Hurricane Rita........

.... Katrina, now Rita. Does that mean to beware of things that end in "a?"

We're going, we're staying, we're boarding up windows, we're taking every last bit of furniture from outside and on the screen-porch........ going, staying.........going........

Four cats...... a cat carrier for each. They'll be the hardest.......... Gracie will be the easiest. She just needs her leash and her food. We all need water, which we have.

Our friends up in Dallas said to drive yesterday, drive this morning, drive now. We need to take both cars.

The neighborhood is very quiet. Even the saws have stopped, so I guess anyone who was going to board up their windows has already cut the wood. Last night, I heard the electric saws going till after midnight.

The cats are getting skittish....... they know something is up.

I'm getting skittish too. Last thing I want to do is leave our house.