The Shafferland Shuffle

Good morning!! Happy Sunday to you! Hope you're having a good start to your day! I'm speaking at a church this morning and am looking forward to seeing friends while we are there!

Meanwhile, here's what we've been up to this week.

* We had just gotten home from church last week when it started snowing. It was all pretty and snow-globey. It was also very treacherous, so I was glad to be INSIDE my house. I read a lot of accident reports that day! We had stuffed burgers and salads for lunch and a glorious day at home, resting. (Ryan needed it after his day on the slopes and I needed it after my day in the lodge - ha!)

* I made some chocolate banana muffins on Monday morning - to supply our breakfasts for the week. But someone brought Ryan biscuits and gravy, which somehow topped my healthy muffins. LOL!! I made dinner to take out to his mom's that night, including chicken bacon ranch eggrolls, which were very delicious. While we were caring for her, this major freezing rain/ice situation settled over central Indiana, so we had a slow drive home. I was quite thankful to be safely back in our garage!

* Tuesday morning, I found Braeya cuddled up next to the white noise machine. She must crave it as much as I do! :) That afternoon I met up with one of the pastors at our church. She and I had coffee and talked for two and a half hours. I needed it! And that night, Ryan made me an affogato for dessert! (If you've not had one, it's kind of like a root beer float - except you use coffee instead of root beer.)

* Ryan had a dentist appointment Wednesday morning (to replace a lost filling). He was numb the rest of the day, and boy do I ever feel that pain!! He is such a grown up about the dentist, unlike his wife. I had done so much cooking earlier in the week that I sort of lost my culinary drive, so Ryan was a darling and ordered pizza! And we both scrambled to make sure al Valentine surprises were ready to go by the end of the night.

* You already read about our actual Valentine's Day. It wasn't our typical day, and that was a little bit hard for me, because I take it pretty seriously. But we did our best to enjoy and have fun, and I think we did it! We were on duty at his mom's that night and she had several visitors (family members) so we got to socialize a bunch! I also took the liberty of enjoying the roses Allen had given her. :)

* Friday afternoon, I was menu planning when my mom called and said she wanted to bring us coffee. Wasn't that nice? I sent her our order and she hand delivered our favorites to us! I think that gave us both just the boost of energy we needed to do a hard workout. (No, the tissues are not for sweating. I use the little packets to count my rounds! Ha!) I asked Ryan if we could just stay home that night and do nothing at all. He said yes! So we pulled out Mo, curled up, ate dinner, watched movies, and had the best night of NOTHING.

* Yesterday was an utter delight. Ryan had to work, but he actually got off around lunch time, and we got the whole rest of the day to go on a date! We went down to Indianapolis, did some fun shopping, had our belated Valentine's Day dinner (and dessert!) and had the best time together. Did a world of good in both our hearts, I think!