The Shafferland Shuffle

* Really enjoyed the take away from our sermon last week. God has been teaching me so much through the words the pastor shared, and I'm grateful. Ryan and I got to have lunch at my parents' house, along with Lori and her mother-in-law, and that was some GOOD food we had! Delicious! That evening, I happily pulled out the planner and began laying out the chores to be accomplished this week!

* Monday I surprised Ryan with a strawberry pie...homemade! It was such fun to treat him, and I won't lie - it was yummy, too! Love having the time to do these little things to bless him. In addition, I started the great cleanout of 2015...making a little path through the house and stopping at one thing each day to work on sorting, cleaning, and weeding out. Monday's task was the little cabinet where we store hats and gloves and such. It looks very nice now - and while I was weeding, I just went right ahead and tagged for rummage!

* Tuesday Ryan had a surprise day off...and he spent the day at my parents' house, doing some work in their bathroom. At one point, he called because he needed a part, so I had to run to the store, look in aisles filled with thingiemadoos I've never seen before and send pictures to make sure I was getting the right thing. I'm such a girl. The day was gloomy and rainy...which meant no lawn mowing, but plenty of time to try to figure out the next steps of podcasting. {Yeah we're going to need someone smarter to help.}

* Wednesday I had a first...I was a guest on a podcast for my friend, Joey Harris. I had a really fun time talking with him - and it was nice to get my feet wet in non-radio broadcasting! Ryan was gone SO LONG that day - because he went to my parents' after work to continue the bathroom overhaul. I missed him...which drove me to more coffee. It was a yucky, rainy day again, and I needed a pick-me-up!!!

* Thursday, I worked hard at some more cleaning and purging, and Braeya worked hard at licking up every last remnant of milk after I finished my snack. She's a helper, that one. :) Ryan's work at my parents' house continued, so I planned a surprise...and showed up with Starbucks and Subway so we could at least be in the same place for the evening. He had no idea I was coming, and he was really excited for the treats! He wrapped up his work there, and I think it really looks nice - and they love it!

* Friday evening, we had our first  adventure in hosting since the great life change of 2015. Our friends Mike and Angie just had a baby a few weeks ago, and we'd offered to take a meal to them, but they were excited to have a change of scenery for a while, so they came to our house for dinner and meet-the-cute-baby night! I made breakfast pizzas, cinnamon rolls and grilled pineapple - and we had the most fun, relaxing evening kicked back and talking together. Loved it.

* Yesterday, Ryan and I worked the golf outing we work every summer. It's an outing to raise funds for scholarships. He worked the sign-in table and then drove the golf cart while I took pictures during the rest of the day. We had an actual beautiful day with sunshine and breezes and warm temps!! WHAT!?!?! After we finished working that, we met up with my friend Amy for dinner. Haven't seen her since I left the station - and I'd missed her!