More Pictures

More pictures from Dad's party.

A Minute to Win it -- Ward Family Style

At Dad's birthday party, we all had a small part in a program. Kristen and Sid's part was the game "A Minute to Win it" from the show on NBC. Here are some pictures of certain tasks they were asked to perform.

70 Cupcakes for the 70th Birthday Dad

On Saturday we had a birthday party for dad. Instead of doing a big cake, Mom decided she was going to have Rainy do cupcakes. So along with the help of our cousin, Diane, here are a few pictures of the "cupcake tower". They made chocolate, lemon and carrot. It looked absolutely amazing.

At last!

The last few months I've had some real crappy depos. For example, witness interruptions/ attorney interruptions depos, only one person ordered it after you've been there all day and it was 200 pages depos, real dense vocabulary depos, attorneys wanted the question read back and so I just muffed my way through it because they were talking too fast and didn't listen to me to slow down depos, or just plain I-didn't-want-to-be-there depos. The last three depos have been a wonderful change. For example, a depo that I've done 3 witnesses in and so I've created a job dictionary and everything translates which makes my editing much easier, or the hardest word I wrote was "prom" depo, or today's depo where I was affixed on an attorney's lips (which were luscious, by the way, and he's married, dang it) in speaking and the hardest word was "gravel". Hallelujah, I've think I've finally cracked my running streak for bad jobs.

Big Fat Loser

So, ya'll know that I love, love, love the Big Fat Loser, as I call it, and so here is my picture. I don't really like this picture, but here it is.
I've lost 15 pounds, 3 1/2 inches from my chest, 2 1/2 inches from my thighs, 3 inches from my waist.

Venting.......

Being a court reporter, you hear all kinds of stuff. Some of it is very exciting and draws you into the life of the person, and then there are the same 'ol car accidents that they got rear-ended and now they're claiming all sorts of damages because their back hurts and they can't work, blah, blah, blah... boo-hoo... when there's only $500worth of damage to their car... give me a break.
I've been working on this transcript for a week it's 195 pages and growing... meaning, I've dropped some words taking the record down, or in editing, it needs a new paragraph, there's interruptions, etc. In this depo: CAN I GET AN ATTORNEY THAT CAN SPIT OUT THE DAMN QUESTION? and CAN I GET A WITNESS THAT WILL LET THE ATTORNEY FINISH SPITTING OUT HIS QUESTION WITHOUT AN INTERRUPTION? Can I hear an AMEN? Come on people!!! I have 37 pages left and I want to give it to my proofer and say, just delete the last 37 pages because it doesn't matter anymore. UGH........

My Apologies

Sorry about not posting a picture and measurements, I've been feeling down with the weather and with work. I need warmth and a day where I don't even have to think about working.... ah wouldn't that be nice? I will post one soon, maybe even tomorrow. I work out tomorrow (meaning on a job) and it always makes me feel good to get doo'd up and see one of my favorite attorneys. I hope the job goes well, because I don't need another crappy one.... ugh....

The Reveal

I know all you fans have been waiting for the "Big Reveal," however, I need to find someone who will take a picture of me all doo'd up. It will probably be just a close up and then you can compare to the picture that was taken the day before the diet of the office M&M party here at my house. I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow, haven't decided whether I'm changing the color yet, but I will take a picture soon and post some measurements. Thanks for all the good wishes throughout this crazy diet and hope to change even more!!! GOOOOOOOO MOLLY! (yes, I used to be a cheerleader and I'm not necessarily proud of that) :)

BoBo's Vocabulary

They say a dog can understand 100 words. If you work with them, a "trained" dog can learn up to 200 words. Well, this post stems from a conversation that I had when I was in Richfield a couple weeks ago with my mom. When I went to the Petco to get dog food, I bought a couple toys for the boys. I bought a chicken and a pig. When we got to Richfield, I took the toys out of the bag held them side by side to Bo and said, "This is the chicken," and I'd put the chicken in his face, "chicken, chicken, chicken," is what I said. Then I held up the pig and said the same thing. Mom was laughing in the meantime. I put the two toys behind my back, acted like I switched them around, brought them back out and asked BoBo, "Where's the pig?" Mom, I thought, was about to laugh her way off the couch. He comes right to the pig and takes it from my hand. Then we both laughed hard. (You've pictured this, right?) So then I decided when I got back to Boise, I would start making a list of what BoBo knows. Here's BoBo's Vocabulary: sit, shake, shake other hand, down, rollover, high five, dinner, breakfast, treat, cookie, a lil sumpin, walk, park, river, ride, get in, come, stay, Gus/Gussie, jerry the weasel, chicken, pig, monkey, reindeer, hamburger, bone, kong, peanut butter, ball, kitty, cat, meow, squirrel, Rainy, Grama, Grama's house, JoJo, JoJo's coming for lunch, Modo, Uncle Meany, Sirius, Scott, Sam-Sam, speak, speak a lil louder, mama has to go to work today so you and Gussie have to be good boys (yes, he understands all of that), mama loves you, you stink, skit'em, mailman, go, on your mark get ready get set go, Gabriel, Botus, Coyote (Kristen's dog Cody), Jadie, no barking, quit licking, bad dog, not right now, good boy, let's take a lil nap. Those are all the ones that I've written down. There could be more, but that gives you an idea of his vocabulary. Gus' Vocabulary: cookie and BoBo.