Scentsy, the best Ever!

The bars, the scents....ahhhhhh. All wonderful!


Full size warmer - in my kitchen


Medium size warmer - in my bathroom -I just dropped
a cube of Reggae Sunsent in this one.

This warmer is called 'Nautical'

I cannot say enough good things about scentsy ! Scentsy is the perfect solution for RVer's-candles will darken the ceiling in an RV. Scentsy is perfect for families with young children - no flame to worry about. And, Scentsy is perfect for anyone that enjoys scents in their home.

Please click on the title to this post which will take you directly to the Scentsy site where you can order online, very simple and in just a matter of days your warmer and scents will arrive for you to begin enjoying.

Today, we are enjoying Reggae Sunset, and in 3 days from now, I feel like a little Honey Pear Cider, or maybe Cinnamon Vanilla. Scentsy has tons of scents to choose from, and believe me when I say their description of the scent is 100% accurate! I have never been disappointed with any of them. Now, as to their warmers, oh my gosh. If I had a sticks 'n bricks home, I would have a warmer in absolutely every room. It's difficult to choose which one or two to get because they are all awesome!

Wouldn't it be cool if there was a way to do a 'scratch 'n sniff' online?

Baking Soda and your Pet

baking-soda is an inexpensive, valuable household item. Often overlooked or forgotten as a cleaning product, deodorizer, whitener and even as a pet product. For example, did you know--

• You can wash the insides of your pets ears with a solution of warm water and baking soda to eliminate odor, itching and even ear mites.
• If you keep pet food dishes outside, sprinkle baking soda around them to deter insects from approaching the dish, and it won't harm your pet.
• Before adding litter to your cat's box, sprinkle a layer of baking soda first.
• Sprinkle a small amount of baking soda on your dog and brush out to remove 'doggy'odor.
• Has your dog been sprayed a skunk? Bathe him in a tub of water, add 1 sm. box baking soda, the juice of 2 lemons and a squeeze of your shampoo.

The Price of Food, Oh My

After another exasperating trip to walmart yesterday, I've decided it's time to get serious about saving some money on our food bill. The price of food and non essential items are out of control.

We had a short list of items we wanted to pick up, mainly non food items. One item on our list were disposable razors. We always use Daisy brand and usually purchase a package of 10. The price has been creeping up but usually hovers around $8.00 - I was shocked yesterday to see the price had skyrocketed to $9.97! Can you say 'almost 20% increase'?

Another shocker was the price of toothpaste. Arm and Hammer toothpaste has typically run $3.84 for a standard size tube. Yesterday.....wait.....$4.25!! That is roughly a 10% increase!

I've got to find these items for less money somewhere or start clipping coupons.

I Googled 'daisy razors' for example - and shopzilla popped up a list of stores that sell the razor and their current price. Cool!! walgreens had the best price so I clicked.

And guess what?? A package of 12 for only $8.99! I paid .99 cents per razor, Walgreens has them for just .74 cents. - You can order them online through Walgreens with free shipping, too.




Now, I am not planning on driving from store to store just to save a few pennies, however, if the savings were large enough, I would. There are many online coupon sites you can visit and print the coupons from the convenience of your home. More on that later.

Nikon D3100

I've been meaning to post a picture of the Nikon and kept forgetting. Here it is. Pretty, isn't it?

Superbowl Sunday

It's Sunday. It's sunny....and it's Superbowl Sunday! Not that I really care about the Superbowl, because I loathe football, but any day associated with nachos, 7 layer dip or a good Hebrew National hot dog smothered in sauerkraut, works for me. Hence, the photo above....taken with the Nikon D3100 of course.

For me, today will entail giving BlackJack a bath and if I'm real lucky, the sun will have enough heat in it I may be able to justify sitting outside with a good book.

Nikon 3100 - Nice!

I LOVE these ones!!!

More Nikon 3100

Nikon 3100 in Hondo!

WOW. The Nikon (Or the dude snapping the pics) does an amazing job! Bottom to top:

Old movie theater. Inside of movie theater. And Pepe's Pizza.

More pics to come. I'm pretty excited about this!!!

