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I am about 20 miles from the TN state line. TN does not have a state tax but their city taxes can be high. In franklin, the city tax is about 10 percent.
The housing is probably affordable. Where I live, you can get a 3000 sq foot house for around $300k. I thought that amount was high until I started watching House Hunters. Your son is correct. I am not sure if you are taxed on food in TN. In AL, we are taxed on food.

OMG- you're taxed for food! terrible. :( When I lived in Pa., there wasn't even tax on clothes or food [except bathing suits :floorlaugh:, which they consider a "luxury" :floorlaugh:. I'd like to see how many people would be on a beach or swimming in a lake with no bathing suits!!! :facepalm:]. Here in NYS, they do tax clothes, but not food- except "cooked food"- take out.
 
You know. I feel grateful that my son and his future wife would even want me to live with them. I'm blessed, IMO. Both my sons really care about me (and my son's girl, too) and it's so comforting to me. I'm lucky.

Gotta go bake a banana bread.
See you later. :seeya:
 
You know. I feel grateful that my son and his future wife would even want me to live with them. I'm blessed, IMO. Both my sons really care about me (and my son's girl) and it's so comforting to me. I'm lucky.

You are very lucky. You have very considerate sons.
 
You are very lucky. You have very considerate sons.

My older son asked me one day- when he was around 20-23 (?)- can't remember :scared: - "And what have you done your whole life for the world?" (the snot :facepalm:) I shut his mouth real good/fast when I told him that although I have never written a book, run for Congress, am not a beautiful movie star, did not paint the ceiling of the Sistine chapel, no longer had a career after my last son was born, I will have raised 2 upright American citizens who are honest , hardworking, and kind- that any mother, person would be proud to know. (now how come I remember that conversation from way back and not remember when my car inspection was due??? :scared: :floorlaugh:)

And I have. But I don't let myself get too grandiose in my thinking about what a great job I have done. As my mother had always told me, "Don't give yourself so much importance". She always said that my older son was "born good" and the last thing my mother ever said to me when we spoke on the phone while she was dying was,"Don't let" my younger son "suffer". I definitely respected my mother and her wisdom and would never, ever talk back to her (and she didn't have to say "I'm your Mother"- we knew she was our Mother and deserved respect).

Just today, my younger son was mowing the grass and he came in and said something I always say to him, "Ma- you're right 'The gods will be angry' because the lawn mower thingy (that cuts the grass?? can't remember what he said to me) broke when I mowed over a large stone and it won't work now." I just started to laugh.:floorlaugh::floorlaugh: It was just yesterday that I said that to him, because he was so thrilled that all the problems with the cars were solved, "Not so fast, the gods will be angry that you are so smug now".

My older son knows now that life can throw some pretty yucky stones at you. He said to me, years ago, "Everything is nice, nice and good, and then something comes along to screw it up". I actually bought him a little magnet for his refrig. that said something like "watch out for the screw-up fairy".

I concocted that "gods will be angry" phrase from the movie, The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. The woman and her husband had just come the Emperess to show her their male son and the father was saying how wonderful their son looked/was. The wife hid her son and said something about the gods and began to shout how ugly and terrible their son was, so the gods wouldn't want to take their son away. Crazy, huh :floorlaugh:, but it stuck with me and made an impression- to not be so sure of everything in life. After all, you never can tell what will happen next.

Even tho' my sons have had their problems- they listen to me and I don't ever yell. I just say "I'm your Mother and blah, blah (whatever it is that needs to be said at the time) or just "I'm your Mother" and they shut right up and listen to what I have to say. I just want them to consider another perspective than just theirs (or their friends). Maybe I'll be right?

After all, they're the ones who came to me to talk and if they are not going to at least listen, and maybe try, my suggestion- why are they asking me??

"I'm your mother". How many times I've said that, I don't know. I respect my children and I expect respect from them. I don't think it's too much to ask of my children, IMO.

Who will ever love them the most.

ME- and they know it and that I'm always looking out for their good- with no other motives, except my love for them and the good for them.

Bend like the trees, my sons, or you will break and remember laughter.

I know I am lucky in a lot of different ways. Amen.

Never got to make the banana bread, 'cause my son wanted an very early dinner- maybe later. :facepalm:
 
Don't you just hate when a person :angel:.is always talking about how wonderful their children are. :hand:...:yes:They're so annoying! :python: :floorlaugh:

No more talking about my sons and my stupid problems.:silenced:
Too much "me" for me. :hills:
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Two Black Eyes

A man walks into work with two black eyes. "How did you get the black eye, asked his boss?

