Woman's Retreat
This past weekend I went to Woman's Retreat at Indian Creek Camp. It's been 8 years since I was last at ICC, back when I was a counselor at Young Woman's Retreat. The Hendersonville SDA church paid for me to attend this year and I stayed in the cabin with the H-ville women so I got to get to know them better.
I decided to follow googles directions to get there instead of going the route I remember. I missed a turn and took a slightly longer route then normal but it was really pretty and enjoyable. Not long after checking in it was time to go to soy candle making class I signed up for. I've not done soy candles but I have done most other options. The woman teaching made and sold soy candles for a living, sadly, I knew more about candle making then she did. O.o The H-ville women that were in the class with me kept having questions and it was clear the teacher either just simply did not know or would just make a guess, I kept answering with the real answer.
Then we left and went down to the boats. I got to ride the speed boat twice, so relaxing. Then we had supper and the evening meeting. Hyveth Williams was the speaker for the weekend and she is a GREAT speaker. I had a migraine and wasn't feeling well but I didn't want to leave because she was such a good interesting speaker. I bought the DVD for that meeting, would have liked to buy all (only 16 dollars) but money is sadly short.
Saturday morning before breakfast I went out to my favorite spot on campus and looked at how much had changed in that area since I was last there. Took a bunch of pictures then returned for breakfast and the mornings meetings. After lunch I joined a couple of the H-ville ladies in the spa room and we pampered each other with massages and such. Then I went back down to the boats and rode the pontoon and the speed boat. The afternoon meeting was hands-on of putting our hand prints on a painted tree to represent God and being part of him. In the evening they had Gail our music leader play songs for half an hour. She is hilarious. Her last song was about hot flashes, she had pulled 4 older ladies up on the stage and they were fanning themselves with the song books. I carry my fabric fans everywhere because I'm always hotter then everyone else. Near the end of the song I got up, took my fan and went to Gail at the piano and fanned her with my fan. Everyone thought it was hilarious and "the perfect ending to the song".
They also had a drawing and my name was pulled so I won a bottle of bubbly (non-alcoholic sparkling cider). At the expo of Christian women who have businesses in the area I got a couple pretty fabric quarters, a stack of inspirational cards and two mail cards with inspirational sayings that Cassie Sloan was selling.
Sunday after a last meeting and brunch I went out to my spot again and took a bunch of pictures and enjoyed watching the day get going. On the way out to my spot I kept hearing noises in the woods that were clearly more then just a bird or squirrel. After a bit I looked closely and saw a young buck munching away. I stopped and took a bunch of pictures of him. He clearly thought I was fine and went about his business, after I took a bunch of pictures I continued on while he stayed and munched.
Over all the weekend was great. I missed Walter and my Spooks but it was only a weekend. Before I left I put my bags by the door and went to shut down my computer, when I returned Spooks had lied down next to my bags as if to say "NOW all your bags are packed, lets go". Poor Spooks never wants me to leave the house. :)
I decided to follow googles directions to get there instead of going the route I remember. I missed a turn and took a slightly longer route then normal but it was really pretty and enjoyable. Not long after checking in it was time to go to soy candle making class I signed up for. I've not done soy candles but I have done most other options. The woman teaching made and sold soy candles for a living, sadly, I knew more about candle making then she did. O.o The H-ville women that were in the class with me kept having questions and it was clear the teacher either just simply did not know or would just make a guess, I kept answering with the real answer.
Then we left and went down to the boats. I got to ride the speed boat twice, so relaxing. Then we had supper and the evening meeting. Hyveth Williams was the speaker for the weekend and she is a GREAT speaker. I had a migraine and wasn't feeling well but I didn't want to leave because she was such a good interesting speaker. I bought the DVD for that meeting, would have liked to buy all (only 16 dollars) but money is sadly short.
Saturday morning before breakfast I went out to my favorite spot on campus and looked at how much had changed in that area since I was last there. Took a bunch of pictures then returned for breakfast and the mornings meetings. After lunch I joined a couple of the H-ville ladies in the spa room and we pampered each other with massages and such. Then I went back down to the boats and rode the pontoon and the speed boat. The afternoon meeting was hands-on of putting our hand prints on a painted tree to represent God and being part of him. In the evening they had Gail our music leader play songs for half an hour. She is hilarious. Her last song was about hot flashes, she had pulled 4 older ladies up on the stage and they were fanning themselves with the song books. I carry my fabric fans everywhere because I'm always hotter then everyone else. Near the end of the song I got up, took my fan and went to Gail at the piano and fanned her with my fan. Everyone thought it was hilarious and "the perfect ending to the song".
They also had a drawing and my name was pulled so I won a bottle of bubbly (non-alcoholic sparkling cider). At the expo of Christian women who have businesses in the area I got a couple pretty fabric quarters, a stack of inspirational cards and two mail cards with inspirational sayings that Cassie Sloan was selling.
Sunday after a last meeting and brunch I went out to my spot again and took a bunch of pictures and enjoyed watching the day get going. On the way out to my spot I kept hearing noises in the woods that were clearly more then just a bird or squirrel. After a bit I looked closely and saw a young buck munching away. I stopped and took a bunch of pictures of him. He clearly thought I was fine and went about his business, after I took a bunch of pictures I continued on while he stayed and munched.
Over all the weekend was great. I missed Walter and my Spooks but it was only a weekend. Before I left I put my bags by the door and went to shut down my computer, when I returned Spooks had lied down next to my bags as if to say "NOW all your bags are packed, lets go". Poor Spooks never wants me to leave the house. :)