The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday morning, I tried to use my new curling wand without watching a tutorial video. That went about as well as you might expect. :) So straight hair it was!! The day was pretty, but there were threats of rain, so after we took a nap, we tried to squeeze in a long walk. Got to the farthest point on our path and it started to rain. Of course! Never fear, though! Ryan thought the rain could be fixed with an inaugural trip to our new Sonic! YES!! It CAN!!!

* Monday was Memorial Day, and you already saw our family picnic recap! My sister Lori and her husband Jeff were in town for just a couple of days, and they came to stay with us that night. We grilled out and ate together (Mom and Dad came too) and went for a lovely NON-rainy walk!

* Tuesday morning I got to interview Jeff for the Conversation Cafe (as you saw yesterday) and then he and Lori left to stay with my parents, but we all met up again for dinner at one of my favorite places on earth! The Gaither store!! Chocolate peanut butter cake for the win!!

* Wednesday I spent the day being a TOTAL NERD, writing an honest-to-goodness syllabus for a workshop I'm teaching and creating calendars for lesson plans. My inner teacher was in the happiest sort of place. Went for a good run that evening and even enjoyed some completely delicious strawberries one of Ryan's patients shared with him. God bless people with garden excess!

* Thursday I popped by Ryan's work to tell him something and found him playing with a label maker. One of a thousand reasons why I love him! He couldn't join us for our last family lunch because he had a patient, but I met up with Mom and Dad, Lori and Jeff for the last meal before everyone went back home. And that night, Ryan and I had a WHOLE NIGHT at home with no commitments. It was a little bit like Heaven.

* Friday morning, I drove around to some garage sales and I'll have to tell you more about that next week. But it was also our monthiversary! 54 months of wedded bliss! We celebrated with an evening at the Strawberry Festival, followed by our J date! Fun evening!

* Ryan worked yesterday, but when he got home, we celebrated the first true hot sunny Saturday of the year with a frappe run! And then we went to some pre-wedding festivities for Ryan's sister, who gets married soon. Bachelorette party for me and bachelor party for Ryan!!