"When I was in church, I noticed the woman in front of me had her dress caught in the crack of her arse so I pulled it out and she turned around and punched me in the eye."

"Then how did you get the other black eye, asked his boss?"

"Well, I figured she didn't want it out, so I pushed it back in!!!!"
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Cemetery

A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly departed mother and started back toward his car when his attention was diverted to another man kneeling at a grave.

The man seemed to be praying with profound intensity and kept repeating, "Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die?"

The first man approached him and said, "Sir, I don't wish to interfere with your private grief, but this demonstration of pain is more than I've ever seen before. For whom do you mourn so deeply? A child? A parent? "

The mourner took a moment to collect himself, then replied, "My wife's first husband.
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Yard Work

One day, shortly after joining the PGA tour in 1965, Lee Trevino, a professional golfer and married man, was at his home in Dallas , Texas, mowing his front lawn, as he always did.

A lady driving by in a big, shiny Cadillac stopped in front of his house, lowered the window and asked, “Excuse me, do you speak English?"

Lee responded, “Yes Ma'am, I do."

The lady then asked, “What do you charge to do yard work?”

Lee said, "Well, the lady in this house lets me sleep with her."

The lady hurriedly put the car into gear and sped off.
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Jenny Craig for Men

I called the company and ordered their 5-day, 10 lb. program.

The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before me a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck.

She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company.

The sign reads, 'If you can catch me, you can have me.'

Without a second thought, I took off after her. A few miles later huffing and puffing, I finally gave up.

The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens.

On the fifth day, I weighed myself and am delighted to find I
lost 10 lbs. as promised.

I called the company and ordered their 5-day/20 pound program.

The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning, beautiful, sexy woman I have ever seen in my life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, 'If you catch me you can have me'.

Well, I'm out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and I do my best, but no such luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens and I'm gradually getting in better and better shape.

Much to my delight on the fifth day when I weigh myself, I discover that I have lost another 20 lbs. as promised. So I decide to go for broke and called the company to order the
7-day/50 pound program.

"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."

"Absolutely," I replied, "I haven't felt this good in years."

The next day there's a knock at the door; and when I open it I find a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, "If I catch you,... you're mine."

I lost 63 pounds that week.
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Hernia Operation

A surgeon was checking on a patient who had a hernia operation three days before.

The doctor asked the man why he had not gotten out of bed.

“I hurt,” the man said. “You don’t know how it feels.”

“I know exactly how it feels,” the doctor said. “I had the same procedure last month, and I was back at work two days later. There’s no difference in our operations.”

“Oh yes there is,” said the patient. “You had a different surgeon.”
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The Irish Furniture dealer..

Murphy, a furniture dealer from Dublin, decided to expand the line of furniture in his store, so he decided to go to Paris to see what he could find.

After arriving in Paris, he visited with some manufacturers and selected a line that he thought would sell well back home. To celebrate the new acquisition, he decided to visit a small bistro and have a glass of wine.

As he sat enjoying his wine, he noticed that the small place was quite crowded, and that the other chair at his table was the only vacant seat in the house.

Before long, a very beautiful young Parisian girl came to his table, asked him something in French (which Murphy could not understand), so he motioned to the vacant chair and invited her to sit down.

He tried to speak to her in English, but she did not speak his language. After a couple of minutes of trying to communicate with her, he took a napkin and drew a picture of a wine glass and showed it to her. She nodded, so he ordered a glass of wine for her.

After sitting together at the table for a while, he took another napkin, and drew a picture of a plate with food on it, and she nodded. They left the bistro and found a quiet cafe that featured a small group playing romantic music.
They ordered dinner, after which he took another napkin and drew a picture of a couple dancing.

She nodded, and they got up to dance. They danced until the cafe closed and the band was packing up.

Back at their table, the young lady took a napkin and drew a picture of a four-poster bed.

To this day, Murphy has no idea how she figured out he was in the furniture business.
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Playing Golf

Arthur is 90 years old. He's played golf every day since retirement, 25 years ago.

One day he arrives home looking downcast. "That's it," he tells his wife, "I'm giving up golf. My eyesight has gotten so bad, once I've hit the ball, I can't see where it went."

His wife sympathizes. As they sit down, she has a suggestion: "Why don't you take my brother with you, and give it one more try?" "That's no good," sighs Arthur. "Your brother is a hundred and three, he can't help!" "He may be a hundred and three," says the wife, "but his eyesight is perfect."

So, the next day Arthur heads off to the golf course with his brother in law. He tees up, takes an almighty swing, and squints down the fairway. He turns to his brother in law, "Did you see the ball?" "Of course I did!" says the brother in law, "I have perfect eyesight!" "Where did it go?" asks Arthur. "...Can't remember."
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Italian Mothers and Daughters

Italian Mother “Hello?”

