We Love Our New Home!

We are loving our new home.  There is a lot more room.  The couches are awesome!  Saturday night, Mama couldn't sleep and each time she got up, I was trying out a different place to sleep.  Mama and I are actually sharing a couch right now.  I didn't do that when we lived in Goldie.

Here I am looking out the windshield.

Saturday was a stressful day for me and Scout.  We didn't know it would take all day to move into the new place.  The folks were exhausted after moving all day.  Mama wanted Godfather's Pizza for dinner.  She was about ready to order it when she realized we were locked inside the dealer's lot.  Everyone had left and they didn't leave us the code to open the security gate.  We knew another couple who were staying there would be back that night, but we didn't know when.  Finally, the owners came back home and they gave us a clicker so we could get in and out.  We ordered the pizza and off we went to pick it up. When we returned, the other couple had returned and they wanted to talk.  Our pizza got cold.  Mama decided to try out the convection microwave.  Well, it took longer than she was willing to wait, so she decided to switch to the microwave.  She soon learned that you can't just switch from the convection oven to the microwave.  A warning said that the convection oven had to cool off before the microwave could be used.  It is all one machine.  Mama heated up a few slices at a time and it worked out.

Jamie has found a home on the dash for now.

The other thing that Mama had to learn was how to use the washer/dryer.  It is a combination machine.  She put a load in to wash Saturday night.  A salesman once told her to shake out the clothes before switching to drying. She stopped the machine before it went to the automatic drying and shook out the clothes.  She must have hit a wrong button because it started washing again. It takes quite a while to wash a load, so we had to wait at least another hour before we could dry.  Mama has it figured out now.  She has decided it is just easier to let it go from washing to drying automatically though.  It works well.  It can wash more than it can dry, if that makes sense.  If you put too much in the machine, it takes it a very long time to dry.  Mama figures if she keeps up with the laundry every day, it will be fine.  Sometimes when it goes into a spin cycle, it shakes the whole place and that scares Scout.

The dinette has been made into our bed again. 

It was so nice to get back home on Sunday.  Mama said "We are home!" Several of our neighbors came out to congratulate us on our new home.  We are going to miss this place when we leave, but we may come back here next winter

Yesterday, Mama spent the day organizing the bedroom.  She still doesn't have a closet, but she has a dresser and she is using part of the linen closet.  It works.  Dad has the closet.  Mama put his work clothes on one end and she can iron his clothes and they will not wrinkle in the closet.  We couldn't do that in the old place.  She had to hang the clothes all over the motor home and that made us all feel cramped.  She may buy a full sized ironing board since we have the room for it.

Scout enjoying the sun this morning.

Me being impatient because we are standing still.

We will take more pictures of our new home later today.  Mama bought rugs on Sunday because I was doing zoomies and fell on my butt on the wood floor.  She said she wants to vacuum them again before we take photos.  The rugs show all the lint and hair.  They were probably not the best choice, but she wanted something with color and color shows lint.

There is a lot more to say about our new home, but we will save it for later this week.

Mama says "Thank You" for all the birthday wishes.  It was a good day!  BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Becoming A Real Couch Potato Now

Guess What Mama Got For Her Birthday?

It is Mama's birthday.  Is her gift bigger than a bread box?  Yes!  Will it fit into the motor home?  NO!  Will the motor home fit into it?  Yes!

Click the link to see what Mama's birthday present is.  Click here!

We would post more, but we are exhausted.  We are camping on the dealer's lot tonight. Very strange!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Not Sure About This Present

It's Go Texan Day!

Today is Go Texan Day!  What is Go Texan Day?  Well, since the rodeo kicks off on Monday, Texans are encouraged to show their pride. The rodeo challenges schools, businesses, organizations, and clubs to participate in a one-day event that will build pride in Texas and Western heritage throughout Houston and the surrounding areas.  Dad is wearing his denim shirt and jeans to work.  Mama is supposed to find my bandanna and Scout is going to wear her bandanna collar.  Mama just remembered she has the shirt she bought at the cowboy ranch.  She needs to change her clothes so she looks more Texan.  BOL  We saw one elderly man who was wearing a denim jumpsuit with a cowboy hat.  It is a different look. 

Last night, the cowboys camped near us, but not close enough that we could get photos.  The park manager said that they were right by him and loud.  He said they have a big cookout and hand out awards and things like that.  He said one year they had bands and it was so loud it shook the office here.  He supplies their electric and had a conversation with them after that and it has not been that bad since then.

Last night was also the big BBQ cook off in town.  We could smell it from the highway.  Yum!

This morning there was all sorts of excitement.  A helicopter flew above us and did live broadcasts about the "trail riders" as they are called.  The trail riders then headed down the street and Mama got pictures, but we missed out.  We were sleeping and she didn't have time to get us because they came by pretty fast.  They actually got on the highway which seems really dangerous.

Mama said it was so cool to see them.  She and her friend stood by the road as they went by. 

Tonight, they will camp at Reliant Park and then there is a big parade tomorrow.  I bet it will be crazy around here tomorrow.  There is such excitement around here.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is A Texan Today

Wordless Wednesday - 02/20/2013

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Growing Tired Of The Paparazzi

The Rodeo Is Bringing Strange Things Into Our Park

Excitement is growing here because the rodeo is coming to town.  We have not seen the horses yet, but last night pizza trucks arrived.  That's right pizza trucks!  They are parked in our resort.  We think the drivers/workers are staying here and maybe they are parked here until things are set up for the rodeo.

Pizza On A Stick? That's what it says.  Why would you want it on a stick?

There are also some strange trailers here.  They have been arriving since last week.  Some of them have four doors.  Two doors are common.  Dad said he thinks they use these type of trailers as dressing rooms, but these may have been converted.  They have two sewer hook ups, so we think they must have four bathrooms.  We didn't get a picture of the four door ones yet.

The rodeo people like to party more than the regular residents.  It has not been a problem yet and probably once the rodeo starts, they will be too tired to do much.

We are trying to figure out our new neighbors.  It's a trio of people that don't seem like they go together.  They have a truck and a car.  They take both and are gone all day long.  They might be working at the rodeo.  They came in Sunday afternoon in a trailer with the sale stickers still in the window. We thought one person was just delivering their trailer, but that is not the case.  We thought they were here for medical, but that doesn't appear to be correct either because they wouldn't need two vehicles for that.  It's a mystery that we still need to solve.  BOL!

On our walk this morning, Mama said to do something blog worthy.

Is this blog worthy?

No, I'm not going to smile.

People are looking. This is embarrassing.

Let's just go.

I need to take a nap so that I am refreshed and can check out these rodeo people more.

Joey,
The Greyhound Whose Quiet Resort Is Getting Exciting