The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday, we were appropriately exhausted - because doing a parade, a golf scramble, and a county fair in one Saturday will do that to a person. So we used the day to just rest and it was so lovely in every possible way. And because you haven't seen a ton of her lately {due to extremely bad parenting on our part} I thought I'd show you just how much of a Daddy's Girl this one has become.

* Monday evening, we went to my parents' house to do a project. They needed a TV installed in a room that did not previously have one, so while they were traveling home from a vacation, we went over to "surprise" them with the installation. I found out right before their trip that Mom told one of her friends we were coming over to set it up while they were gone. So much for our surprise! How did she figure that out? We didn't tell anyone we were going!! Well, they couldn't come home to NO surprises, so while Ryan installed the TV, I ran around the house installing little evidences of our visit, including changing Mom's block sign:

* Tuesday evening I got my hair cut after work. Amazing how a little trimmity-trim-trim and a thin can make you feel like a whole new person! While she cut, I devoured more of Shauna Niequist's book Bread and Wine - which I love more with the turn of every page. When I got home, I planted myself on the couch and got to work {fast and furious} on our wedding book. I'm trying to finish that in the next week or so just so I can mark it off and only be like seven scrapbooks behind. :)

* Wednesday evening found me back on the couch working on the scrapbook. Ryan was more productive than I was...and he fixed the squeaky hole in the floor! The big hole that was left from the furnace grate back in the day has plywood in it - and the wood squeaks when you step on it. So he repaired that. He's so much smarter than I am. I would not have had a clue where to start with it.

 * Thursday evening I hit the scrapbook again pretty hard...and had so much fun with it! Ryan went on to his next project - which was pulling up the tack strip around the edge of the floor. I seriously had no idea it was all so labor intensive. The flooring...not the scrapbooking.

* Friday night we had grand plans of hitting the house renovation work hard, but we went for a much nicer plan B. Chinese takeout, Twinkie cake for dessert, a movie, and a bowl of popcorn. Sometimes the weeks just wear you out and by the weekend, you need to rest. And it was so lovely.

 

* We got up so early on Saturday, because Ryan went to a work conference in Indianapolis. I rode down with him and while he went to his conference, I enjoyed coffee and shopping with Jamie! {Jamie was the Mid-Morning producer before I came to work there, and I haven't spent real, quality time with her for SO LONG! We had a great time. Ryan and I enjoyed the rest of the day together - fun stories I'll tell you later!