The Big Brown Truck

Yesterday, the big brown truck pulled into our driveway. It's always exciting to see him. What could he be bringing us?

I told Mama to hurry up and open it!

What could it be?

Oh, it's a new bed! Yippie! It's really pretty. It sure did smell though. Mama took the cover off of it and washed it and it's much better now.


Mama ordered it from Costco on Tuesday and it arrived on Thursday. That's fast! It came all the way from Texas. Do you remember last year when Mama ordered us two beds and only one arrived? The lost bed was never found.

This bed is going to be Jack's, but I get to use it too. Jack's old bed is going into the RV because Daddy is tired of carrying beds back and forth. Yes, we have the huge bed in the camper, but we don't like to share that bed at night, so Jack usually sleeps in his bed on the floor.

You know what is funny? Daddy didn't even notice the new bed last night. Mama says what Daddy doesn't know won't hurt him. LOL

Scout
The Greyhound Who Loves The UPS Man

We Are Not Camping Labor Day Weekend Because...

... We just spent the past four days camping at Sam A Baker State Park.

We both wanted to tell you about our trip, so we are going to do this blog post together.

Jack: We had a lot of fun camping this past weekend. We did a lot of walking.

Scout: We got in the river. Well, I got in the river and laid down.

Jack: I got my ankles wet.

Scout: Yeah, Jack is scared to get his belly wet. He only gets his feet wet. I lay down in the water.

Jack: I have had a bad experience in the water. Don't you remember the time that Mama convinced me it was safe to get in the water and then I fell in a hole and almost went under water?

Scout: Yeah, that was pretty funny. LOL

Jack: Anyway.... I had a great time relaxing outside with Mama and Daddy. Scout stayed inside. She likes the air conditioning. She thinks she's a princess.

Scout: I am a princess. What's the point of laying out in the heat when you can lay on a bed with the air conditioning running? I like comfort.

Jack: It was cold when we woke up Saturday morning. Mama covered us up with a blanket and we waited for our breakfast. Mama makes us really good breakfasts when we camp.

Jack: We took several naps.

Jack: Mama thought it was funny to see Scout's legs sticking up.



Jack: Mama and Daddy ate at the campground restaurant twice and Mama brought us back a piece of her steak the second night. She forgot the first night.

Scout: Daddy said she cleaned her plate and then she remembered us. I can't believe she forgot us.

Jack: I couldn't believe it either. We made her feel guilty though and she remembered us the next night.

Mama said there were hummingbird feeders at the restaurant windows. Here are a few photos from their table.

Jack: The last night we were the only camper in our section of the park. It was strange.

Jack: We were able to walk anywhere we wanted because there wasn't anyone around. Scout however decided she had enough walking and stayed behind. Daddy said she had to go, but then Mama said it would be like pulling a mule. They had to pull her around like a mule Saturday night because she was tired and didn't want to walk.

Scout: Yep, I make a good mule. I like to walk when it's cool not hot, bug-free and when I'm not tired. What's wrong with that?

Jack: You are so spoiled, Scout! I, on the other hand, love walking and spending time outside. I'm a happy guy and think camping is so much fun. I can't wait to go again. Our next trip is for an entire week.

Scout: A whole week! Oh, no!

Jack: It will be fun! The weather will be cool and you will like it.

Scout: It will be exhausting.

Jack: Exhausting, but fun!


Jack and Scout
The Camping Greyhounds

Roo Fest

(Hearing rooing on the computer.)

We had a roo fest this morning! Daddy doesn't like us to make a sound, but sometimes when Daddy is away, Mama lets us watch rooing greyhounds on YouTube. We only have to hear one rooing note and we take off on our own. Mama says that even a hound has to let loose sometimes.

Mama loves this song. It's the Greyhound Song.

Rooing is exhausting. We are ready to sleep the day away now.

Jack and Scout
The Rooing Greyhounds

Tornado Warning Last Night

(Scout wearing her storm buster t-shirt last summer.)

Mama was a nervous wreck last night because we had a tornado warning. The warning was around for at least an hour and a half. It seemed like the storm was never going to get here. It finally arrived and we only had thunder and lightning. There was no rain. Mama had us all prepared to go into the basement. She got aggravated with Daddy because he wanted to go to bed and she couldn't imagine how he could go to sleep when a tornado was coming. Daddy even wanted me and Scout to go outside and we just looked at him. Seriously, he wanted us to go outside during a big lightning storm. It's a good thing we have Mama here. Later, we had another round of storms, but no damage. We got a lot of rain with those storms.

I no longer need my storm buster shirt. That's right, I am now a brave boy without it! I get a little nervous when it storms, but I don't freak out anymore. I just hang out on the big bed or my own bed and wait out the storms. Mama is very proud of me.

Jack
The Greyhound Who Survived The Tornado Warning

Oh Deer!

We were surprised to have visitors at our bird feeder the other night. The pictures are not very good because Mama had to take them from inside the house. Aren't they cute?




We had a opossum on our front porch the other evening, but Mama did not take his picture. Mama says opossums are the ugliest creatures on earth.

Mama had a lizard crawl across her shoe yesterday, but again no photos as she was screaming and jumping up and down. She's not really scared of them, but she was startled when it ran over her foot.

We have a fox that runs across our yard from time to time but no photos of him. He's pretty fast.

Raccoons are cute, but they are driving Mama crazy. She is always trying to scare them away from the bird feeder. They love the hummingbird food, so it's a constant battle. Mama usually brings the feeder in at night, but now they are showing up in the morning while she's in the shower and emptying the feeder.

We are hope our new house is raccoon, opossum and snake-free.

Jack
The Greyhound Who Lives With Wild Critters