The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday, we were still in Wisconsin, and we had the chance to attend church with Tom and Olivia {and hear the keynote speaker from the conference}. That afternoon, Olivia took us to a cute little coffee shop in their town, and that night, Ryan and I enjoyed some time alone together while they all went to their small group meeting. {Since it was our birthday trip, we figured, we needed some alone date time!}

 * Monday was our last day with Tom and Olivia, and while I haven't had a chance to tell you all about it yet, we got to visit a cheese factory {Ryan's big Wisconsin wish} AND go see the dairy farm where Tom works. Late that afternoon, we packed up our car to come home, since Ryan was still sick and needed to just get home to rest. The trip home was blissfully uneventful and MUCH less snowy than the trip UP!

* Tuesday, we had the entire day at home, and we had really been looking forward to that day of down time and productivity. Unfortunately we both had different goals out of the day and we failed to communicate them to each other and then everything that could go wrong DID {in the world of technology}, leaving us with no TV, no internet, and no smiles by the end of the day. {The one bright spot was we DID get to take a walk together!} Definitely not our best day and no way to end a vacation. 

 * Wednesday we returned to normal, and the cat and I curled up by the warmth of the sun coming through the window to work on computer stuff and do our devos and all that. I worked to do laundry and put things away, and I ended up with this one dish that I could not figure out my designated spot for. I'd had one, and then I used the dish, and then I couldn't remember where it was supposed to go. WHOOPSIE!!! And I spent my entire night on the phone with ebay and the US Postal Service, trying valiantly to win some justice for a purchase we made. My thoughts on THAT...

 * Thursday night, after Ryan got off work, we went back to our Marion house to get our lawn mower and some bookshelves, and spring was so beautiful there! :) On our way home, we went by Lowe's to pick up our new counter top for the wall we took down our first week in the new house. That thing is HEAVY. He's going to have to find muscular friends for that installation. I'm out.

* Friday was stunning, and I went for a walk around the neighborhood just because it was too pretty to stay inside! That night Ryan and I worked to clean out the shed, and then we put the cover on our new pirogi! Yep, our new house came with a pirogi, and while it is different from the last one we had, it is lovely and we are excited!

* Yesterday was a long day with hard work from sunrise to long after sunset, but it was so rewarding! We {along with my parents and our friends John and Sandee} moved all the stuff from our old garage to our new house. It was SO RELIEVING to get that all done!! There was a new{ish} donut shop in Marion that we ran out of time to try, so we made that our treat before the day began. OH. MY. WORD. It's good we're moving farther away. So grateful for the help of our friends and for a husband who perserveres in getting everything done well!