The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday afternoon, we popped in and out of a birthday party for Ryan's Aunt Debbie.  It was her big 6-0 and we couldn't miss that! When we got home, Ryan had a couple of friends over to watch football. It was so much fun to host them; he's never had guys over for a football party before! Worst part of the whole thing? Sitting next to pizza and nachos and cookies and not being able to have any!

* Monday was the first day of my week off between rounds of the 21 Day Fix, and it was also the first day of a 5 Day Crock Pot challenge, so I got up early and got our dinner ready to cook! Kind of nice to have that out of the way early! I guess Braeya was excited about dinner, because when we sat down to eat, she stood right beside Ryan and begged from him!! He spent his evening working hard on his speech he has to give in a few weeks - he's so cute when he's writing! {But I have missed him - being a writing widow is weird!}

* Tuesday was chore day at home, which included portioning out all the pork from that giant pork loin Ryan brought home last week. Is it bad that organizing food makes me happy? I participated in a webinar that afternoon and apparently Braeya did not want me to take notes, because she plopped right down on my papers and gave me the stink eye. That night, we ended up spending some time in the ER with some friends. It was PACKED in there. Was it a full moon? {Everyone is fine, and we are thankful.}

* I knocked out reading an entire novel on Wednesday. I love reading days. :) It's work, but it's fun! I got the house all ready for small group - and I had a fun surprise when a friend dropped off a belated Christmas gift! Never too late for fun presents, is it? Braeya agrees. She claimed it. {Have you noticed a trend in how she dominates this house?}

* While this is not a new thing, I finally decided to document it. THIS SCREEN is so maddening. Last week it happened seconds after I saved the podcast. Ahhhh, first world problems. I moved on to non-computer activities, like making granola! :) And then we sat down to watch a little TV, but Ryan got kind of sleepy! No worries. I still got to hold his hand!

* Friday, one of my friends stopped by to visit and we had the best time drinking coffee and enjoying each other's company. That night, Ryan and I went out for a date - my first burger and fries in a month. So worth waiting for! Ryan, bless his precious heart, is completely exhausted, and he actually fell asleep at the table after dinner. I love him so much for being up for date night when he was so exhausted.

 * Did a little shopping at Hobby Lobby yesterday. Can I just tell you how much I loved seeing SPRING product on the shelves? YAY!!!!! I took down our January decorations to make way for the Valentine's Day stuff, and I think SOMEONE was not quite ready to let go of the snowman! But we were! It was 55 degrees, and we went for an outdoor run! Our first 5K of 2016!