Road Trip: Day Seven

some pictures from the Bronx Zoo

Next time I am frustated driving in Houston,
I will remember the drive into to the city to see the zoo!
We are heading out this morning for the trip home.

It will be hard to say goodbye.

Road Trip:Day Six

We just took it easy today and played with the girls

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Jaeley looks just like her sisters

Lezley is so cute and funny, she has an answer

for everything!

Gelsey is has gotten so tall and grown up

No miles today

Road Trip: Day Five

Gettysburg, PA to The Kids House, NJ
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We goofed around in Gettysburg most of the day.

Site of the Gettysburg Address

We purchased a CD that has an Auto tour of the

battelfield sites. It was really interesting.

Then we headed up to NJ and made it to the kids house
after getting lost on the NJ Turnpike for about an hour.

One thing we discovered about NJ is the freeway signs

are not visitor friendly...nope!

Total Miles: 1828.5

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Road Trip: Day Four

Bristol, VA to Gettysburg, PA

4 states

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So we left Bristol early in the AM and could not have

special ordered a more beautiful day.

The day and scenery was picture perfect.

We took a jog off the freeway to visit the

Wolf Creek Indian Village.

Once again we are the only tourists attending and

get a private tour.

This is Gayle, one Indian Guides that hang out there.
I doubt he is a real Indian but he gave an

interesting talk about tanning hides.
ewww

John checks out one of the huts

And I went wading in Wolf Creek.
You know I am going to put my feet in the water.

We spent the afternoon on the road and it was easy to see
that you do not speed in VA. There are cops Everywhere!

Even so, John trusted me to drive for awhile and I got to
drive in 4 states in one hour!
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvannia!

After we got to PA, we looked at the map and John realized that
Gettysburg is not so far off our trail so that's where we ended up.


This is the Gettysburg Hotel
We are not staying here.
We have a $49 room up on the

freeway. It's really pretty though.

We ran across Mr. Lincoln in Union Square.

I had my map ready, but
he did not appear to need help with his address.

We are going to kick around here tomorrow, then head up to

NJ our final destination.

I'm not sure what time we will arrive.

There is a LOT for John to read here!

Total Miles: 1579.4

Day Three

Chattanooga, TN to Bristol, VA

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We spent the morning at Rock City.

It was well worth the trip.

I have a lot of pics, but here are a few .

I have more I can share later.

Suspension Bridge...not scary

at all!

The falls off "lovers leap"
Notice I did not say "fall"


Beautiful scenery


From the summit you can see 7 states, but there are
no lines like if you were looking a real map
so I just took their word for it.



After the fun hiking we got back on the road and
made it just over the VA state line before calling it a day.

Something we discovered about Tennessee and now Virginia

is that the Mexican food does not taste like ours.

No doubt I will never again order quesadillas

from a place that features a

"Margorita" on the drink menu.

It's my own damn fault...ha.

Total Miles: 1138.4

Day Two: Part Two

Later in the evening, we got our second wind
and the rain had stopped so we
took off to explore down town Chattanooga

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The Chattanooga Choo-Choo

They are revitalizing the downtown area, it is really
going to be nice when completed

Road Trip Day Two

Hattiesburg, MS to Chattanooga, TN
4 states
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Well it was still drizzly in Mississippi
but when we got to Alabama the sun was shining.

We stopped in Birmingham for a little rest and walked
through Vulcan Park

Later we went off road a ways and discovered
SequoyahCaverns

No other tourists were there and we got our own private tour!

This is Edward, he runs the place....well runs around it

We then proceeded into Georgia for all of 20 minutes and now are
kicking back in Tennessee where it is pouring down rain

Total miles: 846.0

Road Trip Day One

Galveston, TX to Hattiesburg, MS

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Well we didn't get as far as we had hoped today.
It rained the whole trip across Lousianna.

John felt the car was pulling to the right and since
we were tired of driving in the rain anyway,
we stopped in Baton Rouge to get it aligned.

3 hours and 102 dollars later we were on our way,
but it was still raining and the car was still pulling to the right.

On a happy note, the car place was next to a shoe store.
I found some cute Sketchers half price.
Buying shoes always makes me feel better.

Something we discovered about both Lousianna and Mississppi.
They have very nice rest areas.
Friendly attendants, nice lounges with televisions,
and spotless restrooms.

Total Miles: 442.3

Road Trip!

It's 6am and we are outta here.
Adios!

Friday Cat Blogging

Charlie is boarding The Friday Ark

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Just a reminder this kitten is up for adoption

Houston/Galveston area

email rafe@heckyeah.net for more information

I'm so blonde: and forgetful too

So I know full well the fridge is out and the new fridge is downstairs so why in the heck did I lug the groceries up the stairs even after I separated everything into upstairs and downstairs bags at the store?
So.....
I am packing up for the big road trip today.
I have a list.
I wonder what I am forgetting?

Note to Cats

Sawyer, I do not need or desire to have my eyebrows groomed at 4am.
Thankyou.

