We didn't end up going to Penzey's.

We went to Burger King for brunch. I had a double hamburger, but didn't eat the bun, and a cup of chili. Sheri had a Junior Whopper. We read the newspaper and worked the crossword puzzle.

Next we "shopped" around for Sheri's birthday present. Sheri loves to swim, but she doesn't get to that often. So her birthday present is to spend a day at a hotel with a nice pool. We went to a half dozen hotels to check out there pool areas and see if they had any weekend deals.

We settled on a Holiday Inn Select for a number of reasons. At a couple of hotels we visited you can look into the pool area as you walk down a hallway, or one even from the front lobby. The Holiday Inn Select's pool was hidden way in the back, and you can't be seen by a random passer-by.

The pool was also stocked with about a hundred clean and crisply folded towels. One other place had maybe a dozen towels out, and I didn't see towels at the other pools.

The Holiday Inn also had restrooms with showers at the pool. The others didn't.

The pool area had a good number of chase lounges, and one whole side of the pool room was nothing but picture with a nice view, not the side of a building or parking lot.

Are plan is to check in as early as possible. I will probably only work a half day and meet Sheri at the hotel in the early afternoon. We will take our stuff up to the room, change into our swim suits, and then hang out at the pool until 11 PM when it closes. I will pack a bunch of snack food so we don't have to leave the pool area. Cheese and crackers, fruit, some canned drinks.

I am thinking about taking a DVD player so after our swimming we can watch a movie in the room and maybe order a pizza if we are hungry.

Saturday morning we will eat brunch at the buffet, and then go back to the swimming pool. If we are up to it we are thinking about staying at the pool even after we check out. They have showers near the pool, so if we take a dry change of clothes with us we should be all set. Who's going to know that we will have already checked out?

After visiting the hotels we stopped at a new restaurant that Sheri noticed earlier called The Atlanta Bread Company. We went in and sat down to look at the menu, but we didn't order anything. It seems really similar to Panera Bread, but with a few key differences. ABC had a hot breakfast menu; omelettes, French toast, Belgian waffles, and breakfast sandwiches. They also have wood fired pizzas on their menu that looked pretty good. I had a sample piece of their sour dough bread and it was much better than Panera's. A better sour taste and a better crust. Cracklier.

Then we did some grocery shopping at Meijer's. We got ingredients for dinner. I am going to pan fry some tofu, mushrooms, and onions in a light chicken sauce, but I we are going to eat it without rice. I am also going to try using a blow torch on the cubed tofu before I put it in the pan. I want to give the edges a little charred taste. If the patio wasn't snowed in I would just grill it for a bit before frying it, but you make do.

I think we are just going to settle into the family room now. We have two movies in that we have to choose from this evening; Garden State and Employee of the Month. If we want snacks I bought a sweet potato which I plan on julienning, dredging lightly with a little flour, and frying until crisp.