The Shafferland Shuffle

It's been a good little week around here. A bit more of our return to normal, and we are grateful for it! Here were some of our favorite moments!

* Last Sunday, we picked up Phoebe on our way home from church and kept her for the rest of the day. The majority of the day was rainy (okay, stormy) so we did a lot of hunkering down on the couch and cuddling. :) And in the one break in the storms we had, we dashed outside for a potty break. (That part was all her. I prefer indoor plumbing.)

* Monday morning was office time for me and nap time for Braeya. That afternoon, I had to scurry to Marion to take some senior pictures for a friend. I looked awful, but the senior was photogenic, which is all that really matters. And the park looked lovely, despite the lack of flowers (thanks, cold and rain!) That night, Ryan mowed the yard, I had a meeting at church, and we had to have our picture taken for the new church directory. There are no pictures of any of that, because we were so busy running from one thing to the next that we failed to document any of it!

* I took our car in for a tire rotation on Tuesday morning. The shop had rearranged all its furniture, which I don't think is a sentence I've ever typed before. I liked the new setup much better! You can see out the windows now, instead of staring at tire inventory. I worked all day, and then worked out at the gym that evening. (It was so hot in there. I better have lost five pounds of sweat!!) And I made a fancy little chicken and asparagus dinner.

* I drove down near Indianapolis on Wednesday to meet some ladies for a lunch meeting. I'd never been to Applebee's before on a weekday at lunch, so I didn't know they had a nice little lunch menu! Delicious! By the time I got home, there was this mysterious blue in the sky...what is that? Whatever the cause, we took advantage of the chance to go for a walk!

* Thursday morning I watched one of my friends' kids for a little bit and then took him to preschool for his last day this year! Ryan had to grill out at his work for lunch, so I met my mom and some of her friends for a lunch and coffee! And that night, we worked at Ryan's dad's house again. My painting game resumes!

* Friday night we met up with my parents for my dad to explore the world of phones. Mom and I kept our distance and let Ryan handle the whole thing. He's so good with all the detail work. :) They took us out to eat at Culver's after. I got a salad just so I could get ice cream. LOL!! And I won't lie. I wanted to get ice cream to go, too.

* And yesterday was b.u.s.y. Ryan didn't have to work, but our to-do list at home was about 400 miles long. We had a tree in our yard that was here when we bought the house, but it was way, way, way too big for where it had been planted. We feared it was going to crack our driveway, so we took it down and are going to replace it with something much more appropriately sized. So that took most of the day (and was done in segments in between rain showers/storms). I mowed the yard and did a bunch of cooking, and when we were done with all our work, we went to Dairy Queen to try the mini-blizzard flight. They still have them through the end of the month if you want to try it out! Three mini-Blizzards that feature their summer flavors. OH! And I forgot - Ryan started the day with this crazy long, involved, HARD workout at his gym. It was a Memorial Day weekend special. I was proud of him for doing so well!