tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310845872024-03-14T05:07:38.494-05:00Scarlet's ThoughtsStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-41227416809204615492009-05-25T07:57:00.001-05:002009-05-25T07:58:37.793-05:00Blog MoveHey -<br />Just FYI - I've moved my blog to the following:<br /><br />scarletsthoughts.wordpress.com<br /><br />See you there!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-21314179451176096352008-07-27T21:37:00.002-05:002008-07-27T21:42:09.229-05:00Very Quick UpdateThe folks are finally moved into the new house - kind of the final step to moving on from Katrina - although I don't know that you ever completely move on, just maybe move along. You can check out the whole construction process at <a href="http://www.schlatter.org/">www.schlatter.org</a><br /><br />I'm still sending out resumes, trying to find a job as an attorney in the DC area. I'm definitely working on my patience!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-16652647560650336782008-06-28T08:46:00.002-05:002008-06-28T08:48:10.844-05:0015 Days . . .Ok, so I'm still looking for a job and while waiting, I'm doing legal temp work. While it pays well, I'm now on 15 days straight of working about 12-14 hours a day. At this point, I'm beginning to question my sanity! And the 15 days prior to this were worked w/ only one day off! Ugh!<br /><br />The bright side is that I have an interview on Tuesday! I'll let you know how it goes - either way, at least it's an interview!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-58740176244600252102008-06-12T21:46:00.002-05:002008-06-12T21:48:43.756-05:00Summertime = ConcertsSo this week is the week for concerts! <br /><br />Tuesday night I went to see Brendan James at the Corcoran Gallery. If you haven't heard of him - you will! He is the best new artist I have heard in years and highly recommend you get his cd "The Day Is Brave"<br /><br />Friday night I'm going to see Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Can't wait! I'll write more about it later.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-59096145694776624762008-05-30T20:18:00.001-05:002008-05-30T20:20:07.227-05:00Can't wait until Monday!Monday is going to be the best day ever - I will be in Richmond to be sworn in as a member of the VA bar! Yea! The folks and my twin brother will be there too. I'll post some pics afterwards. Have a great weekend!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-24970957291234333012008-05-25T15:46:00.003-05:002008-05-25T15:57:34.066-05:00Memorial Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArfcrpjvAw0fYE6rdW2K-DIg1qgzNASu9CPgCdt5FDkcpNVOX_Svwx6aVTrhaN-WFDG5mnz_H5b_61YQCpbp74i_2bjFYefrDD3FS6WmaszZnIepUs04QhqZKenhJkyTpzGvh/s1600-h/Memorial+Day+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204421898924889938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArfcrpjvAw0fYE6rdW2K-DIg1qgzNASu9CPgCdt5FDkcpNVOX_Svwx6aVTrhaN-WFDG5mnz_H5b_61YQCpbp74i_2bjFYefrDD3FS6WmaszZnIepUs04QhqZKenhJkyTpzGvh/s200/Memorial+Day+005.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYA-xPEhZg3QGh-4O_UhlT_jG7t2pZHjcNUbvrgUPM3SguyXDtPRVCN4MQQ-Q2WGMqLO8DEgXZLI9N6rZ9ygWipjYC5prZ9jTzPS2lgCmiy2C2OYPtYypKSFlIgGJ_QhiUNKPG/s1600-h/Memorial+Day+014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204421903219857250" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYA-xPEhZg3QGh-4O_UhlT_jG7t2pZHjcNUbvrgUPM3SguyXDtPRVCN4MQQ-Q2WGMqLO8DEgXZLI9N6rZ9ygWipjYC5prZ9jTzPS2lgCmiy2C2OYPtYypKSFlIgGJ_QhiUNKPG/s200/Memorial+Day+014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZz9XbIlyMwzlNIeNk7oAb2mK5tv3iNANCPfrPrfQ49Dgosyhv0eU8CFi1J-k6Dgx6mAPJ06dg4NVpFIALvmET1Vn3r0I5pW15XlvBfIlMKZ3nP2S_56grFhEBlhzG0M3gH1-M/s1600-h/Memorial+Day+036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204421916104759170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZz9XbIlyMwzlNIeNk7oAb2mK5tv3iNANCPfrPrfQ49Dgosyhv0eU8CFi1J-k6Dgx6mAPJ06dg4NVpFIALvmET1Vn3r0I5pW15XlvBfIlMKZ3nP2S_56grFhEBlhzG0M3gH1-M/s200/Memorial+Day+036.