The Shafferland Shuffle

Happy Mother's Day!! Thankful for the moms in my life...my own, my in-law moms, the ladies who have chosen to treat me like their daughter...all of them!! Thanks for loving and investing in me!

* Last Sunday, I got to watch one of my favorite kinds of moments. Ryan took some time out to talk to a visitor at church. I love his heart for others and how he reaches out to welcome people! After church, we went for a walk,and we ran into some friends of ours. We took a walk with them, and I made friends with one of their kiddos. She was so precious. When we got home, I discovered our lilacs had actually started to bloom for real!

* Monday was, as you read already Braeya Jo's 9th birthday. We threw her a little party of sorts, and she had fun with it. I was off work that afternoon {just using up some vacation time} so I had a little extra time with her! And that night, I started the Dashing Dish workout challenge for the month of May. All was well until I started seeing spots. Apparently a tiny bit more protein before the gym would have been in order.

* Tuesday was Cinco de Mayo, and Ryan's work had a big carry-in, which I got to be jealous of through the pictures he sent me. It looked delicious! Meanwhile, I was at work getting the COOLEST going away gift from one of our listeners! That night, I went for a run, and I thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful flowering trees on my path. I did not enjoy running in 80 degrees and full sun. That was challenging.

* Wednesday evening, my parents took the two of us out to eat for our birthdays. We went to this little local ice cream place called The Big Dipper, and we had a great time eating, talking to Mom and Dad, and running into people from our old church that we'd not seen in a long time! Working out after dinner was an interesting situation, BUT I DID IT!!

* Thursday afternoon, I hunkered down at my desk to work on some encore shows for later this month. That meant caffeine was in order, so one of the work guys and I split a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a frappe. YUM. Ryan sent me a picture from his work...don't think I've mentioned how much I adore his new glasses. So handsome!! We went to the gym after work, where I proceeded to have a horrible run. When you want to quit on the first lap...it's just bad. But I persevered!!

* Friday was a FULL day!! Originally I'd scheduled the day off work so I could get ready for our big Mother's Day Palooza, but I ended up needing to be at work. I did get to leave a little early, and I scurried to Greentown to do a Mother's Day photo shoot for some friends of mine. Ryan came too, and we had a great time! After we left that, we went to his niece's birthday party, and had fun catching up with all his family.

* Yesterday was C.R.A.Z.Y. busy. We spent the entire day shopping for food, cooking the food, cleaning the house, and putting up the pirogi. {That was done in two parts since we got a downpour in the middle.} We were pretty proud of ourselves for getting everything done! And I was extra grateful that Ryan had the day off, because I never could have gotten all this done on my own.