Hi, Christy! I was perusing the photos and saw another BOXER family amidst the CSRNation-ites! I just HAD to pop in and say hello and introduce myself! My husband and I are Boxer lovers way out West here in San Diego, California. We're Texans too -- at least I "say" that, since I'm married to one! (LOL)I What a co-wink-ie-dink! Great family photo ya got there! I'll be checking in to see if you post any other photos of your K9 kids (hint-hint/wink-wink)
Enjoy!
Audrey

Hi, Christy,

This is Melisa Henton-Duncan. Cute family pic. CONGRATULATIONS on your marriage and the twins you're expecting. Hope all is going well. Michelle says hello and sends her best!

Melisa

Woops! I think I accidentally posted this on my own page -- DUH!

I'm with ya on the Bulldogs. We were first looking at Bull Mastifs, then Bulldogs, ended up with the in-between size "B" -- Boxers! I still can't walk by a Bulldog, though, and not say hello and want to bring it home. We've had ours now for a couple of years, so they're mellowing out some. We fostered a 3-mo-old Boxer puppy earlier this month, and he WORE us out! Our two "middle-aged" Boxers keep us on our toes as it is, and this little guy's energy levels were off the charts! He's off to his new home now, terrorizing their reverse brindle Boxer.

Twins? Congratulations! You really ARE going to have your hands full, no doubt about it!
New babies (times two), stepson, and running a CR biz -- at least you'll have the dogs for some comic relief!

I lived in the "Big D" back in the '80s for a short period, and I'm quite familiar with Arlington. Two really good friends moved from SD to Austin; in-laws in San Antonio, Port Aransas; and my stepson (24) is from College Station. Most of our frequent flyer miles are built up on flights to Texas! I'll be there next month (Austin) to babysit my godsons while their parents go on vacation.

LOVE the new photos! What a complete crack up!
Chat soon!
Until then... happy CR'ing!

Hey, Christy!

Yes, I'm doing some freelancing with other firms trying to stay busy. I'll be glad to help out. Yes, I do realtime too. I didn't like doing RT at first, but once you've done a few, it's no big deal. I'll e-mail you privately my contact info.
How's the pregnancy treating you? Easy, I hope.

thanks for the info about the olympus tape recorder. When I was at the convention, Anita Paul Johnston recommended a plug-in USB microphone with earbuds for your computer. although it doesn't solve the problem of no audiosync if I don't set up my computer (doctor depo), it saved me from buying the new mira at $4,700+.

Lightspeed is so much cheaper than the mira. it may be the way to go.

If you get the mira wait for a convention price. they had $1000 trade-in for an old machine or 0% financing for 30 months.

congratulations on the twins you're expecting. A mom at our school just had twin girls last week at 7 pounds apiece. I hope yours weigh less. It's much easier to fatten them up later.

HeY ChriSty---i See YouR in ArLingtoN. YouR noT too too faR froM me.....i attend online ClassEs @ CRID there In Dallas. JuSt wanTEd to Say say hello. HoWs the Outlook on joBs thE areA?

There's always work in Dallas. I think Houston might be better and pay faster as far as the attorneys for some reason, but I wouldn't want to live in Houston. It goes up and down and you never know if you're going to be slammed or slow, but I always have something to work on.

Hi there, Christy! Just wanted to thank you again for contacting me for work. I hope that I will be able to help you next time.

Hey, Christy...
Just curious about how quick the Dallas independent reporters generally pay on overflow jobs. We're just very spoiled down here in Houston and used to getting paid on billout, but I know it works differently up there in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Unless you work for a firm that pays on billout, and there are very few here in Dallas, then you get paid when the reporter gets paid from her client. When mine get over six months old, I start trying to pay them one at a time if I have the extra money because I want that reporter to work for me again. But at the same time, I can't afford to pay my bills and pay the oustanding invoices that my clients are taking forever to pay, so I just try to squeeze them in my budget to make everybody happy.
It's not uncommon at all for it to take six months to get paid on the average job. I don't know why that is but the out-of-town attorneys always pay me immediately but not the ones right here in the metroplex. Very frustrating.

