Wow, it's been awhile since I was here. Life has been busy--mainly with our church's womens retreat. I was the main organizer, and it kept me pretty busy. One of our women has a house down in southern Indiana in Brown County. We loaded up Friday and headed down. And we had a lot of fun. There was a pond right there and that's pretty much where I camped out. Brought my bathing and suit and a ton of sunblock and sat in a chair until I got hot and then I went for swim. Friday we had snacks and wine as everyone was coming in. We had a wonderful brunch at the Story Inn in Story, IN (the closest town) Saturday. Then some headed to Nashville to shop, some to horseback ride, and the bums by the pond. We cooked together than night: grilled chicken, tuna, and lots of veggies, and an awesome chocolate mousse. Then we built a fire and had schmores! 4 or 5 of us stayed up until 1 AM talking around the fire. And you could see stars! (A rarity in Chicago.) I star gazed for quite awhile too. Sunday morning we had own our little worship service then made breakfast, ate, cleaned, and headed out. It was really, really fun and we all got to know each other better. A lot of community was built. Monday I crashed. I really needed a recovery day.
My next big project is I am going to be teaching a workshop at a retreat in Mundelein in August. I've decided the workshop is going to be about how to bring out the women of the Bible and teach them, since they get glossed over so much. I'll also be preaching again in August. Then there's getting the work blog caught up (I haven't blogged there since June 1 either! Yikes!) and working on the #$%#@ D#!%^ book propsal, which I have to just write. I've spent far too much time researching, and plotting and researching and planning, and now it's this big, overwhelming monster. I just need to write it and be done with it.
So that is what's been keeping me busy. And I will have some pictures of the retreat up soon.
Oh yeah: The Hubby and I are going to see Fiddler on the Roof tonight! Squeeeee! I've always wanted to see it live, and now I will see it. Woot!
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