I'm pouting.....

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Mommy didn't feel good today...she slept till REALLY late and then stayed in her jammies all day. What's up with that?

So we didn't go to the dog park...I think we're going tomorrow. But for now I'm pouting...and I dug a REALLY big hole in the yard. They thought pepper and ammonia would stop me...nope! I'm a digging MACHINE!

Now I'm sleeping and pretending to pout....mommy just HAD to take my picture. Go figure....snicker!



Sniffing and lickingly yours,
Sadie


Toilet Paper and RVers

Bet you think I'm going to write about what kind of toilet paper to use....wrong! This is about what toilet paper manufacturers are doing to us.

It all started so innocently. Remember when coffee prices went sky high so rather than raise the price they decreased the can size. Suddenly we were paying 16oz prices for 12oz.

Next time I noticed it on canned goods. Same thing. One pound cans were now down to 14.5oz but for the same price. I'm sure you can think of more....

Well, now it's hit the toilet paper companies. No, it's not the number of sheets on a roll (they know we look at that). It's not the ply because as RVers we search out the one-ply brands. First they started decreasing the thickness of the ply...not bad in two-ply but in single ply it really makes a mess.

Okay, time to switch to a pricier brand...Scott rather than store brand. Next thing I notice is the rolls are narrower. Seriously!! I stacked up the new rolls beside the older ones...almost an inch difference. Put it on the toilet paper roller....slides side to side because it's so narrow!

What next? Jeesh!!! So, anyone notice anything else being subjected to the incredible shrink ray?

Till next time - keep on rollin',
Donna and Stu

No news here so lets check up on our readers!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Not much new in our neck of the woods so thought I'd let you know what some of my readers are blogging about.

Paul and Marti of R Sanity RV Adventures is asking your input on emergency road services, who you use and your experiences.

Donna and Dennis of Cave Dwellings are concerned about feet today...Donna's feet to be exact.

Jeanna of Four Windows with a View discovered the RV show she planned to attend was half a country away!

Lynilu of Never Ending Journey survived her second day at work and reveled in the fact that her pups are now well behaved enough to not worry about!

Teri, another too young widow, of Teri's World is reading old journals from her Grandma Mary who traveled the country by car. She's wondering how others track their daily travels.

Annie & Roxanne of The Good Luck Duck are concerned about health insurance once they hit the road and are looking for input from others of pre-retirement age.

Kerri of Homeschooling Solo is celebrating the lack of snow in AL while Will of The (not even close to) Daily Snooze is bemoaning the single digit temps in Maine and Gail of Gail & TC's Travels is making snow angels.

Marty is visiting South Padre Island, Leslie and Bill are in New Orleans, Motty and Patti touched down in Israel today, Mike and Terry are enjoying Las Vegas.

Paul and Jo are busy geocaching, Paul and Marsha finished the new desk in their RV, Nellie of Diary of a Midlife Cruiser impatiently awaits her new computer,

On the medical side, Jim and Gayle of Life's Little Adventures had a little ER adventure found out that Jim has gallstones while Carol of Carol K's Journey managed to get her carpal tunnel irritated.

Some RVers are making the transition to homeowners and part-timers: Karon and Dan and Mike and Gerri.

Some RVers are enjoying Quartzsite with friends like Janna and Mike, Ellie and Jim, George and Suzie, Sharon and Don, Rod and Deb, Brian and Heidi and lots more.

I'll close with a couple of photos I snapped from my phone....Florida sunset after rain.


Till next time - keep on rollin',
Donna and Stu