Bed In A Bag

RicoLoco's new kitty bed from The Bendy Store has arrived!

Of course in typical kitty fashion




He prefers the bag it arrived in


See this weeks best cat blogging efforts at Sunday's Carnival of Cats
hosted this week at Red Peonies.

Shopping: Super Sucky Walmart

I like to print coupons at SmartSource.com.

I have never had a problem redeeming them at the various grocery stores that I frequent.

Well, today I stopped at a Walmart Food Center AKA Super Walmart and the cashier said, oh we don't take those kind. She wouldn't even look at them.

Me: Why? They are manufacturers coupons just like from the newspaper, they have a barcode and everything.
Her: We just don't take them

OK, so then I go to customer service to verify this is the policy and ask why.
She did look at them, but just shook her head.
Her: We just don't take them
Me: Why? I just would like to know because they are clearly not made in photoshop they have a barcode and everything just like the ones from the newspaper.

She does not know why and calls a manager, to whom I ask again...Why?
and.....
For the third time I am told, they "just don't take them"

I then said I was disappointed that I could not get the savings on these items and wished she could simply explain the reason for this policy and she looked at me like I was stupid so I left.

Now am I going to throw a shit fit over a couple of bucks?
Maybe.
Am I ever going food shopping at Super Walmart again?
Not anytime soon.

Wordless Wednesday

Thanks everyone for your comments.
This is our great-nephew Noah and he
is growing up way too fast!

In Houston: Body Worlds 3

So needing a break today, we ended up heading up to the Houston Museum of Natural Science and went to see Body Worlds 3 before it leaves Houston forever on September 4th.

I've been wanting to see this one for awhile now.

The tickets are a little higher than we normally would pay for special exhibits, but we really enjoyed it.

The platinizationized bodies are very interesting, but there are also displays of individual organs and sytems along with an audio tour to learn about the workings of the human body.

If this comes to your city, you should really go check it out.
It's not as creepy as you think....no really!

There is short commercial video here.

Work Related: Tough Week

and it's only what Tuesday?

I think I will play hooky this afternoon.
It's hard to work with hubby poking around the house in a lonely manner anyways.

Maybe we'll go up to H-town and see what's new.
Yeah, that might be nice.

On Vacation

Well, John is anyway.
He brought home one of those power washers
and is going crazy out there.

In fact he washed the porch so good that now he has to go back and nail some of the boards back down...ha

Kitty Movie Monday

A little kiss for our fans


Kitty Movie Monday is a popular feature at CatCall

Breaking News: Rafe is today's featured feline over at Kat's Kats
Go check it out!

Sunday Cat Blogging: Kiss Kiss

Rafe gets a little kissy from his baby brother, Rico
whether he wants one or not

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See the best of this week's cat blogging at today's
Carnival of Cats hosted by
Blog d'Ellison
and
There's more RicoLoco and The Brothers HERE

I'm so blonde: And I missed my Blog-o- versary

I was planning a really cool post for Aug. 7th the first anniversary of my blogging self.
Oh, well.

I got a haircut today...

Which is rare because I tend to let it go for months.

For some reason I just do not like to take the time and/or spend the money to get it cut.
But today I had an appointment on the other side of town for which I arrived too early, so popped into a SuperCuts and let her chop it off.

I've been a little down lately, but it made me feel a lot better to get a cute new style.

Look out world.

Cat Parasite Linked to Human Behavior?

Our sweet little kitties may look harmless but a
scientist has published a theory
linking certain human behaviors to a parasite passed
to the human race by pet cats.


ahh, but don't you just want to kiss that little face anyway?

Wordless Wednesday

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TV: Dancing With the Stars

Dancing celebrities for the new season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars will be announced officially on Good Morning America Monday.

But..
It looks like former Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith has already been cast.

Should be fun!

Work Related: I want one of these!

And a big client friendly SUV to put it on.

Oh, and maybe a bottomless gas card would be nice too.

Hey, a girl can dream!

Tummy Tuesday!

It's "Tummy Tuesday" over at LisaViolet's CatHouse

RicoLoco has a polka-dotted tummy



I call him my "yummy little cinnamon roll"

In Kemah: Fleet Parade

The Blessing of the Fleet Parade
Kemah Boardwalk
August 6th, 2006



There were Pirates




Patriots







and Politicians


There were also some Party Boats







and boats that do not look like boats at all





Read more at Kemah.net

Kitty Movie Monday: Rafe's Chair

Just a little short one showing Rafe's pretty blue eyes


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Computer Woes

My computer is dragging it's ass today.
I have scanned, shut down, more scans, restarted, dumped the cache in all browsers, deleted cookies, ran more scans, and still it is just barely going.
I can't work like this...ugh.

Update: it seems to be better now, maybe it was my cable connection or something.

In Kemah: The Blessing of the fleet

From the Galveston Daily News:

“The blessing of the fleet is something that happens all around the coast,” said Tom Hults, event chairman. “It’s a tradition that goes back thousands of years. Back then, as today, commercial fishing was a very, very dangerous occupation. Because of that, we feel like this is a very important tradition.”


Photo from Kemah.Net
We may head over there today

Update: We did go and got some great pictures
between the scattered showers
coming soon

All Done!

Rico thinks Paw did a good job

Rafe is not so sure about the change

A job well done!

Lost? Start Here

The 124th Carnival of Cats will be at
TBIFOC on Sunday.
See you there!