A few days ago we made a video of Scooter. You see, Scooter is embarrassed when he passes gas. He will spin around and check his rear end to make sure it was him, then he will run into his cage to hide in shame. It is hilarious to watch, so we made a video of him doing this. We made the fart noises but he still thinks he did it. Enjoy, LOL.



We went shoe shopping the other day since Jerry was in dire need of a new pair. We looked at several places and ended up finding some he liked at Payless. While there, I decided to try on a pair of shoes, what do you think? :) Below are pictures of the shoes Jerry bought and the ones I tried on (I did not buy them).

Today is the 22nd anniversary of the day I was shot and suffered my spinal cord injury. I was just 26 years old in 1990 when a 17 year old kid decided to rob the place I worked at.. and he shot at me 3 times during the robbery, 2 of the bullets striking me in the chest. One of those bullets crushed my spinal cord. If you'd like to read the whole story, just click here.

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We ordered an Accel brand performance tune-up kit for the Jeep and it came in yesterday. It contained 6 new Autolite spark plugs, a set of new 8mm spark plug wires, a new distributor cap and a new rotor. We don't need a new air filter right now, so that wasn't part of the kit. It took us about 30 minutes to install these new parts and that was the final step needed to complete the tune up. The Jeep has 147,500 miles on it and it runs like the day it left the assembly line.

Around the first of every month, we exercise the generator and start the motorhome engine. Onan recommends running the generator for 2 full hours each month if the generator is not used frequently. This keeps things lubed up and removes any moisture. We run the motorhome engine for about 20-30 minutes and also run the transmission through all the gears for about 2 minutes per gear. This allows the engine to charge the starting battery and to circulate oil through the engine. Running the transmission through the gears makes sure fluid is pumped throughout the unit keeping everything lubricated. Remember, maintenance is always cheaper than a repair!

We installed a cutoff switch for the coach batteries yesterday. There is a row of 12v breakers in the battery compartment but we have no idea what they go to or how they are hooked up, so we added our own that completely isolates the batteries from the coach. The reason we did this is because we have the solar setup, and it has an equalize function. Equalizing is an overcharge performed on flooded lead acid batteries after they have been fully charged. It reverses the buildup of negative chemical effects like stratification, a condition where acid concentration is greater at the bottom of the battery than at the top. Equalizing also helps to remove sulfate crystals that might have built up on the plates. If left unchecked, this condition, called sulfation, will reduce the overall capacity of the battery. This overcharge is not good for the electronics in the RV, so the disconnect allows us to shield them during the equalization process.