The Shafferland Shuffle

Quick note at the start of today's post to say the winner of the $25.00 gift card to the Simply Bliss Boutique is...........{imaginary drumroll}.........TAMAR!!!!!!!!! I'll email you, Tamar, to get the info transferred to the good folks at Simply Bliss!

And now...for our week!

* Last Sunday was a perfectly lazy day in Shafferland, and we loved it. Napping, scrapbooking, football, sunset walks...that's a good day.

* I spent most of Monday writing and editing, so it was a day of laptops and coffee! Ryan and I had to run some errands that evening, so we stopped to buy some pumpkins so I could decorate the outside of the house. {NOTE: I did not buy all these pumpkins. LOL!!!} And at the last minute, I found out I needed to make a breakfast food for Ryan to take to a carry-in on Tuesday, so I made maple bacon sweet rolls. Pretty tasty!

* Tuesday was dental appointment day, so I had to make a quick run to Fort Wayne and back. I got my usual Starbucks post-dentist reward, and they accidentally made it cold instead of hot. Kinda pretty though, don't you think? That night was our first "Tuesdays at the Table" event, and we had Ryan's dad and step-mom over. It was a great night!

* Wednesday, I had our nephews and niece all day. We stayed so busy!! {AKA I had all my steps in early in the day!} They even got to go hang out with Ryan at the hospital while I did my carpool run. They thought that was pretty cool! And when the day was over, I took a nap. Whew!

* Thursday morning, I walked into the living room to find Braeya licking the daylights out of the carpet. Turns out one of the kids' snack puffs had gotten ground into the carpet and she was having a snack! HA!!! I spent the day writing and reading, and saying HELLO to our mums, which finally bloomed!

* Friday was another long day of writing, and I pulled out the old-school note-taking skills! Ryan and I took advantage of the gorgeous evening for a walk and then squeezed in a date night, complete with a trip to Starbucks for our reward drinks. That was the good news. The bad news was that the barista didn't hear me tell her {twice} that I had a reward, so I bought my drink!

* Yesterday was a massive baking day in Shafferland. I made a whole sampler platter of fall deliciousness {to share...no giving up the eating changes!} and the house smelled so good! AND I put up a new Lindsay Letters piece of art. I think it completes the house for fall!