Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

Cooper barked for no reason and I yelled at him for doing that coz that bark scared the shit outta me.  He kept barking, and his barks got really loud and serious.  Looked out the window and saw a shadow by the front windows…..Oh, now I know why he barked.  He saw the UPS truck pulled up by our yard.

By the time I walked to the front door, both of them with me, the parcel was already at the front door.  Pulled it in trying to see who sent it and to whom.  Saw it was for me but no sender except for the manufacturer – HoneyBaked Ham, Co.

Opened up and DB came out to help me figure out who the gift was from.  I didn’t even occur to me he will send such a handsome gift – an eight-pound honey glazed ham and a 4 pound roasted turkey breast.  Then DB saw the message:  Thank you for a great year and all your support.  Happy Holidays. R***

The gift was from my boss’ boss.  I was telling DB he is not taking us out for a holiday luncheon since he is already out for the rest of the year.  The ham and turkey is enough for 5 meals!  So, thanks, Mr. Boss, for this wonderful chunk of meat, and Happy Holidays to you, too.

P/S:  Will post the picture up later.

SD and BF came over last weekend and out of the blue they mentioned that they want to go on a vacation before the baby comes along.  DB said that is a smart idea – enjoy the freedom before hell breaks loose.   It is really nice to hear that from him to plan a trip for SD’s birthday in January.  TravelHERO.com is a site where one can make their hotels reservation in one go.  Their ideal destination is to check out San Francisco and with this website, reservations for hotel and getting a car rental will all be done at the same time.  Moreover, TravelHERO.com site has a an activities tab for one to pick the activities they desire at the chosen city, activities like the Alcatraz cruise, the Golden Gate Bridge tour, or take the city tour.  I think this vacation will be well-worth it for them parents-to-be.

Whew….thank goodness this whole thing is over with.  How much noise there were.  Every one at each table sure has a lot to talk about.  I never chipped in in these sort of conversations.  I’m sort of a party pooper with my coworkers who I never like to hang out with.  Too bad, I’m that way, like it or not, I will only answer when I’m asked.  They even played a game call “White Elephant” gift game, which turned out to be an annual thing now.   How this game is played:  anyone who wants to participate in this game should bring in a gift-wrapped.  Two dices will be used; time will be allocated for tossing the dices by each player in a circle.  Each player tossed the dices for doubles.  If they do get doubles, they can pick any gift that are now laid out on the center of the table.  Some players might get two gifts depending on how many times they are successful with the doubles.  When the time comes to a stop, those who has no gift, they can go around the table to pick one from those who have two gifts.  When that is done, time to unwrapped the gifts and will be put on the table in front for the player.  Again, the dices will be tossed for about 2 minutes.  Those who gets doubles from the dices can “steal” other peoples gifts.  Those who didn’t get doubles, will just have to be satisfied with their gifts.   What is cool about this game is whoever brought in the gifts remain annoymous.  No one knows who brought in which gift.  Needless to say, I didn’t participate in this game because Pigs are not a very socialable bunch, and Pisceans are shy, too  I’m just waiting for 2:30 p.m. to leave and take the remaining satays home.

I have been downloading music off the internet for the longest time, actually since I came to the United States.  I pay a little fee every month and I can download the music all I want.  Then this iPod thing came along.  I always wanted an iPod but, of course, I did not get one because it is so expensive.   However, DB bought me a different version of it which is definitely cheaper than the iPod version.  Listening to tall the songs on the radio and not getting the music I want really kind of stinks.  

HDradio.com brings you a way for listeners to tag the songs with a minimal fee, they like while listening to the radio.  With iTunes Tagging it allows you to tag your favorite song with a high definition radio receiver.   By clicking on the Tag button it will save your song from the receiver to your iPod.  On top of that, the Polk i-Sonic ES2 has four speakers in the little system with wonderful acoustic sounds.  The speakers location surrounds the entire little box so one can enjoy the wonderful “stereo” effect.  BF will get a kick when I tell him about this little toy.

Yep, it’s the time of the year again.  Time to just open up your appetite and munch all the goodies.  The HR department’s luncheon is today which will start at 11:00 a.m. on the nuts.  I wanted to take the day off but since I’m taking this Friday off, I will be nice and brought in satays.  Wanted to bring in paper plates but that was taken by other person.  Oh well, I spend approx $16 bucks for that tray of satays, hopefully they will be eaten up, if not, I will bring them home for mine and DB’s stomachs!  Right now these party coordinators are busy prepping the place up.