What fun!
I just got home after having a play day with Grace! She is out here on the Left Coast visiting her son and DIL, trying to escape the last of winter back home in Ontario -- lousy timing, since we are still not having the lovely weather we have come to expect at this time of year. :(Anyway, Grace joined my Tuesday morning sewing group and we did no sewing but quite a lot of shopping -- the LQS where we meet was having a sale and half price batiks are irresistable. I got what I hope will be enough to do Rosey's Provincial Flowers quilt, and Grace bought for two projects. And then we went for lunch and chattted about life on the BB -- like, where is everybody who used to post, anyway? -- and then we talked about plans for the Retreat in September.
JANE, Grace wants me to tell you that she can't access her e-mail from her son's house but will be in touch when she gets home. In the meantime she is praying for you and hopes you will be well enough to come to the retreat in September.
Retreat plans are coming nicely. There is a hotel in Pembroke (not far from Grace's home) that will be able to provide rooms at quite a reasonable price, and a suite which can be used for meeting and sewing and chatting, etc. The manager says he can guarantee rooms will be available for our group until July, after which latecomers may find it necessary to stay elsewhere. Booking early sounds like a good idea to me. Getting there will not be difficult. There are plenty of flights into Ottawa, and Pembroke is a little more that an hour's drive north on good roads. I will be renting a car and driving up, pooling with whoever will be arriving at a similar time. I am waiting to book tickets and the car until I know who might be sharing.
The hotel provides breakfast as part of the room rate. We talked about places for dinners and also various forms of entertainment and possible shopping trips. It all sounds good to me!
Grace will be back home after May 13 and at that point she will want to be able to start making solid plans. It would be great if anyone interested could let her know so she has some idea of the numbers to provide for. And I am anxious to know who will be there to play with me!
Jean, heading off to Curves to work off that lunch!
posted by Jean at Mill Bay @ 5:32 PM
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