Early Easter Humor

BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR ...

... DECADE, AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY.

Charlotte, North Carolina

A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire.

Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.

In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost 'in a series of small fires.'

The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.

The lawyer sued and WON!

(Stay with me.)

Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company, which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable 'fire' and was obligated to pay the claim.

Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars lost in the 'fires'.

NOW FOR THE BEST PART...

After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on …24 counts of ARSON!!!

With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.

This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

We're Back!

Sorry - the blogger was on vacation for a few days. :)

Well I left on Friday afternoon for Vegas and had a great weekend! I was so excited to see Cam! And contrary to my thinking that I was invading on his time with Grandma & Papa, he was glad to see me. I don't know if it was because he was gone for a week and I just missed it, or what, but he was absolutely hilarious this weekend and full of the most intelligent/misguided comments you've ever heard. We were playing the Wii, but conviced Cam it would be great to listen to the stereo instead of the game. The song Mexican Radio came on, and Cam says "I have this on my iPod. Authority Zero sings it - it's in a different "genue" then this one, though. The one I have is more Rock." It took us a minute to figure out that Cam was trying to say "genre". Amazing that he knew the song, and even more amazing that he understood what genre meant. He also wanted to know why Easter was always on Sunday. Well he knows the reason for Easter, and many of the details surrounding the day. Dad says, "It's the day that Jesus came out from behind the rock" ... and Cameron responds, "It was a tomb, Papa." We had to smile at that one! I'm pretty sure I'll post more later as they come to me, or as I think of them and have to relay them to Bryan. Cameron had an absolute blast with mom and dad. He and Papa Rick certainly did their share of bonding! Adventuredome for roller coaster rides was one of the first treats. Mom and dad looked on the website for height requirements and decided to have some fun with Cam. They said he might need a few more inches, suggested wearing his hat so that it rested on the top of his head, and maybe some higher soled shoes. Cam puts his hat on the very top of his head and says "Maybe we can just run over to Ross really quick and pick up some dress shoes; they always have kind of a heel on them." Well he was totally serious, and said he'd just "take them off once they were on the roller coaster." I thought mom was going to wet her pants when she was telling me that one. They also hit the skate park, played some baseball, Wii - A LOT of Wii!, excursions out "just" to look at cars and they got to meet the cast of American Chopper! Orange County Choppers built a bike for the Silverton Casino and unveiled the Bass Pro Shop bike last week. Dad bought him a model of the bike, and then they waited in line to have the box autographed. He got to meet Paul Sr., Paul Jr., and Mikey! He was so excited and could not wait to show me that bike when I got there!

Holding his autographed American Chopper Bass Pro Shop Bike

We went out to dinner Friday night at Sunset Station for the Buffet .. had some excellent shrimp and crab - all you can eat. Hard to believe this was Cam's first official buffet, but he could not get over the whole buffet "concept" - that you could just get up and get more, whenever you want, and get whatever you want! He had quirt the assortment of quesadillas & guacamole, pizza, fried shrimp, a clam (that's right - just one - but he liked it!), french fries, a breadstick, and an M & M brownie for dessert. Sitting there with all of that that crab and shrimp in front of us, I had to say, "Wonder what the poor people are doing tonight?" Mom told me a while back that was something Grandpa Kenny would always say to them. Love it.

Saturday mom and I had pedicures and Sunday we went and played miniature golf - something else Cam had never experienced. I know, I know. He truly leads a sheltered life. He LOVED it. Papa Rick won, and ... (sorry Mom) ... but he actually beat Grandma. (Good think they had that 6 stroke limit in place!)

Cam at "King Putt"

Had some burgers for dinner afterwards then headed back to mom and dads' for Wii. (Played a LOT of Wii - in fact when we got home, Cam told Bryan that I am AWESOME at Super Smash Brothers!) Sunday we hit the skate park to watch Cam show off his moves, then mom and I headed over to Sunset Station in hopes of some Luck O' the Irish. Nothing extraordinary to report, but we certainly did see our share of people in their St. Paddy's Day "costumes". Unbelievable. It was such a good weekend, and really nice to get away. Cam was a bit quiet on the plane coming home. He was definitely excited to see Daddy, but he did say that he didn't want to leave Grandma & Papa's.

Cam was a bit chilly one night, so here he is modeling one of Grandma's robes:




Showing off a few moves at the Skate Park

Our personal Hallmark greeting ...

