Hey, Towel Lady!

It's raining today and we've been running in and out.  Mama asked if we thought she was our personal towel lady.  Yes, yes, we do.  LOL  She wouldn't want us to be all wet now, would she?

Mama has been very busy checking things off items on her to do list, but there is still more to do.  Tuesday, she made us six more collars.  Our new collars are for Halloween, flag holidays, every day wear and I have a cool Rams' collar.  I had been wearing big brother, Jack's Ram's collar, but it was looking worn and Mama made me a new one with that chain hardware that we like.  Our collars are packed and ready to go into the RV.  We are bringing ten each.  Do you think that is enough?  The sewing machine along with the necessary accessories are ready to be put in the RV.

Yesterday, Mama took the car in to have a new breaking system installed that keeps it from running into the RV.  This is a place that Mama and Daddy shop all the time, but never had service work done.  Mama said they were completely unprofessional.  She was sitting there waiting and they were openly complaining about other employees while she read her Kindle. They were yelling back and forth.  She was getting very nervous because all their complaints were about what sales told customers their bills would be.  Mama called Daddy and double checked what the bill should be.  She wanted to be prepared in case their bill came out wrong.  Sure enough, they wanted to charge her $100 more.  She was able to get them to reduce the bill.  It wasn't as much as she wanted, but it ended up being $10 more than the worse that Daddy expected.  Daddy thought it might be less because we are just replacing our old system.   If they ever have work done again and there is a sign saying how much labor will be on a special, Mama is taking a picture so she has proof.  Apparently, the service department says these signs go up and down without their knowledge.  After that fun appointment,  Mama met with our regular vet and made sure she had everything she needed records wise.  We both have three year rabies vaccines, but Joey will need to get a distemper around July/August.  We will have to do that on the road.  The vet said he was almost tempted to do it before we left, but Mama said she didn't want to do that because of my surgery.  The vet agreed.  He told her what we need if we go to Canada. He said we need a health certificate dated not ten days before we cross the border and if we stay more than ten days, we need another one coming back.  Mama's a little nervous about having to find a vet there, but maybe we won't even end up in Canada. Does anyone have any experience with that?  She bought enough heartworm medicine to get us through the year.  She then got her haircut and did the last of the big shopping. 

Today, Mama is going to have lunch with an old friend.  She thought that was the only thing on her list, but Daddy wants her to go to the RV shop and pay for the repairs on the RV so that we can pick it up after hours tonight. She probably will stop and get the license for it on her way home.

Mama is getting nervous about my surgery now.  I keep telling her that I will be fine.  She can't say too much to Daddy because he gets aggravated with her when she goes on and on and on.  She keeps saying that she needs to get earplugs so she can't hear my whining in the RV, but I think Daddy and I are the ones that need the earplugs so we don't have to hear her.  LOL

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Still Getting Ready For A HUGE Adventure

Thanks For The Good Wishes

Thank you to everyone for the good wishes about our upcoming adventure.   We are very excited! 

 (This is what we will be living in.)

Mama has been busy shopping. She bought a weather radio, a new printer, and a tablet so that she can surf the Internet while we are going down the road. She will take her laptop.  They bought a MiFi, which is a hotspot so we have Internet. Our bully sticks are ordered.  Mama still has a few more things on her list to buy.  She wants to get everything bought this week so that she can be home with me after my surgery.

The RV is in the shop getting new tires.  The generator needed some work.  We need the generator so that we can have the AC going in our section of the RV while we are driving down the road.  It can get quite hot otherwise. 

The car is getting some work done tomorrow. 

Daddy built us a divider to put in the middle of the bed that we use in the motor home. Mama sewed a cover for it.  He did that because Scout doesn't like me to touch her when she sleeps.  I will take a picture of it when the motor home gets back home.   We are not going to take any of our beds with us.  :-O   I know, it sounds terrible doesn't it?  However, the bed that we have with the divider is very comfy.  Mama says we need to have as much floor space as possible so that she can walk without tripping over things. 

(This is the bed that now has a divider in it. The divider is not in this photo though.  It's a twin sized bed.  The divider can be removed if it doesn't work for us.)

I have to decide the toys I want to take.  I know that I am taking two of my hedgehogs.  I love them the most.  I think I am allowed five toys, but I am not sure.  We haven't asked Daddy and if we don't ask we can't be doing anything wrong, right?

Mama is going to work on more collars for us today.  She has at least three more that she wants to make.  She is going to take her sewing machine with her, but doesn't know if she will really use it.  She will need to use it on a picnic table.  I guess it depends on how much we wants to sew.

Daddy is in Kansas City this week.  He will be home on Friday, so it's just two nights without him.  He's my best buddy though and I really miss him when he's gone.

Mama set out our houseplants this morning with a free sign hoping someone would take them.  A lady just stopped and put them in her truck.  They were way too big to take them with us and Mama didn't know anyone who wanted them.  They both had sentimental meaning to Mama, so she is glad they are going to a new home.

We still don't know where we are going, but when we find out, we will give you clues.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Preparing For A Life On The Road

BIG Announcement!!!!

