Every Thursday evening I will have my dinner at B&C’s home. They are the one who invited me over for last Thanksgiving dinner. I have been going every week except for a couple of weeks I didnt due to me refusing to drive on a skating rink! Yesterday’s dinner was good as usual. They invited my hubs for dinner too but that fella is anti-Catholic/Christian. He thinks by going to B&C’s they are going to brainwash him to return to the church! I think that’s what he thinks which it’s not. B told me don’t force him, just open the invitation to him…they just want to meet him and get to know him, and that’s it. No brainwashing or any of the spiritual pep talk. When I’m over for dinner, I eat with B&C and his daughter and family…all 12 of us in one long dining table. The daughter’s family of 7 kids will share what significant thing happened or learned that day. Last evening B had to share his experience with the family on his tele-con with the insurance rep on renewing the mechanical breakdown insurance for the boiler for the school…B is one very intelligent man and I always love listening to his conversations and how he explains things….he was a teacher and now a subsitute at a Catholic school. Since the dinner with them is on a Thursday and Survivor comes on in 2 weeks time at 7 pm, February 11, I might have to change the day or have to leave right after dinner in order to get my butt home to watch the show….yes, I’m that crazy over this reality show. I can always record it and watch it later…that’s one option and the other is to just say screw the show!
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Movie this weekend
So I finally decide to see Avatar, the show everyone is raving about. I bought 2 tickets from work to the IMAX theater for this Saturday’s showing. DB is damn happy to get to see a 3-D movie, anything 3-D he’s up for it. This coming date with him will be my first 3-D movie. So jakun of me! I have not decided which time we are going for but for sure I want him to get the honey-to-do list down, especially replacing the furnace filter that needs to be replaced badly. It will be a great experience for me with 3-D and hope I will survive it! Heard that watching 3-D movies can be scary….so will see how it goes for me.
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It seems I’m getting more zits now than when I was a teenager. When I was a teenager I hardly have any zits on my face….my face was clear as crystal. No scars, nothing. Now is a different story. Zits all the time. I blamed it on the dogs for licking my face no matter how much I push them avoid when they try to lick my face. I reckon the smell of moisturizers I put on my face are too “delish” for them, so they, especially Chase, have to lick my clean face! Cilaka!!! Also I think it’s all due to stress and lack of sleep will get these lovely zits popping up on my face. I was Googling how to treat acne but my friend told me she used Franch oil every night. This was back in Ipoh when i met her in Jul’09. She has some major hormonal problem thus all these zits on her face which left scars, too was horrible for her. She told me to try it. So I bought a bottle of Franch oil at Mustafa on my last night in Spore. Franch oil is a traditional medicated oil hence I have to use it religiously every night. I only use it before I go to bed coz it’s super oily. It does help to minimize the zits and left very little scaring. But then I forget to put the oil on some nights. But overall the oil does help with the scaring and also takes a little longer for the acne to heal. My sister also bought a bottle but I’m not sure if she used it coz I kept forgetting to ask her.
This post is long long overdue. Back in October or September (so long ago, I can’t even remember!), I notice there were a lot of red bumps on Chase’s jaw, right at the bottom of his chin. DB look at it and he thinks it’s NBD (no big deal). So I thought nbd, nbd lah. Took a picture of it but memory card spoiled. That is why no picture up here. He said nothing to loose our sleep over this. Cooper had them before but then back in 2001, Cooper was a year old and being first time dog owner we sure brought him to the vet. Vet of course prescribed medication. But for Chase….more chin-chai.
So, I left it be for 2 weeks, DB already left for TX. The red bumps became boil like bumps. So what I did, I put my acne cream on them which became the best acne treatment in my book for Chase’s acne!!! They dried up within a day and some in two days. Moreover, I used a sterilized needle to bust some of those boils. Not an easy task coz that fella was squirming around trying to get away (who wouldn’t, right?) and just me trying to hold him down with my legs. Now he is acne free. I searched the web and it is very common for dogs or even cats to develop acne from the oil in the food, dirt and bacteria.
Since I went to a new hairdresser at a private home for my hair cuts, my scalp has been itching like crazy. I told DB I think I have head lice. He laughed and of course he checked it he said nope, nothing of that rubbish. So what is causing the itchiness?? DB thinks it’s dermatitis of the scalp which I need to get a OTC medicated shampoo which I did. I sort of help but them now I felt there are scalp pimples which really bugs the crap outta me. I have no choice to make an appointment with the doc to get good medication for the itching and pimply scalp!
I am still debating if I still want to keep this blog after July of this year. The only reason I keep it is because of the teeny angpow money I get from the blog. Besides that I am getting lazy to update it. When I first started this blog it was all about SEO and all the big huhah of Google PR and submitting my url to some free web directory to get more traffic. It did get some good traffic but also a lot of spam! Drives me crazy which I finally didn’t even bother especially i journalling in a diferent private blog now.
