This online course will help women in midlife focus their diet and exercise to lose inches from their waistline by summer. I will show you step by step what I did to lose 6 inches from my belly.

Becky Longacre is a nurse gone health coach with a specialty in weight loss from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She uses her own health journey to empathize and lead clients to better health and life satisfaction through happy, healthy, sustainable weight loss and empowered decision-making.

All large purchases come with an owner's manual, so what about your house? In this class, we'll learn the steps to create an owner's manual for your house, including the mechanical systems, maintenance schedules, interior & exterior surfaces, etc., all organized into a binder with photos. Learn about your home and how to keep it running in top condition!

Colin McCullough is the owner of All-Around Home Performance, working as an independent energy auditor, and provides the service of creating owner's manuals for houses. Colin lives in Farmingdale in a 1915 house where he is working to make a net-zero energy house, and he is a BPI-certified building science trainer/proctor teaching at SMCC and KVCC.

How do you reduce heating costs while making your house more comfortable? Learn tips & tricks from an independent home energy auditor bring your questions about insulation, heat pumps, solar panels, etc. as we learn about common home issues and ways to save on energy bills!

Colin McCullough is the owner of All-Around Home Performance, working as an independent energy auditor, and provides the service of creating owner's manuals for houses. Colin lives in Farmingdale in a 1915 house where he is working to make a net-zero energy house, and he is a BPI-certified building science trainer/proctor teaching at SMCC and KVCC.

Chris Toy, author of six popular cookbooks and private chef, has taught Asian fusion cooking for many years. Cooking students will learn how to prepare a variety of recipes from Asia, Europe, and the Americas incorporating traditional and local ingredients. Each meal will actively engage cooks with the tools, techniques, and stories behind the dishes being created.

Mary Laury, an accomplished watercolorist and highly esteemed teacher, encourages students to believe they can be successful. Painting is an exciting medium; it flows and moves and does beautiful things. If you have never painted in watercolors, we will start at the beginning. If you have painted before, you will pick up some new tips and tricks as well. We all learn together!

Step back to a time when President Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor, and their family escaped to their beautiful little island. in the Canadian Maritimes, Campobello Island. We will be exclusive guests of the international park, staying in historic Victorian cottages. All meals are included in the workshop fee as well as specially planned optional evening activities designed to extend your learning from the day's workshops, including a private concert by award-winning Celtic Fiddle player, Katherine Moller, and A Special Program in October, for Indigenous People's Day weekend, an evening program about Native American Basketry by Catherine Hunter, in the Victorian parlor of Hubbard House.

Register for the retreat then call Sherry Mitchell at 506-752-2922 to make room reservations. For more information go to: acadianarts.com