The Shafferland Shuffle

Well, it was a year ago today that we headed out on Ryan's 40th birthday cruise! I have a feeling we're not going to enjoy temperatures NEARLY as warm as we had then! But I do plan to relive all those great memories this week...a virtual vacation of sorts!

But in NON-tropical temps, here's a peek at our pandemic week!

* Last Sunday was Easter, and I've already told you all about that in great detail. It was a truly wonderful Easter. Multiple church services. Delicious food. SO much time with the Lord, so much rest, and so many great conversations with Ryan. It was one of my favorite days of our entire quarantine so far. Loved it.

* Braeya "helped" me do laundry on Monday. Isn't she sweet? After Ryan and I got off work Monday, we tried out the whipped coffee recipe that's been so crazy popular throughout these quarantine days. We liked it! (And it's so pretty!) We also started a new project that night. I know! We can't live without a project! We have been wanting to paint our guest room ever since we moved in here, and we've just never had time. Can't really say that for right now, can we? So Monday night, we emptied everything out of that room into all the available space in the house, and Ryan started patching and sanding the old nail holes!.

* Ryan started trimming the guest room on Tuesday, and oh the story I will have to tell you later about this crazy paint color!! I had two back-to-back Zoom meetings that day, so I actually did hair and makeup and the whole bit that day! My second meeting was a training session I helped lead for small group leaders and Sunday School teachers at our church. And check out this amazing sunset Ryan caught that night! SO PRETTY!!

* It SNOWED here on Wednesday. Granted, it didn't snow nearly as hard or long as it did some places, but STILL!!! Spring, you're killing me here! We took that as a good excuse to roll paint on the walls of the guest room. This paint is not remotely the color we planned or expected, but we do love it!

* Ryan started working with a new team on Thursday - called a proning team. I had never heard that term before he started doing it, but he helps turn patients. I'm proud of him for the work he's doing, and I try not to think about all the germs he encounters! To keep my mind off that, I made a batch of no-bake cookies (which may have bene my best batch ever) and then one of the couples in our small group dropped beautiful flowers on our porch that night!

* Ryan sent me a picture of a free coffee he got on Friday; he was pretty excited about it! When he came home that night, we worked to put the furniture back in the guest room. It's not done yet, so I can't show you pictures - but at least the house is no longer a hazard! And SOMEONE made a little nest for herself... ;)

* And that brings us to yesterday! Ryan worked, and I scrapbooked pretty much all day. (Got caught up, too!) Ryan sent me a picture of his lunch setup: soup and Andy Griffith! Donned my mask for a moment to do a pickup of a few things. Man it is hard to keep the glasses clear with the mask on! After Ryan got off work and mowed the yard, we went on a walk. We haven't been able to walk for over a week because of the weather!