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Condo for sale.......anyone interested?

My beautiful North Salt Lake condo is for sale. I'm a little sad, it was my very own first place and I have loved living in it. It's just that I figure it's probably pretty difficult to make a marriage work if you are living in separate houses. If anyone is interested or knows anyone that might be interested let me know or please pass along my information. I have many more pictures so let me know if you want to see more!



Built in 2005
1100 square ft
2 bedrooms
2 full bathrooms
1 car garage w/opener
hardwood floors
upgraded carpet & pad
upgraded maple cabinets, shaker style
gas stove
vaulted ceilings
wood blinds
balcony
ceiling fans in family room & master
easy freeway access
swimming pool & clubhouse
located on premium lot close to pool, playground, & parking
$113 HOA fees cover landscaping, snow removal, pool & club house maintenance, basic cable, and trash.

All this for the low price of $160,000!

NO AGENTS................this means you Steph! jk

I fought the law and......I won!

Justice! Finally!
I have slightly renewed my faith in our state's legal system. Yep, I know pretty much all of you are shocked. Nobody really thought I would actually get out of it. I totally won though, and it wasn't because the cop just didn't show up because he definitely showed up. It was a close one though. The prosecuter put the cop on the stand and asked him all of his questions, and then I asked him one question, we both did our schpeels (is that a word? & how do you spell it?) and then the judge gave his decision. He said that at first he was convinced he couldn't go through with the conviction because of Utah Code 41-6a-1002 (this code is my new best friend) Section 1 a (i) but couldn't ignore part (ii) right below it that states that a vehicle must slow or stop........when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger. Meaning basically I should have stopped because she was approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger. Because of this little part he would have to go through with the conviction. I asked if I could say something and he obliged. Among other things I restated that I was the 2nd car going through the intersection, and the 2nd car that passed the pedestrian. Then the judge said that he had to rethink his judgement because that little fact changed something. What you ask? Well, as the officer had so kindly stated earlier, the pedestrian had to stop to let the cars go by. So, since I was the 2nd car she had already been stopped (because of the first car) and was no longer approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger. Luckily, because of this little tidbit of information that I hadn't even realized, I was not convicted! I was so happy I could have peed my pants. The cop and the prosecuter got up and walked out immediately. I loved it, finally after 4 months of bullshit, justice was served.

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Elf Yourself..........Part 1

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fine Pam I'll play too...

I have to give one word answers to the questions below. Then "nominate" seven lucky people at the end of this to do the same..........The questions are as follows:

1. Where is your cell phone? desk

2. Where is your significant other? Colorado

3. Your hair color? brown

4. Your mother? selfless

5. Your father? hard-working

6. Your favorite thing? tivo

7. Your dream last night? ?

8. Your dream/goal? many

9. The room you're in? work

10. Your hobby? outdoors

11. Your fear? death

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? settled

13. Where were you last night? gym

14. What you're not? rich

15. One of your wish-list items? cabin

16. Where you grew up? Spring Glen

17. The last thing you did? meeting

18. What are you wearing? flats

19. Your TV? a gift

20. Your pet? never

21. Your computer? crappy

22. Your mood? blah

23. Missing someone? Karl

24. Your car? zoom

25. Something you're not wearing? earrings

26. Favorite store? Costco

27. Your summer? hot

28. Love someone? Karl

29. Your favorite color? red

30. When is the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? 3 Weeks

Instead of nominating 7 people, I'm just going to nominate Steph 7 times. You need to update your blog!

Hunting......for fish?

