The Shafferland/Phoebe Shuffle

This has been an unusual week here in Shafferland, because we were still dog-sitting all week. So please prepare for canine overload!

* Last Sunday was a beautiful day of rest for us, but it was also a beautiful day, and that afternoon, we got to take Miss Phoebe for a walk through the neighborhood. She was so good - didn't chase the ducks or bark at other dogs or anything! I made a healthy French toast deliciousness for dinner that night that I won't lie - was really good! :)

* Monday, I hung out at home with Phoebe while Ryan went to work, and I learned she loves to be held like a baby! A 26 pound baby! LOL! She is such a cuddler. We took walks and played games and rested in between adventures. And Ryan is so good with her; he actually got carpet burns on his knees playing with her that night!

* Tuesday evening, we went to the viewing for Ryan's co-worker that passed away unexpectedly a few days ago. {The "Fun Meter" button he's wearing is something all his co-workers got in honor of the man who died. He wore one to work every day.} We were there probably two hours, and that's about the max time we could be gone from Miss Phoebe, so we came home and made it up to her by taking her on a long walk, where we got to see a spectacular sunset!

* By Wednesday, I had to get some writing done, so I dragged Phoebe's bed into the office and she took a long nap while I wrote. We discovered the rose bush outside the house had exploded into bloom, which gave me nice scenery while Pheebs fertilized the yard! And by that afternoon, she even entertained herself for a few minutes while I fixed dinner! Self-soothing! :)

* Thursday, Phoebe and I went to the hospital to watch Ryan play cornhole, and then back to writing we went! That evening, I decided the time had come to conquer my fear of working with yeast and I made strawberry sweet rolls from scratch. Ryan was very excited!

* Ryan's work had a cookout on Friday {for Memorial Day} so we went to visit him during the cookout, and Phoebe ate up all the extra attention. Since it was the weekend, we went on a quick date that night, which included coffee and shopping! YAY! And we tried to watch some of our DVR'd shows that night, but alas, I am pretty sure the new coffee we bought {not on date night - but the kind we brew at home} hates me and I was SO SICK. It was awful. Ryan said he'd never seen me like that!

* Yesterday I felt better than I did on Friday night, but I was just wiped OUT from being sick, so I mostly rested on the couch all day. Did some scrapbooking. Let Phoebe and Ryan take care of me. We did venture forth that afternoon to pick up a shelf for our guest room that we found while shopping Friday night. It is PERFECT!!! And then we enjoyed our last few hours with the Pheebster before her people came to get her. I was kind of hoping they'd want to leave her. They didn't.  Sigh.