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64fY6wiPy1w_Z1jHMhIRXAT1Gk_xsmotq2XLhyyTkINtG-h0IIYlFwGhcc3ZpDEZBDBPtb6Epj54SKQUk9H8Jr8SYgtAav2s5Y7Ug6Pmx7ef0RBYKYpcYATbHtGPGbItRBDzQ/s1600-h/Memorial+Day+020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204421911809791858" style="WIDTH: 205px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" height="150" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64fY6wiPy1w_Z1jHMhIRXAT1Gk_xsmotq2XLhyyTkINtG-h0IIYlFwGhcc3ZpDEZBDBPtb6Epj54SKQUk9H8Jr8SYgtAav2s5Y7Ug6Pmx7ef0RBYKYpcYATbHtGPGbItRBDzQ/s200/Memorial+Day+020.JPG" width="260" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehXbsvmMi7EeHLFQhu2aA3aS4VXOUdCiF5BUWAPvEEuSZH4AJ9TjcRZ31f4S4D5CGNClor__v6kXL2FzY0g6_NK_dSK6eEMQ0JskP2h7_HRda_cXVrGDCf0l2I2LdtgvPSqRu/s1600-h/Memorial+Day+039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204421920399726482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehXbsvmMi7EeHLFQhu2aA3aS4VXOUdCiF5BUWAPvEEuSZH4AJ9TjcRZ31f4S4D5CGNClor__v6kXL2FzY0g6_NK_dSK6eEMQ0JskP2h7_HRda_cXVrGDCf0l2I2LdtgvPSqRu/s200/Memorial+Day+039.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Just wanted to share some pictures from Arlington National Cemetery from Memorial Day weekend. I hope if you have family or friends who served in the military, you take time this weekend to say thank you to them. I'd like to thank my granddad, dad, twin brother, uncles, and friends for their service.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-79634770105286544302008-05-18T19:12:00.002-05:002008-05-18T19:18:10.208-05:00Still Searching . . .So the job search continues. I've been making contacts and sending out lots of resumes, although the market right now doesn't seem to be very good. My dream job would be with the Department of Justice - Civil Rights division, but from what I understand, it is very difficult to get in there. I am applying for several non-profit jobs with organizations that do civil rights work too.<br /><br />I think the biggest thing I am learning from this job search is patience - so at least something positive is coming out of it so far! I'm just going to keep plugging away and eventually something will happen - I know it!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-84355269279179966272008-05-08T17:29:00.002-05:002008-05-08T17:32:14.989-05:00Whew . . .Who knew that a job search could be so exhausting?! If anyone has connections or suggestions for finding a legal job in DC, let me know!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-44956635906365568282008-05-04T17:09:00.006-05:002008-05-08T17:28:22.809-05:00Growing Up Fast!Here are some new pics of my nephew, Joe IV. He is too cute for words!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoZ9VaKfsQzp_qCPF3P-pG6E26r4ZEKOcaVvD3X8xH1gBMk2plR5WgxRGjwIXUSlxVkQiNOwrC3nug5JxeZfrBngZ6InEs09aV-xu2eZYbu02LLbL1WKI0HlC4KV3CZNLDcp7/s1600-h/Buddy+on+Super+Bowl+day.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196649001740197778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoZ9VaKfsQzp_qCPF3P-pG6E26r4ZEKOcaVvD3X8xH1gBMk2plR5WgxRGjwIXUSlxVkQiNOwrC3nug5JxeZfrBngZ6InEs09aV-xu2eZYbu02LLbL1WKI0HlC4KV3CZNLDcp7/s200/Buddy+on+Super+Bowl+day.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAL2eQUjluDEHeVeaRkPZ_ECfLdJCEv9nukpeBILH9HldTNdkUTkJ7yCbzXbAGzJPWRi3zE1iVAdApiiJNrMUQFSpZkoZttG7fYKLz2Rl5NF3mUAEgz6zofLRuRRKjtCXW2xO/s1600-h/Buddy+with+Easter+Bunny.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196649006035165090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAL2eQUjluDEHeVeaRkPZ_ECfLdJCEv9nukpeBILH9HldTNdkUTkJ7yCbzXbAGzJPWRi3zE1iVAdApiiJNrMUQFSpZkoZttG7fYKLz2Rl5NF3mUAEgz6zofLRuRRKjtCXW2xO/s200/Buddy+with+Easter+Bunny.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodttUFsLAPrbwfpnZOLhOIC-SUuI88Mb59HsIMrrfYGKlH8AYGWUdPkb8OZaAeLI4AatOJtoFHrkM5__3j1zrSFbDNHuiY9WfSLPI0lWS6I6lpdbXmUn_AdYPH5fDHnvt5p4A/s1600-h/My+new+highchair.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196648744042160002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodttUFsLAPrbwfpnZOLhOIC-SUuI88Mb59HsIMrrfYGKlH8AYGWUdPkb8OZaAeLI4AatOJtoFHrkM5__3j1zrSFbDNHuiY9WfSLPI0lWS6I6lpdbXmUn_AdYPH5fDHnvt5p4A/s200/My+new+highchair.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-80332814081503486862008-05-04T16:59:00.002-05:002008-05-04T17:03:55.537-05:00WOW!I can't believe I haven't posted anything on here since November! And things have definitely changed! I studied super hard and sat for the VA bar again in February and rocked it! Found out that I passed on April 23rd and will be sworn in June 2nd.<br /><br />While I begin the long search for a job, I am doing document review with several legal temp agencies in the DC area. It is quite an experience - both good and bad. I may discuss it at a later time.<br /><br />Hopefully I'll have more time to post on a more regular basis. Hope all is well with everyone!