Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

We called SD couple of days ago.  She told us Ranger has been acting really weird.   She asked if there is a place to get pet supplies like calming tablets for the two boys.  Ranger especially starting digging and refuse to come inside.  She said he wants to stay by the back gate staring out to the driveway.  DB said he does that all the time when I am away.  He misses us, or DB said me especially.  Oh, that is so sad.  Cooper is whining a lot but stays indoors all the time.  Sd said at least he is not walking round and round in circles like Ranger.  Both SD and BF have no idea what Ranger wants.  We need a dog whisperer to the rescue!

Every other week is recycle day for our area.  Or trash company also picks up our recycle and yard waste.  What I like about them is they provide a big recycle can for our recycles.  All plastic jars, glass, newspaper, shiny paper, cardboard and whatever that can be recycled goes into that can, except for plastic bags.  DB uses a safety utility knife to cut up the boxes.  These recycle folks wants all cardboards to be cut up before we dump them in the can.  It is a pain but it also saves a lot of space.   I don’t know how many utility knives DB have, but they are all over the house.  His idea is he does not have to go hunt one down when he needs one.

My friend at work, Melissa, bought a piece of land couple of months ago and finally their house is coming up pretty nicely.  I model of their house looks really impressive. It is nice to have the extra dough, isn’t it?  She is already planning on some fabulous parties once their house is ready and all settled.  They always have great parties, parties that are always worth going.

Robert, her hubby, spoke to DB and are talking about remodelling their current house so that it bid for a better price in the housing market.  DB told him to remodel their kitchen.  First of, their kitchen sink which is a porcelain sink needs to go.  DB told Robert to look at stainless steel kitchen sinks.  I like these stainless steel ones, too.  Although they do not look as impressive as the porcelain ones, they are much easier to maintain.  They do not stain like the latter. 

At DesignerPlumbingOutlet.com, Robert found some very nice stainless steel ones  with chrome-nickel content and satin finish and with a 25-year warranty.  The next thing I told Melissa about is to change the to kitchen faucets to Moen faucets particularly the Medora series.  They are stainless steel and at DesignerPlumbingOutlet.com, there is free shipping for faucet purchases.  Moreover, if costumers have questions on any plumbing problems, they can contact the plumbing experts at DesignerPlumbingOutlet.com for answers. 

Again, we are at IMAX checking our emails, unemployment stuff, and of course, my blog on paid posts.  I am still working on some paid posts that keeps popping up in my Gmail.  Gotta make hay when the sun still shines.

We have been eating since day 1 and still going.  So by the time I meet my sis on the 30th, I will be a barrell, an oil drum.  DB caught a cold, coughing like mad.  Took some thick cough syrup from my mom’s refrigerator.  I really salute him.  He is such a sport having to eat stuff that he has not eaten before.  I guess it must be my parents’ cooking.  The way I cook like the dried shrimp.  My parents said I should fry them first instead of just dumping them in the pot.  Learned quite a few tips from them!!!  That’s what I want anyways.

I  talked to some of my friends in Ipoh – Steph, Michael, Kiran and our old childhood friend, Rachel’s, mom.  Talked to her for abit and also my aunt and uncle in Taiping.  I am not sure if DB and I are making a trip to Penang.  We are thinking about it.  If we do, we might stop over at my aunt’s.  It’s been such a long time since I been there. 

So, what I have eaten since we got here??  Kerabu beehoon, nasi lemak, fried keow teow, dim sum, chee cheong fun (Canning Garden), nyonya kuih (nyonya style cakes), lots of coffee, dad’s beehoon in soup, kaya kok (kaya puff), kai chai paeng (little chicken biscuits – direct translation), and a lot more.  We went to 1919 restaurant too.  Great food there.

Oh, I finally bought a camera.  A Sony Cybershot.  Steph and Patrick (her hubby) took us to Jaya Jusco, looked around and finally decided to buy a Sony.  Heard that this Canon Powershot series has big probs with their LCD panel.  We wanted to get it fix in Ipoh, but all we spoke to at the stores said it will take a few months as they need to get it fix back at Canon’s.  Darn.  Well, I bought my dream camera, a Sony and I’m damn happy with it.  It’s compact and it cool.  So, no complains at all.  Db is happy coz I’m happy and he likes that camera, too.

Can’t believe how many snatched thieves’ stories I have heard since I reached Ipoh.  It’s frigging crazy.  We can’t walk around the town, or I should say city now, freely like we used to.  Same as my parents’ home, we need to put all valuable stuff in my dad’s safe or bring them along with us.   Where my parents live, it’s notorious for burglaries.  No where is save anymore in Malaysia. 

I will be meeting Kiran tonight, can’t wait and catch up with her.  Tomorrow will be with Steph, my best buddy since secondary school days and she is totally the best!!!  In the evening dinner with her and Patrick, and I told my mom to invite RAchel’s mom and dad along for dinner at Mar Poh.  Then after dinner, I will meet Michael.  Weekend’s plans are still up in the air.

Alrightie, that’s all for now…..I can’t upload pictures to this blog yet.  Hopefully to be able to download them to my photo gallery.

Till then, TTFN.