Pictures for the Taking

We each armed ourselves with a camera. Him, the Nikon 3100. Me, the Sony CyberShot. And off we went. Downtown Hondo. The 3 photos above are the best out of the 26 I shot. Not very good. Several turned out blurry....maybe something's wrong with the camera? As you can tell from the last picture above, somebody decided to step up on the curb JUST as I was ready to shoot, and almost ruined the picture altogether. :))))

Will see what the Nikon 3100 turns out and will post them here.

Going Stir Crazy

At least the sun is shining today! Temperatures are still chilly, but warmer than three days ago. The new camera is not getting a whole lot of use because we're not getting out....because it's cold. I will be so happy when the temperatures return to 80 degrees.

Meanwhile, we received a cute Valentine's card yesterday with a new cell phone from friends of ours. I loved the card, the Nikon user needs practice and I needed something to post.

So here ya go! (isn't it adorable?)

Hondo and it is Cold

Yesterday we left Mission just as the weather was taking a turn for the worst. We figured if the wind was too strong, we'd just pull off at the next Wal-Mart and hunker down for the night. As it turned out, all went well and we drove the whole 300 miles, landing in Hondo around 3:00 p.m. The SKP park we were hoping to stay at was full, so we are at a small, very new park which is really quite nice. It is quiet, it is clean and the price is very reasonable at $125 for a week which includes electric.

I might add that the place we rented for the past month in Mission ultimately ended up costing us $600. $400 for a month, $100 for an extra week, and $122.00 for electric at .14 cents/kw hr. - Plus the purchase of 6 garbage bags (to comply with their rules) at $13.00 - the whole Mission experience turned out to be a bit on the spendy side. We're trying to keep other costs down as the price of fuel is climbing again.

Back to Hondo - Our site in the above picture. Jack of course in the bottom photo. He likes this park also, because there is actually grass with NO pickers to embed in his feet. The middle photo is a view from our coach. We're just waiting for the weather to warm up enough to enjoy our days here.

Nikon D3100

The new camera has arrived so the experiments shall begin. Case in point - BlackJack.

Food Prices Vs. Quantity

We've all noticed the packaging of food items and even non food items have shrunk, while the prices continue to rise, right? Or in the case of these Chips Ahoy cookies, the size got smaller, price stayed the same. Either way, it's costing you and I, the consumers, more money at the checkout.
They, you know, the companies that make, package and distribute the food believe they have outsmarted and outwitted us by making the product smaller in size. A clever marketing technique to boost their own profits while raping us.
Of course, there's not a darn thing we can do about it, but I thought it'd be interesting to see just how much a decrease in size and increase in price I will see in the products I use. I am going to keep track of a few items and will start with these cookies.

Chips Ahoy Chewy - 19.5 oz. $1.98 (wal-mart)purchased one week ago.
Chips Ahoy Heath - 14.5 oz. $1.98 (wal-mart)purchased today.

It doesn't matter that the two are not exactly the same type of cookie, what matters is the size and price.
We'll be watching and posting various products here.

Sophie Kinsella and I

My days have been spent lounging around in the motorhome and lounging out in the sun relaxing with a good book. I believe I'm on my fourth book since we arrived here, but rule #1 is 'only read when the sun is shining so you can work on the tan at the same time.' - My tan is coming along nicely, and the Sophie Kinsella books have been so fun. Her books are funny, lighthearted and easy to identify with. No huge brainpower is required to read them, which I love. I just want to be swept into someone else's life for a few hours of entertainment.

Sound like a boring life? I suppose it could be boring if you're used to running all the time between work, errands and grocery shopping. As for me, I am not bored in the least and quite frankly, I find myself feeling the most relaxed when we are sitting in one place in between jobs.

Every day is Saturday

Mintner Gardens, British Columbia. We took this picture in 2007 on our trip to Alaska.
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We're going on 5 years of fulltiming, and when we aren't workamping and are able to enjoy every day as a Saturday, this lifestyle can't be beat. A typical day can go like this:

There is no alarm to set when retiring for the evening.
You can wake up the following morning at any time...after 8:00 a.m. of course.
Your morning coffee can be enjoyed with your puppy curled up next to you....and if it takes two hours to finish that coffee, no problem. The puppy won't budge until you do, guaranteed.
If it's sunny and gorgeous outside, you can pull out your chair, grab a book and relax in the sun for a couple hours.
A little on the gray side, or wind at 30 mph....no problem. Just make yourself another pot of coffee and retreat for the day.
Got housework, laundry or errands to take care of? You've got today, tomorrow and the next 5 days to get it all done before the week runs out.

