~A XMAS STORY~decorations, crowds, pixies..AND A BLOODY NOSE~ACTUAL UPDATE 11/9 p190

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

WOW! Thanks for the info! Your friend is right on the working from home with kids thing. It is hard to get anything done except play with them! I find it hard just to get the regular chores done with my DD because she thinks it is playtime 24/7. I wish I could just forget about trying to make money and focus completely on her, but it is hard these days to make it on one income. I do whatever I can here and there to make money like keep kids occasionally and sell stuff on ebay. Mostly I figure out ways to SAVE money for us instead of MAKE money. That helps too. But my DD will be starting kindergarten in the fall so I may wait until then to look into something like this. I would still like to work from home even after she is in school so that I can be there for all her school activites. But thanks a bunch for the info and I will absolutely keep it in mind down the road a little.

 

[Brenle]

i just wanted to take the opportunity to apologize in advance for the lack of updates for the next few days. i am SWAMPED!!!! as of this morning i already had 5 depositions, 1 motion to suppress hearing and 1 guilty plea to type. i did a deposition today that the guy needs on monday, so i'm doing that now. and then i have another deposition scheduled tomorrow. so i'm gonna be a VERY busy girl the next couple of weeks!!! i'm not complaining though - i'd much rather be busy than not have any work. but when it rains, it pours!

Welcome to my world. Not five depos, just 2 with over 180 pages plus grand jury tapes - 7 in all. And you're right, it's either feast or famine, it seems as of late, in our profession. Keep plugging!

 

[scottny]

all caught up.

I just signed up to become a Trip Planner for my site. Basically it is $300.00 up front. then you have to do the Disney college of knowledge online.

Then you work for that company for 1 year. You get the orders but they do all the paper work and mailings. So make sure you really know them.

After a year you can go out on your own.

That was my understanding of it.

 

[DisneyJo]

Love the parade photos, it looks very high energy and so much fun! I love Luke's face as he watched it

 

[MaceysMom]

We went roller skating not that long ago and it was so much fun! Don't have to many margaritas! I was very wobbly at first.

 

[VandyFan10]

Hope you had a great time last night skating!!

Can't wait to see the pictures!!

 

[CanadianWDWfan]

I'm sure you enjoyed the diversion of skating instead of work. I can't wait to see pics. Glad you didn't hurt yourself, I'd hate for you to re-injure yourself after you just recovered from the nasty fall on the stairs. Of course there has to be margaritas!!!

I wouldn't have your disipline to do the kind of work you do. I give you a pat on the back. I love to hear it when people love what they do, kudos to you. I would easily get distracted and the work would pile up. Besides, I type one letter at a time....it would take me forever....

 

[VandyFan10]

She still has the ad running. Here's the link:
http://www.*************.com/Join_our_team.htm

i just went there and applied! i'd love to do this part-time. and to be able to claim part of vacations as a tax deduction sounds great to me!!! i will let you know if i hear back from her. thanks!!!

How AWESOME is this!!??!!??

I think I'm going to apply also. I think it would be great fun to do this part time. Earn a little extra cash (like the tax-deductible thing too.) But most of all make everyone's life a little sweeter

If I can make a families trip better, by having fun looking at what I anyway. WHY NOT??

hi! thanks so much for reading and for your sweet compliments! erica and i aren't done yet - we're on our last day though. erica doesn't want the TR to end!

And I'm busy and lazy , but mostly I don't want it to end :crying:

i just wanted to take the opportunity to apologize in advance for the lack of updates for the next few days. i am SWAMPED!!!!

I'm glad .
But seriously from your concern in our last conversation you GO girl!!

 

[punkin413]

WOW! Thanks for the info! Your friend is right on the working from home with kids thing. It is hard to get anything done except play with them! I find it hard just to get the regular chores done with my DD because she thinks it is playtime 24/7. I wish I could just forget about trying to make money and focus completely on her, but it is hard these days to make it on one income. I do whatever I can here and there to make money like keep kids occasionally and sell stuff on ebay. Mostly I figure out ways to SAVE money for us instead of MAKE money. That helps too. But my DD will be starting kindergarten in the fall so I may wait until then to look into something like this. I would still like to work from home even after she is in school so that I can be there for all her school activites. But thanks a bunch for the info and I will absolutely keep it in mind down the road a little.

i hear ya! finances stink most of the time!!! and you're welcome.

