Brenden with Papa
My head is spinning from all of the information and great conversations that I had at the retreat. It was so great to meet other women who do something similar to what I do, and to learn from them and share ideas with them. I have a lot to process over the next days and weeks, but here are a few highlights from the weekend.
New Friends
I met so many great, amazing people this weekend. First of all, you all know how much I love Katie from Kitchen Stewardship (you did know that, right?)! Well, I got to meet her at the retreat! And she is as nice and funny and personable as she comes across on her blog. I had a really great time with her and Donielle from Naturally Knocked Up.
Also, Julie from Dutch Being Me and I sat at a table together for the sessions, and I now have a new friend and someone that can help me navigate the murky waters of Twitter.
And I met so many other amazing women, too many to really mention, who answered my questions, asked me about my blog and what I write about and why, and gave me great advice. I wish I could write something about everyone one of them, but I don't think that's really practical, so here's a list of all the other wonderful attendees that I had the pleasure of meeting and interacting with over the weekend.
Free Stuff
Who doesn't love free stuff! We received amazing swag bags for attending the retreat and I wanted to take a second to mention my favorites. One of the things that I really appreciated about the swag was that a lot of it was from eco-friendly companies. We received awesome stainless steel water bottles from EcoUsable, granola from Good Life Granola, a gift certificate to Piggy Paint - non-toxic nail polish, and much more and it all came in these awesome baskets from Home & Company. The basket will be perfect for my trips to the Farmer's Market!
Also we had my sister's bachlorette party on Saturday night. It was a great time to hang out, laugh, and celebrate that my sister is getting married in a little over a month! Crazy!
And last but certainly not least - my amazing hubby spent the weekend working on painting our house! He worked really hard all weekend scraping, fixing, caulking, priming and painting, and our house is now a nice greenish-grey color now, instead of yellow. It will definitely take a little getting used to, but it looks really nice and he did a great job painting. I'll post pictures once it's all finished - hopefully by next weekend!
It was a definitely a full and fun weekend! And oops, how could I forget this - P.S.
I'm so glad you made some great connects Emily! It was so great to meet you. I hope you can come to some of our West Michigan Blogger meet-ups!
ReplyDeleteHey, that's me! ;) I'm glad I'm not a total dork in real life - I was as psyched to meet you as you were me! Such fun...and "well done" to your hubby on the house! Woo hoo!
ReplyDelete:) Katie, who is apparently famous around here, but won't let that get to her head