On the Island....

A new baby penguin conceived during Hurricane Rita was hatched at Moody Gardens.
The hatchling will me named Rita or Cane after they find out the sex of the new baby.
How cute is this little birdy!

Happy Halloween

Some pics of our little ghouls, I mean girls


Kelsey

Gelsey



Sydney



and baby Lezley

Struck me funny...

Passing by the TV
I heard the announcer say

ABC World News Tonight
sponsored by.....
Waste Management

*snicker*

Eek a Mouse!!!

I noticed Rhett was staring intently at the patio door and wondered what could be so darn interesting out there when I saw the mouse.

Eeek!! I hate those little monsters.
It only took a second for me to realize this little monster was on the INSIDE of the patio door.
It was a BIG mouse, maybe it is even a small rat ...Eeek!

Get it Rhett!!--- I said running away and up the stairs.
I called John and he laughed and said let the cat earn his keep.
No sympathy here.
Well, unsure what to do next, I just went for a walk and let the mighty hunter do his thing.

I returned about 45 minutes later, came in upstairs and started to creep slowly down the staircase worried about what I may find down below.
Rightway, Rhett came running up to me proudly clutching his prey in his mouth...yuck!
Here Meowmy....I got somefang fur ya!

I was relieved (though completely grossed out)
but then....
He dropped the mouse and it started to run off.
Oh, no no no no...This is so not acceptable....I though it was dead!

Well, clearly it wasn't running too well and Rhett caught it again and started batting it around.
Rafe in the meantime was just sitting and watching.
He could care less if he had a turn with the Rhett's prize toy.

I grabbed the camera and took a pic, because I didn't think John would believe
it was a such BIG MOUSE (or maybe even a small rat)....ewww.

Finally I decided to scoop it up with an old towel into a garbage bag.
Rhett saw me coming and, realizing what my plans were, took off with it.

"Good boy" ---I say calmly and lovingly--- "give Mommie the mousie now".
He dropped it for a moment and I scooped it up, but I was so grossed out I missed the bag. Rhett snatched it yet again and trotted off behind the computer desk where I cannot reach him.

Well, by now I have decided the poor little mousie had suffered enough.
I chased Rhett out from desk area and grabbed the mouse up one last and successful time.
Rhett was not happy with me, sorry buddy.

I felt bad throwing it out in a bag like that, but it did seem less cruel than letting the cat continue his torturous ways.

I sure hope this is a one time thing.
John is picking up some kitty safe traps on the way home today.

The photo is here, I didn't want to gross anyone out by posting it.

So, how was YOUR day....:)

The Apprentice

Just for fun, a couple more sites belonging to the candidates.



Josh's GoSmile business site looks pretty good, except you can't buy online.
and....
Clay mentions the show on his Real Estate site.

Rafe says.......

This week's Carnival of Cats is hosted at Watermark.
They have a really cool halloween theme.

Rhett says.....I got a rock

Happy Howl-o-Ween

On the canal.....

This pretty birdy was on my neighbors dock.
He stayed in that same position for a very long time.
For a moment I was unsure if he was real or a decoration.

Friday Cat Blogging

Rhett wanted to snuggle,
but for some reason Rafe snapped at him and chased him off.
Not the type of kitty to give up easily,
he later snuck back up onto the futon to be near his grouchy brother.


(click for full size)

The Boyz have their very own Halloween Page
and to see even more blogging pets visit this weeks Friday Ark

The Apprentice

Episode 6 begins with the teams being instructed to pre-select a project manager and meet in the board room.
Everyone is seated and waiting for The Donald to enter through his special door. Carolyn explains that "She" is in charge today....Cool.
Each Project Manager is allowed to send 3 losers to the other side, and now the teams are not boys and girls anymore.

The task is to host a sports day at a Dick's Sporting Goods location.
Sounds easy enough.

Capital Edge went with PM Alla (my projected winner) and chose to host a "Family Golf Day", even though none of them actually play golf.
They decide to set up a little PuttPutt type area for the kids to play in the hopes they can grab the grownups attention long enough to sell some products.
Clay quickly became a thorn in Alla's side.
She said she felt like she was having to be Clay's mother rather than his boss.
Maybe she should have given him a Time-Out...haha.

Excel was lead by Josh.
At James' suggestion they decided to go with baseball and constructed a batting cage for kids to hit some balls.
The boys were excited about the huge baseball diamond that was constructed in the store, but Marshawn and Rebecca were concerned that there was no room for product placement.

The day of the task:

At first glance, Excel's baseball day appears to be very successful.
There is a long line of kiddo's waiting to take batting practice.
But
No-one is buying anything!
Jennifer, the self appointed Beauty Queen of Sales is selling pretzels instead of radar guns.
This can't be good.

On the other side of town, Capital Edge is in full swing.
The customers seem to be enjoying the event.
The team is working together and those cash registers are ringing sales.

In the board room:

Carolyn gets Trump on speaker phone to give the team's results.
Capital Edge boosted sales by an amazing 74%.
Bill reports that Excel did not do so well.
If fact sales in their department actually dropped by 34%.
Oops!

Mark and Josh quietly decide to throw James and Jennifer under the bus.
I guess they didn't see Jenn fighting for her life last week, good luck with that, guys.