Back to normal…whatever normal is
DB is back from TX, for good. He got back last week Tuesday. I, for one got so used to doing everything on my own, have no one to listen or “report” to, I’m still getting use to having him around. Of course the dogs are happy coz there will be a “door man” to let them in and out during the day.
The 3+ plus months he was at his mom’s was, initially, was good but then it went south. Put it this way, he has a taste of living with an alcoholic and he detest every bit of it. Nothing that was said to him was permanent….whatever that was said to him changes the next minute, hour or day. I so know what that means. Although he enjoyed the days working in the bar (so that he is away from the old lady) he just cannot put up with the old lady’s ever changing mind and words.
Now he is back, things are getting back to whatever our normal life is. He has been contact with our realtor while in TX but since he’s back, it’s easier to chat with her one on one. I’m glad there is a helping hand with chores around the house. Go figure, he’s back and the driveway is clean as a whistle! No snow, not even flurries and the temp is going up, for January…crazy weather.
Also I’m back to chatting up with my church member to network around for a job for the man. He still insist in engineering line which I told him it’s pretty much going overseas more and more. So frustrating. And with him back, he has scheduled for all his belated medical appointments, one of them, colon cleanser, physical and dental. I’m happy in some ways but deep down super pissed with everything that happened down in TX, but this is what keeping me sane…..
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.–Reinhold Niebuhr
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Since the man is back, I’m back to cooking our dinners, mainly Asian dishes. DB is so sick of eating gwai loh food he wanted spicy food or anything Asian! I wanted to make beef stew the day he got back last week, he said lets have fried rice with chilies. You see, none of the folks at his mom’s like spicy food except for the younger brother who is seldom around during meal times. Also, I started baking again!! If my sis reads this she will flip…me baking and will need some adipex p for the man since he said he put on some pounds eating all the grease and salt laden food while in TX. The old lady does the cooking everyday – deep fried something every night. They are “hearty” meals alright!!!!
Last and first quarters of the year are my least favorite months….totally hate them to the max. I’m glad to have a coworker sharing the same sentiment. I know I have mention this before but having the second inline to blow things out of proportion to the big boss is serious sickening where both me and coworker dread coming in to work. Now that we are being pressured to get the grunt work done asap so the second inline can get them reports in to the system and can enjoy her Florida or is it Vegas again? in peace. We have 3 whole months to get these reports done but nope, she wants them done NOW. Grrrrr…..
January thaw
It’s slowly warming up. Temps for this week is going up to the 30′s. Woohoo….it will be slushy and wet out which I hate when walking the dogs….coz I hate wiping them down. I know part of the parcel of owning dogs but I just hate doing it…usually will have the man do it.
The two paths created by the boys in our backyard. The above picture was taken early January where temp was still in single digits or lower. Nice clear skies but damn deceiving tho. The dogs will create paths after the big snowfall in December and after each snowfall, they will still go back to the paths to go do their business. Under those snow, it some ice too, thanks to the Christmas above freezing temperature, 36 F. Then over night it freezes when temp drops to the teens and then the Arctic temps creeped in in January. Lovely!
The man said he is going to clear the snow on the patio! Why bother i said. They are hard like a rock. Let the new owners take care of it!!! 
Tho we have not heard back from the stupid bank, we don’t know when we need to close on the house, I just assume if we move out in end of February or March, the snow will not go anywhere. Snow loves Minnesota. It will hang around till mid-April or May!
I was chatting with my next door neighbor lady yesterday on my way home walking Ranger. She is, like me, very quiet, don’t mingle around with the other neighbors, telling me she will be leaving for Orange County, CA this weekend to be with her son and family. The son was hit by a pickup, broke a leg and some ribs. It’s nice and sunny over there, he was riding his motorcycle and all of a sudden, BAM, was hit from the back and flung a few feet. Good thing he was wearing a helmet! So, now the mom has to help her DIL and son’s kids so the DIL can care for the hubs. Neighbor said the wife is thinking of suing the pickup driver for negligence which she will hire an attorney like those pleasanton motorcycle accident attorney to help them to at least pay for the medical bills. I asked if the driver was drunk, she said no, a teenage driver probably messing around with the cellphone!!! KIDS!
The man is back for good. He arrived this morning. In a nutshell, things didn’t work out as expected and we will be staying put in this state and not moving to TX. Case close, I told him and will work from there. As long as we are still healthy and limbs still intact, no Mesothelioma cancer that sort of thing, we will tough it out. So so much for moving to a warm state permanently for the man! Bah! He will be better off here – healthier lifestyle for one.
