* Last Sunday morning, we saw ourselves on the big screen at church (always a very weird feeling) for announcements! We also helped serve communion that day, so there may have been a few people who thought they couldn't get away from us! Ha! Ryan's mom was at her house for the weekend, so that afternoon, we both took lonnnnnnnnnnnng naps, and Ryan watched the Colts game. I did some scrapbooking, and it was all just so lovely. She'd planned to be gone until Monday afternoon but ended up coming back a day early.
* Ryan made some goals for his mom this week to try to help her assimilate back into normal life. So I worked with her on laundry, and he took her shopping that night. She was so excited to do little normal things like this. I was just excited to be back in my office all day, working on things I'd gotten way behind on during the previous week. (We wanted her to have some independence during the day, so she could get me if she needed me, but I was in my office working hard!)
* Tuesday, Ryan's Aunt Sandy came to visit and brought some hats for Nita. She had an extra one, so I got a new hat, too! We were twins!! I made a big old sheet pan lunch that was pretty delicious! And Nita's hair lady came to our house that evening to wash and do her hair, so Ryan and I were able to sneak out to the gym for a workout!
* Nita had a doctor's appointment Wednesday, so Ryan and I were on our own for lunch. Bless his heart, he was so tired, he took a nap at the table after he ate! We went for an indoor run that night, and I got to see a really pretty sunset. (I had to overlook the dumpster that was right below the bottom of this picture, but I didn't care. Still a sunset!)
* Thursday morning we woke up to ice! I was so grateful I didn't have to go anywhere that day, and neither did Nita. And Ryan was close enough to not commute, so it was a win all the way around! We got our annual pictures back that day, so I sat right down to design and order our cards. That night after Nita went to bed, I found Ryan sorting all her meds for the next week. He is so organized!
* Friday was a really hard day. After having such a great week all week, Nita had pretty hard day Friday. (We're hoping a medication adjustment will fix that.) And I felt so bad for her that she felt bad, because it was her wedding anniversary! I drank a lot of coffee and did a lot of praying all day long. The only things from my to-do list that got accomplished were touching up my roots and meal planning, but that felt like a major win! Allen ended up taking Nita home with him for the weekend, so Ryan and I got a much needed evening at home alone together. We ordered pizza and tried to make a dent in our list of DVR'd shows we haven't had any time to watch.
* And then there was glorious, glorious yesterday. Ryan did not have to work and we did not have any plans the whole day except to knock out a TONNNNNNNNNNNN of work. Since we had the house to ourselves, we made a goal to clean it from top to bottom and decorate it for Christmas. (We aren't sure how long Nita will be with us, and decorating makes such a mess, we decided it would be easier to do that when the house was empty.) Ryan cleaned and I decorated, and by bedtime, we had almost all of it done. We also squeezed in a coffee shop date and grocery shopping! I was pretty proud of us. And my heart is so happy because we got to regroup!
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Busy, busy, busy!!
Nita will love seeing it all decorated I bet!!
The sheet pan lunch sounds good. Hard to tell what all is in it in black and white. I see sausage and onions. I'd love the recipe if you can share!
Tamar - We just found out she's not coming back. Ryan's siblings arranged for people to come care for her at home, so I guess she won't see it! But we are loving it.
Heather - Yes! I will bring that to you. Remind me! I am super forgetful.
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