Italian Daughter “Hi Mom. Can I leave the kids with you tonight?”

Italian Mother “You’re going out?”

Italian Daughter “Yes.”

Italian Mother “With whom?”

Italian Daughter “With a friend.”

Italian Mother “I don’t know why you left your husband. He is such a good man.”

Italian Daughter “MOM, I didn’t leave him. He left me!”

Italian Mother “You let him leave you, and now you go out with anybodies and nobodies.”

Italian Daughter “MA, I do not go out with anybody. Can I bring over the kids?”

Italian Mother “I never left you to go out with anybody except your father.”

Italian Daughter “There are lots of things that you did and I don’t.”

Italian Mother “What are you hinting at?”

Italian Daughter “Nothing, I just want to know if I can bring the kids over tonight..”

Italian Mother “You’re going to stay the night with him? What will your husband say if he finds out?”

Italian Daughter “MA its My EX husband. I don’t think he would be bothered. From the day he left me,he probably never slept alone!”

Italian Mother “So you’re going to sleep over at this loser’s place?”

Italian Daughter “MOM, He’s not a loser.”

Italian Mother “A man who goes out with a divorced woman with children is a loser and a parasite.”

Italian Daughter “MA, I don’t want to argue; should I bring over the kids or not?”

Italian Mother “Poor children with such a mother.”

Italian Daughter “Such a what?”

Italian Mother “With no stability. No wonder your husband left you.”

Italian Daughter “ENOUGH MA!!!”

Italian Mother “Don’t scream at me. You probably scream at the loser too!”

Italian Daughter “Great MA, Now you’re worried about the loser?”

Italian Mother “Ah, so you see he is a loser and I spotted him immediately.”

Italian Daughter “Goodbye, mother.”

Italian Mother “Wait! Wait! Don’t hang up! When are you bringing them over? “

Italian Daughter “I’m not bringing them over! I’m not going out!”

Italian Mother “If you never go out, how do you expect to meet anyone?"
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Sugar Bowl

Mrs. Bacciagalupe visits her son Anthony and his female roommate Maria.
During dinner, Momma can't help but notice how pretty Anthony's roommate is. She had long been suspicious of the relationship between the two. Reading his Momma's thoughts, Anthony volunteers, "I know what you must be thinking, but Maria and I are just roommates."

About a week later, Maria says to Anthony, "Ever since your mother visited, I haven't been able to find the silver sugar bowl. Do you think she took it?"
"I doubt it, but I'll e-mail her." He e-mails his mother: "Dear Momma, I'm not saying that you took the sugar bowl from my house and I'm not saying that you didn't take it. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner. Love, Anthony."

Momma writes back: "Figlio mio, I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Maria and I'm not saying that you 'do not' sleep with her. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the sugar bowl by now."
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"Jerry Vale, Crooned Smoothly of Love, Is Dead at 83-
Jerry Vale, the pop crooner known for his velvety voice and the classic love songs he recorded in the 1950s and early 1960s, died Sunday at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 83.
Mr. Vale made cameo appearances as himself in the films “Goodfellas” in 1990 and “Casino” in 1995, both directed by Martin Scorsese, and in the television series “The Sopranos.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/19/arts/music/jerry-vale-crooned-smoothly-of-love-is-dead-at-83.html

Jerry Vale - Pretend you don't see her - YouTube


Jerry Vale - Mala Femmena - YouTube

RIP Mr. Vale. I loved your voice. :candle:
 
Jerry Vale? I remember meeting him - sitting at the bar at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe!! So sorry to hear that...

:wave: hi everyone,

tried to post by quoting YesorNo's post about Jerry Vale, and it kept telling me to add 5 characters, as my message was too short?? :scared:

hope this one works!!

anyway - slowly trying to walk without my cane - not yet, but I hope SOON!!!

:seeya:
 
Jerry Vale? I remember meeting him - sitting at the bar at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe!! So sorry to hear that...

:wave: hi everyone,

tried to post by quoting YesorNo's post about Jerry Vale, and it kept telling me to add 5 characters, as my message was too short?? :scared:

hope this one works!!

anyway - slowly trying to walk without my cane - not yet, but I hope SOON!!!

:seeya:

So glad you are starting to walk (waiting for you to say you can run :floorlaugh:).

