chatauqua retreat...

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we had our company retreat last week. it was lovely in chatauqua and the department had a wonderful time. i went absolutely nuts with my camera and everyone seemed to appreciate the results.

this was our second retreat at our boss Sharon's cottage called The Sisterhood-three sisters and mom has a place called The Motherhood. it is an insanely quaint little resort-ish, dirty dancing-esque spot near grafton on the great river road... ahhh the mississippi!

i did three things i'd never done before... 1) made a warm fuzzy, 2) ate a "sheet" cake with some friends armed only with our forks, sans plates, and 3) played a card game called spoons. OMG i love that game, and i really liked that everyone was as competitive as me!

we also played co-worker trivia that was genius on the planners part and hysterical. i discovered that you can work with people for six years, call them family and find out you don't know the first thing about them! i was pleasantly surprised that even i stumped my co-workers--me the open book. ha!

it was a fantastic release and a fabulous bonding. Sharon made her famous Pasta Sharona and the most yummy egg casserole for breakfast. With the sheet cake and Mike's lemonade... it was a feast, as well!

i didn't have time to give up at work for this activity, but i think this was a better use of my time by far. ohhhhh what camp song, butter cream frosting and flying spoons can do for the spirit!