I are grown ups now, too. We had our weekly lunch together this week

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Forgive me readers. It has been 1 year and 5 months since my last post. Please forgive me. I doing it this time. I am coming back. I am not sure if there is still anyone here to read it, but I am writing again. Today is Donnie's 10th birthday. 10. Ten. Double digits. His golden birthday. I can't believe it. I tried to look though my old photos to see the day he was born. Then I remembered my

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Day two was much like Day one. We saw more focus during the weekend homework we gave him. I could certainly tell when the medication was wearing off.We were at the grocery store at about 3:45. It had been eight hours since I gave Stevie his pill. We ran into his old pre-k teacher. Stevie kind of lost it. He was jumping around, screaming a little and at one point it looked like he was trying to

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He just completed his site words faster and more accurately than ever. It's a start.

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I finally figured out why I have been such a spotty blogger for the past couple of years. When I was in law school and studying for the Bar Exam, I had something to write about. I had a problem and goals to accomplish. Once I was hooded, passed the Bar and had my license, there was less to write about. Being a mom and an attorney isn't as hard as being a student and a mom. There was no longer

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Yesterday was one of those days when the frustration factor was at 10. Don was working from home, so he was around, but he wasn't available for any parenting purposes. The boys had a babysitter the night before, and that always makes them full of beans. I had been bugging Don about how we really needed to start going to church on a regular basis, and at about an hour before the last Mass he

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Our house has been living with the flu for the last two weeks. Our doctor was shocked at the positive flu screen because he thought the flu season ended about three weeks ago. Donnie had it first and then me. It made for a wonderful spring break.Last night I commented that we are finally starting to be a healthy family again. I only cough at night and Donnie seems fine.I forgot to knock on

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Scene: Ryan Seacrest is talking to one of the contestants.Donnie: Hey, he looks like Barack Obama.Juris Mommy: Who?Donnie: That guy talking? (indicating Ryan Seacrest)Stevie: No, Barack Obama is bald.Donnie: No, I don't think he is.Stevie: Who cares? I am going to make Daddy into a good singer.

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Two years ago I wrote this. We had just learned that Donnie had been wait listed at the school we really wanted him to go to. I was devastated. I went to public school in this state, and I wanted my kids to have a better education than I had. The day we found out there was a spot for him is still one of the happiest memories of my adult life.This year was Stevie's turn. We were a little concerned

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Monday I left Don alone with the boys for a couple of days. I was going to a conference and I didn't return until last night. At work I missed a probation day, and two plea/motions days for the jury trial calendar that I am in charge of. My co-workers were trilled.At home I missed Donnie's choir concert. As you can imagine, Donnie was thrilled, too.Last night I returned home to find Don and the

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I set aside this day every year to wish a very happy birthday to one of the most brilliant and attractive actors of our day, Ewan McGregor. I used to refer to him as "my boyfriend," but as we have both been happily married for a number of years, I would say that part of our relationship is over. (It might also have something to do with the idea that if I ever came face to face with him I would

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I know you will understand. I know you will, because when you read the article posted below I know each and every one of you will be angry at the question and give a big "amen sister!" to the answer.The only thing this wonderful columnist left out was the tendency people have to make moms feel irrelevant and uncool. The tendency people have of insinuating that our kids are a burden somehow.

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We have been talking a lot about the musical "Wicked" in the last few weeks. I have been a fan since I read the book almost 10 years ago, and I think I have expressed in the past what the music means to me. The kids have heard the music almost daily since I bought the CD in 2003 -- whether because it was playing or because I sing it around the house. We get a kick out of singing the end of "

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As a prosecutor, I have known the satisfaction that comes from hearing "guilty, guilty, guilty". That is, guilty on all three counts that I have charged. I don't think I have ever done better than that. I have had cases with more charges, but I have never had guilty on all counts on a case with more than three counts. I can not imagine what it felt like to hear "guilty" thirteen times when the

