The four year old loves cows and so much so that she refuses to eat beef. Not that I mind. Unfortunately we live in town and the only time she gets to see cows is grazing in pastures when we head up into the larger cities or go out to the babysitter's or my parents, who live in the same area on acreages.

So, when the county fair is going on, we head over to stare at the cows she loves, the horses her sister adores, and the chickens her brother is interested in for whatever reason....

Two weeks until the bar exam and I feel like I know nothing. Other than people in practice questions do stupid things. To illustrate:

-will their land to someone in with some kind of condition attached, like "to A and his heirs if A grows a mustache." Just give it to them in fee simple absolute (basically you own the land with no strings attached, or mustaches for that matter)

-seem unable to complete a simple contract to paint a house. How hard can it be?...

I going to die. Either my brain is going to explode from the two months' of review I am doing before the end of July, or I am going to have an aneurysm right there while I take it. I now understand why my friend and mentor, Brian, was so tetchy before he took it.

We were out planting the garden when Jossie noticed a little toad. She just stood and watched it as it sat there in the grass. She asked if she could touch it, so I shooed it on to my hand and she ran a finger down its back. I took it down towards the house where the other kids could see it. First we put it in the bug container we have that has a magnifying glass in the lid because Ilan wanted to see its skin up closer. I let him peer at it for about 5 minutes, then said it was time to let...

Our commencement was last night. It started at 7, but all us 3Ls had to be there at 5:45. So we could stand in alphabetical order with our feet hurting until the bagpipes started and we marched around the track surrounding the athletic center above the seats and floor below. Then it was back downstairs to the staging area to wait a few moments for "Pomp and Circumstance" to start. We then filed out one by one to our seats, the second year who is the next SBA (student body government...