The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday afternoon, Ryan and I went to an open house of a house in our neighborhood. NO, we're not moving, but they're just fun to go to! Fun to go get decorating ideas, right? And take shower selfies? Embarrassing but true fact. A pretty decent rainstorm came through Sunday night, of course right when we were trying to grill our dinner. 1000 points to Ryan for standing in the rain and cooking our food! And it turned out quite tasty...not soggy!

* Monday afternoon, Ryan got off work a little early and he and Braeya hung out with me in the office while I worked on some writing. Then it was BACK to Lowe's to look at carpet {again}. Our projects, people. They literally never end. More info on all these adventures coming soon. Meanwhile, enjoy Ryan riding the cart out into the parking lot. :)

* Tuesday...more writing! This was a heavy writing week for me, and I loved every minute of it. That night, we painted our garage floor with an epoxy paint treatment. More info on that coming soon too, but suffice it to say that it was the EASIEST part of the process. Prep work was way harder than actual painting.

* Wednesday, I gave myself a patriotic manicure, which was much fun to have, and then Ryan and I ripped apart the office: yes, the office we JUST put together a few weeks ago. THAT office. Here's the short version. As an act of rebellion against moving, Braeya peed in the closet in our office. Just a couple of times, and we worked to clean the carpet, but no matter what we did, it didn't get better and actually, in some ways, got worse. We realized we had no choice but to rip out the carpet and we decided to replace it with wood laminate. So we had to unload the entire office and Ryan began the super long task of laying the new flooring.

* Thursday, I went to visit Ryan at work for his lunch time, which was a free lunch for the employees. {He filled right up on hot dogs and nachos!} He ended up being able to take the whole afternoon off work - totally unexpectedly - and worked some more on the office. And slept. But we won't talk about that. He absolutely deserved that nap.

* Friday we had to unload the last part of the room that hadn't been done yet, and at that point, I had reached my saturation point on moving stuff. I didn't have a very sparkly attitude about it. Because my office was displaced, I had to work on the living room floor, which turned out to be perilous. LOL!! BUT Ryan got it all done - the flooring, that is - and we moved everything right back in where it belonged!

* Yesterday was our 43rd monthiversary, and we spent the evening at a graduation open house for my cousin! She has lived her whole life several states away, so I've not been able to watch her grow up right before my eyes, but her parents threw a FUN open house party for the family at my aunt's house. Homemade tenderloins, fried pickles, classic sodas in bottles, and even fireworks at the end of the night! It was a great party and a fun way to celebrate 43 months!