Withdrawls! A whole week without internet!

Hey all! I can't believe I survived it! A whole WEEK without internet! I never thought I would survive!

So I took last week off and went to camp meeting out in Howell, MI - well, actually, Cohoctah, MI; the mailing address is Howell, but the taxes are paid to Cohoctah!

Those of you who might not be familiar with the concept of camp meeting, it's . . . . well . . . it's church, Church and MORE CHURCH! We had two wonderful speakers and a great husband and wife worship/musical team. Every day we had early morning prayer, then Bible study, then a church service - all before noon! We had the afternoons "off" to do as we pleased, and then back to church in the evening. After evening service, most of us headed back to campsites and had campfires and snacks; just hanging out and chatting until around 11:00 (which was our scheduled "lights out" time). When you have several thousand people all camping for the week, it's best to have some basic ground rules like that laid out.

I got to see a lot of "old" friends (I lived on the grounds for almost 14 years as an adult, and spent most of my summers there from the time I was around 9 years old). I have to admit, though, I did NOT camp! I cheated and stayed at my Dad's house (he lives just about 6-7 miles down the road - much closer to civilization). IF I had camped, it would have had to be in a borrowed tent and I DO NOT TENT CAMP; especially when I have available a nice soft bed with real walls, a "potty-room" right outside my door and air conditioning. My momma didn't raise no fool!

My cousin and I played hookie on Tuesday and went up to Frankenmuth, MI for the day. Went to Bronner's (the world's largest Christmas store), had dinner at Zehnder's (one of the best places to get a family style chicken dinner there is!) and then went over to Rapunzel's (my absolute FAVORITE yarn store ever) where I got some new sock yarn; and then up to the Cheese Haus (I just have to stop in and get my Garlic Cheese spread every time we are even close to Frankenmuth). We had my Garlic cheese in the cooler for overnight and Pat had to take it out - put it in a zip-loc baggie and put it in the refrigerator because it was making everything smell like garlic. tee hee!!! She just didn't appreciate my favorite cheese!

Well, I'll let y'all in on more of our adventures later.

Take care and God Bless!!