4 Servings of Frozen Yogurt = Bad Stomach

Today, I had upset stomach at the end of the day, let me write why.

I've really been into frozen yogurt. At work, people have been telling me this place called Fraiche is really good. So drove some ways and visited one


Something about the way the cash register took my order and took my cash really bugged me.


The yogurt was pretty good. Very Fresh tasting. I liked it :)


Then Red Mango was nearby, so I decided to stop by


Got my standard yogurt with strawberries/watermelon and mochiballs. So good!


Then I saw their poster about a smoothie and decided to give that a try


After dinner, I decided to stop by a Frozen Yogurt place near my place called Frozo's. They aren't that great, but the location is convenient.


As usual ate some as I played their puzzle games.


and I got home and had to sit in the bathroom for a bit.

Yoshinoya

So the other day I got an ad for Yoshinoya and wow, the beef bowl looked good!



I could not resist the picture and visited a nearby Yoshinoya


It doesn't look similar at all, but it was good.

Yogurt Fad?

Recently, I've been having a lot of frozen Yogurt. Every 3 days.

It started off with hearing about Pink Berry in Los Angeles, CA.
After a year later, we have so many versions of it everywhere in North California.

They just opened a Yogurtland, Tartini and now Red Mango.
It's quite good and feels healthy.

Memorial Day at the Casino

Last weekend, I visited Lake Tahoe, NV to enjoy some nature, but ended up all 3 days at the casino :(

As I lose money, I always start counting how much money the dealer has.. Here I am playing with $5 chips and the dealer has $10,000.. $20,000, $100,000... sitting in front of me. Then I sometime wish the lights go out so I can just take one $1000 chip.

Well guess what.. as I was playing at a craps table, the lights went out!

In the movie Oceans Eleven, when the lights go out, chaos breaks loose. Everyone smacks everyone trying to get all the chips they can


So when this happened, I was ready. I was just looking around to see who's going to jump in first...

Well I was a bit disappointed. What actually happens is.. everyone including myself covers their own chips and the dealers are told to not move.. and then the pit boss comes out with a flash light and returns everyone's bets. It's quite uneventful. The ATM machines are still running and slot machines return with the original credits.

One cool thing was that the lights went out when we crapped out and when the dealers were cleaning the chips, but apparently she didn't clean my chips yet.. so she thought it was my bet and gave me back the money I should've lost. Felt a little guilty, but there are plenty of times the dealer made a mistake and gave me less chips or just didn't give me my winnings so.. ok..ok.. no justifying.. I was evil. I walked off with the money. Sorry Harvey's Lake Tahoe.

Dog Chewed Up My Cell Phone!

The other day, I was taking a nap and I hear this cracking sound but no big deal. Probably just the dog biting on his bone.



Lesson learned : don't leave anything on the floor. The dog will pick it up and chew on it.



There's suppose to be a picture there, but the lcd is damaged :*(
The phone doesn't vibrate anymore either.

I searched on ebay / Craigslist for a replacement, but they were all $200+. At that much I was thinking of making the jump to AT&T and buying a refurb iPhone.

Walked into Verizon today and they told me they'll give me replacement for only $50 :)

A little bit of furniture shopping

It must be the free El Decor magazine subscription I got, but I'm starting to buy furniture. I use to just buy the bare essentials from Ikea until now.

Let's start with this useless giant clock from Crate and Barrel. Extremely useless, but it's so big you can see the minute hand moving, I had to get it.


Something was empty in the living room with just 1 sofa, so I found this Crate and Barrel Petrie chair. Of coarse I found it used on craigslist :) Got it for less than half the price :)


and the sofa was upgraded from an Ikea Klippan to a Crate and Barrel Axis sofa. Now I can lie down on my sofa. Once again, I found this for cheap on craigslist too :) Wasn't quite half, but almost 40% off and the condition was new too!


and the bed sheets have been upgraded! When Macy's had the 20% off, I looked for a bed sheet that was on sale and stacked the coupon :) I know Macy's still making a good profit off of me, but boy, it feels like I got a great deal!


The dog pretty much uses my furnitures like it's her's but I got her something too :)

Had to pay retail for it and she hates it:(

Happy News!

Turn of events! The previous owner kindly brought her to us and said we should be the owner :)

Hurray! She is sleeping next to me as I type this =)

Status with the puppy :(

I apologize in advance for a bit of a sensitive post.

Although the puppy from the previous post peed and farted everywhere in the home, from spending almost every hour together for a week, I fell in love with her.

...
Guess what, the previous owner came back from a trip and decided to not put her up for adoption.

I was upset, but what can I do right?

I gave her back to the owner because I figured longer I have the puppy, it'll be harder for myself.

The last 3 days have been very depressing. The home is so quiet now :(