This is our new Baby Tree.
It was so fun to put in.
Coop Loved diggin in the Dirt
Don't Tell the HOA!! (I'm Serious!)
Warning read the Previous post first.
Now i extrapolated this conversation out of what I was told later, but you can get the gist. I am actually making the Cop nicer than he was!
Now Nick was sitting at Home enjoying a quiet evening while Coop and I were at our play date, when a knock come on the the door.
It was our new neighbor John, asking to borrow a ladder, but behind he comes dum.dum.dum THE COP.
Cop "Who was driving that car?"
Nick "No one"
Cop to John "are you the roommate?"
John "I was just borrowing a ladder"
Cop" Why were you walking around outside?"
John "I live next door and I was coming over to borrow a ladder"
Cop "Who was driving the car"
Nick "No one the keys are in my pocket"
Cop "Your car was just seen driving down the parkway. who was driving it"
Nick " Lets go ask the neighbors if it was gone. they have been outside all evening."
Cop "can't do that, they might be lying"
Cop" The engine feels warm"
So Nick raises the hood and they place their bare hands on the engine
Cop" yup feels warm"
Nick "But we can touch it without our skin melting off, so it was not racing down the parkway 15 minutes ago"
Cop "But it is warm. Is there a woman that drives this car?"
Nick "My wife"
Cop "Where is she?"
Nick " At The park"
Cop "so she drove the car! the report that was filed said it was a female."
Nick" I have both sets of keys and the car has been here all night, just ask the neighbors"
Cop "It doesn't matter what they say. They are probably lying"
About this time they called me.
Now for those of you who have met my husband , Have you EVER seen him truly angry? Well try calling him a liar for an hour and see what happens to my mild mannered Engineer!!!!
I thought he was going to deck the cop and get arrested. He says he was trying to get the cop to Hit HIM!!
At the end of this amazing evening the big jerk cop goes on this soapbox about how if there was a murder and he saw some guy that fit the description. He could not just take the guys, his wife's, his entire extended family who was over for a barbecues' word on it because they might be lying and a crime has been committed and you are "GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT"
I Think The System Might be Broken.
No I am not talking about getting older I am referring to a run-in with "The Five-Oh" we had about 3 weeks ago.
Let me set the scene.
I had scheduled a play-date with my wonderful friend Amy. Amy lives here with her family, actually really close to us and has 2 little boys. So Coop and I hopped on our bike and we met at 6:30 at the park around the corner from my house.
It was so fun. Amy's oldest was running around with Coop and they were have a jolly old time.
Then comes "The Phone Call".
7:30 PM
Nick" Tawny did you drive the car"
Tawny "No. You know I rode my bake"
Nick"Well our car was just seen drag racing down the parkway"(the big road by our house)
Tawny "What!"
Nick "They said it was a female driver"
Tawny "What"
(In The background I hear>"Let me talk to her")
Cop "Hello Mam"
Tawny "Hello"
Cop "When did you drive the car last"
Tawny "When I picked up my husband from work"
Cop "Where are you now"
Tawny "At a Playdate at the park"
Cop "So what time did you drive to the park"
Tawny " I got here at 6:30, but i rode my bike"
Cop "so you were driving at 6:30"
Tawny "No I rode my bake"
Cop "mam let me explain the situation to you. at approx 7:10 this evening your car was seen racing down the Parkway by a concerned citizen . The citizen gave a description and license plate number and said the driver was a female. I located your address and the engine is still warm on your car"
Tawny "I have been here"
Cop "Mam I am just making you aware and you will be receiving a citation.
Tawny "What, I am right around the corner I will be there in 1 minute"
So I loaded up my angry boy (he kind of has to be weaned slowly off the park) Asked my friend and her husband to accompany me back to the house as witnesses. When we get to the house Amy valiantly sticks up for me, though the cop does not seem to care.
He once again repeats the charges, and I ask if there is any way it is just one of my students playing a joke.
Cop "Oh no mam. That is a felony"
So he calls dispatch and has them call "the complainant" to get a description of, what he is sure will be, me.
At this point the person decided to drop the charges.........................but is it over? Oh no.
He then proceeds to tell me what actually happened. Instead of the spun up version he told before, I guess to get me to confess.
Some guy had called in with the following description "Blue SUV, female driver and a couple of the same numbers as our license plate"
Now do you remember our car? We drive a black Pontiac Vibe!
Now remember the previous conversation. "we were given a license plate number and located your address" Turns out he could not locate the license, but happened to be driving through our subdivision, saw our car in the open garage ( Open cause I was riding my bike) , and put 2 and 486 together to make 4 and Voila, I was guilty.
And by our engine being hot.
He meant it was a little warm to the touch, sitting in our 100 degree garage!
But it was just to much of a Coincidence for him to pass up!
Coming up next " What happened to Nick"
Here is the Self-Family-Portrait.
The First thing Grandpa does on a hike is pick a "Walking Stick. So naturally Coop needed one too! So here he is showing off his Ninja moves with his walking stick.
Thanks Grandpa!!
Here is Me and my Baby Boy!
Here are my Guys playing in the river with "The Stick"
He started to get tired.
Here are my cute in-laws!