In the board room part 2:

As Team Capital Edge is enjoying their reward of a deep sea fishing trip, Excell is dragging suitcases and preparing to meet the wrath of Donald Trump.
The Donald enters through the special door.
He reminds the team that they have just experienced the biggest defeat of all time.
Trump then calmly asks the team why they failed which sends Jennifer and Josh into a frenzy of a screaming match.
The team agrees that Marshawn and Rebecca did the best they could selling product in the limited area they were given and are sent back up to the suite with the *damn lucky to be exempt* Brian.
The rest of the team is ordered back to the boardroom where someone will be fired.

The boardroom part 3:

Josh, James, Jennifer and Mark are sitting across from Trump.
Even before Jenn can finish her having her melt down, Donald says.
Your all fired....Go home.....Go home.
The visibly stunned quartet drag their bags out to the street where they are put in a taxi.
Fans are left wondering if the season will now be 3 weeks shorter.

Read Bren's Yahoo Blog

The Apprentice

Before I get into this weeks episode, I found the funniest thing.
Kendra Todd's (Season 3 winner) personal web-site.
http://www.kendratodd.net/
The flash intro and music is so tacky that I really expected to see porn in there.
Instead, the site features photo after photo, glamour shot style and pretty much zero substance.

What was she thinking?

Astros

You can blame MLB for making the 'Stros leave the roof to Minute Maid open.

You can blame Phil Garner for bad management.

You can blame individual players.
(a few come to mind)

You can blame the officials for bad calls.

You can blame Fox and the rest of the press for one sided commentary and opinion.


You can blame the team in general for losing heart, but then you need to blame the fans that were crying in their beer instead of cheering for that ONE good hit that could have saved us.

I mean you could blame just about anyone or anything.
OR
You could just be happy with the fact the Astros finally got to play in a World Series.

Yeah, Right

Rhett says:
I'm taking my ball and going home!

Go Astros!

I gave up and fell out in the 13th, but it is just as well.
What the Good Guys lack in winning, they seem to make up for with drama.
I thought I would look around the net this morning and see how others are dealing.
I really do not have thought of my own today.

Rafe says....
que sera sera



Laurence Simon again asks readers to vote for Least Valuable Player
H A W S P I P E tackles the "no black players" issue
Mad Oilman has a theory
Meredith has some late night ramblings
I enjoyed reading John Bigenwald's random thoughts
and....
Alan thinks the Sox are getting some breaks

Go Astros!

They are getting Minute Maid Park all spruced up for the big series.
There seems to be some controversy whether the roof will be opened or closed.
MLB has an opinion as do the fans.
I think the players like it closed and that's good enough for me.
Not that my opinion counts for anything.

BTW: Some lucky fans were chosen by a last chance drawing to buy tickets to this weeks games.
unfortunately I was not chosen.


Update: Still no word on MLB decision on the roof at Minute Maid.
Sam Malone devoted his entire radio show this morning to the subject.
Pretty much every caller resented MLB telling us what to do in our City.
Astro fans want what they want.....you know?

Udate 2: It's open....if you are lucky enough to be there....yell LOUD!

At the movies....

The Great Broadway show The Producers is being remade in movie form.
I'm really looking forward to it after having seen it in NYC.

I never saw the 1968 version, I will have to rent that one.

Go Astros!

A lot of fans are live blogging and I do not plan to do so but I have a few observations.


1. Lou Rawls is way too important to be singing in the rain with no umbrella
2. That blonde on Fox gets on my nerves
3. It looks cold up there, I'll bet the Good Guys will be happy to get home to Texas
4. It must be windy too, because that blonde's hair is blowing even with all that hairspray
5. Ausmus looks hot in that beard
6. The Texans suck....oh sorry, that is whole 'nother post.

Postgame: Wahhh...that did not just happen again!

Baby Rhett says....

Hurry over the Carnival of Cats,
hosted this week at Mind of Mog

Go Astros!

It's only game one, right?
The Good Guys will pull it out tonight, right?
They are just getting warmed up, right?
Go 'Stros!



Laurence Simon asks readers to vote on LVP.
I would like to vote on which player should keep the beard.
My pick is Brad Ausmus...*sigh*

Shopping.....

John needed some stuff at Lowe's to fix our poor little crappy lawnmower.
I offered to tag along, hoping the Christmas Stuff was out and it is.

*happy dance*

They had these huge blow up globes, the snow flies around in there.
Our yard is too small and the price is too big, but they were cool to see.

We went to Sam's Club after and they were 50 dollars cheaper, though.

Last year I wanted this outdoor lighted palm tree and John said, no we don't need it.
Well, no being not acceptable I went back by myself to get it and they were sold out.
This year, the trees were there again and John said...Just get one so you won't bitch about me not getting one last year.

I also picked up some candles and stuff.
HO HO HO!

Go Astros!

There has been some talk around town whether or not the Good Guys should keep those funky looking Play-Off beards they are sporting throughout the World Series.

Now...I can't believe anyone would even consider having our 'Stros change anything they have been doing up til this point.

Go Astros!

We are Soxless in Houston!

Go 'STROs!!