Midway Retreat

It was a get away in the mountains and no husbands. But there was a frog to kiss.... and hug.  The resort was charming. No Prince, but Vicki, Angie, Kimmy Brunner, Cheryl and I found  a frog to kiss. 

This is where I stayed, and this is me getting a picture of  the sun coming up.... SEVEN am and I am headed to breakfast.  This is my charming cottage, that I hardly had a chance to enjoy.  We were very, very busy teaching, laughing and  eating.  All buffets.  And food  breaks between lunch and breakfast and lunch and dinner and treats for the night gatherings. UGh!  Why is food always too good to pass up?

Jill Finley came and did a trunk show and Cheryl and I raced right up to get her to sign our copies of her book.  We had to twist her arm to get her to write that we were her biggest fans.  Which we really are.

This is me... teaching I'm sure. At the  first of every class I have to start with a joke. At least they get a good laugh out of my classes.

And this is my class of very good students.... the ones who followed ALL of the directions and laughed at my jokes.  I try to warn them ahead of time that I am telling a joke and when I stop talking is when they should laugh.

At the Homestead Resort there is this cave with clear blue water 65 feet deep.  I've been to the Homestead lots of times and looked at the water and the people inside.   I made the other educators promise that we would all go swim.  No cameras allowed.  It was on my bucket list ... well after all it is close to home, one of those things you just really ought to do before you die. Turns out we are almost dead.  We were supposed to pay $15 to swim and the guy only charged us $10. Angie wanted to go back and pay the five bucks when she figured out that we ALL got in for the Senior Citizen discount.  We had been so busy all week that this was the highlight of it all...just soaking in the warm water and relaxing. Oh, and laughing, a lot.