Here's some more songs sung by Jerry Vale:

I love Cape Cod (spent many vacations there):

Cape Cod - YouTube

This is from the movie Rome Adventure with Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette:

Al- Di- La Jerry Vale - YouTube

One of my favorites by JV:

Jerry Vale - There Must Be A Way (1965) - YouTube
 
OMG- you're taxed for food! terrible. :( When I lived in Pa., there wasn't even tax on clothes or food [except bathing suits :floorlaugh:, which they consider a "luxury" :floorlaugh:. I'd like to see how many people would be on a beach or swimming in a lake with no bathing suits!!! :facepalm:]. Here in NYS, they do tax clothes, but not food- except "cooked food"- take out.

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Hi Y/N, N.Y.S. is like Ohio. We used to go there 2 or 3 times a year. The luxury tax is like during the 2nd.WW.. Luxuries a few, nylons, (women used pancake makeup on their legs), perfume, cologme. makeup, alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, jewelry, probably more I cant remember. I never had a bathing suit til after married so I dont know. Only food taxed is for animals. Not fair!! carbonated drinks. Restaurant food is taxed, eat in. Take out no. :loveyou:

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Hi again! did you know Jerry Vale is from Canonsburg Pa.? He gave Canonsburg Hospital three nice big flagpoles. They of course are outside Canonsburg Hospital. Very nice hospital..My son was at rehab after stroke in Canonsburg.
 
http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/25171951?

This is mine:
"Your style is … Traditional!
Traditional: You have a refined style that speaks of simpler times. You love comfort above all and nothing too heart-racing. Your go-to movie genre is a black and white classic, which you watch on your rolled-arm sofa or tufted chair. Rich woods fill your home, as do sophisticated greens and blues. You’ve paid extra attention to sourcing fine rugs for most of the rooms in your home. Your ideal vacation is somewhere in England. You are traditional."


But no "fine rugs" for me here. :floorlaugh:
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I am traditional also! I do like "normal" carpeting but have wood now. The trip to England? Make that Maghull, Merseyside...I'd love it!!
 
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Hi Y/N, N.Y.S. is like Ohio. We used to go there 2 or 3 times a year. The luxury tax is like during the 2nd.WW.. Luxuries a few, nylons, (women used pancake makeup on their legs), perfume, cologme. makeup, alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, jewelry, probably more I cant remember. I never had a bathing suit til after married so I dont know. Only food taxed is for animals. Not fair!! carbonated drinks. Restaurant food is taxed, eat in. Take out no. :loveyou:

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Hi again! did you know Jerry Vale is from Canonsburg Pa.? He gave Canonsburg Hospital three nice big flagpoles. They of course are outside Canonsburg Hospital. Very nice hospital..My son was at rehab after stroke in Canonsburg.

Nore, do you remember blue laws? Shop on Saturday and get what you might need, because won't be able to buy on Sunday. Remember when all stores were closed on Sundays? and when some did get to open you could buy a hammer, but not the nails, or you couldn't buy pantyhose. In 1985 Texans were able to shop on Sundays. I don't think it helped us in any ways other than to buy more crap that many don't need.
 
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I am traditional also! I do like "normal" carpeting but have wood now. The trip to England? Make that Maghull, Merseyside...I'd love it!!

Maghull, Merseyside?
Maybe we should move there??? :floorlaugh: ENTWISTLE GREEN- try to pronounce that, why don't you :floorlaugh:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43571542.html

How much is 140,000 pounds? 3 bedrooms- you could come live with me, but I don't know if the stairs would be bad for us. :floorlaugh:
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How about this one, Nore? 2 bedrooms, but the wallpaper has to go. :floorlaugh:
135,000 pounds, nice little back yard, and a "Conservatory" (whatever that is :floorlaugh:).

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29663071.html
 
Nore, do you remember blue laws? Shop on Saturday and get what you might need, because won't be able to buy on Sunday. Remember when all stores were closed on Sundays? and when some did get to open you could buy a hammer, but not the nails, or you couldn't buy pantyhose. In 1985 Texans were able to shop on Sundays. I don't think it helped us in any ways other than to buy more crap that many don't need.

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Hi ILikeToBendPages, Blue laws. Yes I do! very much. Seems each area had one Drugstore open for prescriptions, meds. etc. was hard for us as we didnt have a car. As for shopping who cant wait one more day. I'm in favor of it. They were also closed on hoildays. People were closer then . Now holidays are spent shopping instead of bringing families together ~ too often. :loveyou:
 
Maghull, Merseyside?
Maybe we should move there??? :floorlaugh: ENTWISTLE GREEN- try to pronounce that, why don't you :floorlaugh:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43571542.html

How much is 140,000 pounds? 3 bedrooms- you could come live with me, but I don't know if the stairs would be bad for us. :floorlaugh:
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How about this one, Nore? 2 bedrooms, but the wallpaper has to go. :floorlaugh:
135,000 pounds, nice little back yard, and a "Conservatory" (whatever that is :floorlaugh:).

