Life with the Two Crazy Dogs

It’s Sunday night….I might have to call in sick tomorrow.  :) 

Nah, I don’t think so.  It’s just an excuse for me, I’m all stuffed up, that’s all except for one nostril that is just runny!!!  Driving me crazy.

Been under the weather since Thursday night.  The good old cold bug is flying around the office.   My coworker who sits directly next to me caught the bug from her kids and she passed it on to me. 

I didn’t sleep well last night from the medication I took.  I bought this Tylenol Sinus and Cold stuff from the pharmacy.  It’s non-drowsy and it works, but the thing is, if I knew it’s going to keep me awake, I shouldn’t have taken it before I hit the sack.  I was wide awake last night listening to the thunder and watching the lighting flashes. 

It rained the whole day today.  Vacuumed, cooked for the week, and watched the NASCAR race which was rained out twice.  I laid on the couch and I knew I was going to K.O., so I got myself really comfortable and I was out.  I’m so glad Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth hit the wall hard.  Hahahaha, two drivers I detest.  And the worse was NASCAR is not going to penalize him for swearing on live TV.  Dang it!  Earnhardt Jr. was fine for saying the word “Shit” on live TV.  Man, I hope Tony won’t win the championship.  My guy, Jeff Gordon, is so due for a championship.  Next week’s race is at Talladega Super Speedway, 2.6 miles.  Will be a lot of drafting going on in this race.

No rain tomorrow and back to the grind stone. 

The garage we have in this current house is super small.  It fits exactly two cars.  There is a work bench on the right side of the garage and it’s pack full of DB’s tools and toys.  I was telling him, if we were to renovate the house, the garage will be the first that needs a new look.   He wants metal cabinets installed along the walls instead of the wooden work benches.  The metal ones are sturdier and they are stainless steel.  They look classier!  I told him all his hand tools, bolts, nuts, screwdrivers, and all the other tools he have in his tool box need to be in a cabinet where he can find them.  Right now they are in three different tool box and some are in his tool belt.  Let’s hope we are able to get some kind of cabinets for him. 

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This week’s PhotoHunter’s theme is Original.  I have been cracking my melon to figure out what original pictures I can take.  Well, I took a lot of pictures and I will put out some of them.Ok, here is one.  I was wondering how original can this be!

Cooper doing his p.m. business

Below are some pictures from a nice sunny fall day.

If I have known there are so many nice and soothing rehabilitation centers for drug, alcohol and depression treatments, I would had check them out years ago.  Living with an alcoholic is the same as living with an abuser.  The alcoholic drinks to take his/her problems away.  However, the more the alcoholic drinks, the deeper he/she will get into their state of depression.  It is the same as drug addicts.  They think by taking these drugs or drinking may help them resolve their issues, it does not.  Instead, it worsens and send the addict into a world of his/her own.  There is this drug rehab center in California that caters to alcoholics, drugs, depression,  eating disorder and narcotics patients.  This center is a top notch facility for families to seek refuge for their love ones.  It integrates traditional and non-traditional forms of treatment.

My colleague, Tina, is one of those who are very sociable, those who has no problem mingling with folks picked out from the streets.  With her being so sociable, she is in to selling fashion jewelry which she does it as a part time job during the weekends and most of the time after her normal work 7:30-4:00 p.m. job.  This second job is like a business opportunity she has always yearned for since she graduated from high school.  What she does is she would sell the hand-crafted jewelry either from home or she would hold a little ladies get-together in her house or at a friend or relative’s home.  Very easy and good side income, too.

DB and I met my brother on Wednesday night at Vivo Italia, an Italian restaurant in Eagan.  He drove up to the Cities from Rochester, checked in to Marriot and met us for dinner.  It was the first time he met DB.  They both talked about their line of work that is semi-conductor, computer, technology, futuristic stuff and he shared some of the projects he was and is currently on.  Did I take any pictures??  No, we didn’t.  Sorry sis, you can wring my neck when I see you in two months.  We were too busy yepping away and bro sure can talk.  He gave me a CD collection of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas which I was looking for it couple of months ago.  Now, it’s right in my hands.  YES!!!!

As usual, bro had his vegetarian dinner and DB and I were like carnivors - Chicken Florentine with linguini.  Delissimo!  Bro ate so little and no dessert for him.  He told the waiter he needs to nurse the big glass of ice tea first.  DB ordered the house ice-cream, he picked chocolate and it came with 6 scoops of s-cream.  I ordered Creme Brulee and 5 minutes later, I was told they ran out!  What a bummer!!  I was so looking forward to it.  The last I had it was in Boston 2 years ago.  In the end, I order Tiramisu.  Not bad all, it was very filling.

