Big Law Blah Blog
Introducing a new place to vent for the families of attorneys! I started this blog today, and I hope it will be a good place for people in my situation to get together, laugh, cry, and compare notes. I have had a few people take particular interest in my posts regarding firm life, and thought there must be others out there with stories to share, or just wanting to know they’re not alone in this crazy profession. I’d like to open it up to a whole community of authors, so let me know if you’re involved with law and have something to say!
Read MoreMerry Christmas!
We had a wonderful Christmas, and the three gifts turned out great! Here are the kids “trapped” in their rooms so there would be no peeking, another one of our family traditions. The rule was no waking up Mom and Dad until the sun is up. I heard excited voices around 6:00 am, but didn’t get the wake up call until 6:30.
Mint Jelly Cookies
These are my all time favorite cookies for Christmas time. You may know them as thumb print cookies. I haven’t had the time yet to make them, and will finally be making them today. The recipe is from my great grandmother- my mother’s dad’s mother. Yum!
1/2 lb. butter
1/2 C. sugar
3 egg yolks
2 1/4 C. flour
1 drop vanilla
dash salt
Combine all ingredients except flour and mix well. Add flour and mix. Form dough into small balls and using your finger or a wooden spoon handle dipped in water make a well. Add mint green apple jelly (or any red jelly) to fill well to 3/4 full. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. They don’t brown, but will look firm and dry when done.
Read MoreChristmas Eve Tradition
About seven years ago, we were introduced to the work of a talented new LDS artist, Joseph Brickey. Our friends, Peter and Ann, knew his family well and told us to check out his paintings. Shortly afterwards I came across this book, When Jesus was Born in Bethlehem that is a collection of his paintings that accompany the Scriptural Christmas story. I loved the detail and emotion in the paintings, and bought several copies of it to give as gifts- and one for us too. We read it that year on Christmas Eve as a family, and it brings such a peaceful spirit that we have read it every year since. Merry Christmas!
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