My sister has the courage - but not always the skills - to tackle any home-repair project.

For example, in her garage are pieces of a lawnmower she once tried to fix.

So I wasn't surprised the day my other sisterDianne and I found our sister attacking her vacuum cleaner with a screwdriver.

"I can't get this thing to cooperate," she explained when she saw us.

"Why don't you drag it out to the garage and show it the lawnmower?" Dianne suggested.