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It's been a while. Again. 2008 started out pretty rough for our little family. I have been pretty lucky to have some great people around me to hash it all out with, because I haven't had any time to sit down and write about it. Things are starting to settle at home, but work is insane suddenly. Remember when I was a new attorney? Suddenly I am in charge of a courtroom. It's been a big change, but

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Scene: It is 7:40 AM, Stevie and I are on the highway driving to his school. I am mentally preparing for a trial I have today. Stevie is singing his favorite song from Idina Menzel's new CD. Suddenly, it gets quiet.Stevie: (quietly) Mommy. Mommy, I don't feel well. I think I'm . . . . The next thing I hear is the sound of retching and vomiting all over the back of my car.I freak out and look in

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When I got home from work today I asked Donnie how his day at school was. The usual reply is a casual, "oh, it was good. Still on green." His school uses the green/yellow/red behavior monitor, and Donnie is a pretty good kid, so green is his norm.Today he said, "not so good. I'm on red." This was a surprise to my mother, who picked him up from school. He then started crying so hard that he

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I am back in the Twin Cities. It feels so strange to be home after so long. This is the first time I have been back without my parents, and even though I am staying with family, it is the first time that it doesn't feel like home anymore. It's still nice to be here.I need to take some pictures of the snow. The boys will freak out. In some places the piles made by the snow plows are taller than

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Tomorrow I am flying home to Minnesota for a funeral. I am REALLY afraid of flying, so please pray to your respective Gods that my plane doesn't come crashing to the Earth.Don and the boys are staying home. I can only imagine that theirs will be an only-wear-underpants-and-eat-popcorn-on-Mommy's-side-of-the-bed kind of weekend. Have fun, boys, and please try to fill the dishwasher at least once

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I suppose that I have to start with the most important event that happened while I was suffering the I-don't-have-the-Internet blues.On December the 15th I arrived at Stevie's day care just before 6 PM to pick him up. I had Donnie with me, and he was excited about visiting his old school. Donnie started there when he was just a year old -- the week after I started Law School. He learned to walk

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The good news is that Don surprised me with DSL service for Christmas! Wooooohoooooo! I am a blogger again.The bad news is that I have jury trials next week, and they will keep me under a cloud of law, defendants, paperwork and preparation for the next few days.I've missed you. I'm back!

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Tomorrow at 3 PM we start the evaluation process for Stevie. It is our initial meeting with the doctor -- apparently just getting history. We just had a speech/hearing/vision evaluation through his school, so I guess I will bring those results also. It is amazing how little the evaluation told us. When we had Donnie evaluated through the school system, we were given detailed notes and findings.

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Here is the quick update at the end of my long work day. I don't like to use the county computer for personal stuff. I'm sorry I have been so absent. I will be back up and running once we manage to wrangle some Internet service.Stevie still hasn't had his ADHD evaluation. I have been playing phone tag with the psychologist for a couple of weeks. We are both really good about calling each other

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I've been tagged! I've been tagged! I never get tagged for these things, and although I know many people don't like doing them, somehow not getting tagged always makes me feel like a kid in gym class on kick ball day. So thanks, Erin, and I'm sorry this has taken a little while. (Darn it! When am I going to my Internet service back at home?)What song is in your head?This is going to sound really

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It is Bar Exam results day.Congrats to everyone who got good news today.For those who didn't, I offer a hug and the knowledge that being a lawyer kind of sucks.Extra-special-super congratulations to my friend and co-worker Rebekah who found out she passed the Bar. Now that we can let you loose in the courtroom all by yourself -- you have to know that we are going to make you do all the afternoon

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Donnie is having a great year. I actually tear up a little just typing that.Remember last year? The worry started almost immediately. He just wasn't doing well. We were worried. We made the decision to let him repeat kindergarten at a new school and were so excited that he was accepted into the local Catholic School.What a difference a year makes. Donnie got his report card yesterday. It was the

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Picture it. My kitchen. It is 6:30 AM and the boys have just come downstairs for breakfast. Stevie finds a birthday present that has been dropped off by a friend who couldn't make it to his party. He opens it. It's a really cool Lightning McQueen car with parts you can attach to it to transform it into other characters from Cars.Stevie: OOOHHHHHH! I have to tell Jackson thank you!Donnie: Maybe

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Question: How long will it take Donnie to ask "how does God put a baby in Mommy's tummy".Don called me horrified this afternoon while I was on my way to work. I still don't think he has answered the question. I am more than a little happy that I wasn't there.P.S. No, God has not put a baby in Mommy's tummy. Apparently, he was just asking.