Frustrations

If the car breaking this week wasn't stressful and expensive enough, now the refrigerator has gone out again. Every place I have called they cannot get someone out until NEXT week.
Even if we were not going to be on vacation, I would not want to go so many days without.

I guess we will go and buy an inexpensive one for now, and get this one fixed when we get back from our trip.

We have always said it would be nice to have a small fridge downstairs.
I just wanted to choose the time to buy it, you know?

Update: Lowes could not deliver for 3 days so we had to lug the damn thing home ourselves.
NOW the dishwasher is making a running on it's last legs noise.
crap.

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STILL scooping for seven

and they are only getting bigger.
( the kittens and the poops)
sigh



email rafe@heckyeah.net to adopt this pretty kitty or one of his siblings

Rain again today!

I'm sick of it!!!

Just thought I'd share.

Update: My car started acting up and not wanting to break down in the rain exited at the dealership to get it checked out.
5 hours and the dollar amount of 2 car payments later it is running fine.

I think it knows I paid it off.

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Purrs and Prayers needed

Rafe is having a flare up of his auto- immune disorder and is going to the doctor today.
So far the lesions are confined to his nose and chin, and not in his paw pads like in the past.
I just hate seeing him like this.

(click photo for larger view)

Work Related: Yuck!

So I get to this house before my client and get it opened up. All the carpet is ripped up and I do a quick walk through. After a couple of minutes I feel something on my feet (I am bare legs and sandles). My feet and legs are covered with fleas!!

So I run out the door and brush them off, little red bites popping up everywhere.
I called the listing agent and said.
"Let me guess....you pulled up the carpet because of fleas, right?"

Yes, he said and they bug bombed too.
So I suggested he try something stronger before he allows anymore showings.

I met my client at the car and told him what was up.
He wanted to see the house anyway and came running out in about 2 minutes brushing off his pants and shoes.

It was almost funny, but not really.
And my feet still itch.

Sunday Cat Blogging: Kitten Sitters

Kate likes to do everything the big cats are doing

And Charlie just likes to cuddle
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Yes...the kittens are still here.

*sigh*

If you are in the Houston/Galveston area or
within a half days driving distance

and have room in your heart and home
for one of these adorable babycats

please email rafe@heckyeah.net

and we will bring you one, or two or four.

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The Carnvial of the Cats

Cable Company Rant ...continued

So, Friday I am finally ready to find out why I cannot access my account to pay my bill that is due on Tuesday. The password I was given is still not working and I think hey, I can just click the lost password button! Well that button takes me to a security question, which of course the customer service rep did not bother to set up for me.
Then....
I see they have online chat thingy, and I think this may be better than calling again.
Well...you have to download the thingy and I hate to download thingys, but go ahead.
After I install the chat thingy and fill out a form with a zillion questions I am connected to the chat server....Yippee!

We're sorry there is no one in the queue to chat with.
ARG!

Well, I try again a couple of hours later and am connected to a dude named Ryan who is clearly copy and pasting his responses.

No one types that fast and if he pastes he is sorry for the inconvenience one more time.....

Ryan suggests he change my password for me to "password". It will take 3 business days and he is sorry for the inconvenience.
Now I am not thrilled with this idea, but thanked him for his time and the page changes to a customer service survey screen.

Did this chat session solve your problem?

Well, how the hell do I know? I have to wait 3 business days, right?

So this morning I am curious to see and go into my account and try my new (secure?)password to pay my bill and guess what?
I can get in!
So I filled out the Zillion questions they ask to set up your payment info and changed my password to something less stupid.

You have no balance due at this time.

Oh brother.

Astros: CB breaks 3,000

I missed the game.

I started to listen to it on the radio but thought....heck...he is three away it will not happen 'til next game.

Oh, well you and I can all watch the highlights here.

Photo credit: Yahoo News

Shopping: Banquet Crock Pot Classics

I tried the stroganaff kind and it stunk up the whole house. It didn't taste any better than it smelled and the mushrooms were kinda slimy.

yuck

Don't you hate it when: You have to call the cable co??

I have not gotten a cable bill in months, but it is not that big of a deal because I pay it online anyway. I suspect because I tend to pay online, I was switched to paperless billing.
I know I did not sign up for paperless billing, but I'm sure that is what happened.

anyways....

Time Warner Cable is now Comcast.
And this new entity has spent about a gillion marketing dollars announcing their arrival and touting their awesome customer service record.

I bet you see where I am going with this...don't you.

Well, my bill is due and the site to register your account to pay online has been not working for the entire 10 days we have been blessed with Comcast.
At least is is not working for me.

Today I give up and call customer service.
The hold was not horribly long but when I got with someone to explain I need to pay my bill because I can not log in she requested I register at the Comcast site.
This was after I had just said I there is an "this feature is not available" error message that comes up after I type in my information.

Surely I am not the only person having this issue

Well she was not rude, but a little pissy and asked that I try again with her on the line with me.
No go.
Then she said she can do it for .......Thankyou!

So after all that I have my new password, said my goodbyes and attempted to log in and at long last pay my cable bill.

PASSWORD INVALID
shit