That was the theme of the retreat I went on this weekend. My first official retreat with my new church. It was a short retreat....perhaps better called a retreatlet? I'm not sure.
Last night my friend Lori came by to pick me up and I rode with her and three other girls up to the church campgrounds in northern Indiana. Though I grew up going to camp there, I'd never been in the winter, so it was a whole new view of the place!
Most of my pictures have other people in them and since I didn't ask if I could broadcast them on the blog, I won't.
This was taken about 1:00 this morning - right before my journaling fest....
I MAJORLY lucked out and got my own room! They had extra bunks in other rooms, but this room was empty and I have no idea if I snore or talk in my sleep, so I decided to snag this room rather than running the risk of making others lose what little sleep they might be getting.This was our lodge. I've stayed in most of the lodges on the campground, but this was my first time in Oak Haven. It was really really nice.
The camp sits on Dewart Lake, which as I said, I'd never seen in the winter. It was quite lovely under all that snow.
Our speaker was wonderful. I consider a speaker good if she can make me laugh, cry, AND think. And Linda did all three. I really enjoyed the time with all the ladies, and the food....oh my goodness, the food. This was the last time that Dan, the cook for the camp, would cook for us, because he's leaving at the end of the month. We ate and ate and ate...because it would have been rude not to, really. Coffeecake...biscuits and gravy...scrambled eggs...bacon...hash brown casserole...chicken salad croissants...onion rings...chili...cream puffs. Oh my GOODNESS.
By the time we went to eat lunch, another group staying on the grounds had started to clear the lake for a skating party - I'd never seen people skate on a lake before. I loved it!
So now I'm home...with mouse number four...getting ready to exercise away some of those delish dishes....
4 comments:
Would this have been at Quaker Haven??
number four??? your cats are so fired!
julie
Amy - yes!! Quaker Haven! :D I should have said that. I wasn't being purposefully mysterious. :)
Julie - SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fired. But Lynette has named her (now daily) visits the "Hickory Dickory Dock Mouse Removal Service." God bless her.
Looks like a great retreat place!
btw, Mouse number four means you either a) have a place where those critters are able to enter from the outside and/or
b) have had a mommy and daddy mouse provide you with a litter.
Maybe you should get one of those cat toys with a fake mouse on the end to teach your kittehs what one looks like? :-/
;-D
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