A Great Tip

To date, the most valuable lesson I have taken away from law school - and I'm not being facetious here - is the importance of giving your electronic files detailed names. I've been prone to saving documents under whatever suits my fancy (a recipe for disaster) and I've learned that even "accurate" file names fail over time. For instance, a .doc file entitled "Lisalettertodoctor" sounds swell, but give it a year or two and you'll see it and wonder "What doctor? About what? WTH?". Nowadays I go all out. My latest assignment? "Rule Synthesis Draft 1 Memo 1 LegalWriting Fall 2014" Pay attention Team Slap. 

75 Years Ago

On this day, 75 years ago, the Soviet Union, allied with Nazi Germany, invaded Poland from the East, forcing the Poles into a hopeless two front war.

Pizza

@ Classic Slice with Lisa

The Neighborhood Kitty

This is a neighborhood kitty that was on my porch just now. I enjoyed a swell ten minutes playing with him. He at up a saucer of milk and has lost his collar since the last time we saw him, but some house in this neighborhood has claim to him.

The Eddie Vedder Coat

I bought this Vedder-esque coat for YaYa, thinking it fit perfectly with her neo-grunge style. She disagrees, mainly because I'm the one who found it, but it looks good on her.

Yesterday was Productive

Yesterday was one of the most productive days off ever. 

*walked the kids to school

* took that online pre-test

*signed LK up for catechism class

*Lisa made a dr appt

*arranged for an estimate on our skylight repair

* picked up YaYa's glasses

*took Lisa to lunch

*paid the mortgage

*ordered our TEAM SLAP shirts

*bought a dryer vent cap, removed the one old one and replaced

* got our entry light rewired

* walked the kids home from school

* Lisa took YaYa to Plato's Closet and to get her ears pierced again

* fine tuned my writing assignment

*watched DWTS

* some more stuff I've forgotten

A Second Piercing

YaYa took her babysitting money and got a second set of ear piercings - something I had promised her, years and years ago, that she could do at this age, [Note that I thought she'd just forget over time. Oops]. Unfortunately, the lady screwed up and pierced her *below* the first one. Because of this error, they had to give her a third set of piercings. So . . . yeah.

YaYa's New Glasses

YaYa's new glasses. Despite her intentionally glum pic, she was super happy to get them and I think they look great!

My New Specs

Here are my new glasses. I think they're swell, a little hipster, a little Buddy Holly.

Core Grammar for Lawyers

I just completed a 96 question pre-test for "Core Grammar for Lawyers" an online course mandated by Marquette. I was warned it would be brutal, and it was. I scored only 73% overall, but placed in the nineties in what I'd call some traditional areas (stuff not involving the proper phrasing and punctuation of citations, etc). Anywho, I tested out of seven subject areas, so that'll ease my load a bit as the semester progresses.