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

Camping Photos

The weekend before last, we went camping. We camped at a small park in Missouri called Hawn State Park. It's one of our favorites. It has really nice trails. There is a nice creek that runs behind some of the campsites. Scout loves to lay in the creek. I got my feet wet this time, but I do not lay in water.

Here are a few photos. This is behind the campsites and the creek runs along these rocks. The photos of us in the creek did not turn out.


All of the photos of us camping look about the same.

We had one day where it rained off and on. The rain was not bad, but the thunder shook our RV. We didn't like that.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Jack
The Greyhound Who Doesn't Like Water

We're Baaaack!!!!

We are back to being able to use the Internet! It was really rough in the beginning, but we found other things to do besides surfing the net. We played hide and seek with Mama almost every night. Scout is really good at that game. I prefer laying in the sun. ( I was going to post a photo of me in the sun, but it looks like Blogger has changed things since we've been away. We will have to figure this out. Our option to add photos is gone. Mama and I are working on it, but can't figure it out.)

This morning, Mama did our nails, used wipes to clean us and brushed our teeth. We knew something exciting was in store for us. Daddy said he had to go to the doctor, so we went there. We walked around while he was inside. We then went to McDonald's and got breakfast and had it waiting for him. After he was done with his doctor, he drove us to the vet. Yikes! I didn't want to go in even though Mama said we were there for Scout. It was time for her yearly check-up. Scout was excited to see everyone. She jumped on the scale and found out she gained 3 pounds since last year. Her diet needs some serious work. Our regular vet is in Hawaii for a month, so we had a substitute. He gave Scout a shot and looked at her eyes, ears and teeth. He then looked at my teeth. WHAT THE HECK? I'M WAS JUST THERE FOR MORAL SUPPORT! I wasn't happy about that. Mama and I have been working really hard at getting my teeth in shape and I'm really tired of people looking at my teeth. After that, Scout laid on the floor and everyone thought she was so cute and sweet. They drew blood for a test and she didn't care. She just laid there. Finally, it was time to leave and I couldn't get out of there fast enough. Daddy loaded us up in the Jeep while Mama paid the vet. We then came home and have been relaxing after our busy morning. It's good to be home.

Jack
The Greyhound Who Doesn't Like Going To The Vet

We Have Computer Issues

Mama said we should send everyone a quick note and say that we are not MIA. Our computers have been giving Mama problems and every time she repairs one, the anti-virus has to update as well as Windows. Mama didn't really think about that happening, but we now have to limit our time on the Internet because we are on an air card which only gives us so much time a month. The company even sent us a warning that we were close to going over. Mama is stressing about it. We have 14 more days to get through and she works at home, so she has to save her mbs for work. She thought she was going to have 30 mbs last night to play with since she really limited her time on the Internet during the day, but the darn anti-virus did an auto update on her and before she knew it, she had used 62 mbs. She has limited herself to 95 mbs a day to get her through this "crisis". We are actually not supposed to be using the computer now, but she said we should check mail and a few other sites really fast and then it has to be turned off for the day.

Mama loves to surf the Internet so taking away her computer is really upsetting. Well, she could use it, but if she goes over her limit, she has to pay extra and it's not cheap. We can't wait until we move and have unlimited service and true high speed. ::::sigh::::

We are going camping next weekend and the place we are going does not have Internet access, so that will help Mama not feel so bad.

We probably won't be around much until this "crisis" is over. Hope to see you on August 7th, that is when our plan starts over again for the month.

Sorry, no photos. They take up mbs. :::sigh:::

Jack and Scout
The Greyhounds Who Hate Their Internet Service

You Can't Walk Through Glass

Most greyhound owners are told when they adopt a greyhound that they should put something on glass doors such as Post-It notes so that the greyhound knows they cannot walk through it. We are raised in kennels and do not have a lot of real life experience so we have to learn these things.

The Post-It notes were taken down from our patio doors long ago because we know we can't walk through glass. Apparently Mama doesn't know that. The other day she was using the BBQ on the deck. She had a plate in her hand and walked smack into the door. The plate hit her in the stomach and she left smudges all over the door. I ran in to see what happened and had to turn my head so that she would not know that I was laughing at her. Luckily she didn't get hurt and more importantly, she did not break the door. I bet she doesn't do that again.

Jack
The Coolest Greyhound In the World

I Feel Good!

After laying around for two days, I am all better. I am back to doing spins, running, jumping and goosing Mama. Daddy was out of town on business this week and every night Mama would update him on my progress. I heard her tell Daddy that she knows I'm fine because I ran from the yard, through the garage and jumped all three steps and then proceeded to jump on the bed in 5 seconds flat. I feel good!

Last night we were anxiously awaiting Daddy's return home when our electric went out. Mama waited five minutes and then called the electric company. You see, we live in a rural area and there are only seven houses on our road. If you don't call and let them know there is a problem right away, well that just delays having it fixed. Mama then called Daddy and told him the electric was out. He said he was about ten minutes from home. After 30 minutes, Daddy was still not home. Mama called him again and he said he was at the end of our road and a tree had fallen on the electric line. The electric guy was already there, so it should be back on soon.

Scout was freaking out because her ceiling fan was not working. She thinks she can't breathe without a ceiling fan running. I thought it was hot too, but Mama said it was only 79 in the house. We then had to hear how some dogs live outside and don't have air conditioning. We hear how lucky we are all the time.

Daddy finally got home, but we still did not have electric. We greeted him, but had to control ourselves because it was so hot. Daddy has always told us that if the electric goes out, we can go to the motor home and use the generator. Did we do that? No! Daddy kept saying that it would be back on soon, so we could just wait in the house.

We waited and waited. Mama and Daddy sat out on the deck and it was nice outside. I don't sit outside unless I have the sun on me. The electric finally came back on after being off three and half hours. We were so happy to have our air conditioning, ceiling fans and TV again. We don't like roughing it at all.

Life is back to normal today. We have electric, Daddy's home and I'm feeling good. Life is good!

Jack
The Greyhound Who Likes Living In a World With Electricity

It's time to go Blog Hopping!