Hi Wiz, Yes, I am lucky. Five months of the year I can swim in my backyard. In the winter, I buy passes to my public pool about 5 miles away. Its reasonable, actually very cheap. The pool is as big as a football field and its heated all winter. In the winter, little kids dont seem to be in the pool. But in the summer its loaded with kids and so, I prefer the cleanliness of my backyard pool. I'm lucky.

How much is your Y membership?

Hi Dejibo, I'm also germo-conscious too.

See you in teh pool tomorrow AZJanie.

Hurricane Bill whipped up huge waves at our local beach today so DH and I went to watch. I couldnt help myself: I went into the surf and it was so fun: I felt like a little kid playing in the waves