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Can't argue with fate!!

Yes you can.

But Providence is a whole 'nother beastie.


I never had to take the Kobayashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution?

O'hana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.

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Oh yeah, and I got Shiny's bill for the Mediation today.

OMG!! It is SO LOW!! You wouldn't believe me if I told you how much!

I am going to have to kick his butt for this. This is ridiculous!!

I already complained about this to him before. He just laughs!! What do you do?? crazy

DAMN! I need to win the lotto so I can give him a BIIIIIIG tip!!

Charlotte

Sounds like Shiny is one of the last True Southern Gentlemen.

LOL!! Yeah. He's SOMETHIN' ELSE alright!!

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I want a guy as great as Shiny!

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Well I was at Shiny's all afternoon today so we could go over everything and plan our strategy. Next Saturday OWH, Mom and XW meet with Shiny to go over their testimony.

He wanted me to watch this video related to the reading material he gave me but we ran out of time. DARN!! Ah well. Next time!! I can't wait!! I KNOW it will be GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!

We were going over Gray's production and he had the same reaction as me. WTH?

For instance, answer 21 to why I don't deserve spousal support? Gray pick and chooses a bank statement from the joint account he still has access to. It happens to be the one where all of the checks the dance studio was holding went through. It doesn't matter, though, that was MY money from the bonus, not spousal support money. I had to talk myself into spending that money on myself, too, when I started dance lessons and decided to continue when everything went so well.

Most of the stuff he had in his production were just documents that were put in there to make me look bad. Or so he thinks it will. He even put correspondence from my IM, Melody in there. And of course, the PBL is in there. Trueheart's letter is, too.
Various emails but those are random. None have anything incriminating as far as what I wrote. I didn't write anything bad.

So we sat there and went through that page by page while Shiny made a list to get what we are SUPPOSED to have.

He did have a couple of things in there that should have been there: a couple of reports from the specialist he saw when he finally had a brain scan, and a copy of his bank statement. Well, half a page of it where it says he only has $43 in the bank!! LOL!! He deliberately cut off the bottom portion that shows the detail. You could tell just by looking at it.

I showed Shiny the little snide comments Gray wrote on some of the check copies he printed out from the joint account, too. I guess Palpatine didn't see those comments? I can't believe he would let that get through. How unprofessional!! Oh well, he sucks as an attorney so why am I even surprised?! LMAO!

Let's see...oh yeah, and Gray printed out a few pages of my eBay feedback. All good, I might add. He also had some pictures in there from the way "his" rooms were when he left. Before I started inventory.

I told Shiny my idea about doing a PowerPoint presentation to show the damage to the house...all the repairs needed just from wear and tear, the damage from the thwarted thief and damage to the exterior from Mother Nature.

He liked the idea so now I have to get that done before Monday. It will probably make quite an impression on the judge. Full-color photos of the plywood in the master bath and the giant hole in the wall from a repair Gray & I did to some plumbing. We fixed the plumbing but not the hole. The materials are still out in the shed.

Holes in the wall outside from the thwarted thief trying to break through the outer wall. Leak in the guest bath that caused mold around the bottom of the walls, stained ceiling and discolored linoleum.

Siding crumbling off of the house. Beehive in the wall outside the utility room. Not that I mind the bees but a couple of them have found their way inside and kicked the bucket on the floor. I walk around barefoot and I don't want to step on those!!

Yeah, it's really bad. The more I think about it the more I realize how really bad it is!! LOL!! Looking at a lot of that stuff for so long...well...after a while you just get used to it and don't even see it anymore, KWIM?

I'm going to have to take some more pictures tomorrow, though. I forgot to include our "driveway," LOL!! And I need to get close-ups of a few things, too.

So this is going to be WAAAAAAYYYYYY interesting!!! And totally KICK BUTT!!!!! Everything is falling into place as far as the strategy and the witnesses and the repair estimates...just like it is supposed to.

Oh yeah, and this is funny!! I don't talk to my dad very often and I sent a text the other day that went like this:

We are going to trial!! My Shiny Attorney is going to totally blow away the Dark Side!! You guys better keep an eye on the weather to see which way the wind is blowing so you can get out of town in case the nuclear fallout heads your way!!! And, by the way...I'm on the Honor Roll!

My dad writes back:

What does that mean?

LMAO!! He doan know me vewy well, do he?

So I had to send a translation text. Hey, but my step-mom got it, though!! ROTFLMAO!! She's a wacky woman a few steps on the other side of crazy so of COURSE she got it!!!! LMAO!!!

I'm sure she will explain to my dad what it meant, too. LOL!! Since she got it, I sent her another text and told her that if they are off that day they should come out and see my Italian Dynamo wipe the floor with Gray. And Slag. Scorched Earth, Baby!!! It's going to be a HELLUVA show!!! I am going to make an invitation but for safety reasons I won't be able to send it to just anybody. I can send it to Shiny for sure. And I can post it here since aliases will be used. Other than that I guess just Mom, XW and DIL. Oh yeah, and OWH! Maybe a few relatives of mine. Hey, I sent them wedding invitations, right? Why not divorce invitations!!

rotflmao rotflmao rotflmao

Gray made a snide comment one time about me having Court TV there. (Well, they are Tru TV now, blah!) Hey, that is actually in one of the emails he printed out for his Production--it was not long after Exposure Day. I think that email is in this thread somewhere. Yeah, it is. Because schoolbus translated it for me. Thanks again, schoolbus!!!

