Three errors on a five-minute 200!!!

Super job, Candice!

hey candice! how's school going?

www.toddolivas.com/quiz/

If you get free time, try these quizzes out. Might help. Can't hurt.

Did you postpone the test, or are you going for it??

Clay didn't know.

Glad to hear you're feeling better. Glad you get a week off, too.

Well, I guess it's a good thing you're so busy you don't get a chance to check here.

When you two getting in qualifying?? That's what happy moms want to know. :)

(Maybe I'll check with the other happy mom I know.)

Mammoth for the weekend! Oh, to be young again . . .

Hope you had a blast!

QUALIFIERS, here you come!!!!!


YIPPEE!!!!!

So happy all your hard work is paying off. You SOOO deserve it!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! that is sooo awesome! i STILL haven't sat in freaking qualifiers!! as of today i need ONE MORE depo hour until i can. it has taken me FOREVER to get them all done. the court hours went by so fast, but the depo hours are holding me back. hopefully i can finish that one stupid hour soon!! let me know how qualifiers is!! what days are yours?

Hi, Candice,

I'm missing you!!

I am ecstatic about you two being in qualifiers. Somebody just pinch me, I tell ya!!

Are you warming up on FAST material before you get into qualifiers??

I know you mentioned the RMR tapes, and that's great. Clay said he went in cold on Thursday because he had so many things to get done to get in there.

Do you know what day the school banquet is?? Clay told me my school director/theory teacher was going to be there, and I just can't wait. I haven't seen her since school. She is one incredible lady that I owe so much to.

Have an awesome week!!

Don't worry about checking in here. I know you're busy and would never take it personal. You're prioritizing your time, and that's great!!

i wish we did! but i'm getting nervous that it's too close! how's clay doing? OMG that's so good you only missed that many! i'm sure you'll get it SOON. yaay you! yeah i'm telling myself i'm not going to be nervous too, we'll see how that goes! i'm really hoping to get my last hour in this week!! we only get qualifiers twice a week, once on tues and once on thurs. do you have seasons or whatever they're called?

good luck tomorrow!

OH MY . . .

YOU PASSED!!!!!

Somebody needs to pinch me. I'm sooo excited. Don't know how I'm going to sleep tonight!

You so deserve it, Candice. I am sooo completely proud of you both!!

OMG! CONGRATULATIONS!!! that is so awesome. i bet you guys are stoked. yeah this morning was my first one! on tuesdays we have one at 8:30, and thursdays they're at 10:00. i missed 39...so hopefully they don't find too much more. and ten of those were STUPID errors. but i won't find out till tomorrow. i'll let you know! ttys! and congrats again. oh, so does that mean you guys get to go to the july test, or do you have to wait till your academics are done?

okay that message below from Marycela I wrote. i went on it at school and i guess it just automatically signed into her page. but congrats to you and clay! and keep your fingers crossed for me for the results tomoorow! i'll let you know as soon as i do!

i passed!!!! :)

thank you! i can't believe i passed the first time but i'm SOO happy. now i won't be stressing that i won't qualify in time! but i need to STUDY now. yeah, i'm done with all my academics. we can't sit in QLFRS until allll our academics are done and interning. so IF there's a test in july i'll be there. why wouldn't there be one? is that really what people are saying? how annoying!!


and yeah we defs have to have a party!! that would be SO fun. although i have to warn you that sacramento sucks as a city! how about we go to disneyland instead? lol. i LOVE disneyland!!!

no, i'm not going to the ncra thing.maybe i should lol. what type of writer and software do you have?
i'll definitely let you know whenever i come down there! that would be so fun!
i can't get over it either! it doesn't seem real. i keep stressing about it, and then realize i don't have to!! i'm going to celebrate more this weekend too. lol

You know I'm trying!

Think at the banquet, being eye to eye, might help. Don't want to e-mail her before then.

I know this is little consolation, but I think the CSR will be in Oct. The July CSR, I hear, is the last weekend. That's only two months and a week, two, or three away.

Nobody pushes like I push. I know you know that. (Poor Clay!)

Don't give up on July, but if it doesn't work out, you two will definitely ace it in October.

Clay says you're trying to get sick, too. I hope you kick it quick!

Great luck this weekend. I think if you feel solid with it, it's another really great argument for July.

Two tickets, please. Thanks for asking.

Wishing you SUPER LUCK tomorrow!!! I know you two can do it.

Congratulations, Miss Cypress Student of the Year!!

Well, you know I always have an opinion on these things. :)

After I slept on it, I really think you might wait until after the CSR on that change. It's a biggie.

You've changed so many things with ease, though. Go with your gut. Very rarely have I ever looked back at something I've changed and questioned whether it did me any good. I'm usually always thrilled with the results. Just that CSR thing you need to keep in mind. Makes a difference whether it's July or October/November, too.

