The Shafferland Shuffle

It's the last day of March! We will not talk about the snowflakes that fell here yesterday and instead discuss the first peeks of some random spring flower I saw in the flowerbeds near Ryan's work. YES! Let's have more of that! Dear spring...we want you to come to stay!

Here's a peek at our week though!

* Last Sunday we were still up at the lake, wrapping up the retreat where I spoke. It was lovely in every way. Even though Sunday wasn't as gorgeous in weather as Saturday had been, the lake was still beautiful, and more beautiful still were the hearts of the ladies in front of me as I shared my final message with them. We had a beautiful prayer time together after that, and the whole day was affirming and wonderful. And then for some reason, we left the lake and came home. ;)

* I spent most of Monday scrambling to get everything unpacked and put away, laundry done, and other such chores. (And a manicure! I realized I was dreadfully overdue for one of those.) That evening, Ryan and his boss and I went down toward Indianapolis to go to the viewing for one of their co-worker's sisters. She was young, and the church was full and the line was long, so we did lots of talking while we waited! And on the way home? Chick-fil-A! (We don't have one, so whenever we're near one, it seems wrong not to stop...)

* Tuesday was a pretty day, and I took time to stop and appreciate the gorgeous flowers the retreat ladies had given me. They've brightened our kitchen all week. I got back to working out that day, and it seemed appropriate that the desk décor I grabbed from Ryan's office (to prop up my phone) said "You Got This." I believe the workout established that I did not, in fact, have this. At all. I'm still sore. :) But hey! I did better than Braeya. She just slept.

* I had some lonnnnnnnnnnnng prayer times on Wednesday, and my favorite part was that I got to sit in the warm rays of sunshine flooding in the house. Nothing like praying with your feet in the sun!! Ryan had a meeting over his lunch hour and sent me this picture. One of their co-workers was on spring break, so they made a stand-in for her. Made me laugh! We were both busy that night (divide and conquer again) but we did get together for coffee and dessert at the end of the day. 

* I spent most of Thursday in learning mode, working on some training modules I'm taking. OH! And I did some scrapbook. Trying so hard to stay caught up! That night we went to help Ryan's dad with some projects...painting for me. That's about the only project I can do in the choices offered. Fortunately I worked on baseboards, so I got to stretch out on the floor. My legs were still screaming from two straight days of squats, and moving up and down was a challenge!

* We had a date night on Friday!! One of our friends had gifted us a date night to Applebee's and Starbucks, so we went, and it was wonderful. SO many stories. (Some of them are podcast-able, so come back next week.) It was fun to be out like the days of yore!

* And then yesterday we had our Pheebs for the first time in forever. It was so nasty out all day that she mostly just hung out on my lap and napped, but that makes her happy, so it worked. Ryan worked, and my friend Amber came over to spend some time with me. (We like to hang out regularly but the last few months have rendered that mostly impossible, so this was a good treat!) Ryan came home from work and made us lattes! Having your own barista is essentially the best. Know what's not the best? More snow! WHAT!?!!?