The Shafferland Shuffle

Good morning, friends! After weeks and weeks of blissfully mild winter temps, we have found ourselves in the middle of a chilly bitterly cold front, so it's all about blankets, sweatshirts, and cuddling right now!!! Hope you're staying warm and safe wherever you are!

Here's a look at the last week in Shafferland!

* Last Sunday was ridiculously eventful. Ryan and I headed off to church and our houseguests packed up to leave. Meanwhile, in a strange, strange turn of events, we had four people at our church have four unrelated medical events pretty much simultaneously. We had two ambulances and a fire truck parked out front! Goodness! Once we were home from that, we spent the rest of the day resting, watching TV, scrapbooking (okay that was just me) and enjoying one another's company. And Ryan felt the day called for a razzleberry pie. I didn't argue.

* One of our staff pastors had to run some errands on Monday, and when he came back to the church, he brought Starbucks for us! Every Monday is better with extra coffee! We were able to be home Monday evening, and I made a meat loaf and veggie sheet pan! I also hunkered down to prep for our small group fellowship night, which was just 24 hours away.

* I attended my first staff meeting on Tuesday. Coffee, almonds, water, note paper, and a laptop. I still don't travel light, do I? Our small group got together for the first time since early December, and we had the best night of fellowship and prayer! It's so great to see all the shoes piled by the door again.. The sign of a full and happy small group!

* Right before lunch on Wednesday, I looked up to see Ryan standing in the door of my office. WHAT?!?!?!?! He came to surprise me for a lunch date, and he brought me a latte, too! I love him so much. I ran my next 5K after work (it was uuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggly but I did it!) and then I did all our menu planning and grocery list making.

* Ryan documented my last exhausting hair drying/straightening extravaganza on Thursday morning. It was taking me about 30-45 minutes to dry and straighten my hair by that point, and haircut day could not come soon enough! I had a big bulletin assembly party that day at work, and that night, we went on a grocery shopping date! (It was also a boot-buying date, because I had my two favorite pair of boots fall apart back to back already this year.)

* We didn't really have any sunshine all week, but we sure did have some pretty colors Friday morning before it all went gray again! Ryan and I had an at-home date Friday night, which I'll tell you more about next week. It was a root beer taste testing party - and root beer float night!

* Yesterday? HAIRCUT DAY!!!!!! Oh I was so excited! I spent over three full hours in the chair and came away with much shorter hair and no gray!! YES!! I spent the afternoon making dinner for my friend whose job I'm covering while she's on maternity leave, and then Ryan and I took dinner to her (and her husband, of course). I GOT TO HOLD THE BABY!!! She liked me and I was in snuggly baby heaven!