I'm Home

And I'm tired. I think I'm like all cotton shirts. I don't travel well. By the time I get home I look like I've been crammed in something and jostled around a bit. Wrinkles don't fall out like they used to when I was young and made of polyester.

Anyway the conference was good. A little long. I smiled and shook hands for 10 hours. But I met some great people. Don't forget the live chat. It is my hope that by then my brain will have smoothed out enough for me to think.

Peace.

Stuff and More Stuff

Hello everybody,

I am in Santa Barabra for a women's conference and I am staying with a friend of mine. Her house looks over the Pacific. She and I are both short, impatient and talk a lot. We are having big fun.

Boomy (Mr. 13) called to day and said (I kid you not) Is my grade in math really that bad? I said: "How would I know? I'm out of town." I mean really. Then he says"Dad said it was and he won't let me have a sleep over."

There was a pause while I gathered my thoughts and then I said. "And. . . "

That's when the excuses began. About the third excuse in I got tired and said "so what you want me to do is override your father's decision when I have no information and you have no real reason to do it ?" Then he went right back into more elaborate excuses. I didn't even let him finish. "whatever your father said, consider it having been said again."

This boy must think I'm crazy. Big E and I may not always agree but we are so on the same page with the school thing its ridiculous. He's been with us 13 years. It worries me that he hasn't figured that out yet.

Anyway, I am having fun here. I am going to give a talk about being a Gutsy Gal - that's my friends organization. We wrote the book Put it in Writing together.

Anyway, here are some answers to some of the questions I've gotten lately:

1. Someone apparently told one of our litigants that I was in a bad mood before the show. It was true too because I was stressing over the Big Man vs. Mr. 16 track team brouhaha. But then she wrote me on MySpace and said that I didn't seem mad when I was on the bench. That's my job!!! Whatever is bothering me ought not take the bench with me. It's a solo gig. But whatever the situation is I love my guests. Without them there is no show. Even when I fuss at them I do it because I want them to do better. As my mother used to say: "If I didn't love you I'd let you go out and act a fool."

2. Someone else asked me if the have to join the live chat right at 7:00 and I don't think so. I think you can hop in at any time. But I'll double check with Chuck.

3. Can't wait to get home. Been away a long time.

4. I'll tell you how my Gutsy Gals presentation goes.

You guys take it light. I intend to.


Peace.

Still Taping

Just hollering. Still taping. Then I'm off the the women's conference.

Don't forget about the live chat:

March 11 at 7:00 pm Eastern. Go to my website www.judgelynn.com and you should be able to navigate from there. We'll have something on the front page about it by then.

Don't leave me hanging out there in cyber space all by myself!

Peace.

Back in LA!

Hello People,

I am back in LA taping. I have been out here for a minute. I went to the Mo'nique radio show and had MORE FUN. That woman is wild. You wouldn't believe all of the trash we talked off the air!

I am doing the women's festival this weekend so I won't get to do any serious blogging for a minute. But I just wanted to touch base. You know, you should go on the divorcecourt.com website if you are looking to be in the show either with a divorce or for thr Before Your Vows thing. I love talking to engaged couples "with isssues"

Been talking about money and domestic violence a lot lately. When I get home I'd like to give you my ten cents worth on that stuff. Some of the things people say are really deep!!!

Have been refereering (?????Good grief I wish I could spell) a dispute between Big Man and Mr. 16 long distance. Talk about a pain. What's wrong with these people? They both know what they want but they have no clue how the other one feels so they can't get to a compromise because they are saying all of the wrong things to each other. Quess who gets to interpret?

A woman's work is never done even when she's at work. You'd think these people would be able to do at home not doing anything a little better.

Well. . . . It is what it is. Can't change it. Can't fire them.
Peace

Reminder

Hello,

Just wanted to remind you guys that I will be doing a live chat on

My Mother's Rules

March 11th (Wednesday) at 7:00 pm Eastern time.

It should be easy. You will fo to my web site and by that time I should have a place to click to join. WIll get back to you on that later.

On my way out of town. Will holler when I get a chance.

By the way a few people always ask how they can get on the show. Go to www.divorcecourt.com and it will give you the info on how to contact the show if you think you have a good Divorce Court Case or a good Before Your Vows Case.

Peace.

Good Morning

I was trying to think of something clever to write in the subject line but as you can see the brain is rolling a little slow this morning. Just wanted to check in and say hi!

I've been learning a great deal of French of late. I am now even doing it when I'm not worried. Knowledge is its own reward. I am worrying less.

I don't think anything in my world has changed much, in fact I believe thing have gone de mal en pis (that's 'from bad to worse') - By the way that's it. I promise not to start peppering my blogs with French. I just had to show you that I've learned something!!

A couple of my foundations have been shaken lately (can't share so I'll leave it there) but you know, I feel fine today. It's not like I am living in a war zone or anything. A few bumps along the way are to be expected. And like the guy said focusing on the unpleasantness sucks up all of the time you could be looking at the good. So here's the list of thing I am thankful for this week:

1) I lost a couple of pounds.
2) My tennis skills have gone from shameful to moedrately embarrassing.
3) I already called my mother today.
4) It's sunny shinny and in the 70's where I live.
5) No major familial illnesses to report.
6) I have yet to catch Mr. 16's cold and it looks like I am going to escape this one cause I am leaving town tomorrow.
7) I have managed not to cut my own hair for a month now. Usually when my hair acts up I start hacking it off then my hair guru at work fusses at me. This month I have been heavey into baseball caps and light on the scissors.
8) Boommy, my youngest, though having returned to his typical end of the year my grades are slipping nonsense, has had a small epiphany.

We were walking in a parking lot and a car was coming. I moved over to the side - he kept walking straight for it.
I looked. He just walked.
So I said "Hey". He siad "What?"
I said "The car!" he said "What?"
I said "The car, baby, the car!"
He moved. I looked at him and said "What?!!!!"
He said (and here's the light bulb moment) "You know mom, I didn't even see the car." Then he kind of smiled like 'wow I get what you have been telling me for the last thirteen years.'
I say "That's it Boomy. Sometimes your light just goes out."

The first step towards progress is knowledge.

Hope lives.

To Bemused to be Amused

Been up since 3:00 am. Got a bad case of the worries. Not sure what my specific problem is today but once I start to worry I go all out. Could be that my mind (without my permission) is porcessing the recent crash of the Turkish Airliner though - thankfully- most people walked away. But they don't know why it went down. It just did.

New season. Lots of travel. Mr. 16 (you know the guy that spent the night in the back of the car) came home with a terrible cold. I don't like the prospect of being away from home this time. It will be for a while - got several stops to make. Always seems like all hell breaks loose around here when I'm gone. Although my husband (God bless him) lies to me when I calll home. House could be curenly aflame and he says everything is cool. His explaination: no need to tell you anything you can't do anything about.

Again, I am making a new call for jokes. A couple of you sent some good ones. I've got one more.

How many psychologist does it take to change a light bulb?

Just one - but the light bulb really has to want to change.

The good news is I have really brushed up on my French lately.