Back to school

Not me of course, but September always has that feeling about it, doesn't it?

This week-end Billy and I pretty much just hung out. That lucky guy played 3 rounds of golf, 2 with Paul Foster at Ambassador, and 1 with me at Ridgetown. (I think I lost my mojo...) We watched a few movies and had the kids sleep over on Thursday night (for the last time for a long time, I need a kid break.)

I'm still grinding my way through 'Satanic Verses' by Salman Rushdie. It's quite painful. There is only one story line that I'm curious about, and it's quite a lot of wading through poop to get to the brief moments that could be considered 'interesting'. I have absolutely decided to only read 2 classics then revert to some enjoyable reading. Next is the third book of 'Lord of the Rings', but I'm only half way through 'Satanic Verses'...

Tomorrow is Halia's big day. We (or I) are (or am) taking her to the Ontario Vet Hospital School in Guelph so she can get an untrasound to determine the severity of her heart murmur. I'm dreading it. A long car ride, plus a strange place, plus a physical exam, plus shaving her side, plus the actual ultrasound.... equals a pretty bad day. Oh well, it's something we have to do. I hope she doesn't behave like this:

I am very much looking forward to the finale of 'Big Brother All Stars', the beginning of the new 'Survivor' (We are the biggest fans out there...) and the end to re-runs in general.

We have more tomatoes ready and hopefully are making the last of the salsa tonight. I screwed up the last batch because I didn't buy the right amount of onions. We finally have perfected the recipe, (see 'Salsa' post). We are using only 1 tablespoon of garlic powder, and 2 1/2 tablespoons of salt. It only took us about 28 jars to figure it out....