Adios, Edouard. We hardly knew you.

Which is just fine. All in all, not bad. Some needed rain, a day off from work. One of those rainy days where you just don't do much.

I took the boys to the movies and saw Journey to the Center of the Earth. I almost choked on the ticket prices. Not realizing the movie was 3D, $29.00 for one adult and two kids tickets was quite a surprise. The plastic throwaway 3D glasses must be expensive. The movie was o.k. The boys liked the 3D effects although we should have sat closer to the screen so it would occupy the whole frame of vision. The story was blah but it had enough action and effects to keep a 5 and a 8 year old boy entertained.

¿Que pasa, Edouard?

Tropical Storm Edouard seems to be heading straight toward Galveston and Houston beyond. Will it really be much of anything? Who knows?

Three years ago, just weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita bore down on the Texas coast. Hundreds of thousands tried to evacuate the area only to run out of gas on the congested highways of the Houston area. Luckily for us (we stayed put) Rita veered eastward and around Houston we had ten's if not hundred's of downed leaves. Points east did not get off so lucky.

So what will happen this time? Only time will tell. But we're good. Factor, food, water, beer; all the essentials.