Wonderful Weekend

So on Friday Jared and I took off for our churches yearly marriage retreat.  It’s always a blast…and this year was probably better than last.  It’s a great time to just get away from Greenville…and work…and to just focus on us and connecting with other married couples from our church.  Bill and Pam Farrel spoke again this year…and they are simply amazing.  They wrote the book “Men are Like Waffles, Women are Like Spaghetti.”  Anyway…it was great….and I completely recommend any of their books to marrieds or unmarrieds.  They have some really great things to say about relationships.  The retreat got over Saturday afternoon and we made use of the rest of the day since we were already in St. Louis.  Lunch at P.F. Changs (yum), shopping at the Galleria, picking up some new house goodies for the front porch at Gordman’s, Guitar Center (for Jared), and some oh-my-delicious sourdough french toast from Cracker Barrel.  It was just a really good two days away.  Yesterday church was really good.  Jared had the week of from praise band…and I was actually in a drama.  I haven’t done any acting since high school…so I was nervous…but ended up going really well….and I think the congregation enjoyed it as well and got something out of it (which was the whole point).  I took advantage of the AMAZING weather we had yesterday (nearly 70 out!) and finally got the last bits of Christmas greens and bows off the front porch.  I tidied up a bit and put up some new Easter goodies.  I also had a chance to run out to Value City (where things are finally getting cheaper…nearly 50% off most of the store now.)  Anyway…I limited myself to $50…and wow…I did good!  I got enough things to completely redecorate our guest room.  No longer does it look like my college dorm…it actually looks like a cozy little retreat for our guests.  What a blessing to find so many good deals.  Anyway…that brings us to now….it’s cold again…and rainy…but that’s ok.  It’s warm and cozy in my office.  Adios!