Absolutely great food and wonderful company.  Never a dull moment.  He told us we need to make a visit to the East Coast.  Unfortunately, both coasts are not DB’s places to go. 

Oh, I almost forgot, we were talking about the current technology in the semi-conductor world and the topic of Apple crept up, and then IPods, IPhone and all the other Apple products.  I have a feeling someone is going to receive a used IPod soon

SD and BF are now in Duluth.  They took the Northshore road and I am sure the scenery is just fabulous.  I asked DB if he would like to take a trip up north for a weekend, he said he has to think about it.  He likes it if SD and BF could come along and check out the vacation rentals with VLBO Vacation Rentals for the weekend.  Fall is here and the colors are near peaked in the northern part of the state.  Renting a cabin for the four of us would be the ideal thing, a cabin that sits right on the lake, and includes a fishing boat on the dock.  DB’s preference is a cabin equipped with wide screen TVs, satelite receivers, DVD players, fooseball tables and a hot tub.  That guy when he wants to go for a vacation, he wants to go in style.  I told him if he sticks to VLBO Vacation Rentals, he will have all his wishes come true.

This was where Igor used to sit - high and mighty, surrounded by windows in a three-season porch. 

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DB received an email from his SIL saying:  “Just wanted to let everyone know that hubby and I are going to be Grandpa and Grandma!!!  Biache  and Dookie are expecting their first baby on ……..  (A NEW PEM CHEERLEADER COMING INTO THE WORLD!!) “

DB’s response was: “Well congrats to Biache and Dookie.  Also congrats to you guys, I know that you are excited about the news.  Get out the rocking chair and reserve your place at the rest home - Grandma and Grandpa!!!!”

This lady was waiting to be a grandma the month after her daughter and hubby came home from their honeymoon.  She bought all sorts of baby clothes and don’t know what else which I didn’t bother to remember after she showed me.

So, ladies and gentleman, this is the lady who always wants to know what we are doing, why we are not doing this and that to our house, who painted our house, do you like this house, and I wish I could answer her “None of your frigging business, lady.”

What a beautiful weekend to start off the first day of fall.  Sunday was the first day of fall.  The temperature was in the 50s when I got up and quickly shot up to the 60s and 80s in the afternoon.  It was warm and windy.  The front yard was swept clean of leaves but by Sunday afternoon came, it was covered with yellow and brown leaves.  DB was doing his yard work for the week.  I was doing house chores, what else??  We actually started working on our chores quite late.  I was scrambling to get them done as I needed to get to Corrine’s around 3:30 p.m.  Spent a couple hours at her house yakking.  She asked if I want to work part-time to help out in her hole-in-the-wall restaurant.  I told her I have to think about it but she told me just do it.  All cash.  I guess I will…..she will call if she needs help. 

Once I got home, the boys stuck to me like leeches.  Every movement I made, they stirred, just like kids, or I should say, it’s worst than kids.  Why  they kept following me?  Because it was time for their evening walk and carrots/apples time of the day.  Little rascals!!

Anyway, the rest of the evening turned out to be a cool evening.  The days are getting shorter; sun sets around 7:05 p.m.  Where did summer go?

We have been thinking of getting a used Ford F-150 pickup truck.  DB’s beatup Blazer still takes him to point A to point B, however, there is no heat or air in that old faithful.  The good thing is his drive to work and back only takes him 15 minutes.  DB thought of getting a Car Loan from an online loan service provider when he is ready to get a new truck. 

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My brother from Boston is in Rochester, MN right now.  He asked if DB and I will be available on Wednesday evening for dinner.  Yep, we are and DB was the first to say yes.  He flew in from Chicago directly to Rochester this afternoon and he said the flight was horrible.  The flights to Rochester, MN are usually operated by those regional airlines.  Very pathetic.

He will be driving from Rochester to Eagan on Wednesday afternoon and we shall meet around 6:30-ish.  He is staying at a hotel close to the restaurant I met him prior.  I am thinking of going to Viva Italia for dinner which is about 5-10 minutes drive from his hotel.  I’m sure there are vegetarian food on their menu.  Will update on this later….

Since I have so many books in my bookcases and more hidden in boxes and milk crates sitting in the basement, I should do something with them, I think.  I know I can sell them on eBay, however, it would be nice to have set up my own little use books/magazines online store and draw income from it.  Moreover, it will be my own small business and anything I purchase for this little adventure can be used for taxes deductions. 

To get this little online business store going, I need an efficient shopping cart software that will do all the wonders for me.  Ashop Commerce has search engine optimization shopping cart softwares.  What it does is it will always ensure my products will be on the highest rank in major search engines.  The other features that comes with the package are inventory control , bulk order processing, auto-image resizing to name a few. 

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