The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday was our snow day! First day of March rolled in with 10 inches of SNOW. Good night, nurse. We elected to spend the day at home, resting and napping - and eating good comfort food. :) Ryan did venture out that afternoon to shovel out a path so he could get to work the next day, and I did some scrapbooking in the afternoon.

* Monday was our 27th monthiversary, and I stayed home for the start of week 2 of my gallternity leave. {Man, we sure do make up a lot of our own words, don't we?} I made a coconut cream pie for Ryan - from scratch, crust and all - and made spaghetti for our dinner. That pretty much took up my whole day, but it was a good attempt at returning to normal life!

* Tuesday, we got some serious ice. Not enough to shut down work for Ryan, but enough to make the drive treacherous and certainly enough to make me grateful I didn't have to go anywhere! It tapered off during the day, and I was glad, because I ended up having some visitors! My friend Kari stopped by and so did some of my old IWU buddies - Bev and Teresa. Such fun to see all of them! Ryan and I enjoyed a yummy pot roast dinner sent by my Mama, and then we hunkered down for Tuesday night TV. Some of my friends and I watch and chat about it on Facebook and we even had a Fixer Upper Bingo game for this week's show. It was fun!

* My goal on Wednesday was to make it a whole day with no naps...and I almost made it. I did make it until after dinner! I spent most of the day writing, taking a break only to work on forming our BLT show for Thursday. {While I watched Little House.} I also did some chores around the house...some laundry and dishes and cooking. I don't want to be completely unproductive while Ryan's away at work! And that night, while he napped, I did some reading. I dearly love having time for that!

* Thursday I did BLT from home again - and Braeya Jo Jo was merciful and stayed quiet throughout the whole thing. After lunch, I ventured forth to Starbucks to meet one of my old work pals, Judy, for some coffee. Hadn't had a chat with her in over a year, so that was a good meeting! That afternoon I had a fun treat when my friend Trudy came over with her kiddos {haven't seen them in WAY too long} and brought us dinner. The kids are growing up so much and it was great to see them. And dinner was fabulous because, well, Trudy's a fabulous cook! :)

* Friday afternoon, I packed up Mo and transformed him back into a real couch...and headed to Fort Wayne to attend the dedication for the Habitat for Humanity House the station helped build. Since I was on sick leave, I wasn't required to attend, but I didn't want to be the only staff member who didn't go, so I headed that way! It was good to see everyone again - and the dedication was BITTERLY COLD {it took place outside} but it was still fun! 

* Yesterday, Ryan worked, so I had breakfast with my friend Lynn and then stopped by Cato to do some shopping. Note to self: two weeks post abdominal surgery and 30 minutes post breakfast is not a great time to shop for clothes.Last night, we went to Indianapolis to help celebrate the birthday of one of our friends, Angie. We met up with her, her husband and some of their other friends at a restaurant called Barcelona. The food was good and we had a lot of fun celebrating her!