The "I don't have an exciting title" title

Hi all,

Not much to report again today. After some calling around to different hotels this morning, we found one that would let us swim. (Well, actually we found two, but one wanted to charge us $16.50 per person and that was way to much!) So, for about $10 total, we found ourselves splashing in an outdoor, unheated pool on Dec. 22. Today was a good day to go. The temp is usually around 70 degrees, but 9 out of 10 days it is cloudy, foggy, misty, etc. Today was the one in 10 days where the sun peeked out a little bit. The youngest Atkins was not sure what she thought about this swimming thing, so the eldest female Atkins was happy to sit out with her. (Did I mention that the pool was unheated and it's Dec?) The three others had a great time splashing the morning away.

That's about it for the excitement. We ate supper with the other two families tonight. Tomorrow we will go check out some botantical gardens near the hotel and then try and find wrapping paper for the Christmas presents. Little errands like that are much more difficult than you might imagine. I know that we will be successful, it's just a matter of how exhausted we will become doing it. For you Target employees reading this, have they ever considered opening a store here? It sure would be handy for me right now...

Thanks for checking in,

Barbie