Almost Wordless Wednesday 12/12/12

Wake me when it warms up.

A Life Lesson

Yesterday, I had a life lesson. I thought at the age of five that I knew it all, but I was wrong.  Are you ready for my life lesson?

Not everything is soft like a stuffie.  

A very soft stuffie.

A vacuum is very hard, not soft.

It hurts to bite a vacuum.   I hate that vacuum and yesterday I had enough.  Mama was using it and I bit it hard.  OUCH!  I thought I broke my teeth.  Mama checked and said I was okay, but I was stunned.  I just laid down and thought about the lesson I learned.

 It has been really warm here until this week.  We were at 80 on Sunday and then our high yesterday was in the 50's. It was near freezing last night.  We know that is not that cold, but our motor home is very drafty. The good thing is that we will be using our air conditioners by the end of the week.

We either need to go further south or buy a better insulated motor home.

It is really nice when the sun is out because it warms up our motor home fast.

Scout liked the sun for a little while, but then got hot.  She prefers cold weather.

The flowers are still very pretty.

Isn't this cute?  Santa is in the tent and the reindeer are roasting marshmallows.  At night, the fire lights up.

Last night, our Emeals was a Mexican pizza.  Mama loved it!  It made a pretty big mess in the kitchen though.  She fried the tortillas, so that took a skillet. She browned the ground beef in the electric skillet.  She added refried beans to the ground beef.  She then layered each tortilla with ground beef and beans, salsa, black olives, green onions, tomatoes and cheese.  She stacked two of those on each other and baked for about ten minutes.  Mmmmm!!!!

Mexican Pizza

Mama has a new review on her restaurant blog. It is on Little Pappasito's Cantina.

Rumor has it that we will have a package delivered today full of bully sticks and other chew things!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Has Learned That You Are Never Too Old To Learn Life Lessons

Mama Made A Mess!

Last night, Mama and Dad didn't go out to dinner.  Mama looked over her Emeals menu and decided to make a meal that she knew would take a while to prepare and would also make the biggest mess.  She decided she would rather do it last night than some other night.  I don't know why.  That is just what she said.  Mama always says that fixing spaghetti makes a lot of dishes.  You need a pot to boil the spaghetti, a skillet to fry the hamburger and a strainer to drain the spaghetti.  The meal last night added even more dishes because the spaghetti was placed in a casserole dish and baked.

Are you ready to see what our little kitchen looked like after Mama fixed the meal?

Yep, this is a messy kitchen.  You don't see the electric skillet that was used. It is next to the stove.  It has to sit on the side because the stove top was used to boil the spaghetti.  The skillet normally sits on top of the cook top.

Here is it all cleaned up.

This is what caused the mess.  It is Layered Baked Spaghetti.  It has spaghetti, ground beef, sauce, green peppers, onions, cream cheese, parmesan cheese and a can of french fried onions.

Here we are watching the mess being made.  Yes, our house is a mess.  Mama says it is hard for it not to look messy even when it is clean.  We only have so much space for things.

 

Me thinking "If I made a mess like that, I would be in trouble!"

Dad really liked the casserole.  Mama didn't care that much for it.  She is not a huge fan of cream cheese.  She likes it in cheese cake though.

We hung up our Christmas lights.  Mama chose snowflakes. They are blue and white.  It is hard to see in this picture, but it really lights up our motor home.  We can see it all the way from the dog run.  BOL!

We need lights for our tree now.

I Did A Funny!

As you probably remember, the walking area for us here is not very good. We have the dog runs, but we have to get to them.  There is very little grass for us to sniff along the way.  Well, I came up with a solution for that.  Yesterday, I just peed in the street drain.  Mama said "JOEY!"   I just looked at Mama and gave her the biggest smile.  We both laughed then.  She told Dad about it and he said "It's no big deal.  It all goes to the same place anyway, right Joey?"  Yep, Dad and I have a connection.

BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Pretty Funny

Tigers?

There is a man here who loves Louisiana State University.  How do we know? Well, he has LSU license plates and he has this:

Tiger on dash of motor home.

 The first time we saw the tiger, we did a double take.  Mama told us it was fake.

This morning, we saw this:

They look like two normal poodles, right?  Wrong!  They have a haircut that says "LSU" on one and "TIGERS" on the other.  Mama wishes she could have gotten a better photo of them.  The letters are not shaved into them, but rather their hair is cut around the letters.  The hair on the letters is longer than the rest of their hair.  Yes, they belong to the same man.  We just saw them leave the park with their motor home, so we will not have another chance to see them up close.  :-(

We have a few more things to show you that we have here.

Outdoor kitchen

Firepit

We have two or three of the outdoor kitchens and firepits.  We are not excited about them because we are not allowed in them.  They are near the forbidden lake.