Boys and their beds!
Since it got so cold in the house, I noticed the dogs were laying only on the rugs and not the carpets. So I brought out the two old dog beds and right away Chase and Cooper booked them as theirs. Poor Ranger being the old mellow fella, continued to lay and sleep on the rugs which i stack them up to make it thicker. Then I got a brilliant idea, I thought so. I brought out two of our spare pillows in the closet, one a feather and the other a don’t know what poly-thing-filled using one of the boys’ old fleece throw to cover the pillows. Ranger sorta laid on it but he itched like mad. Duh, then the light bulb went on!!! He is allergic to feathers except cotton and don’t know what other fiber.
Last Saturday, I bought a new dog bed for Ranger at Sams Club. Cheap for the price of an xtra large bed. Brought it home they didn’t even bother to lay on it. Just gave a sniff and walked away, but when evening came when dinner and snacks were all done, I saw one of the boys were not with me. Went looking around and saw this fella there: Cooper
Two days later, Chase was smart….he went in there right away after his snack. Sleeping like a baby after an hour of fetching.
This was where Chase suppose to sleep, on the blue bed. Red bed is Cooper’s. So now since Chase sleeps on the big ass bed, Cooper sleeps on the red one, leaves the blue one left but Ranger is so nice. When he sees Cooper sleeping on the red bed, he will not walk past Cooper’s bed to the empty bed. So considerate of him!!! Hahahaha!
Anyways, I do bring the blue bed out closer to the door and he will sleep there.
Sun and snow
Yesterday was the longest drive home ever for me since I started with company. It took me 1 hour 15 minutes to get home which normally takes 25 minutes max. It started snowing early Thursday morning and by the time it was time to get home at 2:30 pm, snow was lighter and the sun was outl. Really weird.
There was an accident on 35E South the freeway I use Monday thru Friday back and forth. The moment I took the exit to 35E South, I came to a halt. Me and other cars ahead of me sat there for about 15 minutes before we actually made a tiny move. Good thing I took a pee before I left work.
So what you do when you sit in the car with n0thing to do…take pictures lah. Don’t have my camera with me, so have to use the phone camera. Not good pictures tho. While taking pictures, tow trucks, State troopers and city cop cars’ zoomed by the shoulder of the freeway. When I finally got out to 35, the battle to merge with the cars already in the lane….hate that but this nice old man let me in….bless his kind heart.
Sat there for another couple mintues and finally started to creep/brake till I saw the colorful flashing lights from the cop cars and that’s where the cars in front me merged to the left lane (middle lane). Put on the blinkers but no one let me in…..of coz I started cussing lah, KNN!!! Finally after 4 vehicles passed me, a lady stopped to let me merge. So sweet of her….bless her kind heart!
After this shot, I dared not take anymore….cops were everywhere plus sirens firing behind me – paramedics, fire truck and more paramedics. As soon as I got closer to the accident scene, it looked mighty nasty, I recognized the spot where accidents always occur. It’s the bend before Difley Road exit. Must be a “bad” spot! Cantonese word “chaay”, with a descending tone. Don’t know, I saja only.
The accident involving a tanker (don’t see any damage on that sucker); a Toyota pickup with the windshield and passenger window totally shattered; a car sitting in the ditch with the front bumper and hood smashed like a pancake; and another car sitting up in the tow truck bed with damage to the back and front bumpers and smashed windshield. I didn’t see any people in those said vehicles.
Of course after car passed by the accident scene, traffic it was flowing freely!!! GAWKERS!!!! There were also 2 more cars on the South side of the freeway in ditches and 1 more on the North. These cars must be going fast. I tried going 50+ mph and the Monte was already fish tailing. So had to go 45 mph.
Needless to say when I got home, I had to park the car on the street and my workout began….clearing the 3 inches of snow. Bah!!! The car could not even go all the way up, stucked half way on the driveway.
Since I had one whole week off during the Christmas and New Year holidays, I totally spent my time Fb-ing and watching movies I have recorded on the satelite receiver. But then I remember I have a few yards of fleece left, so started tracing up the pattern for a pair of sweat pants – fancy types – with pockets! Started assembling the pieces aand sewed it and when it came to the pockets, I got stuck with the instructions and pictures. See, I can’t even follow pictorial instructions!!! It was confusing in my book. When I figured it out later in the day on Friday, I was happy and chugged along sewing the cargo pockets and @#$%^&. All the curse words flew right out me. The fabric was stucked in the foot of the machine. Disemble the machine and it’s still doing the same thing. Have to call up the local dealer and send it in. Hopefully it’s not going to cost an arm or leg to get it fix like what Nadine paid for her tv stand she bought for their bedroom.