{"id":1731,"date":"2008-03-29T18:14:57","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T01:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=1731"},"modified":"2008-03-29T18:14:57","modified_gmt":"2008-03-30T01:14:57","slug":"chico-hot-springs-2008-my-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=1731","title":{"rendered":"Chico Hot Springs 2008: My Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"

I asked for this week off as it’s the Montana Synod Pastors’ Conference and was granted it so… I got to go to Chico Hot Springs<\/a> with Jon for the conference!<\/p>\n

The Good
\n<\/strong>-not having to commute an hour to work for 5 days!
\n-living in the most beautiful state in the union and seeing a part of it while driving down
\n-breakfast at the Park n’ Ponder in Great Falls on Tuesday
\n-soaking in the pool at Chico which is fed by natural hot springs so it’s a gigantic hot tub
\n-the food — all gourmet and all made fresh every day
\n-hanging with friends from the synod and making new ones
\n-getting to have a normal conversation with our most awesome bishop and being able to joke around
\n-AWESOME worship by people who KNOW how to do it
\n-going to Yellowstone on Wednesday afternoon and communing with the bison and elk and geese who were out
\n-being able to sit by the fire in the lodge and read Joanne Fluke murder mysteries<\/a>
\n-dinner with Joe and Jon at Arby’s which was so fun that one forgot they were in a fast food restaurant
\n-walks in the falling snow while listening to my devotions<\/a> as well as other podcasts on Panimatushka (my new iPod)<\/p>\n

The Bad
\n<\/strong>-hard mattresses at the resort
\n-not getting to have a big orange tabby displacing my hips for several days
\n-missing my kitties<\/p>\n

Otherwise, I’m chilling in my study because we have no heat (!!!!) and downloading interesting podcasts for work this week in addition to some Casting Crowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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