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Good Morning, Ladies!
How are you doing this morning?
We just signed up for our 4th Strong Bonds family retreat. I'm so excited. We try to do one every year. We have so much fun and learn so much each time. This time, we are going to St Augustine, FL.
Have any of you been to a Strong Bonds retreat? Have you thought about it but didn't know what to expect?
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Re: Good Morning, Ladies!
TX I'm jealous! I would love to do a Strong Bonds retreat. We were supposed to do one last December in Colorado but it fell through...I can't remember why.
Work is pretty slow today and I'm thankful for it. I got about 8 hours of sleep last night but I don't feel like I got quality sleep. Nothing too exciting planned for the day. Phillies play at 6 tonight.
Good morning! I'm super bummed because the rain came and went in the night and I didn't get to enjoy it
I went walking with N this morning and am now on the couch with Simon before I go get ready for work. I'm trying to decide which DMV is the closest to try and get to tomorrow morning before I head to work.
We never had the opportunity to go to a strong bonds retreat.
I am beating this cold I have caught thanks to the arrival of the fall temps. Today I am working on transcripts and credit audit so I have my pandora turned up.
I am also trying to find a couple of low carb appies for tonight and the get together I am having a my house. Does anyone have any suggestions? I need something quick and easy. I already have a cheese and pepperoni tray.
Morning! About to head to a college fair...I've been dreading it for awhile, but I don't think it'll be that bad once I get there. Today will be another busy day of advising, but we're just about halfway through all that, which is nice.
I really hope I have the energy to watch Transformers tonight...I rented it yesterday but didn't have time to watch it last night. Need to figure out what to make for dinner, too...I made some delish beef stew last night, but DS wasn't a fan. Bah.
Good Morning! I came in to work late. I'm sooo exhausted to the point I may crash at some point. I'm sleeping just doesn't feel like it when I wake up.
I've been super stressed with homework and I only have 3 more weeks of classes before starting a new set. I feel like I'm never going to finish all of my work before the 3 weeks are up.
We've never been to a Strong Bonds and I would **love** to attend one. Just haven't had luck finding one.
Tonight I will continue to clean house since the construction is done in the kitchen and it gave us the opportunity to clear out our junk drawers, shelves, etc. All this misc. crap! Some of it needs to be kept but someplace different that makes me sense to be able to locate later. I'm adjusting to the new color - went from a pale mint green to a olive/pistachio green? The living room painting is coming along nicely; K is doing an amazing job. The hole in the wall will be patched up this Saturday when he has assistance to complete that PITA and the painting will be completed afterwards.
Need to also take L door-to-door for her Girl Scout fall product sale. I hate that part of these fund-raisers, I really do.
I am kicking myself in the butt big time. I am the director of creative activities for our MOPS group on base and I've been having the hardest time trying to find everything for our craft for our meeting that meets the budget guidelines. I've been on the phone all morning trying to figure out what stores have the items in stock and I have to drive all over town and waste my gas picking them up. I waited too long to get this rolling and I've had other appointments that take up most of my day. I'm stressing out big time. I'm so anxious to get this done but DH took my car this morning so I'm stuck until lunch time AHH
The whole process of getting the purchase request approved through the base chapel is going to make me insane as well.
Sorry that turned into a majorly whiny vent
What is Strong Bonds?
I'm reviewing our OSC constitution and bylaws for a meeting at 1. We are editing them to reflect some changes we made recently. The meeting was originally supposed to be in the evening, but they moved it to the afternoon which is smack in the middle of naptime. I hope DS isn't a bear the whole time we're there.
We did a strong bonds retreat and LOVED it! The classes were short but informative and it was at a great resort, all expenses covered. We got a lot of good info out of it that we still use now, plus it was nice getting away for a weekend and not have to worry about finances haha.
You'll love it! Have fun
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They are marriage and family retreats sponsored by the Army or specific units. DH's unit always does them twice a year with our Chaplain and a guest Chaplain, usually the RGT Chaplain.
Good morning. I am watching the Today show and watching LO army crawl all over the living room. Guess it's time to get the house baby-proofed. When C gets home from his duty today, we're going to be completely emptying out the office, cleaning it, purging junk and rearranging the furniture. It's going to be a lot of work, but it will be SOO nice to finally have it done.
Strong Bonds looks like a wonderful opportunity; I should find out if the USAF has a similar program for their families.
I'm having a
day. Although we couldn't have imagined, our roommate situation manages to get worse by the day. That says a lot. We're dealing with an animal abuser and I don't want him anywhere near my dogs. I told Joe last night that if he doesn't get this guy out of my house by next week, I'm sending the dogs to stay with my trustworthy coworker. I was hoping that was enough of a threat to get Joe moving, but he's afraid of hurting this guy's feelings or giving him "reason" to hurt our dogs, so I had to break it down and tell him if he doesn't kick this guy out, I'll do it, and then I'll be angry that I had to do it.
Holy crap. What has this guy done? I assume he hasn't hurt your dogs since he's still in the house. I hope he kicks this guy out soon; it sucks that you have to worry about your dogs in your own home.
And I forgot to respond to the OP.
Good morning! The day started out well for me. H and I got up and went to the gym for a little work out, and now we're about to head out to lunch somewhere. I'm working later tonight, so I'm trying to get all of my veg time in until I have to go in.
It's afternoon now, but oh well.
I went to bed early and slept in after a super hectic day yesterday. My legs are killing me after 13 hours on my feet (worked 9:30 to 3 at job #1, then 3:30 to 9:30 at job #2...then came home and worked on a project for job #3). I don't know what possessed me to think this was a good idea...
Now I'm sitting here eating semi-sweet chocolate chips for breakfast/lunch because I haven't been to the grocery store in a few weeks. I'm hoping I will have enough time to go to the library to pick up some books before I go to work but I'm having a hard time making my body move from the couch.
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Sounds like my kind of breakfast of champs!!!! Love it!