Woke up around four am to thunder and the sound of rain. Had to close one window and turn a off a window fan. It looks like it will be raining off and on all day. So far the rain gauge has about a inch and a half of rain. This summer we've had uneven weather. Long dry spells broken up by cool wet spells (these didn't last long). Don't think we've gotten nearly as much this summer as we typically get, but I could be wrong.

Hurricane Rita is churning in the Gulf, if it hits any oil rigs we will be paying more at the pumps in a few days much like we did when Katrina hit. But this time it might last longer then a couple weeks, probably stay high for a month or longer. It's not like the oil companies need an excuse to charge more at the pump, if the wind changes direction or a holiday comes around then they jack the prices up. Of course, they are rich enough that paying a few cents more per gallon every time they fill up doesn't effect them. It's Joe Everyman that feels the pinch. I don't feel sorry though, for the people in the large trucks or SUV (which really means Strictly Urban Vehicle) who could drive a smaller vehicle but drive those gigantic things. If they we're stupid enough to buy them, then they deserve to pay more for gas.

Kiska is growing like a weed. She has a very healthy appetite and hoovers up just about anything you put down for her. We gave them spaghetti earlier in the week and she didn't know what to do with it so she played with it. I think Sergei got most of it, so it didn't go to waste. Next week, we will be taking Kiska and Franklin to the Vet's for a follow up visit and their second round of shots.

The rain we got earlier in the week, didn't amount to very much. It acted like a big storm but gave us less then a quarter inch of rain.

Waited Monday and Tuesday to hear from the contractor, who didn't call until late Tuesday evening. I knew he had forty-eight hours to call us starting on Monday, but I wouldn't have thought he would call so late. Thursday afternoon he will come take a look at the old door and we will go from there.

Monday in the mail, I got the Over The Edge DVD, along with the collectors edition of Close Encounters of The Third Kind, that I had pre-ordered some three months ago. In November I will get the Family Guy Volume 3 set and The Family Guy movie, both pre-ordered. Also pre-ordered The Outsiders DVD Monday evening. The Outsiders is a bigger better version of the movie.

About four am, thunderstorm rolled in. There was a nice amount of thunder (which I don't like) and lightening (which I do like). Looks like we may get more rain today, so I won't have a rain total until tonight or tomorrow morning.

Went out to Lowe's yesterday and looked at sliding glass doors, those with and without screens. Monday or Tuesday we will have someone come out and look at the old door and frame to see if any additional materials will be needed. After that we will find out how much the price is to have a new door installed. What's good about the deal with Lowe's is that the person installing the stuff hauls the old crap away.

Got one and a quater inch of rain this morning. It is cooler today the it was yesterday and cooler then it was Sunday.

Looks like rain today, looked that way yesterday as well. Might actually get it today though.

Kiska went to the vet for a check up Thursday afternoon and checked out fine. She weighed in at eight pounds 6 ounces. That's what she weighs at 6 weeks old. Still can't tell what color her eyes are going to be. One looks like it might be bi-colored.

First weekend in October will be taking both Kiska and Franklin in for second checkups and second round of shots.

We have a new puppy and her name is Kiska. We got her yesterday from a family in Independence, Mo. She is a blonde-brown color and about six weeks old. Sergei isn't quite sure what to make of her. I was worried he would hurt her or that she would whine all night, but she slept soundly last night. I think she is comforted with Sergei looking so much like her daddy. Will get a photo up soon.

It is sad it has taken so long for help to arrive in the areas hit by the hurricane. If the people who couldnt or wouldnt leave for one reason or another had been white instead of black, help would have been there within hours.

Saw "Broken Flowers" today and it was really good.

Has a mild migraine this morning. Managed to beat it back before we left for the movie. Went to dinner after the movie at a seafood place and talked about the movie with mom.

Hurricane Katrina pounded the south, in particular New Orleans. I was in New Orleans once, in 1979 for a few days. Love the area, was nice place even though I was only 11 years old. I will be giving a few dollars to the Red Cross to help out would encourage everyone to donate some money if you can.

The combined rain totals for Thursday and Friday are two and a half inches of rain. And that to the six inches or so we got the week prior and that's a lot of darned rain. Yet some parts of Kansas and Missouri haven't had much rain. Its Mother Nature at her best.

Took Franklin to the vet's office yesterday and found that he's a healthy boy. He got his first go around of shots, he'll get another set of shots in a month and then will get neutered in late fall.

We've had more rain this past week, but nothing really measurable. Mostly just short bursts of light rain. And it's been raining off and on all morning. The humidity is making it a little tough to get things dry.

Our little kitten we who adopted us last week will be going to the vet's office Saturday for a check up. We have named him Franklin.

Because it had cooled off enough for us to feel up to going out, we decided to do a little shopping after we got groceries. But before we could leave we had to deal with the fact that a black kitten has adopted us. While we were out, we stopped at Petco and purchased a few things before going on with the rest of our day. All this and we still can't seem to find a companion for Sergei.

We got more rain Friday, the total so far is five inches. I need to get some laundry done today, even if it does rain today.

Had a nasty weather related headache develop last night. We went out to pick up a couple things at the grocery store and I felt the pressure begin to build behind my right eye as we left the store. When we got home fifteen minutes later, I thought I was going to vomit, but somehow managed to avoid doing that. Ate a late dinner,look something for the pain before I showered and went to bed.

We got about a quarter inch of rain this morning. Most of the night it looked liked it was going to build to this big storm and nothing really happened. Just a little rain then the storm left.

Had a nasty migraine yesterday. Didn't get as much done as I wanted to because I felt lousy all day.

This morning I woke up to rain, we got three quarters of an inch of rain in the short downpour. Which killed any chance of me doing a load of laundry this morning. It is supposed to be hot today and tomorrow, but will cool off again this weekend. Tomorrow has a chance of rain as well. Ugh, wonder how much rain we will get and how steamy will it get. We need the rain, but we could do without the heat.

From Friday morning until early Sunday morning we got 3.25 inches of rain.

It has been nice the past couple days and its shaping up to be nice today as well. Will have the finally rain gauge total later today. Not sure if it will rain or not today.

Went to a cat show at the KCI Expo Center yesterday. Did some shopping and had lunch out before coming home.

Got some much needed rain this morning and could get some more before the days done. Looks like the weather pattern finally broke into a more pleasant situation.

Had trouble sleeping last night, never got a full nights sleep. My room was a bit warm, even though I had the windows open and had the fans going. Felt like I was broiling.

Was hopeful that it wouldn't continue to be blast furnace hot, but I thought wrong. Another week of higher then normal temperatures and it is just zapping what strength I have. On top of that, some scattered storms are popping up here and there, but nothing in our neck of the woods. It seems the weather has to be one extreme or the other with seldom any patterns of normalcy at all.

This weekend will be a dull one due to the projected temperatures. Not that there is a ton of things we want to do, but we might have felt up to get out of the house for a few hours and do something fun if it weren't for the heat.

Got some much needed rain last night and this morning. But not nearly as much as we need. I am happy it is cooler but it will turn warm again next week. Thought we might get away from the blast furnace for awhile, but guess not.

It was warmer over the weekend then I expected it would be. Yesterday was hotter then predicted and the same will go for today and tomorrow. I am tired of the blast furnace heat. Will be happy when it cools off and we get some much needed rain, which might happen later in the week.

Have managed to get a few things done in this heat. Would like to get more done, but I just feel limp after getting a few chores done.