Hotch Potch…

The phrase describes this past month, and I just learned last week that it has legal significance.  Then of course, everything has legal significance when you are in law school.  Some highlights from the month include, I became court certified which means I can appear in court.  I did not expect to get giddy over this happening, however, when the letter came, I felt warm fuzzies inside. 

My sister got married!  She met a great guy at the dog park and we ALL fell in love with him.

Because I am an “older” student and well established in this community, I did not come to law school looking for friendship.  But, I have met some of the most kind, thoughtful and interesting people at Lewis and Clark.  This is one of them—my friend Julien.  There is a Mexican restaurant called Los Costita near campus, and we finally made the time to meet for some mid day nibbles and prattle. 

Even though I can hardly justify light reading and messing around in the kitchen, I still do it…

It doesn’t always rain in Portland.  This Saturday was perfectly beautiful, so we took the kids to the pumpkin patch to fulfill our seasonal duties and enjoy some outdoor fun.  The farm we visited had cider pressing, rope making, corn grinding, pumpkin launching, hay climbing, corn mazing, tractor riding, pumpkin picking fun.  Even my teenagers had a good time.

 Hotch-pot, or hotch-potch, in English law, is the name given to a rule of equity whereby a person, interested along with others in a common fund, and having already received something in the same interest, is required to surrender what has been so acquired into the common fund, on pain of being excluded from the distribution.

27 October 2009

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