The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday was Father's Day, and Ryan and I did the tour-de-families to celebrate with my family and with his mom's side of the family. You already read about it, but once again, here's the photo of my sister and I in our typical fashion with Dad. {Long-suffering is one of his virtues.}

* Monday I was excited to go back to work SO I COULD REST!!! It had been SUCH a busy weekend! Lynne was on vacation this past week, so I had all sorts of time at my desk to knock out paperwork that had been piling up. After work, Ryan and I went for a run {possibly my worst run ever} and then we enjoyed a new Dashing Dish recipe: buffalo sloppy joes. They were extremely scrumptious. And then we were bums. And I feel it was well deserved.

* Tuesday evening I was so pooped that while Ryan went to the gym, I came home and took a nap! WHOOPSIE!!! But I felt much better when I got up and went outside to crash in the hammock and work on blog posts. We went on a walk - the perfect night for it - and then I did a Bob Harper workout video. It was brutal. {AND later in the week proved to have also caused a hamstring injury. SUPER.} I enjoyed the hammock portion of the evening much more.

* Wednesday evening, I tried running again - DETERMINED to do better than last time. And I did. I ran my first mile a minute and a half faster than last time. Thankyouverymuch.  {And during said run...I discovered the existence of the leg muscle injury. OUCHEE.} Ryan and I had some serious work to knock out at home, and we made progress on that!

* Thursday was a weird day...with Lynne on vacation, there was no BLT show for this girl and that felt SO STRANGE! After work, I came home and made a Dashing Dish chocolate chip cookie and paired it up with the new frozen yogurt from Yoplait that I found while surfing the "Better for You" foods at the store. Still cracks me up that it's an actual section of frozen foods.

* Friday was so busy! I left work at noon and met up with my new friend Erica, {our first real-life meeting} for lunch, and then I headed back to my old stomping grounds at IWU for a retirement party for Lynette, who was our secretary for most of the time I worked in Financial Aid. Then in the evening, Ryan and I had an at-home date night. He grilled steaks and veggies on the charcoal grill and we enjoyed chocolate cake and coffee on the patio before coming in to watch a movie and eat popcorn. Loved the love-filled day! {Photo below is with Erica.}

* And yesterday we actually slept in until 9:00 {which may be a first for Ryan in his adult life. Never been prouder} and then we went to help our friends Adam and Sara pack their moving van. They were in our wedding and are headed to a new chapter of life. Hate goodbyes. :( But it was good to help them - especially when blessed with freakishly incredible strength like this:

{It's POSSIBLE that the box was extremely light.}