Anyway, my point...(and I DO have one!! LOL!!)...is HECK YEAH!! I WISH!! Then the entire U.S. (and wherever else might see the broadcast) could see Shiny in ACTION, Baby!! Texas would quadruple in population!! Everyone would be clamoring to hire Shiny!! I GAR-OAN-TEE it!!!!

Okay, I've yakked enough on this mile-long thread!! I'd better go to bed so I can get that PowerPoint done tomorrow!!! Well, today now!!! LOL!!

Charlotte

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Originally Posted by cinderella
I want a guy as great as Shiny!

He is TOTALLY the ROCKINEST Shiny Attorney EVER!! And I'm not saying that just because he's my attorney and my friend, KWIM?

He REALLY IS THAT GOOD!

Just ask PL-T if you don't believe me!! LOL!! Even though she is working elsewhere now she remains loyal to Shiny and will certainly help him if he needs help over there. Heck, her boss even told her she'd let her take off of work to go help Shiny if necessary! LOL!!

Her boss better hope she never has to go against him in court!!!

T wants to take off of work to go to the trial, too. So there will be four of us in Shiny's car. SHOTGUN!!! I CALL SHOTGUN!!!!!!!

rotflmao

He has a trial coming up soon that I am SO HOPING I can attend!! This guy who is a minister. This is the same guy that T was telling me about a few months ago...the one Shiny had arrested, collar and all!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! GO, SHINY!!!

THAT is going to be one heck of an interesting trial!!! I just hope it's on a day that I don't have class so I can go!!

I have seen a lot of attorneys in action but Shiny? OMG!! He takes the cake!! And the pan. And the oven...and the kitchen and the house and anything else the opposing side *thinks* THEY are going to get!!! Shiny: Stamping on adultery wherever it rears its ugly head!!!!!

Charlotte

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LOL!!

Just talked to OWH. He wants to film his trial. He's planning on a novel, too. LMAO!!!

I doubt he will be able to because even if the judge was inclined to give him permission...no doubt the Harpy would quash that!! I told him he needs to get the transcripts. Everything he needs is on those.

He sounded a lot better today. He was pretty wiped out the other day from gathering all of his info for Shiny. I was worried that I was hearing more than just "tired" the other day and I probably was. But he's doing okay today. YAY!! He's going to go visit his grandma today.

Oh yeah, and I told him: look for them to get married sometime in April. They have to wait 30 days after his divorce is final so that will be April. Of course, if Slag can get it on May 22, she will. Count on it. Because that's our former anniversary. LOL!

I just wanted to tell him that so he will be prepared in case he hasn't thought about it.

Charlotte

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This should be good Charlotte. I wish that you could film it so that all of us here could see Shiny drill a few new ones in Gray. Wow. When is the date????


BS - me 56
XWH - 57

12/25/06 - Dday - WH promised NC. Plan A in effect. Thought we were in recovery.

6-3-07 - Dday#2 Found out NC never took place and A never ended. Found MB NC promised again, but WH would not write NC letter.

9/07 - Dday #3. Still lying and sneaking around. Plan B implemented
WH wants nothing to do with me

Divorced as of 12/09 after 36 years
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Originally Posted by ChaiLover
This should be good Charlotte. I wish that you could film it so that all of us here could see Shiny drill a few new ones in Gray. Wow. When is the date????

rotflmao

Yeah, me too!! Gray is gonna look like a colander by the time Shiny gets through with him!!!

rotflmao

February 3rd is the big day!! 9 a.m. on the third floor of the courthouse!!

Be there or be square!!!

rotflmao

Charlotte

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Originally Posted by Charlotte
rotflmao

Yeah, me too!! Gray is gonna look like a colander by the time Shiny gets through with him!!!

rotflmao


rotflmao

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Okay, this is cool!

I wanted to let my Tuesday Chef Instructors know ahead of time about the trial because I will be missing at least one class and might be late for another.

So I let Chef C know and he was really cool. He is a really nice person. I used to see him a lot when I was in Chef P's class. He always came in to raid the refrigerator for supplies, LOL!!

Well, he's really nice and he looks at me a LOT during lectures. And other times as well. He was always really friendly when I was in Chef P's class, too. He is about 6 years older than I am. Blonde hair, blue eyes. I think he is gay, though. I don't know what it means when a gay man looks at a "hetero" woman a lot, though. LOL! I am not 100% CERTAIN of his orientation yet but I have been listening for cues when he tells stories, LOL!!

It's just funny because he will be talking and he looks at me a lot and then other students look at me and I'm like...huh? What? What did I do? (No, I don't really say anything but I have noticed it happening.)