Joey and I are both at the keyboard today because we have a BIG announcement.

Joey: Actually, it's a HUGE announcement!

Scout:  I'm not sure if it's HUGE, but it is pretty BIG!

Joey:  So, what do you think it is?  Did Mama find a job?

Scout:  LOL, No, but it's bigger than that.

Joey:  Is Mama pregnant?

Scout: LOL, No, thank goodness!  I wouldn't want a baby crawling all over me.

Joey:  A baby would probably drop a lot of food.

Scout:  That's true, but a baby drools worse than you.  It would steal all your toys. I think we would be told "No!" a lot if a baby lived here.

Joey:  That is true.  A baby sounds like trouble. Good thing it's not a baby.   Is it a new greyhound?

Scout:  No, we definitely don't need another greyhound.  You are more than enough for me to handle, Joey.

Joey:  I don't know, I think another greyhound might be fun.

Scout:  ::::sigh::::  Trust me, Joey, another dog would not be good. Can you imagine how cramped the Jeep would be?

Joey:  Okay, so should we tell them?

Scout:  Okay, ready?

Joey and Scout:  WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THE RV!!!

Joey:  Yep, Daddy got a new job and it involves traveling 99% of the time, so they are allowing us to come along and live in the RV.

Scout:  The longest we will stay in any location is three months. 

Joey: We plan on doing a lot of sightseeing on weekends.  We will visit a lot of state parks and maybe national parks.  There will be lots of things to explore around the RV parks, I'm sure.

Scout:  The worst thing, we think, is that we will come home for the winter months and Daddy will have to keep traveling without us.  He may only come home once a month, so that's going to be hard.  We don't want to be driving the RV on nasty winter roads and the RV is not really equipped to be warm in bitter temperatures, so that's why we have to come home.  Daddy said we may need to save money over the winter months because living this type of lifestyle is not going to be cheap (gas prices, pad rent, etc.)  If we happen to luck out and get a warm location for the winter, we may not come home. I wouldn't mind living in a warm location for the winter.  Mama and I are dreaming of a sandy beach instead of snow.

Joey:  Daddy put us on a pretty strict budget.

Scout:  Yep, Mama needs to order bully sticks before we leave because I don't think they are in the new budget.  Plus, it's hard getting mail when you don't have an address.  We can use the RV park's address, but it sounds like a lot of trouble.

Joey: We leave on March 24th!  That's in just three weeks!

Scout:  Joey has his surgery on March 13th and the vet said he will be ready for travel on the 24th.  Mama wishes we had another week for Joey's recovery, but we don't have a choice.

Joey: Mama has been busy getting things ready to go.  She canceled our cable and trash service.  She has been doing a lot of shopping.  This week, she will take the car in for some work. The RV goes in for repairs today.  It's a good thing she is not working because she wouldn't have time for it.  LOL   She is hoping to find a job that can be done on the road, but if not, it will be okay.  She may try to make a little money with a new blog while we are traveling.  We will just have to see what happens.

Scout:  There is a lot to do when you are leaving home for 9 months, but so far, everything has gone smoothly. Daddy's dream is to retire and travel in the RV, so this is almost as good.  We just can't choose our locations, but we still have a steady income, so he is VERY happy.

Joey: We will take all of you along on our journey, of course!  Our blog was getting a little boring, so this will give us new content.  LOL   Mama says our lives will never be the same once we begin our journey.  It's so exciting!!!!

Joey and Scout
The Greyhounds Who Are Preparing For A BIG HUGE Adventure!

Paper Shredding - Part 2

Watching Mama shred all those papers got me wanting to try some of my own shredding.  Last night, Daddy was reading the paper and I ran up to it and tore out the middle.  I know, pretty funny, right?  LOL

Daddy said "NO!", but then he started laughing so hard that I don't think it was really a NO.  Mama about fell off the couch laughing at me.

Mama tried to re-create the incident and I was more than happy to help her with that, but Daddy (the fun police) said it was not a good idea.  So, we took these photos instead.  I look a little vicious in this one.  I'm chewing a bully stick while Mama looks through the damaged paper.

Here's another one, but you really can't see the paper.

It doesn't sound like we are going to the park today.  Mama and Daddy are busy with doing chores around the house and it's a little chilly today anyway.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Knows How To Have A Good Time

Paper Shredding

I've been very busy helping Mama this week.  What have we been doing? We've been shredding papers.  I don't mean just a few papers.  I mean we shredded a year's worth of credit card applications and other papers that Mama said she didn't want to get in the wrong hands. You really don't realize how much of that stuff comes in until you stack it up and shred it.   After we shredded all the old mail, we moved onto an old filing cabinet that had things dating back 25 years.  Apparently, Mama used to be quite organized with her paperwork.  Her shredder broke a year ago and chaos set in.  The filing cabinet now has recent paperwork and the old, unneeded items are shredded.  We worked on this shredding/office cleaning for three days.  I bet when you saw the blog title for today you thought that I had been shredding paper on my own.  LOL  Nope, I just watched it all happen and then barked at the vacuum when it had to pick up the stray shreds of paper.  It really was exhausting.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Mama's Little Helper