The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday evening, we went to Ryan's niece's birthday party - which was a Hawaiian themed shindig. We didn't know that before we went, so I missed my opportunity to pull out my grass skirt {ha!} but we found some leis when we arrived and we fit right in. It was a fun party - with extremely good food - and a chance for a photo opp, which only took about 7 tries.

* Monday evening we worked on some projects around the house {the recent story of our lives - but it's been so good to watch this place take shape!!} and had just enough time at the end of the day to take a nice long walk and enjoy the gorgeous views out at IWU.

* Tuesday was, as you already saw, the sticker stop I worked with Lynne in Fort Wayne. I had a great time working the event, and I won't rehash that since you already saw all the pics, but I will show you the fabulous v-neck sunburn I brought home. This one will be fun to fix. {Excuse the hair. It had been a long, humid day.}

* Wednesday we spent the day hearing about the derecho that was supposed to hit the midwest. I confess I still am not sure what the thing is, but no one likes seeing a map that looks like this one settled over their state.

 Ryan and I typically try not to overreact about weather, but just to be safe, we carted all our pirogi furniture to safety in hopes that we wouldn't lose any of our patio treasures! And in the end, we slept in the living room just to be safe. Worst. Night. Of. Sleep. Ever.

* Thursday night we stayed home and put everything back where it had been after the storm...and then I had to do some major overhauls on the old looks department. Manicure, pedicure and time to color the roots. MAN they were out of control!

* Friday was a long work day - but a lot of fun! Jim Barron and I headed to Wauseon, Ohio Friday afternoon to work the Black Swamp Jam Benefit Concert featuring Citizen Way and Brandon Heath. I have so much more to tell you about that one next week! I didn't get home until 1:30 in the morning, but it was a great day, INCLUDING - this fabulous world famous milkshake {thank you, Fulton County, for creating such a treat}!

* And then there was yesterday. After getting to bed at 2 in the morning, we got up early and headed out on a very special mystery date...one I'd been hearing clues about for several days. I was going to play this whole big game with you so you could guess what it was, but I can't wait to tell you. They say a picture's worth 1000 words...

 Hope you were sitting down!!