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This blogging from work this is tricky. I have to do it quickly, and sometimes I type too fast.Yesterday's post was titled "How do I chose". I guess, because I am four years old and I haven't learned the difference between present and past tense.The title has been fixed, so that you all know that I am not an idiot.

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We are having the Gnome evaluated for ADHD. My pediatrician has recommended two different practice groups. Both are groups that do not rush to drug the kid, instead working with other therapies (if, in fact, the diagnosis is made) and only medicating as a last resort.I have googled the doctors in both practices and have come up with very little. How do I make an informed choice?

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I haven't blogged in weeks. I can't check the news. Or the weather. Or my e-mail.We have no Internet service at the new house.Blogging from work is a delicate venture. It must be done while I am on a clearly defined brake, or before work hours begin. The problem with that is that I am an attorney, and we are expected to work 24/7.Here is a quick update on our lives.September 28 -- We are

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Hey everyone. I am off work for a week unpacking. It is amazing to see all of the stuff we got for our wedding 7 years ago. Most of it has been in storage for almost 6 years. It is almost like having another wedding shower! The good news is that we had pretty good taste back then. The bad news is that our good taste did not extend to our everyday china pattern. We have no Internet service yet. I

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We close on the house tomorrow. Don picked up our furniture from the auction house today.Our life is packed away in boxes. Ok, let's face it, some of our life is in semi-organized piles on the floor.I am having dreams about how awful it is to get heavy furniture out of a truck and into a house.It may take alcohol to get to sleep tonight.I am so excited.

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THE AMERICAN DREAM!If you have been reading this blog for a while, I hope you knew how that was going to end.Next week at this time we will be telling our most loyal friends where to put our stuff. You know they are loyal when they say they will help you move, and then actually show up.Today Don and I went to an auction house that we love. Our goal was to find some furniture for this new house.

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We started calling Stevie, "the Gnome" about 90 minutes after he was born. There he was, nursing like a trooper, with that little hospital hat on his head. He fell off my breast, blissfully drunk on milk. Don looked at our new boy and said, "he looks like a Hobbit. No, wait. A gnome."36 hours of labor, where I was stuck in one position on that horrible bed, where the only fun was listening to

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Yesterday I was driving the boys back to school after the yearly checkup. There is a lot of development going on in our area right now, and the builders are really trying to get people interested in real estate again.I think one of them has never heard of the saying "keep it simple, stupid".On two sides of a sign advertising a new condo neighborhood was a little sign shouting "FEE SIMPLE!"To my

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It has been too long. The painful part of this is that I know that it will be a while longer before I can actually devote any time to writing. It really is killing me, because I have so much to say. However, the house buying, kindergarten starting, four year old freaking out, t-ball starting, law practicing, and marriage watering is taking all of my time.Well, not all of my time. I have been able

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I am looking for a poster version of this picture. It is from the TV show Alias. The image is of page 47 of the Rambaldi journal, and it depicts The Prophesy.If you were a fan of Alias, you know all of this. If you didn't, maybe you still know where I can find a poster like that?