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29663071.html

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Hi Y/N I think 140.00 is about 250.00 U.S. the way it changes for both countries dont hold me to it. My friend lives on Foxhouse Lane, near "The Red House", a pub. In the middle of Sept. here, Dennis went no where without his bumbershoot!! it rains there sooo much. He said he never left the house without it. The stairs! you mean those things that get you from one floor to another? Right now I couldn't use them if the house was on fire! haven't been in the basement for years. Honest! I cant leave my family. I am too sentimental, would cost a fortune to move my caskets. Seriously a friend of ours lived in Virginia a few years (army) they loved it there. Said if they ever moved it would be there. I liked N.M.. but my boxes again! (dont have my car yet)...:tantrum::please:
----P/S. my friend Pat has three bedrooms on 2nd. floor. I saw the out side on google, it's an attach ed house they dont have basements. Cozy little houses. I dont mind wallpaper in a bedroom if its not too busy! maybe just a couple of flowers. I have Sanitas on one wall in my kitchen. Makes the room look bigger. Boy I could sure use a break from snow and bitter cold! our peonies havent even bloomed yet, they say fruit trees are gone...
 
"Maria de la Rosa previously had her wrists slapped for reportedly smuggling artwork of Jodi's out of the Estrella Jail, and was temporarily banned from visiting her client. The Toronto Relationships Examiner reported this week that court documents revealed that a change of mitigation specialists had been listed on the Arias file in the Maricopa County courts."

http://www.examiner.com/article/wil...ean-justice-for-travis-alexander-family-talks
 
" a juror from the Jodi Arias trial talks to Dr. Drew about what went on in that jury room when it came to making that final decision. The element of mitigating factors was brought up as a key reason they were deadlocked. At the time, Maria de la Rosa was the mitigation specialist assigned to the Jodi Arias trial.

She was responsible for coming up with the factors that would lead a jury to decide that Jodi's life should be saved. Factors like why is her life worth saving, and what can she offer to the community if her life is saved are the kinds of factors included in mitigation factors. Age and gender are others. In the case of her first trial, she was successful. They were deadlocked. According to one of the jurors in the Jodi Arias trial, Jodi's artwork and other mitigating factors are the reasons the jury had a difficult time sentencing her to death. At that time, Maria de la Rosa's work as a mitigation specialist saved Jodi's life."

http://www.examiner.com/article/jod...g-on-mitigation-specialist-former-juror-talks

- they are talking about this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SqRZVECefM
 
"Jerry Vale, Crooned Smoothly of Love, Is Dead at 83-
Jerry Vale, the pop crooner known for his velvety voice and the classic love songs he recorded in the 1950s and early 1960s, died Sunday at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 83.
Mr. Vale made cameo appearances as himself in the films “Goodfellas” in 1990 and “Casino” in 1995, both directed by Martin Scorsese, and in the television series “The Sopranos.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/19/arts/music/jerry-vale-crooned-smoothly-of-love-is-dead-at-83.html

Jerry Vale - Pretend you don't see her - YouTube


RIP Mr. Vale. I loved your voice. :candle:

*Snipped one Vid, respectfully*

I LOVE "Pretend you don't see her"!
The scene in Goodfellas got me hooked on it, but the words made me love it.
So sad :cry:
 
I can only shake my head if any juror believes that JA's ability to draw and cut off her hair are sufficient reasons to keep her alive.

At least I'm able to laugh while reading this funny and brilliant post on 'What's a dem@n gotta do to be executed these days.'

http://eggtreenews.wordpress.com/2013/05/
 
I think that news article that's making the rounds on the internet may be wrong, IMO.
DelaRosa was present on 5/16 for the hearing with Nurmi and Wilmott. We all saw the pic of skinny Nurmi leaving the courthouse with DeLaRosa.
Maybe that newspaper(?) got confused when they saw this?? Where are they getting this info?? I think they just assumed that in order to change the mitigating factors, they have to change the mitigator (is that a word)?

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date Filing Party
5/14/2014 NOT - Notice - Party (001) 5/14/2014
NOTE: DEFENDANT'S REVISED LIST OF MITIGATING FACTORS AND REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE

https://www.superiorcourt.maricopa....rtCases/caseInfo.asp?caseNumber=CR2008-031021

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This is just a revised list of mitigating factors, where missy :jail: is going to change-add/subtract some of the things that "prove' why she should not be put to death.
 
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