The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday we worked in the cafe at church, but we needed to make sure we'd heard the sermon so we could take notes to lead our small group this week, so we stayed for the latest service to catch the sermon. I learned that being in church when I'm used to eating lunch means I have to eat a snack during church. Oopsie!! We had a lovely, relaxing Sunday that ended with breakfast for dinner - a decision made when we had Starbucks in hand and needed a meal to accompany that treat!

* Monday brought some snow and slickery roads right at the morning commute time - I was reminded again of how thankful I am to not be making such a long drive in those sorts of conditions! It was a busy day, though, including the start of the second round of our clean eating adventure {even though we didn't really take much of a break over Christmas after the first round}. Still, Monday's workout about killed both of us.

* So our dishwasher broke on Tuesday. It was fifteen years old and had lived a good long life and washed a LOT of dishes for us, so I suppose it had every right to call it quits. But dishes are my LEAST favorite household chore. {I'll do toilets any day over dishes.} So Ryan and I had a date night at the store to pick out a new dishwasher and then Ryan became my hero by installing the thing. {I think he had so much fun wearing his new head lamp that a little thing like dishwasher installation was actually a treat!}

* I started to worry about myself on Wednesday when I voluntarily watched not one, but TWO webinars. I HATED webinars in all my previous jobs. They were long and tedious and pulled me away from important work and always made me sleepy. But something about making the watching of them my ONLY work and being able to get up and move around during them made them quite bearable and informative! That evening, we hosted our first small group - our first time to do such a thing together as a couple. We have much to improve in the way of doing it gracefully, but we so appreciated the opportunity to lead together!

* Thursday, I met up for lunch with a friend and just for funsies, went with her to look at a house for sale. I always enjoy seeing houses - and this one was so charming. I was glad to get to peek inside with her! And then I came home to something NOT so charming: our mess of an office that has been utterly buried for over a month. Ryan and I moved our Starbucks date FROM Starbucks to home so we could organize while we sipped on lattes. A long night, to be sure, but we got it done!

* Friday...ohhhhhhhh Friday. Ryan had to be gone overnight for a planning meeting for an event he's helping with, and this was only our second time to be separated since we got married. I abhor separation and spent my day writing him cards and notes to hide in his luggage. We took a selfie together before he left/before my meltdown began. I organized an entire evening of scrapbooking and watching all the sappy TV shows Ryan doesn't like to watch. I made it through the long night of no sleep, but I still am NOT a fan of being apart.

* Yesterday Ryan came home!!! I spent the morning cranking out more scrapbook pages, and by the time I got that and several chores done, he was home! I was so excited to see him!! Although the sun made a brief appearance that morning, it really was a rainy, yucky day for the most part, so we got coffee and went shopping for fun {window shopping is one of our favorite things} and then grocery shopping with all the beat-the-snow-storm shoppers. So happy to have Ryan back!!!