Summer's Out, School is In

So the summer is over, and I started back at work yesterday. Bummer. I was just getting the hang of this summer vacation thing. Oh well. At least the kids won't be here until Thursday. Jen and I had a long yet mostly enjoyable summer (although the heat wave in July was annoying), but it is nice to be back and not living out of suitcases. To complete my summer recap, I present today's Top 10 List: The top 10 highlights of the summer!

10. Added two new postcards, thanks to Justin and Jada's trip to California. (I collect animal postcards, incidentally, so if you want to contribute, I'd appreciate it).

9. Watched the last three seasons of Stargate SG-1 (thanks to Heather and her arch-nemesis brother). I even bought four seasons for my collection.

8. Advanced on of my City of Heroes Characters to level 41, where I gave him a prestige power! OK, you have to play the game to appreciate that.

7. I went to the Fringe Festival in Edmonton and saw a delightful play called "The Headshot of Dorian Gray". This is only the second play at the Fringe that I have seen, and it was fabulous (unlike the other one).

6. MOVIES! Between Jen and I, we saw Fantastic 4, Ratatouille, Surf's Up, 1408, Disturbia, Harry Potter 5, Simpsons, No Reservations, and Transformers (TWICE!)For living in the middle of nowhere, that's a lot.

5. Read Harry Potter 7. Wow, what a book.

4. Terry Fator won America's got talent! Check him out:


3. We spent most of the time with our pooch Anne. Usually our little gal has to stay home, but thankfully we had family who were willing to have her come along.

2. I picked up Season 2 of the Muppet Show, and Jen gave me Season 1 of WKRP as a late B-Day present, so I was laughing a lot this season.

1.We visited a bunch of people that we hadn't seen for a long time, plus almost all of our family. I even got to see Paks, the dog that we gave to my Dad before he packed up and moved to Ontario. It was so nice to see so many loved ones this summer. Hopefully next year we'll be a lot closer to many of them