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-60250457995823354962007-11-28T20:44:00.000-05:002007-11-28T21:08:09.524-05:00Sorry it's been so long ...I haven't posted in such a long time - I don't know where to start. First of all - the VA bar is not my friend - I missed the cutoff by just a few points which was not fun. Of the 10 people I knew personally who took it - only 3 passed, so at least I'm in good company. While a surprising number of people have suggested to try an easier bar (like MD or MA), I am now approaching this as a grudge match between me and VA! I've started studying again which is very hard to get back into.<br /><br />The other thing I would like to point out to whoever may read this - unless you have ever taken a bar exam, you really have no idea how awful it is. If you have friends or family members who are preparing to take the bar, the best advice I can give you is to feed them, support them (from afar), and tread lightly. And please, please, please DO NOT ask incessantly about results. If they pass - believe me, you'll know it!!!! And if you have to ask - please don't ask in front of other people.<br /><br />I also found it really funny that when people found out I didn't pass, they thought I was going to go into some sort of a shame spiral and jump off a bridge. It's a test - that's it. And a flawed test at that! Many, many, many people have to retake it and I really think things happen for a reason so this just means there are better things to come!<br /><br />Moving on - my parents have finally decided to settle in the Northern Neck of VA (where the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay meet) and have purchased a lot and will begin building a house in the next few months.<br /><br />My twin brother and his wife had their first baby - my first time being an aunt and my parent's first grandchild - and he is wonderful! He is Joe IV and is a bundle of joy!<br /><br />It's great being back in the DC area - I've gone to several Redskins games (and right now am very sad about Sean Taylor's passing), taken in some wonderful exhibits (like the Sandra Day O'Connor portraits at the National Portrait Gallery and the Annie Leibovitz exhibit at the National Gallery), reconnect w/ some of my old students and lots of old friends.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to the holidays (although my time will be spent studying) and wish everyone all the best!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-79881627192143965142007-09-17T21:21:00.000-05:002007-09-17T21:52:30.152-05:00Faith, Hope, and Love . . .". . . beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. You need to remember that when you find yourself at the beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up...and it will too."<br /><br /><br />"I realize that it doesn't matter who or what or when or where the hugging happens. Sometimes you just need a hug."<br /><br />(From "Hope Floats")<br /><br /><br />Every time I watch the movie "Hope Floats", I find more things that I have never seen in it before. I think one of the reasons I love the movie so much is because it reminds me of the strong sense of family in southern families - and it reminds me so much of the bonds I have with my own family. <br /><br />The last two years have been difficult because of the loss of so much for my family in Hurricane Katrina, in addition to losing both of my paternal grandparents (and losing my maternal grandmother one year prior). I think in the time immediately following loss, it is hard to truly put everything in perspective and you spend much of the time in a haze. For me, it has taken time to really think about and to accept that loss is part of life. I have always been a sentimental, touchy-feely type person and now more than ever I try to make a conscious effort to tell those around me how much they mean to me - regardless of what their reactions may be. I don't ever want to regret not sharing my feelings with others. I would encourage others to let friends and family know what they mean to you - every day - not just on special occasions.<br /><br /><br />The first quote really speaks to me right now because this is a time of lots of new beginnings. I wish that I had more control over things that are happening right now, but I don't and I am finding that that's okay too. I am learning to trust myself more than ever - and trust my heart - and hope for the best. I know good things are to come.