Welcome to my world. Not five depos, just 2 with over 180 pages plus grand jury tapes - 7 in all. And you're right, it's either feast or famine, it seems as of late, in our profession. Keep plugging!

you guys have to type grand jury stuff? we don't even take those down! it's funny how things are so different from state to state. plugging away over here. one of my rush depos ended up being 165 pages and i made about $1100 off of it with the rush rate.

all caught up.

I just signed up to become a Trip Planner for my site. Basically it is $300.00 up front. then you have to do the Disney college of knowledge online.

Then you work for that company for 1 year. You get the orders but they do all the paper work and mailings. So make sure you really know them.

After a year you can go out on your own.

That was my understanding of it.

you mean on enchanted? more details please! just PM me if you want.

Love the parade photos, it looks very high energy and so much fun! I love Luke's face as he watched it

thanks! it IS so much fun! i hope you guys get to see it on your next trip.

We went roller skating not that long ago and it was so much fun! Don't have to many margaritas! I was very wobbly at first.

obviously i'm alive and survived without incident! more on that later.

Hope you had a great time last night skating!!

Can't wait to see the pictures!!

we had a blast! we will have to do it again when you come up for our ikea adventure!

I'm sure you enjoyed the diversion of skating instead of work. I can't wait to see pics. Glad you didn't hurt yourself, I'd hate for you to re-injure yourself after you just recovered from the nasty fall on the stairs. Of course there has to be margaritas!!!

I wouldn't have your disipline to do the kind of work you do. I give you a pat on the back. I love to hear it when people love what they do, kudos to you. I would easily get distracted and the work would pile up. Besides, I type one letter at a time....it would take me forever....

it was a nice break from work. yeah, i was really hoping i wouldn't break anything and luckily i didn't. thanks for your kind words about my job. it takes discipline but i really do love it (most of the time). all of the drama i hear about it makes me appreciate having a boring life.

How AWESOME is this!!??!!??

I think I'm going to apply also. I think it would be great fun to do this part time. Earn a little extra cash (like the tax-deductible thing too.) But most of all make everyone's life a little sweeter

If I can make a families trip better, by having fun looking at what I anyway. WHY NOT??

And I'm busy and lazy , but mostly I don't want it to end :crying:

I'm glad .
But seriously from your concern in our last conversation you GO girl!!

i thought the same exact thing about doing that part time. i haven't heard back from her but i will let you guys know if i do. i'm gonna give it a week before i start looking elsewhere. this has gotten the wheels turning in my head so if i don't get this one i'm gonna look elsewhere for something similar! thanks about the work i'm getting - i need the $$$!!!

 

[Brenle]

Grand Jury tape was a request from a client who represents the deft. in the criminal matter. Yeah, that was a treat. I'm freelance. But the state records GJ with audio and so I had to listen to it, take it down stenographically and then produce the transcript from there. Took a LONG time.

Isn't that rush rate great??????

 

[punkin413]

well, i survived our skating adventure with no injuries!!!! it was a really fun night and i'm glad we did it. we will be doing it again soon i'm sure.

we started out the night with dinner at my favorite mexican restaurant and i had two margaritas. just enough to make me happy but not too many to prohibit coordination while rolling on a wooden surface.

the night's participants were me, anna, erin (who some of you may know from my september 2007 TR) and my friend angie. angie is a good friend that i went to court reporting school with.

anyway, here we are getting our skates on.

right before we were about step onto the skating rink, an announcement came over the speakers for everyone to clear the floor because someone had spilled a coke. so i got all psyched up for nothing! the rink we were about to conquer......

while they were cleaning up the spill we decided to practice going back and forth between the lockers.

here's erin - notice the girl just about to cut her off. this happened ALL night. you'd be skating along and some kid would roll right in front of you and throw off your balance.

me getting my game face on.

we finally made it out onto the floor. it was surprisingly familiar - like riding a bike! it didn't take me long to get the swing of it again.

erin was still trying to psych herself up and i took this as we passed her and angie.

the skating rink we went to has this thing where you can pay a dollar and buy someone a rose, mostly for the kids and teenagers. well, as we were skating i hear an announcement come on that says, "anna, you have a rose at the front from dawn." erin was joking earlier that night that anna and i sounded like we were dating because we were sharing fajitas at dinner and trying to decide which ones to get and bickering about it. so she decided it would be appropriate for me to buy her a rose that night.

they cleared the floor again for the skating races. first were the older guys. watch the two that are leading - they were scaring me to death!



then the younger boys went and there was one little kid who was SO CUTE! you'll see me point him out. i wanted to go give him a hug when he fell.



they also had a girls race but i didn't tape any of that.