We had such a great Anniversary! Dinner was fantastic, as always. We got to the Salt Cellar about a half hour before our reservation and just planned on having a drink in the bar until our table was ready. We've gone to this restaurant for the last several years on our anniversary and love it. The food is amazing, and it was a former "Speak-Easy" so the ambiance is pretty cool. Anyway, I let the hostess know that we were early, but we had a reservation for Peterson. She looks up and says "Oh! Just a minute." She hands an envelope to another hostess, whispers something in her ear, and then she goes ahead and seats us. As we sit down, she hands me an envelope that says "3/11/08 - For Peterson Party (2) - 7:30". So I open up the envelope and the tears start flowing. Surprise #1: Cameron had made an Anniversary card/picture for us (note the beautiful artwork above) and mom faxed it to the restaurant so we'd have it when we got there! So sweet. I kept looking at it and wanted to call him so bad at dinner, but I didn't have service on my phone being underground and all. Had a couple of drinks with dinner, shrimp appetizers, I had the Alaskan King Crab, and Bryan had the King Crab and filet. It was so delicious. Our waiter offers us dessert which we had NO room for, but then lets us know that we can pick one out to go and that it's on him. He then comes back and asks which one of our parents are Rick and Julie, and then says Happy Anniversary dinner is on them! Surprise #2 was just as great as Surprise #1! Thanks Mom & Dad! After our two-hour dinner, we stopped for coffee and headed home. Such a great night!!

8 Years Ago Today ...

I am so blessed to have a husband who is kind-hearted, sensitive, thoughtful, and perceptive in ways that contradict the man some people see on the outside. He is an amazing father and an even more amazing husband. The list of things I truly love about him is much longer than this, but here are a few... Happy Anniversary Honey!

THE TOP 50 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MY HUSBAND:

1. He tells me when he hears a song he knows I would like on my iPod.
2. His pants ALWAYS fall down, and show his boxers, even with a belt on.
3. He gets emotional during a TV show or movie, and doesn't try to hide it.
4. The wonderful relationship he has with my family.
5. He calls me Princess.
6. He loves to sing made-up songs to Cameron and I.
7. He cooks AND cleans ... all the time.
8. He makes me laugh - gut laughter.
9. He tells me how proud he is of me being a full-time wife, mother, employee and student.
10. He doesn't complain when I ask him to cook up some mushrooms for me, even though it is a "disgusting fungus."
11. He always has coffee made Sunday mornings before I get up.
12. He tells me how beautiful I am no matter what condition I'’m in.
13. He’'s romantic.
14. He devotes so much of his time and effort to Cameron.
15. He's a little boy at heart.
16. His love of cars and buying cars.
17. He listens to me when I tell him not to follow through on his love of cars and buying cars.
18. He's hardworking - he gets up before the crack of dawn for work and never gets the luxury of a sick day.
19. He gets up before the crack of dawn for work and still musters up enough energy to keep up with Cam until I get home.
20. He'll pull our neighbors weeds because he doesn't want our yard to look bad.
21. He sympathizes with my bunions and doesn't make fun of them ... anymore.
    
22. Everything he BBQ'’s turns out great.
23. He’'s seen several of my family members in their underwear - by accident -– and is still here.
24. He brings me latex gloves when I make meatloaf, and doesn’'t make fun of me for wearing them.
25. He always makes me laugh or smile - even at times when I don’'t want to.
26. The way he proposed to me.
    
27. He will argue against something that I want or ask (half the time I think because he likes to push my buttons) and five minutes later, I see that he went ahead and did it anyway.
28. He understands that I can spend two hours at Barnes and Noble and come home with nothing
29. He hates watching football, but will watch a Beaver game with me.
30. He remembers our first dance at our wedding was by George Strait.
31. He always comes up with the perfect gifts for people.
32. It takes him 20 minutes to swallow a tiny pill, but he has no problems with Jagermeister.
33. He knows that I hate onions on just about everything.
34. He's a fantastic Uncle.
35. The way he kisses me and touches me.
36. He accepts that when I drink too much wine, I talk too much.
37. He went along with being called "Kyle". :)
    
38. He understands why I won’'t give him a foot massage.
39. He knows and is prepared for the reminiscing that occurs when we're with my girlfriends.
40. He knows and is prepared for the reminiscing that occurs when we're with the Bales'.
41. He showers in one bathroom, gets dressed in another, and brushes his teeth in the third.
42. His midnight sweet tooth.
43. The first night he met my parents.
44. How cute he looks when he's wakeboarding.
45. He agrees 100% that no one makes a cheesecake like my Grandma Eileen.
46. The way he and Cam look forward to game releases.
47. He drinks mimosas with me on random Sunday mornings.
48. Cameron is a spitting image of him.
49. He knows that I always want to eat at the Salt Cellar on our Anniversary.
    
50. HE LOVES ME AND WANTS TO BE WITH ME!