Looking for St. Bernard. Internet Explorer.

It was cooler but humid this morning. The cats didn't even want to go out on the screen porch first thing. I closed the windows, and turned on the AC about 10.00 this morning, as it was getting uncomfortable.

Little "Pretty" had jumped up in my sewing area and scattered sewing stuff all over the floor. All three foster cats had a great old time running different color reels of thread around the sewing machine table and chair legs. I was in another part of the house so didn't know what was going on. So how did I know it was Pretty? She is the one that looked guilty, and the others don't jump up on tables and counters. I have had them long enough that they know better. But they joined in on the fun once everything was on the floor. Then it is considered fair game!

This morning when Shay came back from one of her jobs in this subdivision, she asked me to call Animal Control. She had seen this Saint Bernard looking pleadingly out of the window of a house as she was going by, several times. This morning she found out that the dog had been abandoned by the tenants, and that today the landlord had just turned it loose out on the streets to find food, water and shelter. That is cruel and illegal, as we have a leash law.

I drove around the streets looking for it. At least I could give it a place to stay with food and water until Animal Control, or the Saint Bernard Rescue could pick it up. I didn't say 'shelter' because from what I have heard, this Saint wouldn't fit in my doghouse!! If it seemed like a nice clean dog, I would probably let it stay in my grooming room. The foster cats would have to stay either locked up in their respective cages, or in the house until it was gone! I don't usually lock the cats up, their cage doors are left open except when I am grooming. I searched and searched for the Saint, but never did find it. Someone must have known it was a pet, and took it under their wing. I hope so anyway. See video: http://www.saintrescuetx.org/SBRTexas/index.jsp

My full timing RV friend who lost their Saint to stomach cancer in August, now has an adorable new pup. He misses Barney so much, so I hope the new pup will take away some of the pain. His temporary name is "Dooley", short for DROOLEY. LOL . This Dooley's picture. Ain't he cute?
The pup is eight weeks old, and already weighs 17 pounds. How would you like to have him in your RV?

I have been trying to get used to Internet Explorer, as I cannot have my AOL home page on both computers at the same time. I find that there are so many things that I miss on IE, that I have on AOL.
I miss my carousel of 18 favorite places. I am often clicking on one of them. This is different from the regular 'favorites'. I miss the little red heart which I can click on to save something in a hurry, and send it in an email, (even to myself), IM, or keep as a favorite. The "Keyword" on AOL has so many more features than a regular Google search. I also found out that saving blog drafts doesn't work the same, it doesn't seem to save the last 'save'. I know lots of folks put down AOL, but it is easier for me to use than other IPS that I have had.

Another than that, not a lot going on today.

Laptops! Overweight Pets.

Ray couldn't work today, his back is hurting him again. But we did our bookkeeping for the month of September, and got that out of the way.

After getting some aloe ready for shipping, I knew I had to go to our town to the Post Office, but decided to go to the next bigger town, also.

So I loaded up the new router, the new Vista Dell laptop, my old Windows XP Pro Compaq laptop, the parcels of aloe, and headed out. I just wasn't happy with my new Vista laptop. I hadn't even got my ISP in it, and I was already disliking it. Especially as I had bought one with a 6 hour battery in case the power went out, but it had no telephone hook-up. The store wanted $50 for an external phone thing for it. My router isn't going to work without power, so I need the 'phone hole'. So I returned the new Dell to the store.

I didn't know if my wireless problem was with the new router or the old laptop. I took it to a geek guy, he cleaned it, and repaired my wireless. He said it is a good, fast computer and I didn't need to buy a new one, especially not until Windows 7 comes out. So now it has three ways to get on line, wireless, cable and dial-up. It worked on wireless as soon as I got home, and it was great. I don't use it often, but when I do need it, it is ready. I ought to practice finding WiFi spots, so that I know what I am doing if I take it in the RV. Oh! No! One more thing for this old brain to learn!

Not only is it bad for people to be over weight, but for pets, too.

"If you think a few extra pounds won’t hurt your pet, imagine him or her carrying around a dumbbell. The extra weight adds stress to the joints. It makes the heart and lungs work harder. And that’s just the beginning of what being overweight can do to a dog or cat."

http://bluebuff.com/health/obesity-epidemic-avoiding-the-spread.shtml?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=october09

So please keep an eye on your pet's health, too.

It wasn't hot, but as soon as the van had been sitting in the sun, it was time to turn on the AC.

Then, after a while, that was too cold.

Just that kinda 'in-between' day.

Wireless!! The Book of TX.

I have spent just about most of the day trying to make the wireless work on my laptop. I have been in touch with a sand-in-his-shoes "Router Guy", the nice "AOL gal", back to another unintelligible "Router Guy", but the wireless disconnects as soon as I try to sign on, or go to Internet Explorer. Not knowing enough about it, I don't know if it is the router, laptop, or me that is at fault.
Probably me!!


Once these cats are adopted, I hope to take my next new-to-me RV on some trips.
There is a lot to see in TX. You can order a free big book about TX from the Tourism Dept. A new one is published once a year. http://www.traveltex.com/travelguide/OrderForm.aspx?c=4
It divides up the areas, and the seven different types of terrain in TX:
1) Big Bend Country, 2) Hill Country, 3) The Gulf Coast,

4) Panhandle Plains, 5) Piney Woods, 6) Prairies and Lakes, 7) South Texas Plains.
The site even has a trip planner. http://www.traveltex.com/CitiesAndRegions.aspx

Some of the popular cities: San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, South Padre Island, Corpus Christi, Fredericksburg, El Paso. I am fortunate to have been to all of them, but it is the places in between, that I would like to see!

My pile of junk mail needed attention. I tear my name and address off each piece, and shred it, then the rest goes in the Paper Recycling bag. I am on the “Do Not Send” list, but I still get junk mail.

A wasted, frustrating day!