70 Year Old Woman Gets Handcuffed For Dry Lawn!

A bit more detail:

Bloody nose for having a dry lawn

Salt Lake Tribune - Jul 7, 2007

Betty Perry, 70, was arrested and her nose bloodied after an Orem officer confronted her at her front door about her dried-up lawn...When Perry refused to give her name and tried to walk inside to call her son, the officer tried to arrest her... According to a police news release, while she was struggling, she tripped and fell on her doorstop, cutting open the bridge of her nose...After being booked, supervisors... released the woman and returned her to her home on the basis that there were other options available to handle this situation besides making an arrest and holding the woman in jail... Perry was taken to Timpanogos Regional Hospital and treated for her wounds. Besides the cut nose, she sustained bruises on her arms from the handcuffs. She said she was approached about the problem last year but didn't hear from officers again after a first warning

Outback - Well sort of

Here you have a view of what I see when I look outside my backyard.

It's not huge but after seeing pictures of other people's views I got kind of jealous of everyone else's pictures! Also it was suggested that adding pictures would help enhance my blog. This picture was taken with my cameraphone and I hope to take more and add them here.

Since I don't live in the city its not as congested where I live which is just outside of the city. It's kind of the same view that I have when I'm looking outside my kitchen window. Every now and then I will see the neighbor's cat sneaking around. During the spring and summer I will see the birds digging for worms. The squirrels run back and forth and I will occassionly see either a neighbor or one of the yard workers working in the yard. Maybe it's just me but the scenery always seems to be a little bit more brighter during the weekends - especially on Sundays!

On Sunday's I'll open the curtains and have my coffee or tea or hot chocolate and just look at the view. Those times when I'm depressed I'll also look at the view even during stormy or dark weather. It just something about seeing the trees sway back and forth that somehow comforts me when I'm feeling down.

Everyone should have a view!

Part Handyman

I just got finished reading another blog and the guy was talking about how he had a air conditioning emergency and how he had to call around to find someone to service the air conditioner. Now of course this is during the summer and it was getting close to the weekend to boot!

Well he said he called around and found that no service technician would come out for less than $60! Add to that they also couldn't come out until the next few days. So the author of the blog decided to take matters into his own hands and find out if he could fix the air conditioning himself. He said he took the air conditioner apart, looked around and found that the problem had something to do with the wiring. He made a quick trip to Lowes and he was able to fix the problem.

That got me to thinking about my own air conditioning system. I don't have central air I have air conditioner wall units. The oldest air conditioner is at least 20 years old and you can imagine how big and clunky it is. But guess what - It stills works just fine!. I still clean the filter on a regular basis but other than that that big old trusty air conditioner still works. It cools the whole downstairs!

But getting back to the guys post it reminded me of how us homeowners have had to be our own "handyman" at times! I can think of more than a few home-related repairs that I have done that I never thought I would have to do. One thing I can say is "Thank God for duct tape!" Its a miracle tool!

There was an incident where the thermostat-thingie wasn't working on the heating system and water was spewing everywhere! So I go to home depot and get a part (that I wasn't familiar with) thinking that I could replace the old part. Well the old part seemed to be rusted to the heater so that was one of the times that I had to call a repairman. I guess I shouldn't dwell on it but you know I actually went to work the next day all the while thinking about the water gushing in the basement!