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until Don and I are homeowners. "What's that I smell in the air? The American Dreeeeeeaaaaaammmm!" Don and I have been singing that line from Miss Saigon for about a week.Sorry to keep you waiting on all the dish. Last Friday we made an offer. On Sunday they counter offered. We accepted that offer, but had it contingent on the inspection. Our agent told us that we were getting such a great deal

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At 4:20 this afternoon we made an offer on this gorgeous house. It's perfect. I need all the good thoughts and prayers you have, because I broke rule #1. I fell in love with a house and I don't yet know if it will be mine. The financing is in place. All the sellers have to do is say yes.The stress? She is still killing me. Daily migraines, dreams about contracts that I haven't had since BarBri.I

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the Bar Exam. Trying to buy a house may just kill me. If it isn't the worry that banks are no longer writing mortgages, it is the idea that we won't be able to afford a house if we ever find one. Don is running hot and cold. Some days optimistic, some days with his feet firmly on the ground. Maybe a little under the ground and pessimistic. I just don't want to live with my parents anymore. Law

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I just got a call from home informing me that Stevie projectile vomited all over the living room floor. All posts about interesting, funny or exciting things that are happening right now will have to wait while I try to find the rug shampooer.Why did I feed him rice last night?

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I win a big jury trial!Donnie turns six. Six!Donnie's first day of kindergarten (version 2.0)I throw a birthday party that is bigger than it should have been.Stevie says some really cute things.I finally see the endocrinologist.Right now I am so busy living this life that I can't write about it. At the same time, all I want to do is write about it. It is building up, and I am afraid that in the

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Really!? But only 5 posts ago I wrote Jury Week Strikes Again. They are about a month apart (except for October/November. Only a week apart. Because someone wants me to die of stress) and you would think that I would have done more writing in the last month.I had one jury trial yesterday. I lost. I am in the middle of one now. In fact, I am supposed to be crafting my closing argument and then

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Veronica Mitchell posted this picture recently. I immediately thought of a similar one that I have of Stephen, and I had to share it with all of you.That is Stevie at about 4 months old. I had just returned to law school after having him, and he was helping me study Employment Discrimination. Not the best study partner in the world, but a good listener. Here is my little gnome, three years later

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Yesterday I had the training class that I told you about a couple of weeks ago. I had been abstaining from alcohol for about 2 weeks, so that I could be a guinea pig in a Standardized Field Sobriety Training class. I was honored to have been asked not only to be used as a subject, but to come back and speak to the class the next day.We started drinking at 11:00 AM. I don't think that I have ever

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Shame on you. I saw you snicker and slip into that mask just as you walked into the bookstore at 11:15 last night. I know that at your age it isn't cool to dress like a Hogwarts student, and apparently you like the attention that a costume gives you. There is nothing wrong with that. There is, however, something wrong with stalking around the children's section while the Hagrid-looking magician

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My previous post on this topic was on Max and Ruby. It seems that most of you agree with me on the strangeness and uselessness of this show. Yes, it is still on my Tivo. Yes, the boys still ask to watch it. When they do, however, I often try to steer them towards Little Bear. You see, I love Little Bear. Because the character Little Bear is my Donnie, only covered in fur. Well, apparently Little

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Yesterday at 2 PM, I was working with my office mate on a case update for a meeting our office was hosting that night. We were preparing to tell police officers how the DUI laws had changed this year. Bossman was there, getting his part of the speech ready. (I was secretly happy that I didn't have to speak, only try to help with the research portion). When my cell phone rang with a phone number

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It is jury week again. This, I hope, explains the utter lack of posts since the 3rd of July. I knew that I would have the first trial of the week, and it was important (for reasons I am just not going to get into) that I obtain a conviction on this case. It was a hard fought trial against an attorney that I consider a friend, so it was odd. In the end, it was prosecutorial bliss. Guilty on all

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I returned home from my training seminar on Friday. The kids acted like I had been gone for a year (come to think of it, so did the husband) and my desk at work was piled so high with "very important lawyer work" that I am still trying to sift through it. I have been keeping up with all of you, though.On the upside, I won my fake jury trial. Not an easy thing to do when you represent the

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Tomorrow is the last substantive day of this training seminar. We had our bench trial today. My partner and I won a conviction against John Stanford. Had he shown up for the verdict, he would have received a life sentence. Alas, he disappeared, and now there is a bench warrant for him.It was fun. I had a great time cross examining the defendant. The defendant was supposed to be a 34 year old man,

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Prepare a bench trial. I will be be prosecution tomorrow, which means that I have to present the defense case at the jury trial on Thursday.This sucks. I am usually able to think like a defense lawyer. After all, all of my criminal law and litigation professors were defense attorneys. I just can't seem to get my head around this case, though.Maybe it is because the defendant is accused of

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Anyone know another way to say, "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"?I was thinking about using that as a theme for my case, but I am pretty sure that lots of people are going to use that. Is there another well known phrase that conveys the same image?

