Singing, Cowboys and Rangers

Arlington is like the sports capital in the country. The Texas raceway is nearby, as well as the Texas Rangers park and Cowboy Stadium. We drove to the Cowboys Stadium so we could say that we saw it. It’s’ not in the kind of location I would expect to see a huge sports complex. It sits directly across the street from a Wal-Mart and on the fringe of a business district, where the residential area begins. It’s a very pretty structure; the side panels are reflective glass. The parking lot markers have the pictures of Cowboy legends screen printed on the marker. I saw Landry and Roger Staubach’s pics on the ones I saw. There was a high school football game going on at the stadium. Can you imagine how those kids must feel playing on the same turf that their idols play on ? The Cowboys stadium will be home to this year’s Super Bowl and Cotton Bowl. The parking attendant that Linda chatted with while I was taking pictures said that there are all kinds of events booked at the stadium all the time. From the sky, the stadium looks like a giant football. Glad we got to see it.
Within site of the Cowboys Stadium, is the park where the Texas Rangers play. Another huge structure but in a very pretty setting. As you probably recall the Texas Rangers won the 2011 World Series.





Last night we went out to dinner with our boss and his wife and some other folks from AGS. Had dinner at Romano’s Macaroni Grill(?) which was very good. First time I’ve been to a Romano’s. After dinner we went to the Will Roger’s Center to see Ernie Haase and Signature Sound Christmas tour. They are a gospel group that our boss really likes and I must say, they were really good. They played some real toe-tapping, hand clapping songs. I think a lot of the songs were original songs that they have written because I didn’t recognize any of them. Beautiful voices and a great show that lasted over two hours ! A super nice evening…tonight is our bosses Christmas party. Today we’re headed to the Fort Worth stockyards to check that out.

“SUPER” Disgusted

Well the deadline came and went and the appointed super committee didn’t get anything accomplished as far as cutting the deficit. Are we really surprised ? In one sense it would have been fun (more like interesting) to have been a fly on the wall and listen to the weeks and weeks of “discussions”. Naw, it would only make be more enraged. These Congressman have no sense of concern for what our country is facing. All they care about is preserving their job and digging their heels in until after the next election. The country could face another downgrade in our rating but they all seem completely unfazed by all of this. It’s disgusting ! Shame on all of them for leading us down this path again.
Short week for calling on businesses. Getting hard to reach folks as they are starting to travel already. Pushing tomorrow to get some more calls made and then we’ll go up to Linda’s daughter’s house, in Virginia Beach area, for a few days.
Still organizing…bought some more Command Center hooks to hang a few more things in the garage. Really liking how things are shaping up. Our shoe cabinet was getting pretty beat up, having had it in the other rig for about four years now so we found this at Wal-Mart tonight and it’s perfect. It’s a hanging shoe holder (well, yeah it is handy for cans of beer too). It has 40 pockets and five center shelves for boots or bigger shoes. It has a hook on the top of it that hooks nicely over the bottom of the drop down bed frame. It makes great use of vertical space from floor to ceiling…it’s about 51” tall….and it only cost $15. All of our shoes fit nicely (and the extra beer that won’t fit in the frig does too).






Love these Command straps. Great for holding my creeper to the wall. Another set holds our patio table to the wall. They are meant to hold extension cords or something similar but I’ve found they work great in the RV lifestyle for keeping things in place. That’s it on the organizational home front..





Here are a couple other pics I took today…this handsome guy was fighting with himself, as he looked in the window glass. I grabbed my camera to catch his antics. The other is of an interesting house we saw while out today. Still want to get to the cemetery, here in town, where Daniel Boone’s parents are buried. Interesting story on that family. Will save that for next time…

New Wax for Ozzie

I’ve tried lots of different wax products over the years and the two years I’ve really liked the “waterless” type of waxes, since many of the parks we work don’t allow us to wash our rig while staying in the park. Recently, while staying in one park, Linda had picked up some motorhome magazines that were laying around in the laundry room and brought them back to the rig. There was an article where they tested and rated waxes and brushes for use on a rig. The product that got the highest reviews was “Wash Wax All” and the brush that comes with their kit. Here’s the description of the product, from the company’s web site:
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I bit the bullet an bought the kit, with the pole that extends and the bug buster attachment. I thought the waterless product I used to use was

easy to use. No pun intended but this stuff is really slick and the pole makes quick work of reaching to the top of the rig (ours is 12’) without a ladder. Won’t spot the windows if you get it on them…you actually use it to bust up the bug guts on the windshield and makes the water bead right off. With a push of a button the pole extends to the desired length. The head that screws on the pole has a “wet” side and a “dry” side so you spray some wax on the wet side of the head, put it on a small area…flip the pole to the “dry” side and wipe it off. So easy and fast. I did one whole side of the rig in about 20 minutes. The finish creates a non-static, slick finish that doesn’t attract dust and makes a high gloss look.
Whenever I had those dreaded black streaks on the rig, I’d use the black streak remover stuff you get at Wal-Mart. In this product line-up, you use the degreaser that comes in the kit. Put a little on the bug buster head and without any effort the streaks come right off, without any harsh chemicals that you have to worry about staying on your gel coat. Will be pitching out the other black streak remover.
Waxing the rig is like “therapy” for me…something I really enjoy. With this new product, it’s so quick and easy. I’ll have to wax the car, trike AND the rig to get enough therapy time in on the weekend. Here’s to happy waxing !

And it Shall Be Called Fun-Mart....

Ok, how cool is it that you can go to Walmart AND buy a funnel cake while you're there. Way Cool, I think ! We're camping...we were in the mood for crackers, cheese, a little wine and some beer and figured we'd hop down to the local Walmart to get these items. There is an Autumn Leaves festival going on in town this weekend, drawing over 200,000 people. We drove through the downtown area (or attempted to) yesterday and discovered that the whole downtown area was blocked off for a craft show, etc. We navigated out around it and headed back to camp. Nothing we need and didn't care to walk a long ways from parking spot to check it out. Meanwhile back to my Walmart story....we pull in the parking lot and there are all of these vendors set up across the front of the store. Probably around 10 vendors, one of which was the Boy Scouts, who were making funnel cakes. Set up right outside the exit door....how strategic a set-up is that ? It was very yummy...the crackers, cheese, wine and beer weren't bad either. :)

In other news...my daughter is coming to hang out with me and play nurse for a few days after I have my surgery. Her flight, from Boston, left at 8:30 this morning. Only thing is, she's not on it. Seems she thought that a 5:30 a.m. departure wasn't worth getting any sleep for and pulling an all nighter would be a better idea. Around 2:30 she said she was so exhausted that she laid down to sleep for a little bit. She and her roommates set three alarm clocks so she'd get up in time. (Guess what she's getting for Christmas) At 8:00 my phone rang and it was Becky...sun coming through the window woke her up but was too late to make her flight. She called Continental airlines and they told her to come in and see if she can get on the 11:00 flight. We'll see....if not, this will be life lesson #348 for her. More later on whether she makes it to North Carolina or not.