Karl and I went hunting last weekend but actually ended up fishing more than hunting. We went up Thursday and got camp all set up with his friend Brad and his family and Brad's brother Dallas and his family. The hunt didn't actually open until Saturday so we had a couple days to just hang out. Since we were hunting and camping near Strawberry where his dad keeps his boat we decided to go fishing on Friday. The fishing wasn't too great but I ended up catching the most fish. :) Saturday morning I hung out at camp with the wives and kids while all the guys went hunting. They came back late in the afternoon with nothing. Karl and I went back out until it got dark but didn't even see anything. Well, we did see some elk and a really huge beaver but that's about it. The next day Karl's dad had to take his boat off the lake for winter so we did some more fishing before we took it off the water. Karl caught a pretty big fish, 21.5 inches but couldn't keep it because the slot limit is over 22 inches or under 15 inches. Of course I didn't get a picture of the big fish, but I got a picture of every single other fish that we caught. I was a total slacker on pictures this trip. Of the few pictures I did take none of them are really great.
Karl is pretty annoyed he didn't get a deer. He only had that one day to hunt since he had to come home and get ready to leave for work in Colorado. He really wanted to go on the muzzle loader hunt but he was working the entire time that hunt was open.

The disappointed hunter

One of my catches

The crappy picture of the huge beaver

Time Waster

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The Saga Continues.....

Today was my pretrial for my lame ticket. I showed up to court with all my evidence which included photos and a certain section from Utah Code that is VERY interesting. Utah Code Section 41-6a-1002(2) states: when traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation, the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way by slowing down or stopping if necessary: (i) to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is on the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling
Ha! Guess what? Yep, the pedestrian wasn't on my half of the roadway, and it says to slow down or stop if necessary, but stopping is not required! So, not only was it completely impossible for me to see the pedestrian, (see earlier posts if you're lost) the effing law says I don't have to stop or even slow down unless the freakin' pedestrian is on my side of the road. Basically the ticket is bogus. There is not a law that would prove I was in the wrong. Anywho, I went to my pretrial which consisted of waiting around in court watching drug addicts and alcoholics trying to get out of their tickets, which some of them did! Finally, the prosecuter comes and gets me and takes me into his office. His job is to try and solve the matter without having to take it to trial. I show him everything, and he looks up the Code and says he's confused by what "when traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation" means. WTF?! You're a city prosecuter and you don't understand the law?! Are you effing kidding me! Seriously, is that sentence that hard to understand? You can't make that sentence anymore clear. (fyi - there are no traffic controls at that crosswalk, which is visibly clear in the photos I showed him) Then dipshit says he can reduce the ticket to an equipment violation which is equivalent to a broken tail light, it's $40. No thanks, I'll go to trial. After all the time and brain damage I've been through with this you think I'm gonna drop it and take an equipment violation! No way, especially now that I have the effing law that proves the ticket was completely unjustified. If anyone wants to come to my official full blown trial it is November 25 at 9:00 a.m. in North Salt Lake City building. On a side note: I was at the capitol today and there were some highway patrolmen there and my coworker decided to ask them about my situation. Guess what they said? Big suprise, they would have only been able to give the ticket if the pedestrian was in my half of the road. If I lose this never ending ridiculous battle I may go postal on their asses.

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Cool Story

Here's the info I found about the video:

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Biggest Waste of Time Ever!

I went to North Salt Lake City Court today to contest my lame ticket. After waiting for an hour and a half I was called in front of the judge. "Are you Brianna Ariotti.........blah blah blah.....How do you plea?" "Not guilty" I answered. That's it, 30 seconds in front of the judge to make my plea of not guilty. Are you f*cking kidding me? When I got the ticket I called the city to ask what to do since I'm pleading not guilty. I was told to come to court on Tuesday between 1 & 5. I couldn't make it the 2 Tuesdays after my ticket so I called back to ask how much time I have to take care of it. A different person told me that I have 3 weeks from the date of the ticket, but that I didn't have to go to court, just come to the office anytime during business hours. I went down the next day to take care of it. Big suprise, you need to come back on Tuesday between 1 & 5. I suppose the purpose today was to officially submit my plea of not guilty, which was made perfectly clear by my last visit and by my last 2 phone calls to the city. Now I had to sign some stupid paper and and schedule a pre-trial?! I have a scheduled pre-trial set for October, mind you it's with a bunch of drug users and alcoholics that I saw get scheduled before me. Okay people, just so you have this straight: Failure to yield to a pedestrian is in the same category as drug users and alcoholics with multiple DUI's. Yep, you better stop hangin' around me since that's the group I get lumped into. I'm T RO U B L E, watch out pedestrians of the world (especially ones in wheelchairs)!