The Shafferland Shuffle

Good morning and happy Easter to all of you! In my slow crawl-through-the-gospels-in-2019, it "just so happened" that I read through The Last Supper, Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, His arrest and His trial this week. I told Ryan I've never quite seen Holy Week the way I'm seeing through this slow reading journey. My heart is freshly grateful today and I hope yours is as well!

Until we get to tell you all about our Easter, we'll tell you all about our week!

* After we had a beautiful Saturday (a week ago) we woke up to a freezing, rainy Sunday morning. It was nasty outside, but we enjoyed our church service and got to help serve communion, too! (Hopefully you heard that podcast story!) We were having leftover soup for lunch, and Ryan decided he wanted bread to go with it. We never have bread in the house, so we stopped and bought a fancy looking loaf! I spent part of the afternoon editing the senior pictures I'd taken the day before. Thought they turned out pretty snazzy, considering the poor guy wanted nothing to do with any photos.

* I spent some extra time in Bible study Monday morning. Just needed it for my heart. And as I just said above, this week's readings have been extra meaningful. One of Ryan's co-workers surprised us with cake slices from our favorite cake place. His was lemon blueberry, and he said it was amazing. I had a meeting at church that night, so Ryan went to work at his dad's on his own. He sent me a painting picture. Taking over my job when I'm not there! (I'm not mad.)

* Tuesday was another springy day here...so much so that we decided to pull out that porch furniture at long last. Amazing how different the patio looks when it's full of furniture. We were so happy! :) I also gave myself a spring-induced manicure. Pink and sparkly...that should convince it to come to stay, right? We hosted our final small group of the "season" Tuesday night, too. Man, we have the best group of folks. I learn so much from them every single time. I will miss them this summer!

* Ryan was actually off work starting on Wednesday - the beginning of a few well-deserved days off. We got up early enough to see a pretty sunrise and then went out for a breakfast date! I love breakfast dates with him! (Yeah, we went back to the little café where we forgot to use the gift card that one time. Still cracks us up!) Another monumental piece of Wednesday? First mowing of the season. Our grass sure greened up in a hurry - and most of our neighbors had already mowed, so we were behind! He did such a nice job with it; looks so pretty!

* Thursday was every bit as rainy and dreary as Wednesday had been beautiful! But when your husband starts your day with a homemade latte, it's so hard to care! We had a pretty leisurely day, which I think was just what the doctor ordered for our still-figuring-out-life hearts. We did go out for dinner together - and yes, we did share this! That may be the biggest restaurant serving of broccoli I've ever seen in my life!

* Friday was another fun day for us - one I will have to tell you more about later, so I don't fail to give you the stories! We enjoyed some delicious food, saw some beautiful flowers, and took a bus trip! (Things that are always new and different in Shafferland, right? Never a dull moment, let me tell you.)

* I'm having picture issues for Saturday's collage, so I'll have to come back and clean that up later. Anyway! Yesterday was a day of much rest for us. So many naps. (Like really an embarrassing number of them.) And we had some fun, too - when we were awake. Any Saturday when Ryan and I get to hang out together is a great Saturday, in my opinion. Even if we do sleep for half of it! (Side note: we're learning that we're still in rest-deprivation mode from the caretaking months. It seems like anytime we have the chance to sit down for half a second, we are OUT like a light!

(Imagine pictures here. I'll make it up to you when I get it figured out!)