“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…

Too Cold

The temps dropped down to 27 last night and although I had wrapped the water softener in an old sleeping bag, the hose going into the rig froze so we started out the morning without water. Brought the hose and water softener in the house (as I should have done before dark) and it thawed out in no time. It’s a little tough to get a garden hose through a doorway that’s frozen out straight for about six feet in length. Ha..Tonight it’s supposed to be another cold one, so I put some water in the fresh water tank and brought the water softener and hose inside (now that’s using the ole noggin). Gonna warm up into the 60’s and maybe 70 by Sunday. Yeehaw !
Yesterday, we stopped at Jiffy Lube to get an oil change in the car and to also make a sales call. I saw this sign on the wall, in the waiting room, and thought it interesting. Seems it went into affect in 1975 so if a car dealer tries to tell you that they won’t back the warranty because you didn’t get your routine maintenance done at a dealership, they are wrong. Nice to keep that in mind. Wonder if that applies to RV’s?
We bought a couple items to try and make organizing in the rig a little easier. Bought two holders for boxed things like saran wrap and sandwich bags ($5 ea. at Amazon) and 12 clips to hold spice bottles ($8 at Amazon). Really want to get a can organizer but I can’t justify spending $40 or $50 for something to hold cans although it would be very handy. Can’t find the camera right at the moment so will post a picture of all of these items installed at a later date. The saran wrap, bags and spices have been stored in the cupboard above the stovetop but the cupboard is so deep, it’s hard to get things out of it. By mounting some of these holders on the doors, it will free up space IN the cupboard and make things more readily available. Does anyone else not like to put screws in the walls or doors of their rig ? I did mount the paper towel holder tonight, using the two little screws that came with it, but I cringed the whole time I screwed them in. That’s why I so love those command strips to hang things. I look at the “Command Center” in every store I go in because you find some unique items in some stores that you don’t find all over. Love ‘em !!
Covered a lot of territory with our sales calls this week. We went to Pudding Ridge today..cute name, I thought. My uncle always used to call me Puddin’ Tane, although I never knew where that came from. Maybe an old TV or radio show ? Maybe some you have some insight into my childhood nickname. Maybe it was a weird family thing. Someone told me once that a common term around our house, “dooryard” was not really a word. Huh ?…We used it all the time. “Go out and mow the grass in the front dooryard.” I just went to Merriam Webster dictionary to look it up and it says: “a yard next to the door of a house”…Well Duh !!…yep, that’s what it is…See, we didn’t just make up words out there in Bungy. They really do exist. I’m gonna see what I can find to do tomorrow in our dooryard, outside the rig. Here’s hoping you all have fun in your own dooryards ! :)