The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday, we woke up at the lake for the last time, packed up our car, helped clean up the cottage, and were home by lunch time. We stopped by the pizza place on the way home and got ourselves some lunch, came home, had the car unpacked and Mo pulled out in about 20 minutes flat. We took a lonnnnnnnnnnnnng post-vacation nap and then got the suitcases unpacked and the house whipped into shape before going to bed. Not a fully restful Sunday, but a good day, nonetheless.

* Monday morning, I met my best friend Lynnette for breakfast. She lives wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too many hours away, but she was in town for a reunion, so we were able to catch up for a couple of hours, and I loved it! I took my office on the road for a bit that afternoon, spending some time in the coffee shop at IWU. And that night, Ryan and I went for a run, where I crashed into some bleachers, leaving me with a bruised and bloody knee. BOO for injuries.

* Tuesday I made a big batch of cookies for a carry-in at Ryan's work on Wednesday. Though we did sneak a sample later in the day, I was QUITE proud of myself for not sneaking any as I baked! One point for willpower! After work, Ryan went to his co-worker Diane's house to get a SNAKE out of her garage!! Oh. My. Word. I'd have to move. We went for an exhausting run - not because of a far distance, but because it was crazy HOT outside! And then we rounded out the day purging a closet and playing a few rounds of Dutch Blitz to practice for our upcoming game night.

* Wednesday I cleaned and cleaned - going through every single cabinet in our kitchen and in some storage closets, majorly purging stuff we don't need and tagging it for sale. I also got to use my label maker for some storage containers, and that made me SO HAPPY. I ran across a big stack of prayer journals that hold a lot of cries for a husband...looking forward to making my way through the pages and learning from my former self! Ryan and I braved the HOT again for another run. My legs felt like lead, but I actually didn't have too bad of a time!

* Thursday {among other things} I worked on a dessert to take to a funeral dinner on Friday. Batter bowls are my FAVORITE. It's possible I leave just a tad more than I have to IN the bowl so I can lick it! I went to the viewing for the gentleman who passed away, and saw all kinds of people from the church where I grew up. It was a big reunion! After I came home from that and Ryan came home from work, we had our friends Matt and Angela over again. They brought pizza and games and we had a great time laughing and telling stories and hanging out in the pirogi. A lovely  night.

* Friday I had the opportunity to help serve at a funeral dinner at the church where I grew up. I've never done that before, because I've always had work to dictate my schedule, and it was nice to be able to do something good for a family who invested a lot in me in my early years. SO many memories flooded from being back in that church!! Friday was also the last day for one of Ryan's co-workers, so they did a group picture, and I'm sure you'll all be shocked to see where he landed. :) We had a date night at home on Friday - eating Chinese food and taking a leisurely walk on a beautiful evening.

* Last night we hosted a game night at our house with my high school buddies. We even had a new friend from the high school days join us, and we had a great time. We ate tacos and cookies and played games - sometimes without even keeping score! I was grateful to see them all after TOO LONG a time apart!! {And in case you were wondering, no we didn't win. At least when we were keeping score. Great. We probably won when we didn't.}