The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday, we came home from church and took a two hour nap before we even got around to making lunch! Now THAT is a day of rest. I tried a new Pinterest recipe of chicken fried rice, and we declared it a keeper! Ryan got his feet wet in a new season of football with the Colts/Eagles game, and we spent the rest of the day on Mo, breaking our date with him briefly enough to pick up a pizza and catch a stunning sunset.

* Monday I had an eye doctor appointment in Kokomo, which meant that duh, I needed to go early and have lunch with Ryan! That was a treat! And then...it was time for the eye doctor. You already read about that adventure...but it was certainly an interesting afternoon! My first visit to the eye doctor - ever in life. We got a HUGE thunderstorm right when Ryan got home, so that was all the permission we needed to rest for the evening!!

* Tuesday morning, my friend Marie came over to spend some time with me...and she brought me a chocolate chip frappe! YAY! She sells Mary Kay, and I was a face model for some of the new fall colors, so I got to play with makeup all morning, which made it a great day. I got so busy writing that afternoon that I even forgot to breathe, making the subsequent four mile run very interesting. I did squeeze in time to make homemade lasagna, and we ate in the pirogi, since it was such a beautiful night.

* Wednesday was another busy writing day for me - I actually spent most of this WEEK busy writing. Excited to tell you more about that. Braeya always sits with me in the office and sleeps in moral support - waking up to sniff coffee or lick leftover food from plates. Ryan wanted to work a bit more on the garage that night and I sorted through some more boxes from my childhood. Found the dress I was dedicated in. Don't think it fits anymore.

* Thursday, Ryan sent me this picture from work. One of his patents drove this motorcycle, and Ryan wanted to sit on it. LOL!! Hope he enjoyed it - no motorcycles in Shafferland. I FINISHED the big writing project I'd been working on {the draft of it anyway}, and we went for a run that night. Ryan wanted me to see my form, so he sneaked a picture of me from a distance when I didn't know he was watching!

* Friday I spent a long time in prayer and with my journal - God certainly seems to have a lot to chat about with me right now! I'm thankful for the time to do that. Braeya and I waited for my parents to arrive, becasue they'd been away to Shipshewana for their anniversary and brought home Rise n Roll donuts for us!!!! I was mildly excited. :) Ryan did garage work that night, rotating tires, changing oil...and I sat in a lawn chair beside him, reading while he worked.

* We had plans yesterday to do a county date, but we had too much to do and we knew it would just be stressful to try to finish our chores and do an all-day date. So we worked hard, had a little fun with some shopping, and at the end of the day, went for a six mile run that I thought might kill me. But it didn't!! We were so glad we had not tried to do it all. No need to be heroes.

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