http://lawmummy.com sometimes I'm all about law, sometimes I'm all about mummy Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:14:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the Philadelphia Home and School Association: Do you want to protect your child from unwanted calls and contacts from military recruiters? The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires that school districts automatically release the name, address and phone number of your child to military recruiters unless parents ... http://lawmummy.com/parents-of-philadelphia-high-school-juniors-and-seniors-opt-out The blog data recovery is slow. Painfully slow. I'm still missing about six months of blog posts (sigh), most of my comments and all of my blog roll. My one remaining hope, a WP content database, is not being cooperative... I'm desperately trying to rebuild. Today, I ... http://lawmummy.com/its-not-just-my-mind-thats-gone Yesterday was not one of my finest days... It was complete day #1 of Chris being in Germany. And it showed. It started off well enough. I got the kiddos to school and headed to the Y where I did a respectable (for me) 5k. I rushed ... http://lawmummy.com/there-will-be-blood So here's my morning in a nutshell... Me: Eat your breakfast. Charlie (2): I don't want it. Me: Why not? You asked for cereal. Charlie: I want cereal, not Cheerios. Me: Cheerios is cereal. Charlie: No, I don't want Cheerios. I want cereal. Me (getting irritated): Charlie, this ... http://lawmummy.com/youre-kidding-that-its-only-tuesday Yes, I'm apparently 12 years old. Here's the latest edition to my running playlist: I just realized that my playlist got lost when my data went south. If I get the energy over the next few days to update it for the blog, I will. http://lawmummy.com/one-for-the-road var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(320,438,160832,"http://pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() Did you watch the game this weekend? It was terrific! I'm loving this season... Philadelphia is going to the NLDS for the first time since the 1993 season. That season marked the first time I had seen Phillies baseball, as the new ... http://lawmummy.com/go-phillies Amy isn't taking Chris' trip well this time at all... She started with the tears on Friday and it hasn't gotten any better yet. Normally, I take Chris to the airport for his trips. Not this time. It was far too complicated with pickup from school and rush ... http://lawmummy.com/arent-you-going-to-miss-him Embedded video from CNN Video I have no words. http://lawmummy.com/in-america-i-cant-believe-this There's no doubt that this has been a busy week at my house - what with it being my last day at b5media, Amy having a visit at Children's Hospital, birthdays and work obligations... So I know the kids are exhausted. That said, the complete meltdown this morning? ... http://lawmummy.com/what-what-did-i-say The house is quiet this morning. Katie is back at school after being home for the Jewish high holidays. Being home for the holidays is particularly stressful when you don't celebrate said holidays... Then, you're just home. Of course, the weather has been terrible - rainy ... http://lawmummy.com/it-will-get-better