Monthly Archives: January 2008

SD is now going in to her 2 trimester but she sure do not look pregnant at all.  I think it is because of her size as it is.  She is a big kind of woman.  In fact, she was told not to put on any more weight for now and she is doing a very good job at it.  The scrubs she is wearing at the hospital is still wearable for her.  She was telling her dad that good thing the hospital does not require the nurses and nursing aides to wear those nursing uniforms which she thinks are too stiff.  Like her grandmother’s days as a nurse, all nurses have to wear uniforms and there were no Medical Scrubs and they were never heard of.  That is what my MIL told me. 

Anyway, SD likes those peaches scrubs by Katherine Heigl Collection.  She likes them because they are V-neck and are not 100% cotton.  She said she will have make a suggestion to her supervisor why she like them so much.  The Katherine Heigl Collection can be bought at ScrubsAndBeyond.com.  She was telling me that if she can’t get it for her work, she will get one set for herself to wear them at home.  The color is nice, rose, instead of the blue that she is wearing now at work.   They are very comfortable for just wearing it to lounge around in the house.

My friend, Ruth and her hubby are both retirees.  They both retired at an early age.  I knew Ruth when we were working with the wicked witch of the west.  Ruth and her hubby sold their house they own in Hopkins and moved to their cabin by Lake Mil Lacs.  I have been to the cabin, it is one beautiful cabin. 

Ruth told me before they had the cabin built, they had to look up Log Home Plans at HousePlansAndMore.com to find the one and only cabin plan they like most.   Initially they thought of moving to Texas or at least to Oklahoma where her brother is.  They want to move to somewhere warm and was looking at Ranch house plans.  They want a ranch type home because it would be easier where every thing is on one level, no up and down the stairs for her arthritic knees.  However, their hearts are still in Minnesota, they went ahead and looked for the kind of cabin that they want to build.  The website was easy to use.  All you need to do is pick the type of plan you desire, fill in the basic search criteria like number of bedroom/s, bathroom/s, square feet, and estimate costs and the zip code of the area you intend to build.  The result gives them a few different plans to choose from.

This log cabin is now their spring/summer/fall home in Minnesota.  When winter kicks in, they will head south.  Like her, her brother is also looking at the bungalow house Plans for a 2,500 square feet home with 5 bedrooms for his family of 8.  At HousePlansAndMore.com he thinks he will be able to look for one at a price that he wants and most importantly, the customer service he will receive and what he gets for the price he pays for the blueprint. 

My MIL is asking DB if he would like to join her in buying gold for investment sakes.  She said she has been thinking about since for quite a while especially since she is receiving extra income from her deceased mother’s estate, plus each month’s revenue from the farm that is now run by her younger brother.  She asked her other children to join her but they all turned her down.  DB is seriously thinking about it. 

Gold is one of world’s precious metal.  It is a commodity traded by many investors all over the globe.  If one is interested they can buy gold at BuillionVault.com, an online website for trading and investing in gold.  You can even store your purchase in their vault safely.  Their website is extremely user-friendly with tabs for your account, orders, the market, gold analysis and current news on the gold market.  

MIL told DB she would buy the gold buillion for her investments and also for him, too.  With BuillionVault.com, she and DB can obtain the necessary information they need to understand better how one can invest on this commodity.  Like what DB said, he is very interested in the website’s gold price chart which is very new to him.  He is trying to grasp more of this new interest and bring his mom up todate on his findings. 

Db and I were gossiping about Nadine and her luxury lifestyle.  She and her hubby are world travelers.  I mean they travel all over the country and globe.  DB and her are good friends and he did ask her where in the world she and hubby get the extra cash for their travels, a 450K house, patek phillipe watches for themselves, and a brand spanking new Mercedes.  She told DB ever since she passed her real estate brokerage license last year, she actually sold a few houses before the end of the year came around.  

She told DB her hubby is really the one who is making the dough.  He is a person who loves all luxury items.  He likes all patek philippe brand watches.   However, she says her hubby’s favorite is still the breitling watches.  He likes them because of their high quality, vintage chronograph on the watches. 

She said owning one of those watches does make her feel important, a very high prestige feeling.  I can just imagine how it feels like, on top of the world, a person of affluent stature.   Only the rich and famous, the celebrities and the professional sports folks can afford these types of watches.  These watches are not any ordinary watches.  They are certainly luxury and timeless watches. 

Since my MIL moved to her new home, DB’s brother and him were thinking what to get for their mother.  She has pretty much every thing she wants and needs.  The only thing I could think of for those two brothers to get for their mother and from the DILs, too, (can’t forget the DILs, right?) is to get some new patio furniture for her.  Her patio furniture are very old and are those made of plastic which she said she never likes them.  I asked DB if he thinks getting teak patio furniture for his mom is a good idea.  He loved that idea very much particularly his mom loves to sit out by the porch and smokes her cigarettes and have her beers and cocktails. 

To me teak furniture gives out an aura of high quality and luxury living.  Yeah, that’s me.  I like these kind of outdoor furniture.  Both DB and his brother went online and checkout a few websites and eventually found this site TeakWoodPatioFurniture.com that sells superior teak patio furniture.  Between the four of us we ordered two recliners and a table for her birthday.  She was one happy camper when we heard her voice over the phone when she called.

I have to say that DB really cares for me very much.  When I told him I wanted to go for walks, that was back when I first got to this country, he soughted out self defense products on the internet for my protection.  I told him it was not necessary but he said he would feel safer that I have one on me when I am out on my walks.  Eventually, he got me a 2 oz pepper spray which I carry it in my pocket and I am thankful I do not have to use it.