(Exercise Challenge Check-in: A good week except F and Sat when I was at the WHO convention. Sunny days, so I even walked today and yesterday with my 7# vest on. 2 miles!)

Friday and Saturday, Marie (Troopers for Christ) and the (WA Homeschool Nations coordinator) headed down to the Puyallup Fairgrounds to man the Old Schoolhouse Magazine's exhibit booth (table). In spite of being in the "outer reaches of space", tucked agains a brick wall that didn't allow the gorgeous banner to stick, it was a super-fun time! I don't know about your neck of the country, but out here, everybody's a "new friend" and eager to share their stories, their opinions, their love of TOS mag, and easy to encourage to "come on over" and chat awhile, sign up for the Homeschool Minute, browse through the sample magazines, and did I mention chat? That's what folks at the WHO (WA homeschool convention) like to do. Sure, we hobnobbed with a few folks Marie and I already knew, but the majority were passersby who were more than happy to turn aside from their "I'm on a curriculum mission" and visit. That's what I loved about the last two days.

True, we were not in the thick of things (the "midway" or "inner circle"), where most of the traffic congregated, but we had a great time, too. Here are a couple of pictures!

Here Marie and I are trying to get the TOS banner to stick to a brick wall. It didn't work. It fell on top of us as soon as we got it hanging. Rough brick walls don't work. The "inner circle" booths have the usual curtain arrangement that one can use hooks to hang the banners.

Doesn't our table look nice? But the wall banner is gone (sadly). Here is Marie waiting for eager convention passersby to come on over for a chat and a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the TOS Store.

We had a great time, and the vendor across the aisle had bowls of candy available, so I enjoyed a lot of chocolate those 2 days.