Contracts 101

Legal Yes, Heartless even more so.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_cable_bill.html?source=mypi

Katrina Suit Tossed

Amen. My father was at basic training in Missisippi, during the late sixties. He said even back then people in New Orleans were saying it was inevitable that there would be a storm that would wipe out the city. A Level five hurricane? I don't know if you can protect against that, levees or no levies. This definitely has the ring of SOMBODY NEEDS TO PAY! (as my torts professor used to say) to me. Sometimes tradgedies happen. That doesn't mean that the army corp of engineers should pay 4 quadrillion in damages.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080131/ap_on_re_us/katrina_levee_suit

Career

Today someone asked me if I ever planned to go back to work fulltime. I quickly answered no. I am not sure why but the thought of returning to an office 8-12 hours a day at any point is wholly unappealing. I think after my kids are in school I will become a business owner. I already have several interests that are occupying my time. I am not good at being bossed, but I wonder if I would make a good boss? My only experience at being a manager was as a shift supervisor for one of the restaurants I worked for. It was not very fun. Of course the employees were all 18-24 years old, unmotivated, for the most part uneducated and pretty crazy. Add to this a slimy corporate and two managers who weren't really there ever. Who knows?

Remiss

Yes, I have been horribly remiss about posting. Between pre-school, kindermusik, gymboree, playdates and pregnancy I find myself sleeping around 8:30pm most nights, which as you may know eliminates the prime blogging hours. We have some updates obviously:

1. Lucy is very happily attending an inhome montessori this year. She really seems to like it. I like the teacher, and she is there 2 days a week for the time being and probably 3 or four next year.

2. Violet and I are using this time to bond. We go to a gymboree class all by ourselves. She has turned into the most independent two year old.

3. Baby C - we are expecting a little boy. I don't know what we'll do with him - I have started a rocketship/space themed nursery. We just hung a solar system mobile last night. It lights up and you can use a remote to make the planets orbit the sun. Way cool!

4. Our building project is almost finished the first of two houses anyway, it should be ready to go on the market in Early March (just in time for spring). I will post a link to pictures as soon as it does. We spent this weekend out there cleaning up mdf dust. What a fun day!!!

Besides that all is status quo. I have no great plans to do any legal work right now, but I am thinking after the house project, I would try to subdivide a piece of land. Just for fun :)