The Shafferland Shuffle

Happy Sunday, my friends! I guess you don't know much about our week since we've been doing our mini-series for the last five days! And I'm sure that has really thrown your whole world off its axis! :)

So here you go...a peek at the week!

* Last Sunday, Ryan and I spoke together at a wedding shower, which is what inspired us to write about the whole marriage series in the first place! We didn't know the bride or groom, but my friend Kari was there, and it was fun to see her! After it was over, we had a coffee date and went to visit Ryan's step-grandpa in the rehab hospital where he'd been staying.

* Guess what happened on Monday? (AGAIN!!!!) Snow! I think that marks four Mondays in a row we have awakened to spring snows. Sigh. It may have been a nasty day, but that was okay with me. I had plans to stay home and watch the Boston Marathon on TV while tracking my blog buddy Tamar. She ran the Boston Marathon! The whole thing! In the 30-something degree weather AND pouring rain. So proud of her! Other than watching her progress, I spent the day doing chores and rewarded myself with a manicure at the end of the day.

* Tuesday evening, we went to the funeral home, and on the way home, we went through the car wash. It was a different one than we usually go to, and the soap was really fun! LOL! I know you can't see it on here since the pictures are black and white, but the soap was blue and purple and looked like tie dye on our car! When I got home, I started a novel and stayed up to finish it. Whoopsie!

* Phoebe came for an overnighter on Wednesday, so she hung out with me all day while I worked on writing projects. Other than Phoebe duty and working out, my only measurable success for the day was making energy balls. :)

* Ryan showed me another sign of spring on Thursday: some new flowers in our yard! I will take it!! It actually got nice enough later in the day that we could take Phoebe out on a neighborhood walk in the sunshine. FINALLY! And we worked out. How in the world Ryan did not injure himself on this move is beyond me and mine. I told him not to break his face before his birthday!

* Our whole weekend went topsy turvy on us, starting on Friday. We threw our original Friday night plan out the window and went to the Treasure Mart instead. We found fun things but bought nothing. We tried to have a coffee date, and it was a disaster. (Too long to write about here. Maybe it'll be a good podcast story!) And then we came home so Ryan could watch the Pacers in the playoffs. They squeaked out a last second win. Whew!

* Our Saturday ended up completely upside down too. We'd planned to do a county tour and scrapped our first AND second plans for that. Ended up going to a birthday party for one of Ryan's patients (where Ryan decided to also turn 80) and then came home to do some work. I made a dessert for our company coming today, and I started spiffing up the guest room!