I don't know if this is where I should post this or not but I had my twins last Wed, the 20th, by emergency C-section. They are just impatient like their momma, I guess.
They weighed 3 lbs and 2 lbs, 14 ounces. They are Logan Reed and Dylan Cade and they are precious. They are tiny, tiny. I go up there twice a day to see them but they'll be in NICU for probably two months. They are breathing on their own and one of them is almost through with the jaundice lights, so now they just need to continuously gain weight and we'll be doing a lot better.

Christy,

Congratulations on your boys!! Boys are the best!

I have four. I about flipped when I saw your boys' names.

My boys are Cade Nolan, Chase Logan, Cole Dylan, and Clay James. (James is a family name.)

I think in my past life I was born and raised in Texas. :)

(Our oldest is a girl, Haylee Rose.)

I wish you a lifetime of joy with your special angels

Congratulations on your boys, Christy!

Fine...no Facebook...I'll hunt you down here ;)

Sorry to hijack your "Realtime Chicken" post. Judy does have good questions that I think most reporters ask themselves. But I am very wordy. I apologize.

Christy,
Your sons are beautiful!!!
I noticed you're in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. I'm a freelance reporter in California, but I'm relocating to McKinney Texas. What can you tell me about the work in your area of the state?

Kelly

Hi Christy, I was just wondering if you use a 9 or 10 character pitch with your format.

Super cute babies, by the way!

Thanks,
Wendy

Hi, Christy,
I am Kathy Hettick and I saw your post on the Gemini
writer. did you recently buy one?
I am thinking about getting one. I just can't decide
whether to go that far out! no paper!! and the $$
what is your assessment?

I checked out the group on Gemni vs Mira I saw on
your page, and I will read some more, but it sounds as though there are others "checking" into it.
thanks for any info you can offer.
kathy

Hi, Christy, thanks for looking me up.
I noticed your request for realtime writers.

If you need a realtimer in the Austin/San Antonio area, let me know. I would love to do more realtime work!

I can see why your little ones distract you while you're at home. They are too precious!

Christy,
congratulations!! on buying your new writer!!
I ordered my the end of September, so I'm
expecting it the end of October - none too soon
in my opinion!! after writing 180 pages before
lunch today, my hands and wrists were hurting!

I can't wait to hear what color you chose!!
:))
kathy

Christy,
I just emailed Jason, and my writer is scheduled to
ship next week!!!!!

I'm so excited!!
I selected Emerald Green for my color!
kathy

Christy,
I haven't heard anything about pros/cons of
hooking up the UMPC to the writer or loading
your software on it. I assume it's just like
a regular computer, etc.

I wonder about hooking up the writer to
stenocat, what writer designation would
you use??
kathy

Christy,
did you get your Revolution Grand tonight???

I emailed Jason, and he said my RG is targeted
to ship on Friday!!!

Hooray!! I can't wait!!
kathy

oh, that stinks!!

I am having my writer sent to my work, the courthouse,
so I just hope the guys in the mailroom don't
jostle it around too much!! but at least I don't have
to wait for UPS!!

let me know when you finally get to play with it!!
I want to hear all the good stuff (and bad stuff if
there is any)
:))
kathy

Christy, there is a group on Facebook that has Infinity information.  But I'm up now.  Give me a call at 831 338-0635, and I'll try to answer any questions.  Jason is the only one who can set your machine up.  If you haven't had a talk with him while he takes over your computer, you really can't do anything.  The FB group is called Infinity writer users.  It's a closed group for owners of the Infinity only.  If you request to join, I'll add you right away.

Yeah, I hate to tell you this, but there is no manual!  That is why we created the group on Facebook.  This new writer adjusts in a completely different way from the Grand, which I have and kept as my backup writer.  I hope Jason contacts you ASAP!

I don't see you in the FB Infinity group.

Oh, I see your writer in the FB Infinity Traditional group!  Amazing!  That's a different group.  No info over there.

Christy, Just read your question about the monitor.  Give me a call or email me your number and I'll call you.  My number is below in a comment.  I just had coffee!  My email is jenlug@pacbell.net

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Just saw your post re power management. If you do a search on this site for the words power management - no quotes - there are a few places where instructions are given. Trying to save you some time! Also saying hi!!!