Recharge!

I think retreat is a funny name to describe an event which so recharges everyone I know. Retreat implies defeat to me and certainly every road trip I have ever taken was a success, one way or another. This past weekend spent at a borrowed home in Lakeside, Ohio was no different. Rosie, Denise, and I drove up on Thursday afternoon, arriving after dark, but that little community still manages to be beautiful. It rained most of the time but we didn't care; we were quilting! Rosie and Denise found some time to walk down to Lake Erie and enjoy the scenery even in the rain. I passed, hoping that my cough would get better. I doctored it with wine slushies and Rosie's homemade chicken noodle soup, and it seems to have worked.

We worked on separate projects on Friday and Saturday morning, but on Saturday afternoon we started in on the real purpose of our trip -- cutting and organizing the kits for the Heart of Ohio Quilters Guild Retreat next February. We took a break to enjoy dinner, meeting Denise's niece and friend at the Nagoya Steak House -- one of our favorites -- it's like dinner and a show --and then were able to finish the kits after dinner.

The hardest part of any recharge is that it ends. Sunday morning we sewed for a few hours and then packed up, cleaned up, and were on the road by noon. Appreciative that someone was willing to share their Lakeside getaway with us, we could endure the trip home and all the duties that awaited us when we got there. We were recharged!