Last night's Emeals meal was Polynesian Chicken.  This was super easy.  It is all done in the crock pot (slow cooker).  She placed chicken thighs in the crock pot for four hours on low.  She then added crushed pineapple, apricot preserves and soy sauce and that cooked for another hour.  That is all there is to it.  It was good!  Mama fixed buttered noodles as a side as well as a salad.

Paper plates are not flattering, are they?  BOL  This is Polynesian Chicken and Buttered Noodles

Things are looking hopeful on the house selling front.  There was an agent's open house on Tuesday.  We had 20-25 agents who came through.  Twenty of the agents left comments.  We have had three showings since then.  Actually, one showing is taking place as we write this. Two of the showings were interested, but have not made an offer yet.  We really think we will get an offer soon.  There are only two homes for sale in our town in our price range and we are one of them.  Our agent says people are buying again.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Glad Is Hair Is Not Long Enough To Have Things Written On It

More Scenes From The RV Park

We are delighted that more people are putting up Christmas lights.  Mama asked Dad if we could get some lights to put on the inside of our windshield. We have seen several motor homes that have done that and it looks festival.  Dad said "Whatever you want."  Mama says we must do it this weekend before Dad changes his mind.

An action shot of us in the large dog run.

Another shot of the large dog run. The new sod is not doing well.

We can see horses from the dog run. 

We think this guy is creepy!

Pink flamingos!

The forbidden lake.

Palm trees by the pool area.

Another shot of the forbidden lake.

Yep, the lake again.  We live across the lake.

We decided to check out the dog wash area.

Some poor dog has recently been here.

Golf carts that we can rent.

The very small dog run.

The Texas flag is everywhere.  We think it's pretty cool.  You don't see the Missouri flag at many places.

Here's Goldie.  She really is level.  Mama was just slanted.

Last night our Emeals dinner was Cowboy Combo.  It was made with ground beef, potatoes, onions and cheese.  Mama decided to add corn and bacon bits to it since we had them.  It turned out good.  She added some red pepper to give it a little spice.

 Today, we are waiting impatiently for the mail delivery.  Mama ordered a GPS for geocashing and it is supposed to arrive today. She is very excited.  She can also use it for hiking.  She said we won't have to be afraid of getting lost when we go out on our own.

Mama's last food review for this week is on Luby's Cafeteria.  This is a place that has many locations around Houston and the folks wanted to try it the last time they were here, but never did.  You may have heard about this chain on the news. In 1991, 23 people were killed inside of one and 20 others were injured.  That is really all Mama knew about the place.  The killings took place in Killeen, TX.

Scout trying to take a nap on the floor.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Doesn't Need A GPS For Geocashing

Laundry Day!

Today was laundry day.  Mama decided to wash all the sheets, so she had a full load today.   She used her new wagon.  She said it was much easier than carrying it.

The laundry wagon.

While doing laundry, Mama talked to a lady that she met last week.  They have been here for a year.  Mama asked her the best places to shop.  It sounds like we need to go in the opposite direction from where we have been going.  Mama suspected that and planned on going that way this weekend. 

Today is a much cooler day. We had rain yesterday.  It definitely doesn't feel or look like it is December.  The flowers are still going strong here.

This morning while we were walking Mama said "Joey, where is your boot?  Did we put it on you?"  I couldn't remember.  Scout couldn't remember either but said "It didn't seem like it took so long to get out the door.  It takes forever since we have to put a harness on Joey, then a collar and his boot."  We started retracing our steps and a few times Mama thought she saw the boot, but it was a sprinkler head.  We made it back to the RV and I refused to go back inside.  Mama looked in the door and saw my boot there.  Thank goodness!  She put it on me and off we went again. 

Last night our Emeals dinner was skillet burritos.  They are made of black beans, cheddar cheese, salsa and cooked rice.  You place the ingredients on a tortilla and fold it into a burrito and then place it in a skillet and brown it.  Mama said it was good even though it didn't have meat in it.

Good news!  The management has put new dog bags in our dog run. Mama says they have the best bags.  They are large and thick.   Later in the day, someone cleaned up the mess in there.  However, someone has already messed it up this morning.  Grrrr!

There was an agent open house at our house yesterday. 20 agents filled out comment cards.  The comments were all good.  There were a few comments about our purple kitchen.  One agent said she had a potential buyer. We had a showing on Sunday, but those people said no to it. They didn't like the road.  The road (old highway) is one of the things that Mama really liked about it.  We are thinking maybe they had small children.  The neighbors are still thinking on it.  They may be thinking they can get a better deal on it the longer it stays on the market.

Mama ordered us bully sticks today as well as a few other items.  Yum!

Mama's restaurant review today is on China Border.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Not Sure About Those Big Blow Up Christmas Decorations