Summer Social Retreat ‘09
Top 5 Reasons Why the Summer Social Retreat Was Fantastic
#5 Receiving April’s Favorite Things, which were presented to us in our “swag bags.” They were amazing! April has the best taste!
#4 Meeting new bloggers (IS*LY, Redhead Recipes, Progressive Pioneer) and catching up with old blogging friends!
#3 Enjoying Midway–it’s simply gorgeous! I arrived in an off mood and left feeling rejuvenated.
#2 Remembering how much I love horseback riding and using that to convince my husband (almost) to getting a horse.
#1 Being reminded of the feeling of support and kindness in the blogging/social media community.
There were so many amazing women in that room and I was honored to be invited! Thank you, April, for putting together this amazing event!
Most of my blog post on this was done in video form and first off, let me apologize. I was tired. More specifically, I was tired to the point of giggling like an eight-year-old girl the entire time. Please, just excuse me and hopefully I will be considered on the list of women invited next year. But let’s be honest, it just might not happen.
My Top 5 New Finds at The Summer Social Retreat
#5 Durango Soda Co.~Zuber Fizz Soda Pop Chocolate Soda? Yes, please…did I slip an extra bottle into my bag before I left? Well, maybe I did.
#4 Yes to Carrots Yes, I will say YES! And I will tell everyone I know about this lip gloss. It is my new favorite and I just adore it.
#3 Fotohok Photography She was perfect fit with all the ladies and made taking pictures fun, not to mention her photography is amazing. Thanks for letting me use some of your photos in this post!
#2 Sorel Boots How did I not know about this company? THIS will be my go-to company for boots this upcoming winter and we are going to look fabulous in them!
#1 Dinner provided by…
Shirley J’s (dinner) @Shirley_J
The Chocolate Bakery (dessert) @TheChoco
Amazing! I am a future customer for life, trust me.
I can’t wait until the next Summer Social Retreat! Thanks for having me!
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I don’t get to go to big events like this often, but I have a great local blogging community. We don’t all have family oriented blogs, but we are all geeks and we get together once a month or so. It is refreshing to connect with people who “get it.”
I’m glad you had a lovely time.
It really was fun! Next time I’m taking the day off to ride the horses!
You girls are out of control. It was hilarious sitting next to you!!
It was a great event. And April’s favorite things are fabulous. Much better than my favorite things which would have included the Clorox toilet bowl cleaner.
Thanks for the amazing advice! I really appreciate it.
You guys are hill-ar-i-ous! I am so glad you did a video for the post. just wait until the Winter Retreat even better I promise! Party music included. And yeah of course you will be invited!
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