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Prepare cross exams of all witnesses, both prosecution and defense. Prepare a closing argument from the point of view of the prosecution and the defense.This is supposed to be "Baby Prosecutor's School"?This is a murder case, people. I am never going to get to sleep tonight.On the upside, I finally found a coffee shop in this small town. Tomorrow morning I won't have to drink the coffee at the

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Don and the kids came to visit me today. I am about 1.5 hours away from home for 8 days at a conference. There is a great pool here, so I asked him to bring the chucklehead brothers so I could get a fix. Donnie did really well until it was time to go. He completly freaked out. As the car pulled away he was reaching out for me and screaming, "Mommy! I want you!" Don called once they got home. I

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I have been sent to another conference. I am leaving Friday for part 2 of "Baby Prosecutor School." After only 5 jury trials, I am still pretty inexperienced, so I suppose I shouldn't complain.Bossman is going to let me take one of the office laptops because we have written assignments that we have to turn in. Hopefully that means that I will be able to blog while I am gone.I will be gone for a

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We decided to rent a car for the trip. Something fancy, maybe a convertible. Our car needed a tune up and new tires, and we thought it would be perfect just to leave it at the dealer to get the work done. Don called the rental company and told them what we were looking for. They said they would give us the deluxe. The price was so low, we couldn't believe our luck. Don also discovered that

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I spent the day with the kids shopping for Father's Day. By the end of the day I was spent.I was SO TIRED of having to repeat everything over and over again. Not in the cute KayTar learning to talk way. No, this was the "why did I just have to tell you seven times NOT to kiss the mirror in the dressing room. You are still in trouble for making me tell you eight times that you can't swim on the

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Don and I were really looking forward to our trip to New Orleans. I have always said that one of the reasons that I knew we belong together is because I fell in love with New Orleans long before I fell in love with Don. Don's family is from New Orleans, and he has always called it home. The summer before Katrina hit, Don's great-uncle died. Don shared in the estate, which meant that for a short

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I'm back, but I am in the middle of a jury trial.New Orleans was sad and wonderful. I'll tell you all about it soon.

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Don and I are off to New Orleans for a funeral. We won't be back until Monday night, so I don't think there will be any blogging going on.Special thanks goes out to the fabulous family caring for my boys this weekend so that Don and I can have some quality time with each other and his family.

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I challenge anyone to find an invisible antipersperant/deoderant that is actually invisible.I want to wear a black sleeveless blouse under my black suit and be able to take my jacket off when I get to my office.Give me your suggestions, folks.

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We need a vacation. This family needs to pack too much stuff into our beat up Honda and head to the beach.I need to smell sun screen on the kids hair and all our clothes.I need to sit on the floor with them at night and feel their skin still hot from the sun.I actually want to feel sand on every person I hug.We need to make a new mix CD on iTunes. One that we will start up as we pull out of the

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I got back yesterday. My conference was so boring. Eight hours for three days. Each session we heard the same information over and over again. I must have heard about the cycle of change and motivational interviewing 20 times. It's so good to be home.June is going to be a really busy month. Don and I are going to New Orleans next weekend for a funeral. Right now we are hoping to find someone to

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I will be away at a conference until Friday. I am taking my poor, decrepit, slow law school laptop. I have no idea if it still has the ability to let me blog. If you don't hear from me for a couple of days, I am in no-Internet hell.

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This blog turned 1-year-old this month. Thanks for stopping by. An even bigger thanks goes out to those who decided to stay a while.