But anyway, I thought that was interesting. That's not why I'm here, though.

The second part is why I'm here, LMAO!!!

I let Chef K know about the trial, too. As it happens, her divorce was final in July. She had a situation similar to mine in that her credit was ruined. Her husband got other money out of her, too, though. I don't have a salary for Gray to steal from so I won't have that problem, LOL!! Too bad I didn't meet her sooner...I could have hooked her up with Shiny!!!!!! wink Which leads to...

I was giving her a brief synopsis and she asks:

Who is your attorney?

Me: Shiny.

Her: Ohhhhhh, REALLY?

Me: Why? Do you know him?

Her: I know the name. Your husband is in BIG TROUBLE!!!

Me: rotflmao rotflmao rotflmao Yes! He IS in BIG TROUBLE!!

rotflmao rotflmao rotflmao

Then I felt like this: dance2 dance2 dance2

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, at first I thought she was going to tell me that Shiny was her ex's attorney, LOL!!! But no. Thank goodness!! Not that she would hold that against me...but...well...she very well might!!

rotflmao

Ohhhhhh...that was GREAT!!

So I danced in the car on the way home. Then I called Mom and told her. Then OWH.

Then I sent an email to Shiny about it, LOL!!

That was FUNNY!!!! WOO-HOO!!

Shiny...The Legend Continues!!

Charlotte



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LOL I was thinking the same thing, "I hope she isn't about to say Shiny was her ex's lawyer..."

So how long before your lawyer has new cards made up that say "Mr. Lawyer_Real_Name, but my friends call me Shiny."

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when a gay man looks at a "hetero" woman a lot, though.

It means he is a man who appreciates quality and beauty...just like any other human.


I never had to take the Kobayashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution?

O'hana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.

My Story

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It's just funny because he will be talking and he looks at me a lot and then other students look at me and I'm like...huh? What? What did I do? (No, I don't really say anything but I have noticed it happening.)

Yanno...my first thought would be to check my zipper or make certain I didn't have spinach in my front teeth....

But...that's me...

grin<---we KNOW Char has no spinach in THOSE teeth!


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O'hana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.

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LOL I was thinking the same thing, "I hope she isn't about to say Shiny was her ex's lawyer..."

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rotflmao

Awwwwwww...... grin Not long now...his box is running low...no, not because I have to replenish my supply every now and then in case I run across someone who needs a FANTASTIC attorney but I'm sure that contributes to the rapid decline in the card supply!! LOL!!

Well...and I can't resist dropping one in restaurant drawings for a free meal when I run across them since he dearly loves food!!!

It's so HILARIOUS!! He goes into a "food daze" like I do when he walks into a restaurant. It goes like this: Your eyes glaze over, your nostrils dilate to take in all of the wonderful aromas and you start to get a food "high." So then, dreamily, you let the host/hostess lead you to a table while you float behind...walking on air and slipping into the "food zone"...

Ahhhhhh.......sweeeeeeeeet fooooooooooood!!! (Insert drooling food Smiley here! If it looks like Homer Simpson...even better!)

Now that I remembered it...yeah...Homer is a good example of this when he gets that "look" after hearing about an item of food, LOL! (I don't drool that much, though.)

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It means you now have the best friend a single woman can have: a guy you can relax around without worrying how you look or whether he's gonna hit on you, and who doesn't compete with you for the same dates.


LOL!! Awwwww!!! But he is allowed to view "eye candy" with you and giggle with you until tears are streaming down both of your faces? That sounds like fun!!

We'll see what happens, LOL!! I don't think we can hang out as buds until I graduate, though. I'm not exactly sure of policy on that but I think that's in there.

And, yeah, I'm not 100% sure that he is gay but I'm "pretty" sure, KWIM?

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Which means I really WON'T have to worry about that irritating man/woman thing, LOL!!

Charlotte








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when a gay man looks at a "hetero" woman a lot, though.

It means he is a man who appreciates quality and beauty...just like any other human.

Awwwwwwwwwwww... blush

Thank you!!

Charlotte

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It's just funny because he will be talking and he looks at me a lot and then other students look at me and I'm like...huh? What? What did I do? (No, I don't really say anything but I have noticed it happening.)

Yanno...my first thought would be to check my zipper or make certain I didn't have spinach in my front teeth....

But...that's me...

grin<---we KNOW Char has no spinach in THOSE teeth!

rotflmao

Nope! I had no spinach for breakfast!! Heck, I had NO breakfast!

rotflmao

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The electric company called today to say they were going to fix the meter box today instead of tomorrow!!!

hurray hurray hurray

So by the time I leave my grandma's today...everything should be copacetic!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

hurray hurray hurray

kiss



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Well, it's good to know your home won't be burning down.

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Well, it's good to know your home won't be burning down.

That's ALWAYS a good thing!


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O'hana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.

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Oh, yeah! That is REALLY GOOD!!!!

There are some times when you do not want to have a 'hot time'.

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