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-24191963496724520272007-09-15T20:43:00.000-05:002007-09-15T20:49:26.411-05:00Think . . .The Shawshank Redemption<br />Quote from Red<br /><br /><br />"I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. <em><strong>Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it</strong></em>. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free."Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-90979977866354224642007-09-14T20:49:00.000-05:002007-09-14T20:58:14.103-05:00Some special quotes from my favorite book . . .To Kill a Mockingbird<br />by Harper Lee<br /><br />Quotes from Ms. Jean Louise ("Scout") Finch<br /><br /><br /><em>"This night my mind was filled with Halloween -- there was to be a pageant representing our county's agricultural products; I was to be a ham. Jem said he would escort me to the school auditorium.</em> <strong><em>Thus began our longest journey together</em></strong>."<br /><br />(This quote always reminds me of the bond I have with my twin brother. Regardless of how young or old we are/were, he is always my best friend.)<br /><br /><br /><br /><em>"Neighbours bring food with death, and flowers with sickness, and little things in between. Boo was our neighbour. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a knife, and our lives." </em><br /><br />(This quote brings back memories of the way we should all treat each other - exemplified by both of my grandmothers and the other women in my family. It also reminds me of all the "Boos" I have known in my life - at many different ages - and what each one taught me.)Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-58939373239449407192007-09-14T19:53:00.000-05:002007-09-14T20:01:41.452-05:00Thoughts about the coming of Fall (one of my favorite seasons)<em><strong>Nothing Gold Can Stay</strong></em><br /><em><strong>by Robert Frost</strong></em><br /><br /><em>Nature's first green is gold,</em><br /><em>Her hardest hue to hold.</em><br /><em>Her early leaf's a flower;</em><br /><em>But only so an hour.</em><br /><em>Then leaf subsides to leaf.</em><br /><em>So Eden sank to grief,</em><br /><em>So dawn goes down to day.</em><br /><em>Nothing gold can stay.</em>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-33932857348814153672007-09-12T19:46:00.000-05:002007-09-12T20:12:21.965-05:00Lots of News!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWuzQsc2izkelg8hD3KNiwnbpp9_1Knv5MRvnAHEAxkSs_hLsXsVRGWb-2NWBur5MmIcZv9LyWB6c2xU7AvquzAsvo9BlWxyNkGKCRyKEHb0Mw56mnCwKEbXcS3RDErgSaw37/s1600-h/after_first_bath.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109487244781608434" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWuzQsc2izkelg8hD3KNiwnbpp9_1Knv5MRvnAHEAxkSs_hLsXsVRGWb-2NWBur5MmIcZv9LyWB6c2xU7AvquzAsvo9BlWxyNkGKCRyKEHb0Mw56mnCwKEbXcS3RDErgSaw37/s200/after_first_bath.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpSdGrhlYfyWKAwOZonrHQ-O7MCmp-vdKuGRwc4kAN6Yq5A6TJJ-3QU29bgnJy6SttcPhO6Xn95J0idbhyG3QlDNRW2TFj5jeCdpAH39Lk0SIKbsRLShB1imX6L-GjGeAwtbI/s1600-h/3+Generations+of+Joes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109487532544417282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpSdGrhlYfyWKAwOZonrHQ-O7MCmp-vdKuGRwc4kAN6Yq5A6TJJ-3QU29bgnJy6SttcPhO6Xn95J0idbhyG3QlDNRW2TFj5jeCdpAH39Lk0SIKbsRLShB1imX6L-GjGeAwtbI/s200/3+Generations+of+Joes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfANq9UuauyCW8raHW8t2aN_5OysWchi_WP1XgbwUHIQfOtKNvzW9vJ6VZGJNSOzdj4DEbx0MuMlZP-WFQgj_WZcpofjzygTZcFaf3Vc60_mtHR9T6GjHW0Qym8pU3sdZP30PW/s1600-h/IMG_0028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109486497457298914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfANq9UuauyCW8raHW8t2aN_5OysWchi_WP1XgbwUHIQfOtKNvzW9vJ6VZGJNSOzdj4DEbx0MuMlZP-WFQgj_WZcpofjzygTZcFaf3Vc60_mtHR9T6GjHW0Qym8pU3sdZP30PW/s200/IMG_0028.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpSdGrhlYfyWKAwOZonrHQ-O7MCmp-vdKuGRwc4kAN6Yq5A6TJJ-3QU29bgnJy6SttcPhO6Xn95J0idbhyG3QlDNRW2TFj5jeCdpAH39Lk0SIKbsRLShB1imX6L-GjGeAwtbI/s1600-h/3+Generations+of+Joes.jpg"></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>My twin brother (Joe) and his wife (Bekah) had their first baby about a week and a half ago - I am now an Aunt for the first time! And he is also the first grandchild. He is Joe IV and is cute as a button - blonde hair and blue eyes. He was a little early but I like to think it was because he was anxious to meet his Aunt Stephanie!</div><br /><div>The pic on the left is at the hospital - and it is three generations of Joes! The middle pic is of me holding him the day he was born. The pic on the right is after his first bath at home.