I'm incredibly proud of you, Candice! Just think you're awesome!

I thought Ms. Nichols acknowledging how hard the 20 year olds work at school was so unbelievably nice. Think she deserves Teacher of the Year!

Oh, and I think she's right about the "new generation" always seems to get ragged on. It was so wonderful to hear her praise you all instead of the usual doom and gloom.

Have a terrific week!

Hey, Candice,

Whenever you get back here, make sure you read Danielle's post to me. She was so nice and thorough! Note the part that if something is missing they do the one-on-one crash course. Wouldn't that be great.

Still giggling about Clay sticking his head out my car window Friday and yelling, "I can't hear you, but YOU'RE HOT!!"

That was just way too cute!

Your mom's car is so nice, BOIT!

you are so sweet:) thank you
you know, don't be so jealous about LS. it is working fine, but there are few bugs with it that drive me crazy:( i was even thinking of selling it. i don't feel comfortable taking it to CSR.
Q's r okay, i am practicing as much as I can to nail one before the cut-off time for October CSR:)
c u soon
u&Clay look cute on the pic:)

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Hey Candice! How are you? Just wanted to drop by and say it was really nice meeting you at the convention. Are you taking the next CSR?

candice!
wow. i never noticed how good i look with purple backdrop psh..syke

aww how sad.....
changing the backdrop is more what i was aiming for but whatevererrrr:(

Oh, I like that pic. You can borrow any pic you want. I have some great ones of you, huh!!

I only got a short time on the LS because Clay left for the night, and when his laptop went on sleep mode, I needed his fingerprint to get back in. Think he's going back home tonight, so I probably will not get a chance to hook it back up.

If you didn't know, he let me load the LS software on his laptop because mine's so old I'm sure it would crash it and the LS wouldn't work properly anyway.

I have been writing on it while it's off and not hooked up, and I think I am going to love it -- if I can get all the configs. worked out.

Just need to get a new laptop. I don't want Vista. Clay's ThinkPad is really nice. Think I might take a serious look at it.

Hope you're doing great! I miss you!!

Just wanted to let you know I miss you a lot. . .

That's scary that a couple weeks before the CSR Clay doesn't know what objective and subjective pronouns are. I'll act like I didn't know that. :)

No, I can't go with him to the CSR. You saw how I was when I competed. I am the SUPER FREAK!!!

I can't let my freak rub off on him. Kills me not to go, but it would kill him if I did. :)

Think he'll do much better without me there.

I did get him on the same flight with you and your mom. Made hotel reservations at the Red Lion, though. He's in a pillow-top, queen bed (room) all to himself. Think he'll like that. :)

How is CSR prep going??

Oh, and the family is great.

Chase is kickin' butt in football. He's playing safety, starting. There's over 100 boys on the team. Last week they never took him out on defense. He made two interceptions and a couple great tackles.

Next game's on Friday, and I can't wait.

Cole has a GEVL now. (You know my brief for "girls are the devil," right?)

Of course that never applied to you. :)

She's actually really sweet.

Haven't asked her about how she feels about court reporting. I think I will try to wait a couple months before posing the question. :)

The hurricanes all missed Haylee. She's in a new house and loving it. She already has planted flowers and is growing some veggies. She's still my wild and crazy GEVL, but I sure love her anyway!

Cade is doing great in school. What he lacks physically he makes up for academically.

Thanks for asking!

Yes, Clay did tell me you're taking the Eclipse class. I really think it's the way to go. I've been trying to get Clay to look at DigitalCat, too. Cheap start.

We're going to get all those subjective/objective pronouns all ironed out on the drive up to Vegas. :)

I'll get him trapped in the car for eight hours (there and back), and we're going to be doing a CSR jam session. :)

Haylee is no longer afraid of hurricanes. That really scares me now. She thinks they're nothing to worry about. I liked it a lot more when she repected them. Since they missed her almost completely, she really has no idea of their devastation. Don't think she watches the news often either. Those poor people got hit so hard!

Chase plays most of his games on Thursday, even though he plays tomorrow (Friday) in Hemet.

Oh, I almost forgot, he plays at San Clemente High School next week, I think it is. Maybe you could make it to that one?? That's almost in your backyard.

I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to make it to that one. Alton will be already over there working, so he can't take me, and I really don't want to drive the Ortegas by myself.

I know, what a wimp!

Clay sounded so happy yesterday when you were over.

IS IT TRUE???????


WOO-HOOOOOO!!!!!!

You got to post me, Girl!!!

I'm a student at Cerritos College, and I've been talking to Tami about trying to implement some of Kislingbury's principles into my writing. She suggested I talk to you about it since we started with the same theory.
If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears -- or eyes.
By the way, I understand you just took the CSR and did very well, congratulations!