You can do as much or as little as you feel like. No pressure and no deadlines.
Because we know we'll be workamping again this summer, we take our days off very seriously and work extra hard to not over do.

Jack Got Nailed

It all began with Jack constantly licking his front paws. We started calling him the dog with OCLD 'Obsessive compulsive licking disorder'. As it turned out, he had a broken nail, so we was licking it. The vet removed the nail, bandaged him up, and sent us home with pain killers and antibiotics. - What an expensive visit to the vet as you can see from the bill below.

Out And About in McAllen

After being cooped up for a few days, it was time to get up and get out. We grabbed the dog and piled into the Jeep.
We were looking for a used book store and stumbled upon Feldman's. A market with spirits, wine, cigars and organic food. The place was recommended by someone on a forum, so we recognized it right away.
Awesome store. They've got an entire room where they keep the wine, so we spent some time checking out labels. We picked out 3 bottles, two Merlot and one Pinot Noir.

Off to look for the bookstore, which we did find accidentally. They had moved, but our GPS hadn't gotten the memo apparently. Hey, it happens. ---I found 3 books to buy, so we were on our way again. This time to the gas station. -- $31 for the wine, $11 for the books, $41 for gas.....shoot. By the time we pick up the pizza we had ordered via cell phone, it's going to be another banner $100 day. Ouch.

Okay, it is 69 degrees Today. Finally.

This picture represents exactly how the view from my window has looked for literally the past 5 days. Until today, that is. Finally, the clouds have broke and the sun is coming through. It's good to see, because the gray and dreariness gets to a person after awhile.
We have honestly not done a darn thing. Oh, wait. That's not entirely true. Two days ago we went to Applebee's for lunch and Wal-Mart to pick up a prescription....and PetSmart as a special treat for Jack. He loves going into Pet Smart!
We did try to order a pizza for delivery the other night only to learn that the Pizza Hut located not even one mile from us does not deliver! The next one we tried informed us we are out of their delivery area. Needless to say, we did not have pizza for dinner. Oh well.
It is interesting around here though. When it's drizzling and a bit colder, people here retreat to the indoors. I swear those with dogs don't even take their dogs out. As Jack and I were out walking it looked and felt like a dead zone, which is why by today, I am thrilled to see the sunshine and people out and about.

Definitely not 70 Degrees Today

Oh boy. This cold front that arrived 3 days ago is still here. It is cloudy, it is dreary, it is windy and it is most definitely cold. I am seriously hoping for it to move on out. And soon.

We have not gone anywhere for 3 days and in less than 400 square feet it gets rather boring, rather quick. There is only so much surfing the net or surfing the channels one person can do. As for walking the dog to get outside.....yup. That'll get you out....and you'll freeze your behind off in the process. That wind is brutal.

For some reason, around mid morning, we discovered we have no water. It's not a problem in the motor home, it is an issue with public water. Either a line broke or they turned the water off for repairs and failed to notify us. Regardless, I had just turned on the washing machine, and had not yet done the dishes, so am glad we always keep our tank full.

Don-Wes Flea Market

On Sunday, we decided to take a drive to the largest flea market in the Rio Grande Valley, the Don-Wes Flea Market. - We loaded the dog and ourselves into the Jeep and off we went, over 25 miles along Hwy. 83 to Donna, Texas. - As most things go, there were billboards along the way advertising the flea market, but as we arrived to the location, no signs, no billboards, no flea market visible from the highway. But, hey, we are armed with our brand new GPS unit and a keen sense of direction, so we'll just turn around and follow our nose. ---Eventually, we found the place, a grassy field as a parking lot and vehicles with license plates from MN, MI, and IA. We knew we were in the right place.
We spent a little over an hour wandering around the booths. If a person were in the market for a little junk, something old and dusty, or rusty tools, then the Don-West flea market is your kind of place! Unfortunately, it is not our kind of place. Oh well. It got us out and about, and we had two offers to take BlackJack off our hands. But, he was being a good boy that day, so we've still got him.