The Shafferland Shuffle

Good morning, friends! I failed to mention on the blog yesterday that it was April 25th...the perfect date! You remember...

Hope it was a perfect date for you! Meanwhile, here's a look at our days from this past week.

* Last Sunday was just a beautiful day of rest. We did not look our best at jammie church, but we did attend jammie church! I did a little jamming with David Phelps on that Sunday classic known as Nessun Dorma. (David was not at our church. I just needed to sing with him.) Even Braeya joined us for church, which she sorely needs. After church, we enjoyed a day of rest and joy!

* Ryan already missed having a project, so he started a new one (or two) on Monday. :) Remember that master closet we JUST reorganized? We decided to paint it. So everything had to come back out of the closet, and he had to remove all the bolts and hooks for shelves we eliminated, and mud and sand the holes so we could get ready to paint. While he waited for the paint to dry, he started on the NEXT project. I had decided a while ago that I wanted to do a board and batten look in our entryway, so I pitched the idea for him and he got busy cutting and applying the boards for me. He made my vision come to life! While he did all that, I worked - and we did go for a run, because it was a nice evening!

* Tuesday brought more mudding/sanding/painting - and nail filling on the board and batten project. Basically all the tedious work that really doesn't leave you with any sense of satisfaction when it's done. I had staff meeting that day and did some writing and other work, too! We had a beautiful sunset that night, which I thoroughly enjoyed catching through the trees!

* The church had asked me to record a little announcement/promo, and they said I could record it at home and send it in if I wanted, so I had to dust off the podcasting equipment on Wednesday to see if I still remembered how to use it! Ryan did painting in earnest in the closet that day, and it looked so nice. I even helped out a little bit with trim work! I think this week marks the LEAST I've ever helped with projects!

* Ryan went grocery shopping on Thursday and reported that the frozen foods still look as dismal as they did before this pandemic started. Seriously, aside from broccoli, we haven't been able to get frozen veggies for a month and a half. He did find some toilet paper for my friend Amber, though, and she stopped by on her way home from work to get it. We stayed on opposite sides of the door and talked for a while. (Anne of Green Gables talks about Katie, Anne's "window friend," and I told Ryan I feel like I now understand what a "window friend" looks like.) Also on Thursday, I finished trimming and patching the paint in the closet, so that night we were able to reload it! Our house has a path again!

* Friday was Ryan's birthday! I'll give you the full scoop on that this week, but here's a peek. He did have to work that day, but when he came home that night, we had the most fun little quarantine party! Giordano's pizza and razzleberry pie, a one-car parade (courtesy of my parents), the NFL draft (I didn't arrange that), and an online escape room! He said it was a wonderful day that he loved SO much.

* Yesterday was a lazy picture-taking day for me. Thankfully Ryan came through and saved the day! He worked, and I stayed home working on blog stuff ALL DAY LONG. (Hence the lack of photos.) Ryan and his work team got free lunch from Chipotle (oh man, I miss that place!) and when he got home, we went for a walk before the rain came. I took this very random picture of my shoes as proof. It was a good day, even if I don't have a lot to show for it!