The Shafferland Shuffle

Happy Valentine's Day! Whether or not you have a significant other in your life today, we want you to know you're loved!!!

* Last Sunday, Ryan and I worked the cafe at church - and it continues to make me happy to be around so many coffee beans!! What a great work assignment. :) As you may also have heard, last Sunday was the Super Bowl!!! Some friends of ours came over to watch part of the game with us, and I have to say - for being a non-football girl, I thoroughly enjoyed that game. I appreciated the non-dramatic nature of it and of course, Peyton's fantastic evening!

* Monday morning, I spent some time getting organized for the week. Because of all these house adventures, I am now a two-planner girl, and it gets confusing! Ryan got a treat from one of his patients - they are so good to bring him food! {Because I don't feed him, right?} We were working out Monday night when we got a call from an out-of-town friend that his daughter had been in a car accident not far from our house. We went to get her and took her to the hospital {where her friend had been taken} and stayed with her until her dad could get into town. We seem to be seeing a lot of the ER lately!!!

 * Tuesday was cold and blustery here, and it would have been a GREAT day to stay curled up under blankets, but I had agreed to serve as a volunteer receptionist at the church while all the office staff went to a staff meeting. I even had my own name tag! Looks like Braeya's little friend came for a visit that day - too bad she was busy SLEEPING all day! And that night, Ryan set up camp in the office to do some serious organizing. He got it done, too!

* Wednesday I had an unexpected lunch date with my parents, so that was fun {and thanks for the free lunch, Mom!!}. I stopped by their house to pick up some newspaper, because guess who has the itch to START PACKING!?!?!!?!? Oh yes! That's me!!! I even talked Ryan into shopping for supplies for my whole color coding system I've devised {with the help of Pinterest, of course}.

* Thursday I actually packed my first boxes, which was exciting and scary all at the same time! Braeya is NOT too sure about this adventure, but I keep welcoming her into the packing space, hoping she will get the hang of it eventually. And all things go better and faster when looking at beautiful scenery, right? Enter the gorgeous flowers Ryan gave me as an early Valentine's Day gift!

* Friday I kept packing. I don't NEED to pack, but it's like a sickness. Once I start, I can't stop! The bookshelves took the brunt of Friday! When Ryan got home from work, we went to meet some of his co-workers for dinner, and although it had been cloudy and snowy all day, we got to enjoy a beautiful sunset!!

* Yesterday was our big mystery date! If you heard the podcast this week, you know that Ryan planned a date for me but he didn't tell me what it was going to be! I didn't know until we were actually in the car and on our way! He signed us up for a Romance in Italy cooking class! I can't wait to tell you more about that {but yes, I'll wait until I'm done being mean with all the to-be-continueds.} But let the record show, it was a spectacular Valentine's Day gift!