It's snow gear season!

So my family has been seriously considering either buying a vacation home in Utah or maybe even moving up to Flagstaff once the kids graduate from high school (another 5 years). One thing we are missing is the four seasons. Here in the scorching desert we have one season: hot. We miss the changing colors of trees and the crisp feel of the air as Christmas approaches and we even miss the snow. A little. Mostly, we miss winter sports. We’ve been looking at a snowboard rack for the roof of my car. Maybe getting back into winter sports would keep us here in the valley. Of course, it would be cheaper than moving!

Bridesmaid gifts are important!

Way, way back in the day, I got married. I had a maid of honor and two bridesmaids. I don’t know what the etiquette was back then, but I understand that now days, brides are expected to put some serious thought into the gifts for bridesmaids and make sure that the gifts are personal. I gave my bridesmaids a framed photo of us together and of course we threw one heck of a party! I’m glad I’m not getting married these days, because I don’t think our “outrageous” $700 budget would get us very far these days.

Need a Paralegal? Hire Me!

In other news, I'm looking for a new job in the Phoenix, AZ area. I've been a paralegal for 16+ years. I've worked in the following areas of law: Criminal Law; personal Bankruptcy; Family Law; Toxic Tort; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; and general civil litigation.

Here is the rub:

I need a job with flex hours. Because I'm in law school for another two years.

I'm worth it! I promise!

I am a hard worker with an excellent work ethic. I will work nights and weekends if needs be.

Please email me at stellasblog at gmail dot com.

THANKS!

(legitimate offers only please. Don't tell me I won the foreign lottery and don't ask if I will handle the wire transfer of your eightysevengozillion dollars for a 20% fee.)

Coupons and more Coupons!

In this day and age we all need to do everything we possibly can to save a little money while still allowing ourselves the ability to indulge once in a while. Take for instance, books. I love them. I am a voracious reader. Even when I’m in school, I still try to read at least one book per semester for pleasure. That doesn’t even count all the magazines I subscribe to. Those are excellent bath reading! Anyway, my point would be that if it were not for Barnes & Noble coupons I could not feed my reading habit with any kind of regularity. And I need to read!

Automobile law and stuff like that

I have worked in the legal industry for nearly 20 years. First as a receptionist, then an office manager, then a paralegal, and now I’m in law school. I still don’t feel like I know enough about anything that I could confidently give information or advice to anyone. That is why there are experts out there such as the folks giving information to stop collection harassment California. I will never forget my cousin had a car that was a real lemon and my step-dad who thought he knew everything told her to stop paying for it because that would force the car lot pay to make the repairs to her car if they wanted paid. Back then, if you bought a car from a small car lot, they would repair it for you and payments were made directly to the lot. Well, it did not work for my cousin because instead of getting her car fixed, she got nothing but phone call after phone call asking for payment. I remember one guy even made a threat to her of some kind.

Now days it doesn’t work like that with car lots, but the good thing is that there are experts out there who can help you to stop collection harassment for good. Because people shouldn’t be afraid to answer their phones like my cousin was back then.

Beautiful!

Mom said it

Author: Isiah Williams

When my mom said she wanted satellite tv for Christmas I just about fell out of my chair. What in the world was she going to do with all those channels when she barely even WATCHED TV? As it turns out she really wanted BRAVO because all her friends had been talking about the Housewives shows and those other crazy reality programs and she felt left out – she just wanted to get in on the action. I love my mother to death but sometimes she’s a total enigma – she’s got more friends than I do and they talk about the most naughty things…one time I went to lunch with she and a coworker and I had to remind her that she was talking about my DAD for goodness sakes. So anyway, mom gets what mom wants so of course we got her the satellite for the holidays. She works really hard and she’s the glue that holds the family together so she should have whatever makes her happy at the end of the day, you know?

I wanna be a lawyer!

There are two specific types of law that I really want to practice when I graduate: criminal law and appellate law. I would love to win the lottery and spend my time writing appeals for indigent defendants. Since I don’t see that as panning out anytime soon, I have to consider something that might make me some serious money and allowing me to pay down my mega-student loan debt, like becoming a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer. I’m sure I could get the clients and by doing an excellent job, which I will, I would get referral work also. Then I could represent the stars! Not really, there are lines even I’m not so eager to cross!

The only real downside to my chosen profession is that often times, people confuse the terms. For instance, California criminal lawyer translates to some that attorneys are criminal. I have heard all the jokes because I’ve been a paralegal for nearly 20 years, only now that I’m in a law school, I have to remind myself not to take them so personally. Now I just need to get really good at what I do, take the California bar (or motion in if that is even possible) and then start raking in the bucks. I hear my bank account growing already!

Vacation on the brain

I’m currently debating on whether I want to take my family to Orlando for a family vacation next summer, or to another state with a beach and warm water, perhaps a state completely surrounded by water. Just a thought. I’ve been checking on hotels in Orlando and I am being persuaded because as of right now, the prices are right and I’m in the mood to travel from one coast to the other. Now so long as my wallet holds up I think we will be in good shape!

Tis the Season

Hello and Happy Holidays!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a wonderful, safe, fulfilling and prosperous new year!