Pet Airways is a pet airline.

I’m sure some of you Pet People already know about this, but I just learned about it on Daily Candy.

I couldn’t find anywhere a start-up date for the company, but their blog on their site goes back to November of 2008.

I know if it was necessary to send my critters somewhere, this would be the best solution. They could travel together in comfort :-)

I see there are some airlines who allow pets in the cabin now. That’s great if you only have one, but what about two or three, or a larger animal? I’m sure my wolfie of 100+ pounds, would not have been welcome, even though she most likely would have spent the time sitting quietly with her head on my shoulder.

So here’s a heads-up for those of you who need a good, safe travel solution for your furry family members. Bon Voyage!

Once a month, Mr. B and I do the Gallup thing – groceries, parts & supplies for projects, etc. It’s a monthly thing because we’re rural and it’s a 150-mile round trip. It’s less costly and easier on the ol’ sanity to do it once and get it over with. Plus it usually takes a day to recover from the energy drain.

Gallup’s not the greatest for shopping. Unless you’re after Native American items, especially jewelry, the merchant selection is either very limited or non-existent. We always stop at Wal-Mart for things we can’t get at other stores or have to pay much more for at those others. It’s one of those necessary evils.

Last month, Wal-Mart was chaotic. They were in the middle of revamping the place. ack. So it was not surprising to walk in there yesterday and see a different environment which, I have to admit, was almost pleasing. It’s definitely an improvement.

But there were a few surprising changes:
Packaging on the “Great Value” products – Wal-Mart’s store brand, for you non-wallyworld people – was clean and simple, white package with very little printing and no graphics. Okay, so it’s probably cheaper for WM, but it’s got to be easier on the environment, considering how much of their product they turn over and how much ink and dye their former packaging used.

There was a price roll-back on recycled printer paper. Yes! It used to be the most expensive, now it’s cheaper than the other stuff even if you buy the other stuff by the box. Bravo! Now if they’d just offer it by the box… I’d be real happy about that. Disappointing, though, is Wal-Mart’s web site doesn’t even carry it.

There were more coolers with doors. Eggs and some of the other stuff that were in open coolers are now behind glass. This has to save energy. (This was actually in place last month, but thought I’d throw it in here.)

So is Wal-Mart seriously and conscientiously going green? This has been talked about for years now. Are they really doing it?

If this is so, then they have a bit more respect from me. Now they have to work on going back to “Made in U.S.A” and help bring industry back to our country.