The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday morning, Ryan and I woke up to a foot of snow outside. Say WHAT!?!?!!?! What about the predicted INCH??? Needless to say, church attendance was WAY down. Sunday afternoon, we took a three hour nap...so sorely needed by both of us after Share week. And then we settled in for the Super Bowl, which we will not even discuss. But the best part of the whole day was...it was our fourteen month anniversary!

 * Monday I worked SO hard to get ahead of the game {after being behind the game, following Share} because the weather was fixin' to be unpredictable again, and I didn't know how many days I'd make it into the office during the week! But I did get a nice surprise at work - a gift of a BLT cheeseball mix! Isn't that cool? And then that night, Ryan and I got busy trying to get house chores done ahead in case the pipes froze. Laundry! Dishwasher! Groceries! Not an exciting day to report, but definitely a productive day!

 * Tuesday, I came home at noon to be sure to beat the impending bad weather. They increased our projected snowfall to a total of 12+ inches that day {NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!} and I did NOT want to get stuck at work in that. Braeya and I curled up on the couch to work and Ryan stayed at his job the whole day before making a treacherous drive home. We stayed inside all night - and watched the Biggest Loser finale!! {Rachel - I wanted you to win and am so glad you did, but please don't stay SO THIN!!!}

* Wednesday...this girl went NOWHERE!! Ryan took the good car and went to work and I settled in on the couch to work from home. I squeezed in a pedicure while I worked...and at the end of the day, rushed a batch of no-bake cookies so we'd have something fun for dessert! Ryan came home with a Redbox movie, and when you add Starbucks to that, it makes for an impromptu midweek DATE!

* Thursday was a long, exhausting day, emotionally speaking, for both of us. That night we went to the gym, where I had a hard-fought mental battle with the track and came out on top with my most recent best mile time! And then...it was time for the start to THE OLYMPICS!!! It's back!!! We stayed on the couch the rest of the night, soaking up the snowboarding and ice skating - and I multi-tasked that with speech writing!

* Friday I didn't go to Fort Wayne to work...because I'd been invited to speak in a chapel service and three college classes...so I worked closer to home that day! It was so much fun to try something new and I think it went really well!! That night, Ryan and I stayed in to watch the Olympic opening ceremonies. Date at home! {Hint: He put on the split screen so he could watch the Pacer game while I watched the opening ceremonies and then proceeded to take a nap through the whole thing! So I watched both AND scrapbooked.}

 * Ryan did NOT have to work yesterday, which is about 17 kinds of wonderful. We slept in, watched TV, and enjoyed our morning together, and then Ryan had to be a responsible adult, fixing stuff around the house. I was a responsible scrapper and did several more pages on our cruise book that I'm trying to knock out. We had an impromptu date for dinner at a new crepe place in town - it was good! AND we got frozen yogurt for dessert. My happy place. :)