OMG! - 2

Found this one too! Love!

OMG!

Oh...my...gosh! I happened to come across this Marie Antoinette Collector Barbie tonight and about died! I'm not a Barbie collector by any stretch of the imagination, but a Marie Antoinette Barbie? I had to research further. Which is when I found out that the going price is about $2000. Boo. But I still kinda want one.

Who is crazier - the attorneys or the defendants?

Bonjour!

People crack me up. Today consisted of sitting in a courtroom with my jaw constantly dropped at the shenanigans taking place. I have to applaud our new attorney for standing her ground and not letting even the judge bully her around. I was never so happy for 5:00 to roll around so we could get the heck out of there.

Unfortunately, going home meant crazy clean up time around the house - the one downside to having house guests. :) But, such a good scrubbing was long overdue and now the house is looking (and smelling) fab! I need some major organization ideas, though. Probably the first thing to do is to decide what to keep and what to throw away, but I have a really hard time with the throw away part. My sweetie insists that there are several pairs of shoes that I could donate, but I put my foot down on that one! He has a hard time understanding that there are some shoes you wear on a regular basis and some that you wear only once in a while. But both are equally important. Boys...

So, I've been working on a new project for a couple of weeks now - a scrapbook of my trip to Paris. The last time I put together a real scrapbook was in high school, but doing this project has reminded me of how fun paper, glitter, glue, and stickie letters can be. I'm also reminded of how loooong the process can take. I've only done a day and a half of my 6 day trip, so it may be quite some time before I finish, but I will definitely post pictures because some of my pages I'm really loving! Yea for creativity!

lazy day

Bonjour!

Today has been a much needed lazy day. It started early, though, with a drive downtown to the federal courthouse for my swearing in ceremony. This federal district does things so much more intimately and personally than other federal districts. Only 6 of us were sworn in today, each of us was required to have a "sponsor" (an attorney already sworn into this district) introduce us to the judge, and after the ceremony we got to sign "the book" (a book of signatures of every attorney sworn into this federal district since 1878). My supervisor was my sponsor and our District Attorney even attended and said a few good words about me to the judge. It was one of those ceremonies that makes me excited to be in the legal profession.

Afterwards, my sweetheart and I decided to have brunch and then I was off to a work conference, which ended earlier than anticipated but late enough to make returning to the office unnecessary. So, home I went and caught up on blogs, found some new ones that I'm already loving, and generally just had a lazy evening. Don't you love when you get a surprise lazy day?

My Return to the Blogosphere

I just realized that it has been almost 6 months since my last post. It's ridiculous how insane my life has been, particularly at work. But, as its starting to slow back down to a tolerable pace, I'm drawn back to my little blog. So, what's been happening to me these past 6 months? Well, I've been doing the work of 2 attorneys (literally - like had a couple of minor breakdowns too), I was elected president of the board of directors of a non-profit I'm part of (which opened up a whole other door of problems, to-dos, etc), I took my first international vacation to PARIS; I turned 32 (boo); and I've been keeping up with each of my fav blogs quietly in the midst of all my chaos.

So, after 6 months of stress and a fab vacay to my dream city, I've been in a kind of "me time" mood. Don't get me wrong, I still give it my all at the office and make sure all my work is done, but I definitely have been doing some mental health recovery, if you will. I generally leave the office before 6:00 and I spend my evenings catching up on six months of back issues of Yoga Journal and InStyle magazines. And I dream...still...about a perfect life, with more creativity and sans other peoples problems, politics, and all the unnecessary meanness that I see everyday. But, I suppose that's better left for another post, another day. Here are some things that are making me tres joyeux right now:

1. Victoria Beckham - I never paid much attention to Victoria during the Spice Girls years, but I must say that I've been paying attention to her for the past few years. Not only do I think she's ubber-stylish, but her fashion line is FAB! If only I was a small as she is so I would actually be willing to spend $2k on one of her dresses.

2. Meeting Kimberly Wilson for the first time during her Texas book tour! After following her blog, podcasts, books, etc. for over 4 years, I finally get to meet someone that I truly look up to this August!

3. My new short haircut that looks surprising similar to this pic of Victoria B. (shock!). After years of growing up believing that only long hair is beautiful, I had a sudden urge to chop it off (it was gradually getting shorter with each visit to the hair stylist, so it really wasn't THAT big of a change) right before my Paris trip and I absolutely LOVE it! This sounds sad, but for well over a year I was in a style rut. I was more inclined to just pull my wet hair in a bun and wear glasses every day with minimal makeup than actually make an effort. I don't know if it's the haircut, the trip to Paris, or both, but I've been quite inspired lately and it's fun that people are noticing. It definitely takes my mind off the things that I'm tired of thinking about.

4. And last, but not least, Paris! I've been in love with Paris longer than I can remember. Maybe it started with my first subscription to Vogue magazine in high school or after years of cute Paris overkill at every Hobby Lobby I encounter, but who cares, my facination is here to stay. I was slightly concerned that actually visiting Paris might be underwhelming since I had built it up for so many years, but nothing could be further from the truth. Paris was amazing, life changing, and is definitely a place I want to spend much, much more time.

Anyway, that's me for now. I hope the few readers I did have will find their way back here and I hope everyone is well! :)

shannon