</div><div> </div></div></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-39188964874074730652007-08-15T20:20:00.000-05:002007-08-15T20:26:10.032-05:00UpdateAgain, it's been a while since I posted so here's the quickest update I can manage.<br />1. The VA bar exam was pretty awful! Hope I never have to do that again! Results aren't available until some time in October so I am choosing to forget about it until then!<br />2. My brother and sister-in-law are expecting their first baby in about 6 weeks and I can't wait to be an aunt!<br />3. I was just hired by the Fredericksburg public defender's office and should get lots of great experience. Can't wait.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-49421912083643234202007-07-02T19:56:00.000-05:002007-07-02T20:01:41.081-05:00Random TopicsFirst of all - bar review stinks! I am barely hanging on to my sanity - and the fact that there is some chick in the class knitting sweaters, socks, and scarves doesn't help! I will post pictures when I can.<br /><br />Second - bar review stinks!<br /><br />Third - <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/">www.funnyordie.com</a> is probably the best website I've found lately. Love "Playground time w/ Brooke Shields".<br /><br />Fourth - what's up w/ commuting Libby's sentence? Not surprised though.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-16709849386861603002007-06-03T12:42:00.000-05:002007-06-03T12:52:19.129-05:00Just because . . .Taking a little break and was thinking about poems that I really like - who knows why - probably because it is as far from bar review as I can get. Here is one of my favorites - dark, but haunting.<br /><br />Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen<br /><br />DULCE ET DECORUM EST<span style="font-size:78%;">1</span><br /><br />Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, <br />Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, <br />Till on the haunting flares<span style="font-size:78%;">2</span> we turned our backs <br />And towards our distant rest<span style="font-size:78%;">3</span> began to trudge. <br />Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots <br />But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; <br />Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots<span style="font-size:78%;">4</span> <br />Of tired, outstripped<span style="font-size:78%;">5</span> Five-Nines<span style="font-size:78%;">6</span> that dropped behind.<br /><br />Gas!<span style="font-size:78%;">7</span> Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling, <br />Fitting the clumsy helmets<span style="font-size:78%;">8</span> just in time; <br />But someone still was yelling out and stumbling, <br />And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime<span style="font-size:78%;">9 </span>. . . <br />Dim, through the misty panes<span style="font-size:78%;">10</span> and thick green light, <br />As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. <br />In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, <br />He plunges at me, guttering,<span style="font-size:78%;">11</span> choking, drowning. <br /><br />If in some smothering dreams you too could pace <br />Behind the wagon that we flung him in, <br />And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, <br />His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin; <br />If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood <br />Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, <br />Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud<span style="font-size:78%;">12</span> <br />Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, <br />My friend, you would not tell with such high zest<span style="font-size:78%;">13</span> <br />To children ardent<span style="font-size:78%;">14</span> for some desperate glory, <br />The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est <br />Pro patria mori.