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On Tuesday we had a meeting with Donnie's teacher, principal, counselor, school psychologist and one other person whose title escapes me. It was the day that we had to decide whether Donnie would repeat kindergarten.It was a bad day to be out of my office. We were running three courtrooms, and it was a big misdemeanor arraignment day. I sent out an e-mail earlier in the week explaining why I

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I haven't watched the season finale of LOST yet. I may watch it tonight while I am folding laundry. I do, however, know what Benry Gale did before he became the leader of the Others.According to The Smoking Gun, he was a counselor for the federal prison system. OK, OK, I know that it is just an industrial film that he did before his big break, but I have to tell you that it completely freaked me

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I had an amazing moment with Stevie tonight.It started with dinner. He is such a slow eater that many nights, like tonight, it is well after bed time before he finally decides that he is finished. I had allowed Donnie to go down to the playroom and play Star Wars while Stevie finished eating. Stevie and I cleaned up his plate and then went downstairs.I told Donnie that it was time for bed and he

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when I announce what is for dinner and I am not met with tears?Me: It's taco night.Donnie: aawwwwwwwwwwwwwww I don't like tacos!Me: It's spaghetti nightDonnie: Bwaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh I don't like spaghetti!Me: We are having chicken noodle soupDonnie: I don't like soup! WaaaaaahhhhhhhIf it isn't hot dogs, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or tomato soup, this repeats every night. No. matter. what. I.

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WARNING -- DO NOT READ THIS POST IF YOU ARE EATINGDonnie walked into my room at 1 AM to tell me that he was sick. He had thrown up all over the carpet in the hallway to his bedroom. He didn't fall back asleep until 4 AM.I have three days this week without court and I really thought I was going to be able to catch up. That's what I get for thinking!On the upside, he no longer tries to run away

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It has been so long. Too long. I must admit that I have missed all of you. I don't have a new or different excuse. Life has been life, and sometimes you just have to run with it for a while. I think I have caught up for now.I had another round of jury trials. I won one and lost one. The loss hit me hard for about a day. I really believed in my case, but in the end, there just wasn't enough for

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Right now my Yahoo! avatar, and therefore my picture here, looks like this:Allow me to explain. Don and I are celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary on Sunday, April 29th. This year will also mark our 12th year together as a couple. That's a long time, and he still gives me butterflies. He must still like me, too. A couple of days one of the court reporters called me over to tell me that when I

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It's been a while since I filled you in on what is going on in our lives. I feel like there have been some cliffhangers recently, and it is my duty to fill you in. (Also, I am afraid that all of you will leave me if I don't start posting again regularly.)1. Donnie was wait listed at the Catholic school. This, my friends, was a real blow to me. The letter stated that he meets all of their

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I let the kids watch TV while I am cooking. We have several shows that we keep on TIVO for them so that we never have to hear them whine about how there is nothing good on. For the next couple of weeks I will highlight the strangeness of some of those shows. Today I will begin with "Max and Ruby".I have always thought this show was really pretty to look at. Based on the books, the watercolor

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I have been in jury trials all week this week. No time to blog, eat, or sleep. I promise to catch up this week. I have also watched 4 of the last 6 LOST episodes, so recaplets will be coming soon.

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I have always believed that death comes in threes. I worry when someone has died. Who will be next? Two weeks ago I got word that one of my classmates from law school had a heart attack at work and died a few hours later. He was a man in his late 50's who went to law school at a time when most people are thinking about cashing in their 401k. He just took the bar exam in February, I don't think

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As the woman with the biggest arse in my office, I love this.

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Ewan McGregor is my celebrity boyfriend. We have had a long and passionate relationship. Someday, if I ever meet him, he will learn all about it. He turned 36 today. (Shut up, you think he's hot, too. Yes, you do.)

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The Levi's call for Zakiyyah Wilson has been cancelled per GBI. Child found OK.

