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Hey Paula,

How have you been? Good to see you here :-)

Angela

Cute picture! Did I take that one when we were in Barbados?

Paula, I couldn't tell for sure, but it sounded like you weren't sure you remembered me???

Tried captioning at Calvary with you??? That Tami.

(I apologize if I read through the lines incorrectly.)

We played basketball together once, you, me, and our daughters, so they did know each other, but whether they could remember each other is another thing.

I know you've been throwing around court. Don't think you wanted to take the cut in pay. I remember your friend Cunningham didn't last long. Is it Joann?

Christine Kirley signed up, but I don't know if she's been back. Her daughter also learned Stenomaster theory (online) and is now at Sage and is doing great.

I taught my son Stenomaster theory and then sent him off to Cypress College. He's already passing some 200s. Passed his first one about14 months from when we started. It was only a one minute, but he is doing great.

It is Ron Cook. He did go to school here (with his wife) in So. Cal. somewhere. Can't remember the name of it, but his wife is a CR that no longer works. He's living in WA. I've ran into him at a couple conventions. Just a super guy. Clay really liked him a lot. He qualified in the RT contest last summer at the NCRA convention. Think he came in ninth or tenth overall, and one of the tests he was right around fifth.

Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag (I just blew the sp. :(
is on Clay's other shoulder. I'm sure you already knew that. She's a long-time speed contest guru and just the nicest person you'd ever want to meet. Clay had a blast at the convention.

I think it was Darla that asked Clay why he wanted to be a CR, didn't he see his mom working all the time, and his response was pretty much that he thought his mom didn't work any more than any other mom.

When I did bring work home, I always tried to do it late at night when everyone was in bed. It's different in court. Longer days to get your work done elsewhere. I think that's the difference.

Take care! I was excited to see you here.

Tami

It's made life easy. Can't recommend it enough.

I am swamped at work, but you can come out whenever you'd like.

Clay actually has a bunch more 200s to get. He's passing some one-minute 230s, and he's real happy about that. Both him and his girlfriend are taking the RPR in May. It's probably a bit too soon, but I recommended they go for it. His girlfriend is doing incredible right now. She learned the longest theory on the market, met Clay, and he got her thinking short. She already had major hand speed. She just needed to cut down her strokes, which she's doing great at. I'm really proud of them both.

Their school has them type so much. I just can't believe what all they have to do. I bet their 200 is some other schools' 225, the ones with the gutter pass rates.

That's why he moved to the OC, to get a better education.

How's the depo world going?? I hope all is well.

I forgot you were a Cypress grad. Mrs. Freer told me that. She was asking me if I knew certain people, and she brought your name up.

What year did you get out?? You can take the Fifth on that, if you want to. :)

My number at work is (951) 304-5217. Just call whenever. I'm not the best at returning calls when I get busy. Think it would be fun to get Christine and April and all go to lunch one day.

I pretty much only have lunchtime free. I even spend 90% of it doing my transcripts.

My youngest is six. He's in kindergarten. Starting all over again. Can you believe it??

Oh, and Candice started at Cerritos and switched over early to Cypress. She learned their (Cerritos') longhand theory. She has been incorporating SM, and it's paying off BIG. Clay says she's getting to be quite the brief princess. Well, that's my interpretation of what he told me. :)

Finally figured out you PM'd me. Didn't know I had PM here. HA!!!!

Now we really are neighbors!

Paul,
How did the Friday depo go? Thanks again for covering that. We should get together and do lunch -- Tami, April, you and I. Maybe next week. This week is really busy for me -- depos, catching up and leave for Rock Climbing in Joshua Tree on Friday. Hope today's depo goes well too. I'll talk to ya soon...

Thanks for the congrats, Paula. It is sooo exciting.

AND . . .

Thanks for all you've done for Clay, Paula. He's so lucky to have been exposed to the best!

Hello... Your pictures are great! I would love to waterski like that, but I may be too afraid. Maybe I'll try in Cancun, maybe...

Thanks for adding to the post about realtime. A lot of great info. I am on Total Eclipse, so I'm not really familiar with CaseCat. But it's good to know all that info.

Hey! thank you!
And once again, thanks for letting me sit out with you in the spring.

Hi, Paula!

I remember reading a post about depo procedures, billing, etc., and just lots of stuff I don't know about, but when I read it I thought, Man, Clay should be reading this stuff.

Well, now he really needs to be reading this stuff -- AND especially from reporters like you and all the other great ones out there. Can you direct me to the thread??

I don't think I could direct anyone to a specific thread that I posted a certain subject on, but I know you're a lot brighter than I am.

Thanks for all your help -- always!

Tami

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Have a terrific New Year, Paula!!

He's still job hunting. So nice he has no worries about paying bills, though. As hard as he's worked the past couple years, I think it's great he's getting a little bit of a break. It's driving him crazy, though.

He'll probably be swamped before he knows it, and he'll look back and wonder why he didn't just chill.

Hey, are you going to go to Kislingbury's seminar April 11th in San Diego???

It will be fun!

I wish you would have made it. It would have even made it that much better.

It was fun, and while I'm pretty familiar with his "stuff," it cemented in a couple things that just wouldn't cement in before.

I always used the "I don't" series. After I went to my first MK bootcamp, I finally moved towards the "you don't"series, but I couldn't get passed it.

Saturday I finally got the "he don't" and "she don't" and halfway got the "they don't" and "we don't" to sink in.

Anyway, just a little bit closer to writing pretty stress free. :)

Next time you got to go -- even if I don't make it.

Oh, and I just saw my note below about Clay job hunting. He just told his Dad tonight that he got booked for the next month.

Think he might be regretting sulking about not being busy. :)

Too bad he couldn't find any depo work, though. I really think that's the direction he wanted to go, BUT he seems so happy working every day.

Take care, and I'll talk to you soon!

Hi Paula!!!!
I'm so happy I found you. Great pictures. I figured out how to navigate the site, so I will be using it more frequently. Thanks. Hope you're doing well. XOXO

Adorable pictures!! What a beautiful family you have!! :)