<span style="font-size:78%;">15</span><br /><br />8 October 1917 - March, 1918<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">1 DULCE ET DECORUM EST - the first words of a Latin saying (taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words, it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">2 rockets which were sent up to burn with a brilliant glare to light up men and other targets in the area between the front lines (See illustration, page 118 of Out in the Dark.) </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">3 a camp away from the front line where exhausted soldiers might rest for a few days, or longer </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">4 the noise made by the shells rushing through the air </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">5 outpaced, the soldiers have struggled beyond the reach of these shells which are now falling behind them as they struggle away from the scene of battle <br />6 Five-Nines - 5.9 calibre explosive shells </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">7 poison gas. From the symptoms it would appear to be chlorine or phosgene gas. The filling of the lungs with fluid had the same effects as when a person drowned </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">8 the early name for gas masks </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">9 a white chalky substance which can burn live tissue </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">10 the glass in the eyepieces of the gas masks </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">11 Owen probably meant flickering out like a candle or gurgling like water draining down a gutter, referring to the sounds in the throat of the choking man, or it might be a sound partly like stuttering and partly like gurgling </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">12 normally the regurgitated grass that cows chew; here a similar looking material was issuing from the soldier's mouth </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">13 high zest - idealistic enthusiasm, keenly believing in the rightness of the idea </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">14 keen</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />15 see note 1 </span>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-27412318914642391022007-06-03T12:20:00.000-05:002007-06-03T12:24:27.237-05:00Bar Review - UUUGGGGHHH!!Haven't posted in a while - sorry! Graduated from law school on May 19th, and the very next day drove to Spotsylvania, VA to put everything I own in storage except some clothes and my wonderful bar review books. Am doing bar prep class at UVA Law School and will sit for the VA bar at the end of July. Hopefully I will only have to do this one time!<br /><br />Still do not have a job, but am very excited to see that Sen. Leahy is widening the investigation into the DOJ and is looking into summer intern hiring, as well as the hiring of new attorneys and the Atty. Honors Program - all of which I applied for (at least 5 different applications) and never received a single response. Interesting . . .<br /><br />Will keep you updated as I can, but for now, back to work!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-52070417777539049502007-03-25T14:05:00.000-05:002007-03-25T14:06:54.203-05:00Maybe Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) should visit MississippiIf you haven't heard about this, check out the story at:<br /><br /><a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Democrat_silenced_on_House_floor_for_0321.html">http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Democrat_silenced_on_House_floor_for_0321.html</a>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-27626550150769904382007-03-23T11:46:00.000-05:002007-03-23T12:01:35.516-05:00Thursday's Reality<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstYpKkfxYBODTmtj3EsCkGw6J82lARLvgLbLMRBAAsfrBdJsqptJZv7qn_ZN0GGEPmxyfu5MS5sIOw9HqnaonJX-B9ZhRpH-dJ2_2uGy5KWrt5oqnDfaVkNDl8p0rHb8DQFkg/s1600-h/gulf+coast+026.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045165161856011714" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstYpKkfxYBODTmtj3EsCkGw6J82lARLvgLbLMRBAAsfrBdJsqptJZv7qn_ZN0GGEPmxyfu5MS5sIOw9HqnaonJX-B9ZhRpH-dJ2_2uGy5KWrt5oqnDfaVkNDl8p0rHb8DQFkg/s320/gulf+coast+026.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsjN2940Z0AJqNMtphNimpahkg03a4mnnltRb8fW74Vtuqdckr59DksAE-ROeCPoSn8z-l65QMYgSk2TMYOsQeOwum-_xRWj34EVmj_Ztc4pm5lgRYN9qViLfc4kKnhvJSU5o/s1600-h/gulf+coast+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045164917042875826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsjN2940Z0AJqNMtphNimpahkg03a4mnnltRb8fW74Vtuqdckr59DksAE-ROeCPoSn8z-l65QMYgSk2TMYOsQeOwum-_xRWj34EVmj_Ztc4pm5lgRYN9qViLfc4kKnhvJSU5o/s320/gulf+coast+025.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOItKofv3EF7W1jYtQuEeGHL6idUcZeSkostww8teAGq5Lecg4TNF-lrBO3bJ2HBaSqECwnaEqKFQTDhLULKleKRbCtd4-7j-pkps43SzIb8CwKbfkp_gczVpAYXLa_-8PC-b/s1600-h/gulf+coast+030.