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[punkin413]

then it was time to skate again! erin braved it this time but she wouldn't move away from the wall.

she had me laughing so hard because whenever she'd encounter anyone she'd say, "you probably want to move out of my way." here she is telling some people to move.

then some kids ended up falling right in front of her. it was SO FUNNY!

she's moving away from the wall!!!!!!

here are some of the rest of us skating.....

sorry it's sideways - anna thought she was taking a picture and it was on record.

taking a break.....

erin was dancing and i started to record her and anna thought i was taking a picture so she was posing - this was hilarious! watch anna's face. sorry it's sideways again - i wasn't thinking.



more skating....

right before we were going to call it a night they announced adult skate so we went back out there. they were playing this '70's/'80's disco music - it was pretty funny! anna did the robot. it was nice because we did a BUNCH of laps with no kids cutting us off and scaring us to death!



it was around 10:45 and the rink closed at 11:00 so we decided to call it a night. erin had already turned in her skates and was outside smoking so she's not in this one.

it was so sweet - the teenage girl that took this picture said, "you guys are so pretty" when she handed the camera back to me. it restored my faith in the youth of america. not that she said we were pretty, but that she was actually polite and nice. you don't get that a lot these days with kids her age and that's one thing that scares me to death about having a kid of my own.

back to normal shoes!!!

it felt so weird to walk in normal shoes after roller skating for about 3 hours!

i only fell twice which is pretty good i think! and no bruises or soreness.....yet! erin probably did the least amount of skating last night and she sent me a text this morning that said, "when are we going again?" i'm glad she had fun though. we all did!

 

[KristinAnne]

It looks like so much fun!! I need to find a rink around my area now!!

 

[Spartangirl]

Looks like you all had a fun skating adventure!!! And....no bruises or soreness??? Pretty good! LOVE the rose story!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Thanks for the good laugh, Dawn!!! You were all very stylin' skaters!

 

[KatGarcia]

What a great time you guys had!!! I haven't been skating in YEARS! Great pics, the people popping up behind u guys in the pics were really funny!

BTW I am really enjoying your TR. I have been reading more on the DIS than posting due to the time it takes, but I'm def still reading along! I have a new TR too, just sayin

 

[lmillercrew]

Who's the guy bumping and grinding on your friend, Angie?
Glad you guys had a good time skating. I love to roller skate. Your video of the little kids skating had me cracking up! I totally love your southern accents!

 

[troobabiee7]

That looks like so much fun! My grandpa owned a skating rink upstate when my mom was growing up and her, my aunt and uncles would be there every weekend, skating and helping out. Then when my brother and I were younger we found a skating rink in Jersey where my bro had a bunch of birthday parties. We all grew up skating across the floor to flashing lights and 70s/80s/90s dance music So many memories, I love it!!! I'm glad you all had a good time!

 

[duncanssweetie]

Dawn, just wanted to let you know that I have spent the last few days reading your report. I love it !! Luke is a little cutie patootie with those long eyelashes, he is going to be a heartbreaker !!

And I just wanted to add that I loved the last installment with the skating rink !! My family owns the local skating rink back home so I spent every free minute I had there while growing up. when we go back home to visit we spend quite a bit of time there, too, but I have to say I haven't put my wheels on in quite a while. Maybe I will have to do that over Spring Break, it's really good exercise !! And I know I could probably get a bunch of my girlfriends from high school up there too if I did it on a day we are actually closed. You know, so we don't injure any poor kids in the process, and so my Dad won't mind if we have some "grown up" drinks !!

Can't wait for more !!

 

[LMO429]

hi dawn! i dont post often over here but just want u to know im enjoying your tr!