- Blogging on my life events & whatever that comes to my mind!
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.