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90cQpUG5NgfeT5gIiACNyul_XKqAYk36wLY-7HhQG4lBZfbQBFtNGP0wdAunJDzFjwRi0QXlBg_UMn025fZkbY3vhxPHtnDfX7SY9qY6TaOwO2FyvzHHivxyWgrZ30lid44bL/s1600-h/gulf+coast+026.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheb3W1rbEw1a7mPbLOj-GSy4VvcSnbYyJ20VAOXl6_yx8Qz2muY-8sX2kF0Vy4OdmHtgSlt656BVpmNgPxvxUlnX2f9kXz3CDHyXMg37e7uOc1F70cXs128m4MVbG5v4Lwd3Gy/s1600-h/gulf+coast+025.jpg"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>The picture on the left is of me standing on my parent's lot - you can no longer see the slab. They had done the plumbing, electrical, and poured the cement foundation.</div><div>The picture on the right is looking down Whispering Pines Drive in Waveland - parent's lot on the left and beach is straight ahead.</div><div></div><div>The destruction in Waveland and Bay St. Louis is almost unimaginable. What most people see on television (if anything) does not show these areas. There is so much work to be done and it will be decades before these two beautiful southern towns will be anywhere close to what they used to be.</div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-92204742371196304782007-03-23T11:38:00.000-05:002007-03-23T11:46:45.130-05:00Thursday's WorkOur work on Thursday was going door-to-door in Waveland, MS - one of the hardest hit areas of the storm. We were interviewing residents to determine how familiar they are with the various programs and if they had actually taken advantage of the programs (FEMA, SBA, Phase I and Phase II MS Homeowners Grants). Many residents were satisfied with what they received; however, many were not aware of everything that was available to them and did not want to seem "greedy". A few of them felt they were treated as beggars when dealing with FEMA and also stated that businesses were price gauging because the perception was people were getting lots of money and had it to spend - which is in fact not the case.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-54508705534439649032007-03-22T22:26:00.001-05:002008-07-27T21:26:12.944-05:00Mississippi Center for Justice<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeWMDjwSjXobst9vA6Eb0-nZOwwrgjTtU2zSk8rasresfm7Sr_3E66JEHPxy5sD8Hbzs1jHhiqJAXg70KB3Nqp0vsY8VjvQp5a-1nxhRIviNvEq1bceaKcSv4mBGQiUpX8NAx/s1600-h/gulf+coast+020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044956490869935474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeWMDjwSjXobst9vA6Eb0-nZOwwrgjTtU2zSk8rasresfm7Sr_3E66JEHPxy5sD8Hbzs1jHhiqJAXg70KB3Nqp0vsY8VjvQp5a-1nxhRIviNvEq1bceaKcSv4mBGQiUpX8NAx/s400/gulf+coast+020.jpg" border="0" /></a> Standing: Eric Herr, Nancy Sykes, Sam Charron, Jeremy Bramson, Ryan Agnew, Keith Grompone, Lindsay Jones, Richard Abbott<br />Kneeling: Paula Zimmer, Stephanie Schlatter, Josh Papapietro, Alexander Kalife, Kristina da Fonseca, Kelly Koch<br /><br />This picture was taken outside the office of the MS Center for Justice - the organization we have been working with this week. Check out their website at <a href="http://www.mscenterforjustice.org/">www.mscenterforjustice.org</a>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31084587.post-31802077542746446152007-03-22T22:21:00.001-05:002008-07-27T21:24:56.505-05:00Katrina Memorial<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJuixh7wIFLRTjZAVrczpFrVSzrJSJkStrZsms-01dD0xDqgNAupE1Vmg3G_5FJ3L8kT1Z6bZ_rrT6XFSj7jLrjc-MZBnSiyZUB-IBGd5nlXgauHl3M29FZw5mGKkJ-JNFAZj/s1600-h/gulf+coast+019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044955069235760482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJuixh7wIFLRTjZAVrczpFrVSzrJSJkStrZsms-01dD0xDqgNAupE1Vmg3G_5FJ3L8kT1Z6bZ_rrT6XFSj7jLrjc-MZBnSiyZUB-IBGd5nlXgauHl3M29FZw5mGKkJ-JNFAZj/s400/gulf+coast+019.jpg" border="0" /></a> Standing: Eric Herr, Lindsay Jones, Stephanie Schlatter, Jeremy Bramson, Sam Charron, Paula Zimmer, Ryan Agnew, Nancy Sykes, Richard Abbott<br />Kneeling: Keith Grompone, Alexander Kalife, Josh Papapietro, Kristina da Fonseca, Kelly Koch<br /><br />This picture was taken at the Katrina Memorial, across the street from the Beau Rivage Casino on Beach Boulevard in Biloxi, MS. The collage of materials in the glass case are remains of belongings salvaged from the storm - broken dishes, a police badge, little league trophies, and other memorabilia.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05461326326171676990noreply@blogger.com0