Maile & Son

Maile Hernandez

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Edison - “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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A singer/performer in my youth, I was a voice major at Indiana University, but became a lawyer when I moved to Arizona after I graduated...[Read More]

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Saturday, November 14th, 2009

WHAT is wrong with my damn feet???
Okay, sorry.  But seriously, this is getting out of control.  None of my shoes are comfortable anymore.  I’m getting blisters in all kinds of places.  My little toe on my left foot is like - I don’t know what the deal is!  Is it turning into some kind of [...]

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So here’s a shocking revelation - I get kind of obsessed with things that catch my fancy.  And when they’re shows or movies, I see them again.  And again.  And again.
And so when I got out of work a little early today, I stepped on the gas and made it to the theater just in [...]

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Fast food correspondence

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Dear Taco Bell,
I’m very annoyed with you right now.  I went through your drive-thru and asked for a chicken grilled stuft (that’s how the Bell spells it) burrito, and because I was totally starved, a taco supreme to shove down my gullet right in the car on the way back to work.
You said, “Would you [...]

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Food, fun and philosophy

Monday, October 5th, 2009

It was a fantastic weekend over here in my world.
Friday night Conrad went to a football game and I hung out with Max.  He was being so sweet, it was unbelievable.  We snuggled and watched boxing (I really don’t mind so much watching his stuff over and over if I have gossip magazines to read, [...]

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Up before the family

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

So.  Saturday a.m.  I was lying there and I just had to get up so I’m having some coffee.  The rest of the family is still crashed out.  It was a late night last night.  Not a bad night at all, just a late one.
Conrad went to a high school football game.  He’s hoping to [...]

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The most dangerous state

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

I truly think that the most dangerous state of mind I can be in is boredom.  And oh crap, that’s where I am.
God, I miss being interesting.  I’m absolutely dying of boredom.  What can I do to be interesting?  I’m a reflection of my life and my life is B-O-R-I-N-G.  How can anyone so dull [...]

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My life if I had looked up four seconds later.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

 I’m a decent person.  I’m law-abiding, I think I’m reasonably caring, I love my husband and child, I hold a full-time job working for a Judge. 

But that doesn’t mean that I am not capable of utter, horrific stupidity.
See, I text and drive.  I’m sorry - I USED to text and drive.  Up until about forty [...]

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Coffee

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

I waited and waited, exhausted, all week, for my day to sleep in.  This morning the day was finally here.  And my phone beeped loudly at 5:45 and I couldn’t get back to sleep.
Before I got my job with the Judge I applied at Starbucks.  I had to fill out this application and one of [...]

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The Final Concession

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Even though this is not the most flattering picture of me (hi, chins!) it documents my failure to conquer the steak at Durant’s on New Year’s Eve.  I desperately wanted to eat the entire porterhouse and be immortalized on the wall of fame, but it was not to be.  Sadness!!!  I really thought I’d be [...]

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Clearly I’M The Biggest Loser . . .

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

For who else was up at 1 a.m. last night wolfing down old Halloween candy while watching a show about people getting in shape and living healthier, better lives?
Conrad’s out of town.  He has a trial in Yuma.  So it was just me and Max last night.  I took him to the park.  He’s now [...]

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