Has been a while since I've been out here, so, a rundown of recent events follows:
1) travelled to Florida for Christmas. Stopped just north of Birmingham on the way down...had difficulties with the hotel in getting the rollaway bed we requested (had a lot of trouble with rollaway beds this trip!) and shared the continental breakfast with many U. of Cinci and Southern Miss fans in town for the bowl game that afternoon.
2) Arrived at hotel/timeshare in Florida. Very nice...am always happy when we open the door and we're pleasantly surprised with how large/nice the room is. Large heated pool (boys were swimming when the outdoor temp was below 50, so, that's a good thing!). The one downside was the long drive back and forth to Grandma's....we thought it would be 45 minutes each way, turns out it was more like 70-75 minutes.....
3) Christmas was good. Christopher and Matthew would open a present and run around saying thank you and giving hugs and kisses and that was fun to watch. Santa did bring new video-authoring software, and after a few difficulties, I made my first DVD yesterday (Pirates of Penzance 2007). New software (and the technical issues created by some of my format decisions) has slowed down the import of new video but hope to get some Christmas video up soon.
4) Had fun in Florida the rest of the week. Lots (lots!) of swimming...played miniature golf in Panama City Beach...we did what was billed as one of the largest mazes in the US (beat Kevin out after giving him a head start...he wasn't happy). Ate at two of the local restaurants, meals (at least for me) were really good....
5) Began driving back on New Year's eve....will save that story for another post.....