Tami mentioned that you're cramming for the academic portion of the test, so it's very sweet of you to take the time to respond. I started tucking in those -ing, -er, -es, etc strokes right out of theory, but I haven't started applying the and phrases. I found out about that a few months ago, and I thought it was a great idea. I'll start trying to implement those and go from there. Magnum Steno's a bit pricey for me right now, but I did manage to get a used copy of the old theory book. I'll look through it and see what clicks. . .
Thanks :)
And best of luck on the test. I'm sure you'll do great. . .

Man, I kind of did nag a bit, didn't I???

I try to be cool, but when it's down to pretty much the last day, I had to heat it up a little. Felt bad that he had just taken that killer test and I was telling him he couldn't rest and had to get that test scheduled. Don't think he wanted to lose his $140. He paid for that one out of his pocket.

Sounds to me like you both did great on the English. I admire you both for working so hard. I'm sure I would have flunked the same test.

We just write what people say. I'm really good at that. :)

Halloween party tonight at Ben's. I don't even know if Clay knows about it. He says the haunted house is supposed to even be better than last year. Can't be as good without you and Clay as part of the act. :)

I know!!! I'm so stoked!!!

I had no idea they would give him his results immediately. How cool is that!!! RPR WKT Pass!!!


WOO-HOOOOOOO!!!

So glad to have him home today. I hadn't seen his since Vegas.

I posted the Vegas pics. There are a couple really cute ones of you and Clay.

If you get bored after this week, would you share a couple of the school banquet pics with Mrs. Freer?

Hey, great luck on Thursday!!

Well, glad I could be the queen of something!!

YOU GO, GIRL!!!!!!


WOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, well, well, Dear Young Lady:
A very hearty congratulations to you, too. I am so proud of you. I just holla'd at Clay with his 6 errors and you with 7; I thought I did good when I had 16. Well, done, dear lady; WELL DONE! Welcome aboard! come on Down! There's plenty of room out here. Now, I believe I remember meeting you and Clay at the CCRA convention. Am I right? And if I did, I gave you guys my card. If you read it, it has my exam score on it. I was really proud of that. YOu should be, too; and I would definitely put exam results on there for all to see. That was totally awesome what you two just did. I just can't find the words to describe how ecstatic I am for you. I will be holding you two up as an example for many years to come for this. I hope you don't mind. I'd like to shake your hand once more, get your autograph, get a big hug, or something but I'll just settle for this: May I have the honor of being your friend? I'll settle for that. Hey, if you two have a celebration party at all (and why not?) I'd like to come. Keep me informed....if you haven't had it already. Yeah, maybe I'll holla at my friend, Tami, and have her throw that for you two. You'd be surprised how many of us would like to come and personally give you your props. Well, enough of boring you.......or if you don't mind, I'll do it again tomorrow! Okay, peace out, young one; and JOB WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We missed you, too, Candice. I had two boys wanting you there all week!

Maui was beautiful. We stayed at such a beautiful condo overlooking the ocean. It was amazing!!! Next time you'll have to come with!

Oh, and your SIX errors on the CSR is truly amazing!!!

Somebody was missing you!!

I didn't hear anything about the escalator, but he did show me the Santa letter -- too cute! -- and he told me about getting glasses at the swapmeet.

Our weekend was crazy. I crashed last night at 7:30 watching Sunday Night Football.

Would love some time off. Yes, I know I just had some time off, but that just makes me want more. :)

Got to get my house back into shape. I'd give my big toe for a good housekeeper.

The pirate ship is looking awesome. The boys are really getting excited about it.

Have a great week!

Bet you're getting anxious!

Great fuzzy socks day today! It's POURING here.

You guys didn't see each other this weekend, huh!!

First depo in an hour. I'm so NERVOUS! :)

Glad you heard! I've been sitting her ahopin' and a prayin' it went great. :)

CONGRATULATIONS. CANDICE!!!!

You're now a full-fledged court reporter. You've worked so hard, and I'm so glad you made it to the other side!! You're going to be an awesome reporter.

Time to update your page.

So great to have witnessed a little bit of your journey. :)

You go girl!!

CSR No. 13415

WOO-HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Candice,


click to create your own Love, Tami

So fuuny about the even number thing. (Clay told me you were hoping for an even number.)

I feel the exact same way. I am so partial to even numbers, BUT my CSR No. 5293 is obviously odd, and it's been sooo good to me. I'm sure you'll have the same success with yours and then some!!

It says Clay's b-day is tomorrow. You don't think he's trying to get double presents out of us, do you??

I'm not that easily fooled. :)

Guess he only missed it by a month.

"My ultimate goal is to one day pass the RMR!"

And qualify in the speed contest, right??