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** LEVI’S CALL ACTIVATION ** The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has activated a Levi's Call, Georgia Amber Alert, At the request of the Dekalb County Police Department. It has been reported that Zakiyyah Wilson a black female four years of age DOB: 11/23/02 weighing 45 pounds with brown eyes wearing a pink dress, pink sandals, and pink barrettes in her hair was abducted on 03/27/07 at 11:00Am by

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that my last post was not intended as a slam of stay at home moms. I hope the last part conveyed the idea that I think we should all support each other.It should, however, have conveyed my frustration that yesterday a woman that I don't know told me, "you can't tell me that your kids aren't going to have this kind of problem. You dump your kid in some dirty day care center and then trot your self

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While driving to work a couple of days ago I heard on the radio that a new study shows that working moms today spend as much time with their children as stay at home moms in the 1970s did. I spend as much time with my kids as Carol Brady? The sociologist giving the interview explained that in the 1970s, kids were often in the background. They were given more freedom and weren't hovered over the

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NASA image of the day strikes again.

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Three weeks ago Stevie had a surprise for us. He suddenly knows what a toilet is for. All of the sudden he started using the potty on his own. It stemmed from a conversation we had in the car."Where does my pee pee go in the toilet.""It goes down in the sewers.""What's a sewer?"I gave him a basic explanation of a sewer system, and tried to remember everything that I could from my 4th grade Girl

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I was supposed to go to a Creative Memories party thrown by the court reporter for the judge I appear before every day. I was also supposed to get the directions to the party to someone that I work with. I left the invitation with the directions at work.Donnie came down with an evil sore throat and headache this afternoon. I have to miss the party.How many times have we been sick this year?

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I got this picture from my best friend. As a girl who wore Wonder Woman Underoos almost every minute of her 5th, 6th and 7th year of life I appreciate this. By the way, if anyone knows where I can snag an adult pair, I would be grateful.

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Donnie has been talking a lot about Leprechaun Day. "Do you mean, St. Patrick's Day?""No, Mommy. That was something we used to do at Day Care. Teacher has been telling us about Leprechaun Day."Hmmm.I was at the grocery store and noticed that all the green clover decorations say "Happy Shamrock Day."WTF?For his "Leprechaun Day" party at school I am sending cookies, and I am going to write "Happy

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I just read this post over at Breed 'Em and Weep. Stevie padded in the room wearing his brand new big boy underwear and his favorite puppy shirt that warns the world that he is a mischief maker. I stroked his golden locks of hair and smiled as I read of Jenn's moment watching the boy with the backpack, thinking back on all those green eyed boys from her past. The ones she would always love. I

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Every day I visit the website where NASA shows off their image of the day. These images are usually beautiful and fascinating displays of space, stars and planets. On some days, when all I have done is argue with defendants about why I won't dismiss their case and I missed seeing the boys at breakfast, this is my only real beauty during the day. Today's image was so beautiful and inspiring to me

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About six weeks before Don and I got married we were told that we would never have children. My very gentle, very Southern OBGYN sat me down in his office, held my hand and said, "honey, I just don't see how you will ever be able to have children. Honey, your ovaries can't release any eggs." He calls me honey. With the exception of Don he is the only man who gets away with that.I was told that I

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This is the week of the Winter Bar Exam. Good luck, folks. You all already know how I feel about the exam.For those of you who are repeating the exam -- YOU WILL KICK THAT EXAM'S ASS THIS TIME.For those of you taking it for the first time -- good luck. I promise the exam is the easy part, it's the waiting on results that will kill you.

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I can't do it this week. There is so much I would miss if I attempted to recap this episode. Bai Ling? WTF?! Despite the odd casting choices this week the episode was really interesting. Turns out Benry's wife/partner is creepier than he is (and she is played by the same actress who played teen/adult Christina in Mommy Dearest -- that ups the creep factor considerably)Please go here to read a

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Here at Juris Mommy, I have been known to share an opinion or two about other mothers. It always makes me feel guilty to criticize, but as I have learned through my line of work, human beings are capable of doing such damage to one another - sometimes you simply must comment on it. I was catching up on some blogs today and I read this at Beck's neato blog called Frog and Toad are Still Friends.

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