The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday, Ryan and I went to church, which was really good...and after the service, we came home, ate some breakfast, and were asleep in about 20 minutes. Slept until noon! What has come over us!??! We enjoyed a low key afternoon at home...Ryan watched the playoffs and I finished my novel. {Reading, not writing.} That afternoon, the first of the nasty weather set in, making the roads all slickery, but Ryan ventured forth that night to get us a treat of Frostys! {Because who doesn't want a Frosty when it's icy out??!?!}

* Monday was c.o.l.d. Reminded me of last winter, and I know we haven't gotten anywhere near those temps! {And it's okay with me if we don't!!} My car was a creaking mess for the first part of the commute, and I can't blame it. I would be creaky too, trying to run in those temps!! We hunkered down at home for the evening - and Ryan was SO excited, because his late Christmas present arrived! All he really wanted was this coffee pot he found online, so he saved his Christmas money to get it. It's possible that I am now too dumb to make coffee at our house. That is one involved coffee pot!!

* Two hours and twenty minutes would be the amount of time it took me to get to work on Tuesday. We got some snow overnight, though not NEARLY what they predicted, and it was just a mess all the way to work. I had to drive 30 most of the way. My dental bracelet was repurposed as a winter driving bracelet! The snow sure was pretty, though. after I was out of the car. It was another night at home for us...because...FIXER UPPER STARTED!!!!!!!!!!!

* Winter continued on Wednesday. Right after I got to work, it turned into a white-out in Fort Wayne...and then in the early afternoon, the sun came out...and then it was a white-out for my entire drive home. This state cannot make up its mind on the weather!! Thankful for another day of safe commutes! And thankful the UPS truck came that night with two new scrapbooks for me!! We've now officially documented our trip to Holiday World and the family vacation from my parents' anniversary!

* Thursday was SO COLD, but I braved it at lunch time to meet up with my friend Elisa for lunch at our little cafe. {We figure by eating there twice, it becomes ours.} Fabulous sloppy joes. YUM. Who can't love a sloppy joe on a cold day? Came home to find our pipes to our kitchen had frozen. I was of the {clearly incorrect} belief that the fancy pants new plumbing we got couldn't freeze. I found out it actually can, but they just shouldn't burst. We tried to find the source of the freezing and warm it up, but it didn't get solved that night. Right after we discovered that, we found evidence that our sewer was backed up. This happens periodically because of tree roots. Time for a clean-out. So....we drowned our sorrows in Dashing Dish burrito bowls and I made plans to work from home on Friday so I could be there when the sewer guys came.

* Imagine my surprise on Friday when the sewer guys came and declared in five minutes that the issue was NOT tree roots this time! They were here for about an hour, trying to locate the source of the problem to fix it. After much searching, it turned out to be a freezing issue too! Winter. Why do you hate us? I worked from home all day - and then that evening, our friend Kole came over to pick up our couch and loveseat that he bought. Ryan helped him bundle them all up and move them out. One step closer to our IKEA couch!

* Ryan worked yesterday, so I stayed home and knocked out some serious scrapbooking while he was gone. When he came home, we went for a quick Starbucks date. They were offering samples of fresh brew, and we thought the little cups would make perfect mouthwash cups for the bathroom! :) We also went to Lowe's...and I may have gotten the itch to do some painting while I was there. I think it's time to redo the bedroom!!